sten_super
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BUT, they have struggled to qualify for this World Cup, and for the last European Championships. They then finished bottom of their group in the Euros as well.
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Carlsberg don't do World Cup groups...
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BUT, they have struggled to qualify for this World Cup, and for the last European Championships. They then finished bottom of their group in the Euros as well.
kingstn seagull
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Ghana and Ivory Coast are average!
They're not the best teams but they are quite clearly better than average.
saafend_seagull
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yep it was decided about 3 weeks ago. Irish going mad at work here lol. they want as many strong teams in the WC as possible
Behind Enemy Lines
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Surely we'll get Argentina and Maradona.. you just know it'll happen. South and North Korea in the same group too...?
Stumpy Tim
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Ghana are apparently the best African team right now. I wouldn't fancy facing them in Africa to be honest
As we've all been discussing recently, the whole WC tournament qualifying is designed to showcase the world's best teams whilst promoting it to developing soccerball nations. There's no reason why this shouldn't be extended to the host nation who have invested billions in infrastructure to host the thing.
Maybe it's not fair, but given that the host of the WC has never failed to make it out of the group stages, it's not that unreasonable either.
saafend_seagull
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ireland confirmed to play one of the seeded teams russia, france, portugal or greece
sten_super
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I don't have a problem with the hosts being given a place in the final, what is comical is that they are in there as 1st seeds. The reason that a WC host has never failed to make it out of the group stages is because they don't ever have to go up against 2 top teams in the group!
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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I disagree with the hosts being seeded. If they're not in the Top 8 teams in the world then they can't complain if they're not seeded, after all Andy Murray isn't seeded No.1 for Wimbledon, is he?
Here, Germany could get, say France, while Switzerland could get South Africa.
It's designed to give the host country the best possible chance of progressing through the tournament, but puts countries that are too small to host at a disadvantage, i.e. if the Dutch went into Poll 2 because South Africa were seeded there would be some unhappy Dutchmen.
Here, Germany could get, say France, while Switzerland could get South Africa.
It's designed to give the host country the best possible chance of progressing through the tournament, but puts countries that are too small to host at a disadvantage, i.e. if the Dutch went into Poll 2 because South Africa were seeded there would be some unhappy Dutchmen.
Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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I don't think the townships would be too bothered about the Dutch. Lot of history there...
Fair enough, But it could end up with a decent team not being seeded and getting knocked out earlier, or even more annoyingly end up in Englands group.
I do see your point about the money side, but if they know they wont be seeded before they even bid for it they cant be too upset if they dont get seeded?