World Cup 2010

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Pots decided earlier today.

Usual combination of seeding and geography. Seems straightforward enough now though. Think the geography made it more complicated before. Some tough combinations possible with the likes of Portugal, France, Ivory Coast all unseeded.

Pot 1 (seeds)
South Africa, Germany, Brazil, Italy, Spain, England, Argentina, Holland.

Pot 2 (Asia, Oceania and North/Central America)
Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Mexico, Honduras.

Pot 3 (Africa and South America)
Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Algeria, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay.

Pot 4 (Europe)
France, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland, Greece, Serbia, Denmark, Slovakia.

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[quote=“Rocko”]Pots decided earlier today.

Usual combination of seeding and geography. Seems straightforward enough now though. Think the geography made it more complicated before. Some tough combinations possible with the likes of Portugal, France, Ivory Coast all unseeded.

Pot 1 (seeds)
South Africa, Germany, Brazil, Italy, Spain, England, Argentina, Holland.

Pot 2 (Asia, Oceania and North/Central America)
Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Mexico, Honduras.

Pot 3 (Africa and South America)
Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Algeria, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay.

Pot 4 (Europe)
France, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland, Greece, Serbia, Denmark, Slovakia.[/quote]

would like to get - new zealand,algeria & slovakia

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are Ireland in this?

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the free state or the occupied part of Ireland?

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I only recognise the entire island of Ireland.

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no- do think they will be there

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Asia/Oceanica/NorthAmercia should be limited to 2 maybe 3 teams.

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There will be some good groups out of that.

Everyone that counts is there bar the USSR and Croatia.

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one of the most blatant racist,xenophobic & eurocentric posts you’ll ever be likely to see - ball ox was banned for less

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:clap:

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I suspect he made his jusgement on a footballing basis, which would be hard to argue with.

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quelle surprise- the most ethnocentric person in Ireland pipes up

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not really. there’s 5 teams from that pot that I think we’d struggle to match, and we are one of the unlucky teams not to get thru.

runt the racist:guns:

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[quote=“Gman”]not really. there’s 5 teams from that pot that I think we’d struggle to match, and we are one of the unlucky teams not to get thru.

runt the racist:guns:[/quote]

:clap::clap:

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You love that word don’t you. Of all your “words of the day” that you have, that one has lasted a long time.

I don’t think we’re too hot ourselves gman, but this rabble;
Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Mexico, Honduras.

The Aussies are improving, but wouldn’t fear them in a big game, USA could be dodgy, but again no fear. Mexico are probably the most talented going on the past. Don’t think there is 5 teams there we would struggle to match though.

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[quote=“caoimhaoin”]You love that word don’t you. Of all your “words of the day” that you have, that one has lasted a long time.

I don’t think we’re too hot ourselves gman, but this rabble;
Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Mexico, Honduras.

The Aussies are improving, but wouldn’t fear them in a big game, USA could be dodgy, but again no fear. Mexico are probably the most talented going on the past. Don’t think there is 5 teams there we would struggle to match though.[/quote]

just because im not a verbosse bogtrotter doesnt mean you should be seething when i speak in the parlance of a fingalian

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[quote=“The Runt”]Asia/Oceanica/NorthAmercia should be limited to 2 maybe 3 teams.[/quote]:clap: Well said,the fact that New Zealand and both Koreas are there and we are not is a farce,as for South Africa being top seeds Jesus wept!(I don’t care if they are the host nation,it’s bullshit)

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[quote=“caoimhaoin”]You love that word don’t you. Of all your “words of the day” that you have, that one has lasted a long time.

I don’t think we’re too hot ourselves gman, but this rabble;
Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Mexico, Honduras.

The Aussies are improving, but wouldn’t fear them in a big game, USA could be dodgy, but again no fear. Mexico are probably the most talented going on the past. Don’t think there is 5 teams there we would struggle to match though.[/quote]

open up the spectrum there Kev. USA, Mexico and Australia are ranked in or around 10-20 in the world. We are what, 30 something? Japan and Korea are behind us the last time I remember the stats came out, but I wouldnt exactly call them push overs, I’d class them around the same as us. But the other 3 are a good notch or more ahead. Sure even in a friendly in Limerick Australia hammered the shit out of us. And it was only a last minute penalty goal that the eventual World cup champions beat them by. World football has moved on a lot since we were last at the big dance, and a lot of teams are passing us by. I certainly wouldnt be ruling out some of those teams to let more European shite into it anyway.

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So you think I’m a racist because I believe teams should be given access to World Cup on ability rather than geographical location?

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no- i think your racist cause you hate blacks