New Posts For Thread: World Cup 2006 Englands grouphttps://community.betfair.com/world_cup/go/thread/view/107734/23767194/world-cup-2006-englands-groupEnglandSwedenTrinidad and TobagoParaguayWinner plays 2nd place from Germany, Poland, Ecuador or Costa Rica.Was that group significantly more difficult that the gorup for 2010?I think the potential second round game will be much harder than 4 years ago. Currently Ghana and Serbia are much better teams than Poland, Ecuador and Cost Rica were 4 years ago.Not sure about Germany, have they improved in the last 4 years?I assumehttps://community.betfair.com/world_cup/go/thread/view/107734/23767194/world-cup-2006-englands-group?post_id=427356382#427356382I think the potential second round game will be much harder than 4 years ago. Currently Ghana and Serbia are much better teams than Poland, Ecuador and Cost Rica were 4 years ago.Not sure about Germany, have they improved in the last 4 years?I assumeMon, 07 Dec 2009 09:47:54 -0600top 20 of what??? world rankings???blah, doesnt mean a thing with me, USA are 8th in the world, do you think they are better thanmexico, ivory coast ukraine?imo opinion, i think england have a better team on paper than france.https://community.betfair.com/world_cup/go/thread/view/107734/23767194/world-cup-2006-englands-group?post_id=427356374#427356374top 20 of what??? world rankings???blah, doesnt mean a thing with me, USA are 8th in the world, do you think they are better thanmexico, ivory coast ukraine?imo opinion, i think england have a better team on paper than france.Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:56:38 -0600England's qualifying group for the WC was the only one to contain 3 teams in the top 20 when it started. I'm not sure Ireland would have even made second place if they were in the same group as Croatia and Ukraine.https://community.betfair.com/world_cup/go/thread/view/107734/23767194/world-cup-2006-englands-group?post_id=427356370#427356370England's qualifying group for the WC was the only one to contain 3 teams in the top 20 when it started. I'm not sure Ireland would have even made second place if they were in the same group as Croatia and Ukraine.Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:12:23 -0600some good points made here but i think we can all safely say that like it or not seedings will always be used in tournaments like this just as they are in most sports eg. snooker,tennis.sadly the main thing about this is money an noway fifa would havhttps://community.betfair.com/world_cup/go/thread/view/107734/23767194/world-cup-2006-englands-group?post_id=427356366#427356366some good points made here but i think we can all safely say that like it or not seedings will always be used in tournaments like this just as they are in most sports eg. snooker,tennis.sadly the main thing about this is money an noway fifa would havMon, 07 Dec 2009 05:16:35 -0600madsimon 06 Dec 16:53 i have nothing against seeding in the world cup. If Ireland (or anybody else) want to get seeded they just have to get their ranking to an appropriate standing. There is no law that says only such and such countries can bhttps://community.betfair.com/world_cup/go/thread/view/107734/23767194/world-cup-2006-englands-group?post_id=427356334#427356334madsimon 06 Dec 16:53 i have nothing against seeding in the world cup. If Ireland (or anybody else) want to get seeded they just have to get their ranking to an appropriate standing. There is no law that says only such and such countries can bSun, 06 Dec 2009 12:16:33 -0600imo the seedings and world ranking are load of craphttps://community.betfair.com/world_cup/go/thread/view/107734/23767194/world-cup-2006-englands-group?post_id=427356330#427356330imo the seedings and world ranking are load of crapSun, 06 Dec 2009 09:56:58 -0600i have nothing against seeding in the world cup. If Ireland (or anybody else) want to get seeded they just have to get their ranking to an appropriate standing. There is no law that says only such and such countries can be seededhttps://community.betfair.com/world_cup/go/thread/view/107734/23767194/world-cup-2006-englands-group?post_id=427356326#427356326i have nothing against seeding in the world cup. If Ireland (or anybody else) want to get seeded they just have to get their ranking to an appropriate standing. There is no law that says only such and such countries can be seededSun, 06 Dec 2009 09:53:18 -0600haha thats not were i was going, but if ya wanna talk about that.tbh its not only that that was against ireland, but to get **ed out of a chance to go to a world cup coz of that. i hate **s and to win a game because of **ing is horrible, england shouhttps://community.betfair.com/world_cup/go/thread/view/107734/23767194/world-cup-2006-englands-group?post_id=427356322#427356322haha thats not were i was going, but if ya wanna talk about that.tbh its not only that that was against ireland, but to get **ed out of a chance to go to a world cup coz of that. i hate **s and to win a game because of **ing is horrible, england shouSun, 06 Dec 2009 09:32:34 -0600dodgy refereeing decisions especially ones involving handshttps://community.betfair.com/world_cup/go/thread/view/107734/23767194/world-cup-2006-englands-group?post_id=427356318#427356318dodgy refereeing decisions especially ones involving handsSun, 06 Dec 2009 09:26:47 -0600where is it headin?https://community.betfair.com/world_cup/go/thread/view/107734/23767194/world-cup-2006-englands-group?post_id=427356314#427356314where is it headin?Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:23:20 -0600