[reymisteriofan]

italy and spain is the first game in group c, which would be better germany vs portugal or italy vs spain, interesting.

[Gunner14]

So England to come 2nd in our group then out to Spain in the quarter finals. Nice

[JOAL.com]

Originally Posted by steamed hams

New Zealand would probably woop you, they are unbeaten in World Cup finals games after all /Michael Cole

Also, Germany vs Portugal opening group game

[reymisteriofan]

Originally Posted by Gunner14

So England to come 2nd in our group then out to Spain in the quarter finals. Nice

or 1st then most likely italy.

[Quasi Juice]

Originally Posted by reymisteriofan

thank god italy is not in the group of death like last time, italy can qualify with spain in quater finals, netherland, germany, portugal and denmark = group of death. i guess netherlands and germany would most likely qualify. why did they put poland, grecce, russia and czech republic in one group.

The draw is random... Group A is laughable though, I agree. Put one of the big teams in there and they would have trashed every team.

Originally Posted by CyberWaste

You think Ukraine can draw/beat England, a team who still rely a fair bit on Shevchenko, but dont consider Ireland a threat to Italy... a team who have conceded only 2 goals in their last 11 games, and nearly, and should have beat Italy away in the WC 2008 qualifiers?

Keep up the confidence, I wouldnt be suprised if Italy choked in our group.

Yep, Ukraine is extremely average these days. When Shevchenko is your main man you know you're fucked. I give Poland a way bigger chance of getting second place in their group than Ukraine. I see Ireland getting 4th place, and Croatia go through with Spain in an "upset".

Originally Posted by reymisteriofan

i know that, i was just joking, the only nation i hate is netherlands.

You're from Peru and hate the Netherlands, why? That is extremely random. You know the most well known Peruvian player at the moment, Farfan, became famous at PSV in Holland right? But that's like saying I hate Paraguay. Why would I hate Paraguay? Hate is a strong word.

[reymisteriofan]

Originally Posted by Jethro

The draw is random... Group A is laughable though, I agree. Put one of the big teams in there and they would have trashed every team.



Yep, Ukraine is extremely average these days. When Shevchenko is your main man you know you're fucked. I give Poland a way bigger chance of getting second place in their group than Ukraine. I see Ireland getting 4th place, and Croatia go through with Spain in an "upset".



You're from Peru and hate the Netherlands, why? That is extremely random. You know the most well known Peruvian player at the moment, Farfan, became famous at PSV in Holland right? But that's like saying I hate Paraguay. Why would I hate Paraguay? Hate is a strong word.

remember when germany draw 3-3 against ukraine, so i think they can take points from england, me too i see ireland 4th place, but croatia in 3rd, 2nd italy and 1st spain, nige, dont overate your country, your country is not that good to qualify in that group, italy is better, croatia is better, spain is better. i dont really know why i hate netherlands,i just dont like them. by this i dont mean i hate netherlands people, the netherlands people are quite nice, i been there and i find them to be kind, but i just dislike netherlands, the footbal team. not the country.

this time in the world cup 2014 qualifier, i see peru qualifying. they been third in the copa america so they can qualify, plus they been very good at home this season.

[Seb]

"Wayne Rooney's ban for the Euro 2012 Championship has been reduced to two matches from three after an appeal to Uefa."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16064924.stm

Oh yeahhhhhhhhhh

[Ever Wolf]

so only two matches for bent to fail to score in now at least.

[BkB Hulk]

Didn't Rooney himself admit there was basically no chance of the ban being reduced?

[Joel]

Kenny is angry that the FA appealed the Rooney's ban. Guy is unbelievable.

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish believes the Football Association has not set a good example by successfully appealing against Wayne Rooney's three-match international suspension.

The Manchester United striker's UEFA ban was reduced to two games on Thursday morning, at the same time as Dalglish was addressing the media at a press conference.

The Scot is deeply unhappy at the treatment of one of his own players, Luis Suarez, both on and off the pitch.

Liverpool's Uruguay international, already facing a racism charge dating back to October, has now been charged with misconduct after allegedly making an obscene gesture to fans following the 1-0 defeat at Fulham on Monday.

And Dalglish believes the FA should look at their own actions before tackling other issues.

"I find it a bit strange the FA are supposed to be setting an example for things yet they appeal against Wayne Rooney's three-match ban," he said.

"I don't think that's a good example to set."

And Dalglish labelled the way the FA have dragged their heels over Suarez's racism charge as a "joke".

The alleged racist incident with Manchester United's Patrice Evra occurred in the 1-1 draw at Anfield in mid-October.

No date for a hearing - at which Suarez will deny the allegations against him - has been set.

"The fact it has taken nine weeks to get a decision on one of the other charges is a bit of a joke as well," added Dalglish.

"I don't think that has helped as well. The circus which is around about him has been caused mainly by that.

"That will be done sooner rather than later and we will move forward."