Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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...but I'd fancy North Korea, Honduras and Slovakia.
Any predictions for who we'll end up with?
Any predictions for who we'll end up with?
...but I'd fancy North Korea, Honduras and Slovakia.
Any predictions for who we'll end up with?
Time we had a group of death I think
Unfortunately the groups are seeded, so that's not likely to happen. However I seem to remember reading that we'd be amongst the 1st seeds, so we shouldn't get TOO hard a group. *famous last words*
I heard on the Guardian football podcast that if Argies qualified (which they did) it may well push us down to 2nd seeds. Hope not though.
We had a tough group in 2002 with Argentina,Sweden and Nigeria.
At the time i didn't think we'd make it through but that 1-0 win over the Argies ranks very highly in best ever pub experiences of watching England.
I actually want us to have one reasonably (but not too) tough team in our group. Say, Ivory Coast or Russia. Someone to really test our players before the knockouts.
Coasting the group beating relative minnows could be dangerous.
If we're not a first seed, we obviously want South Africa who will be.
According to
2010 World Cup: Seeding formula based on current standings (12 October 2009) ~ Football rankings
which, to be fair, I just plucked at random from google, we are comfortably in the top group. It leaves France and Netherlands as the teams to avoid in the 2nd seeds. I like the possible draw that he has made!
Group G: England, Switzerland, Bahrain, Tunisia
Not going to be hard against Ireland, slovenia, bosnia, who is the other team thats seeded in the weaker 4?