JPN366 Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Yay! A soccer/futbol thread! Two thoughts, I love the black and sky blue Man. U uniforms and Chelsea looks tough. They made Arsenal look foolish the other day. Does anybody have the Fox Soccer Channel/Fox Sports World? That's how I keep up. I wished they showed Spanish League games. I'd like to see some Real Madrid or Barcelona games. I think DirecTV charges extra for Setanta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 QUOTE (JPN366 @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 03:39 PM) Yay! A soccer/futbol thread! Two thoughts, I love the black and sky blue Man. U uniforms and Chelsea looks tough. They made Arsenal look foolish the other day. Does anybody have the Fox Soccer Channel/Fox Sports World? That's how I keep up. I wished they showed Spanish League games. I'd like to see some Real Madrid or Barcelona games. I think DirecTV charges extra for Setanta. Everyone charges extra for Setanta, it's a premium channel. La Liga is on ESPN now actually and seems to be once a week, but I've only noticed Barcelona games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPN366 Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 QUOTE (danman31 @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 04:46 PM) Everyone charges extra for Setanta, it's a premium channel. La Liga is on ESPN now actually and seems to be once a week, but I've only noticed Barcelona games. Â I might have to look into the cost then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I wouln't bother with Setenta personally, there's not a whole lot on there unless you're really into EPL. Â If you need to watch a game on Setanta, just go to a pub or something, because there's more EPL games on FSC than there is Setanta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 QUOTE (DBAHO @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 08:43 PM) If you need to watch a game on Setanta, just go to a pub or something, because there's more EPL games on FSC than there is Setanta. This is America. That's not that easy to find, not to mention most of the weekend games are on in the morning. It's not the most convenient set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 QUOTE (danman31 @ Dec 3, 2009 -> 04:15 PM) This is America. That's not that easy to find, not to mention most of the weekend games are on in the morning. It's not the most convenient set up. Pretty much any British / Irish Pub will have Setanta. I found at least 5-6 in New York / New Jersey, although I'd imagine there's probably not as many in Chicago. Â You are right about the conveinence though. I have to put up with watching the game at 2AM down here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 World Cup Draw is today. USA & Mexico get hosed by getting put into a pod with the Asia teams & New Zealand despite their high rankings, which means they wont have any of them in their group. Hopefully they can get South Africa from the top pod, instead of one of the top seven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 3, 2009 -> 09:01 AM) World Cup Draw is today. USA & Mexico get hosed by getting put into a pod with the Asia teams & New Zealand despite their high rankings, which means they wont have any of them in their group. Hopefully they can get South Africa from the top pod, instead of one of the top seven.  It's tomorrow. (Dec 4th)  Best case scenario would be to draw South Africa, Algeria/Ghana, Slovenia  Worst case would be Brazil, France/Serbia, Ivory Coast/Cameroon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Dec 3, 2009 -> 08:39 AM) It's tomorrow. (Dec 4th) Best case scenario would be to draw South Africa, Algeria/Ghana, Slovenia  Worst case would be Brazil, France/Serbia, Ivory Coast/Cameroon  Oops, thought today was Friday already. Not the best way to start the morning.  A Brazil, France, Ivory Coast, USA group would be a hell of a Group of Death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AssHatSoxFan Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Dec 3, 2009 -> 09:39 AM) It's tomorrow. (Dec 4th) Best case scenario would be to draw South Africa, Algeria/Ghana, Slovenia  Worst case would be Brazil, France/Serbia, Ivory Coast/Cameroon I don't think you can draw another African team if you get South Africa in your group but that may be wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 QUOTE (AssHatSoxFan @ Dec 3, 2009 -> 11:32 AM) I don't think you can draw another African team if you get South Africa in your group but that may be wrong  No you're right. I forgot about that. Then best case would probably be to draw Chile or Uruguay from the CONMEBOL/CAF pool along with South Africa from pool A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Was kind of hoping Australia would face the U.S in the group stages but that won't be happening. Â Besides South Africa, I'd love to get either England or the Netherlands out of Pool A. Â England I think are susceptible, especially if they keep going with Emile Heskey next to Rooney, while if Robin Van Persie misses with an ankle injury, the Dutch lose their main strike weapon up front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 QUOTE (DBAHO @ Dec 4, 2009 -> 08:51 AM) Was kind of hoping Australia would face the U.S in the group stages but that won't be happening. Besides South Africa, I'd love to get either England or the Netherlands out of Pool A.  England I think are susceptible, especially if they keep going with Emile Heskey next to Rooney, while if Robin Van Persie misses with an ankle injury, the Dutch lose their main strike weapon up front.  Really? I'd rather draw Argentina, Germany or even Spain before the Dutch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 US gets England. Mexico of course gets South Africa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 3rd team in the US group is Algeria...thats a lucky break Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 4, 2009 -> 01:16 PM) 3rd team in the US group is Algeria...thats a lucky break  Best possible scenario.  And that English team is beatable too. They wouldn't have been one of my top picks but it could have been worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 mexico was looking good with South Africa & Uruguay, but France was just added to the group to make it tougher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Sloevnia finishes off the USAs group...they will have no excuses to not advance to the 2nd round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpy2121 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Great scenario for the US. It figures that Slovenia (I'm 75% Slovenian) is grouped with us. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 One of the best possible outcomes for the US right there. No excuses not to advance. Â Italy and Spain have cake walks to the second round. Â Hardest group is probably G followed by E in a close second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonik22 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 what a draw!? We need to advance, no excuse not to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 (edited) group of death definitely looks like group G with Brazil, Ivory Coast, & Portugal. I'd say poor North Korea, but f*** them and Kim Jong  I think groups B & D look tough too Edited December 4, 2009 by LittleHurt05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Serbia gets Germany, Ghana, and Australia. Not an extremely horrible draw, but 3 very tough teams. Don't remember ever seeing Serbia play Australia and Ghana, but the last time we played Germany, we led 1-0 for like 80 minutes, then played all-defense hoping for the win and eventually lost 2-1. That was with a different coach and a less talented team. I like our chances of moving on. Our defense is what got us to the WC and it'll have to strong to move us through into the knockout rounds. Vidic/Subotic/Ivanovic and one of Dragutinovic/Obradovic/Lukovic/Kolarov. I'd expect at least 1 friendly with an African team before the WC to try and size up Ghana a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Dec 4, 2009 -> 03:48 PM) Serbia gets Germany, Ghana, and Australia. Not an extremely horrible draw, but 3 very tough teams. Don't remember ever seeing Serbia play Australia and Ghana, but the last time we played Germany, we led 1-0 for like 80 minutes, then played all-defense hoping for the win and eventually lost 2-1. That was with a different coach and a less talented team. I like our chances of moving on. Our defense is what got us to the WC and it'll have to strong to move us through into the knockout rounds. Vidic/Subotic/Ivanovic and one of Dragutinovic/Obradovic/Lukovic/Kolarov. I'd expect at least 1 friendly with an African team before the WC to try and size up Ghana a bit. Â Ghana's strength is in their midfield. They lack a dangerous striker. Same can be said of Germany. Don't know much about Australia. So if defense is what Serbia is known for they should be in good shape to advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Dec 4, 2009 -> 04:19 PM) Ghana's strength is in their midfield. They lack a dangerous striker. Same can be said of Germany. Don't know much about Australia. So if defense is what Serbia is known for they should be in good shape to advance. You don't think Klose and Podolski are good forwards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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