Possible Group in 2010

mate, this is wildlife. a big reserve where you get driven around in jeeps to watch Lions chase and eat things  and Elephants knock down trees and crocs eating cows in the river.....

 FARKEN BRILLIANT  !!!!!!

you'll never experience anything like this again in ya life. This is the perfect opportunity.

I recommend it !

you don't want to experience this ??

or this ?

Jo Berg rated one of the most dangerous cities in the world. I work with about 30 South Africans and their news is not good.

Can everyone get off France. They didnt cheat.
It proves good refs do help...

Still want the Saffas to beat them and for France to go home in the group stage .

that'd be justice!!!
smittyz112009-12-05 13:33:04

sissoko_no1fan2009-12-05 13:36:38

The way to the second round.

Blatant cheating it was, have a look at the replay

the 'best world cup wall chart i could find in a quick scout - most links are still for 06

At least we might get one point, one more than aussie.

Am enjoying this whole experience

27 yrs ago, there weren't the opportunities to watch it all happen live on the net, and to have a forum like this to comment on, it is fantastic

good draw

Charlize ?

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/feature?id=708071&cc=3888&ver=global

Absolute joke of an article. People need to do more research on us but to be honest it doesn't matter as it will make our upsets all the more better.

Uhh..pretty hard to disagree with any of that except maybe the 'part-timers' thing (though the A-League is pretty much part-time compared to the top leagues)

I think people are underating Paraguay. They are a terrific team - better than Argentina right now - and I can't see us winning or drawing with them. However, with a bit of luck I do think we can beat Slovakia (though it wont be easy obviously) and perhaps draw with Italy because they usually start tournaments slow.
valeo2009-12-05 14:29:25

Slovakia wear white too.

As for the draw. For us, it's OK. Not great, but could have been much worse. But could have been better too. From the seeds, once South Africa was off the table, Italy's pretty good. It's team in somewhat of a decline, and certainly better to be playing them than Spain/Brazil/Germany etc. Having said that, they'll still probably beat us comfortably.

Lot of people here are underestimating Paraguay. They're an excellent side, seen them play Brazil in the qualifying, they were absolutely fantastic. Will give us a torrid time.

Slovakia's a good draw for us, they're nothing special, we can play against them. Best chance of point/s for us.

As for other groups, England got the easiest group, Australia had really tough luck. Expect they'll be joining us on the trip home after the group stage is complete.

Terrible luck for Ivory Coast, this is the second time they've been drawn in the group of death in as many tournaments. But I think they're still good enough to progress from that group. Spain's group will be interesting to follow, there'll be an almighty scramble for the second spot there.

Better them than the 1 in 3 chance we had at portugal when our group came round!

I've seen quite a bit of Slovakia, there's nothing to be scared of there. Agree they're probably one of the easiest (if not THE easiest) European side to draw.

I was sure we were gonna draw them as the European teams came out. Heart skipped a few beats as that Frog unravelled the scrunched up paper that determined who would be the 4th team in our group that's for sure.

loving the hispanic nature of that group

the group of 'eth 'eth 'eth

Salmon072009-12-05 15:24:23

France will be loving being drawn with Sth Africa after having not been seeded themselves. Almost seemed rigged!

Yeh, awesomwe, hopefully the home crowd will influence the ref and a last minute penalty to Bafana Bafana will put the French out!

o really? I apologise

Tegal2009-12-05 16:22:20

the mouth of racism?

Paraguay are a very good team...I think they qualified second in sth America and beat Brazil on the way. We seem to struggle against Sth American teams....it will be a tough day at the office against them. They are technically very very good, they are very quick and are well organised. plus doesn't roque Santa-Cruse play for them?

Shame we are not playing Italy last...if they won their first two games and were through they might of rested some of their stars. We could keep close to them if we defend hard. italy tend to cruise when they go a couple of goals up. Paraguay could rip us up.

Slovakia won their qualifying pool against not great teams like Slovenia and Poland. They are no slouches. Well organised but they will be our best chance of a point.

if I was forcasting results i would think...vs Italy 0-3, vs paraguay 0-4, vs Slovakia 1-2. Sure hope we can do better than that but I am not confident.

Pretty happy with our draw, could have been better but could have been worse. Like if we'd been in Brazils group with Portugal and Ivory Coast. Speaking of which, that and Australias pool will be interesting.

She may look great but she was as daft as a brush. i think in one of the add break someone told her to shut the F**k UP!!!!
She gives new meaning to the term DUMB BLONDS!!!!!!

Yeah and she didnt seem to understand what was going on with the draw  she seemed very unsure at several times and even asked Beckham "are you sure its the right one?" (why was Beckham even up there anyways...several SA stars etc then....Beckham...didnt quite fit).

The only thing about Paraguay which might give us a little bit of hope is that they usually play a bit of negative football (not unlike how we will probably try and play at the WC) which could give us a chance at a 0-0 valeo2009-12-05 17:08:09

Flirting tbh.

Beckham so wanted her