The World Cup thread

[BrigitDoon]

I think we have seen the eventual winners in tonights match. Have the vulavongs. or whatever they are called. been silenced?

(i) I agree.
(ii) No, they're still making a racket (Denmark v Holland)

[BrigitDoon]

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Well I never

[scottland]

Its disappointing that I wont hear the England fans singing their traditional World Cup Anthem "Ten German Bombers" The World Cup isnt the same without it.

And the RAF from Britain shot one down.

Italy 0-1 Paraguay.

[banjo]

well done japan my 11/1 for them to win the group looks even tastier now.

[minxy]

[Glesga_Steve]

It was a typical German finals performance, efficent and ruthless.

Got a job with The Sun (English edition) or did the Germans remove their gold teeth and gas them?

I think you're confusing the common garden variety of German with the lesser-spotted Nazi.

[Glesga_Steve]

Not a bad day for my predictions

I had: Honduras 0 Chile 2; Spain 2 Switzerland 0 (what happened there then ); South Africa 0 Uruguay 2

10 points out of a possible 24; would have been 13 points were it not for that last minute Uruguay goal.

There were a few last minute entrants to our work competition (up to 220 from 212; potential prize money for 1st place up to £586!!). I've got a lot of catching up to do as I was on 17 points after yesterdays games (the leader was on 54 points) - that put me in (joint) 200th place

Tomorrow I have: France 2 Mexico 0; Greece 1 Nigeria 1; Argentina 2 South Korea 0

[Josef]

Not a bad day for my predictions

I had: Honduras 0 Chile 2; Spain 2 Switzerland 0 (what happened there then ); South Africa 0 Uruguay 2

10 points out of a possible 24; would have been 13 points were it not for that last minute Uruguay goal.

There were a few last minute entrants to our work competition (up to 220 from 212; potential prize money for 1st place up to £586!!). I've got a lot of catching up to do as I was on 17 points after yesterdays games (the leader was on 54 points) - that put me in (joint) 200th place

Tomorrow I have: France 2 Mexico 0; Greece 1 Nigeria 1; Argentina 2 South Korea 0

I would have been on 50. Is it too late to join your work's competition?

Mind you, I'm fifth out of 250-odd in mine, thanks to a bizarre sequence of results which saw me get three out of four wrong and still actually go up in the rankings (because whilst virtually everyone took Italy to beat Paraguay, Cameroon to beat Japan, Slovakia to beat New Zealand and Portugal to beat Ivory Coast, I had 0-0 for the last one).

Actually, it's the 'What the feck did I say that for?' results that have really come through for me. On which basis, tomorrow's unlikely prediction is France 1-1 Mexico.

[Glesga_Steve]

Not a bad day for my predictions

I had: Honduras 0 Chile 2; Spain 2 Switzerland 0 (what happened there then ); South Africa 0 Uruguay 2

10 points out of a possible 24; would have been 13 points were it not for that last minute Uruguay goal.

There were a few last minute entrants to our work competition (up to 220 from 212; potential prize money for 1st place up to £586!!). I've got a lot of catching up to do as I was on 17 points after yesterdays games (the leader was on 54 points) - that put me in (joint) 200th place

Tomorrow I have: France 2 Mexico 0; Greece 1 Nigeria 1; Argentina 2 South Korea 0

I would have been on 50. Is it too late to join your work's competition?

Mind you, I'm fifth out of 250-odd in mine, thanks to a bizarre sequence of results which saw me get three out of four wrong and still actually go up in the rankings (because whilst virtually everyone took Italy to beat Paraguay, Cameroon to beat Japan, Slovakia to beat New Zealand and Portugal to beat Ivory Coast, I had 0-0 for the last one).

Actually, it's the 'What the feck did I say that for?' results that have really come through for me. On which basis, tomorrow's unlikely prediction is France 1-1 Mexico.

Too late to join?? I'm wondering if it's too late to pull out

Yep, me too - though I had a 1-1 draw for the Ivory Coast v Portugal match.

There's a burd in joint first place in ours (or at least there was this morning) - I'm convinced that's down to the jammy bint predicting daft results and coming up trumps (what's the chances she predicted the Swiss would beat the Spanish??)

[Josef]

There's a burd in joint first place in ours (or at least there was this morning) - I'm convinced that's down to the jammy bint predicting daft results and coming up trumps (what's the chances she predicted the Swiss would beat the Spanish??)

Tut, tut. Although if it reinforces your *peers over shoulder to see if Sharon is watching* obviously groundless and indefensible prejudices, the one and only person in our competition to predict a Swiss win was female.

Barring two blokes who, since they predicted 7-3 and 5-3 to Switzerland, I can confidently state opted for the 'Generate Random Scores' button.

[Josef]

I'm wondering if it's too late to pull out ::):

Cue Hollowhorn.

And, from The Guardian's (recommended) daily football email :

LIVE ON GUARDIAN.CO.UK TODAY

Join Barry Glendenning for MBM coverage of Honduras 0-1 Chile at 12.30pm, Rob Smyth for Spain 18-0 Switzerland at 3pm and Paolo Bandini for South Africa 1-1 Uruguay from 7.30pm.

Well, made me chuckle anyway. I suppose I should get out more.

[DickyHart]

The England team went to visit an orphanage in South Africa this morning. "It feels good to put a smile on the faces of people with no hope, constantly struggling and facing the impossible" said Jamal Umboto aged 6

[Glesga_Steve]

What do we think - have France just become the first of the 'big' sides to be knocked out of the World Cup?

[Dave]

What do we think - have France just become the first of the 'big' sides to be knocked out of the World Cup?

Yeah, it's shaping up to be quite interesting, never was much of a footy fan but I've watched a few games and it's quite entertaining.

[draugelis]

What do we think - have France just become the first of the 'big' sides to be knocked out of the World Cup?

I'm off to France for a wee break the week after next; the only good thing about tonight's result is that "L'Equipe" will now concentrate all it's editorial efforts on Le Tour! Chapeau Raymond Domenech!