World Cup Soccer - Who Will Win?

[ChopperRider]

Okay, since I don't follow the NBA a whole lot, and will not follow the NHL since they lost a season to a Gary Bettman strike.....I'm going to try to follow the World Cup soccer tournament so I know what the fucking smelly Paki bastards in my office my coworkers are talking about this month.

Apparently there are designated groups that have a round robin playoff.....I'm expecting the U.S. to lose there.

Then there are finals.....I'm going to pick Germany to win, and I have no basis for that pick.

What do the rest of you clowns think? Pick your side and get ready for a month of richly deserved abuse.    

[Nails]

at least one player will be found dead in the streets of rio de janeiro

[Lustral]

at least one player will be found dead in the streets of rio de janeiro

Wouldn't want to be on the Togo team bus

(They didn't qualify but based on past events...)

[Bevo]

Germany 

But if not maybe Italy

[ChopperRider]

Wouldn't want to be on the Togo team bus

(They didn't qualify but based on past events...)

Well I'll be damned, there is a country named Togo!    

[ChopperRider]

Germany 

But if not maybe Italy

Two votes for Germany!!!!!!!

 

[dr.chimps]

The most-practiced grass divers.

[Lustral]

Well I'll be damned, there is a country named Togo!    

Few of them were killed in a shooting in African Cup of Nations.

Tournament of peace 

Togo footballers shot in ambush


Gunmen have fired on a bus carrying Togo's football team to the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, wounding players and reportedly killing the driver.
The attackers machine-gunned the vehicle after it crossed from the Republic of Congo into Angola's oil-rich territory of Cabinda.
Rebels who have been fighting for the region's independence later said they had carried out the attack.
The organisers of the tournament, which starts on Sunday, say it will go ahead.
The Angolan government called the incident an "act of terrorism".
The Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (Flec), which said it carried out the attack, has fought for independence for several decades, but entered a ceasefire in 2006.
In a statement quoted by Portugal's Lusa news agency, the group said: "This operation is only the start of a series of targeted actions that will continue in all the territory of Cabinda."
Togo is due to play its first cup game in Cabinda on Monday. The Confederation of African Football confirmed that the tournament would go ahead as planned, despite the violent attack.
Angolan Sports Minister Goncalves Muandumba said security for the competition would be stepped up to guarantee "all the conditions necessary for the success, tranquillity and security of the people and their belongings".
'Under shock'
Nine people, including at least two players, were wounded during the shooting, reports said. Central defender Serge Akakpo was among those hurt and back-up goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale was also reportedly injured.
Romanian side FC Vaslui confirmed that Mr Akakpo, who joined the club from French side Auxerre last year, was shot and badly injured in the attack. The 22-year-old was out of danger after being struck by two bullets and being treated by doctors, the club said.

The team's communications manager was among those seriously wounded in the shooting.
Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor was also on the bus but is unhurt. Speaking to the BBC, he described the incident as "one of the worst experiences of his life".
"I'm still under shock," Mr Adebayor said. "I was one of those who carried the injured players into the hospital - that is when I realised what was really going on. All the players, everyone was crying, calling their mums, crying on the phone, saying their last words because they thought they'd be dead."
The bus was travelling to Cabinda from the squad's training ground in the Republic of Congo when the shooting happened.
"This was an act of terrorism," Cabinda affairs minister Bento Bembe told Reuters news agency.
Football's highest governing body, Fifa, said it was troubled by the incident.
"Fifa and its president, Joseph S Blatter, are deeply moved by today's incidents which affected Togo's national team, to whom they express their utmost sympathy," the body said in a statement.
Competition officials said they had not known that the Togolose team had decided to drive directly to Cabinda.
They said they had expected the squad first to fly to the Angolan capital, Luanda, and from there to Cabinda.
Shot 'like dogs'
The head of the Togolese football federation told AFP news agency that the driver had died.
Togo striker Thomas Dossevi told France's RMC radio that several players were "in a bad state" after the attack.
   

"We were machine-gunned, like dogs," he said. "At the border with Angola - machine-gunned! I don't know why. I thought it was some rebels. We were under the seats of the bus for 20 minutes, trying to get away from the bullets."
The identities of those injured - who also included team staff - have not yet been confirmed.
Togo's first game in the tournament is due to be against Ghana on Monday.
But midfielder Alaixys Romao told RMC the team was likely to pull out of the 16-nation cup.
"No-one wants to play," he said. "We're not capable of it.
"We're thinking first of all about the health of our injured because there was a lot of blood on the ground."

[gmflex]

I hope the USA..
 
But I know it's a long shot 

[hardgainerj]

da germans are favored by many analyst

i just hope brazil losses they are the worst losers

[ChopperRider]

None of you limp-dicked fuckers from north of the 45th parallel willing to pick Canuckistan?

 

[Mobil]

no americans will respond in this thread....(except for me)

[cephissus]

haven't really kept up since the last world cup... did spain stop dominating, at some point?

[wolfrittner]

Okay, since I don't follow the NBA a whole lot, and will not follow the NHL since they lost a season to a Gary Bettman strike.....I'm going to try to follow the World Cup soccer tournament so I know what the fucking smelly Paki bastards in my office my coworkers are talking about this month.

Apparently there are designated groups that have a round robin playoff.....I'm expecting the U.S. to lose there.

Then there are finals.....I'm going to pick Germany to win, and I have no basis for that pick.

What do the rest of you clowns think? Pick your side and get ready for a month of richly deserved abuse.    

Germany

[Teutonic Knight]

I hope the USA..
 
But I know it's a long shot 

 
 

[MONSTER_TRICEPS]

Argentina or Brazil.

[phreak]

i just hope brazil losses they are the worst losers

When they lose nobody is getting out alive.


My vote goes to Argentina. Why? Why not!

[SuperTed]

Brazil are favourites. They rarely lose at home and have a manager who's been there and done it.

Several other teams can potentially win it - Germany, Argentina, Spain, Italy, France, Holland, England, Portugal and Colombia.

Uruguay, Chile, Croatia, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Russia, Belgium and even Japan could have strong tournaments if the circumstances fall in their favour.

[tom joad]

my wife's very disappointed with the news that Falcao's not good to go for Colombia.

[ChopperRider]

Just pointing out.....still no votes for our pansyass neighbors to the north!

Hahahahahahaha

P.S. - fuck you Rehaluk, and your truck looks like shit!
 

[SuperTed]

my wife's very disappointed with the news that Falcao's not good to go for Colombia.

He's a BIG loss for them. Probably the best player not making the tournament due to injury.

[El Diablo Blanco]

Big winners will be Brazilian Tranny Hookers

[FermiDirac]

I hope the USA..
 
But I know it's a long shot 

American untermensch wont stand a chance, HTH.

It's up to South America and Western EU + Ruski.

[Teutonic Knight]

American untermensch wont stand a chance, HTH.

It's up to South America and Western EU + Ruski.

Top 4 , 3 Euro Union nations + 1 from South America !
 

[38-26-40]

Argentina!!!!!