Group B (Eng/Par/Swe/T&T)

[kyan]

all these posts smack of complacency, i hope it doesnt rub off onto the players or we mite get a repeat of euro 2000

[hanuma]

England play to their best and Paraguay will be the only ones capable of getting anything. It's a weak group.

The squad we have now is much better than that of Euro 2000.

[kyan]

^^accepted for sure, hopefully we can break our duck with sweden, prove to the world that we are different from the team we used to be...

[hanuma]

PARAGUAY: http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060515/7/6spv.html

Goalkeepers: Justo Villar (Newell's Old Boys), Derlis Gomez (Sportivo Luqueno), Aldo Bobadilla (Libertad)

Defenders: Denis Caniza (Cruz Azul), Carlos Gamarra (Palmeiras), Julio Cesar Caceres (River Plate), Delio Toledo (Real Zaragoza), Jorge Nunez (Estudiantes), Julio Manzur (Santos), Paulo da Silva (Toluca)

Midfielders: Edgar Barreto (NEC Nijmegen), Roberto Acuna (Deportivo Coruna), Carlos Paredes (Reggina), Julio dos Santos (Bayern Munich), Carlos Bonet (Libertad), Cristian Riveros (Libertad), Diego Gavilan (Newell's Old Boys), Jose Montiel (Olimpia)

Forwards: Nelson Haedo Valdez (Werder Bremen), Roque Santa Cruz (Bayern Munich), Nelson Cuevas (Pachuca), Salvador Cabanas (Chiapas), Jose Cardozo (no club)


ENGLAND: http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060508/1/6q01.html

Goalkeepers: Paul Robinson (Tottenham Hotspur), David James (Manchester City), Robert Green (Norwich City)

Defenders: Gary Neville (Manchester United), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), John Terry (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Arsenal), Sol Campbell (Arsenal), Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), Wayne Bridge (Chelsea)

Midfielders: David Beckham (Real Madrid), Michael Carrick (Tottenham Hotspur), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Owen Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Jermaine Jenas (Tottenham Hotspur), Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Aaron Lennon (Tottenham Hotspur)

Forwards: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Michael Owen (Newcastle United), Peter Crouch (Liverpool), Theo Walcott (Arsenal)


SWEDEN: http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060509/7/6qdw.html

Goalkeepers: Andreas Isaksson (Stade Rennes), John Alvbage (Viborg), Rami Shaaban (Fredrikstad)

Defenders: Erik Edman (Stade Rennes), Petter Hansson (Heerenveen), Teddy Lucic (BK Hacken), Olof Mellberg (Aston Villa), Karl Svensson (IFK Gothenburg), Mikael Nilsson (Panathinaikos), Fredrik Stenman (Bayer Leverkusen)

Midfielders: Daniel Andersson (Malmo), Niclas Alexandersson (IFK Gothenburg), Kim Kallstrom (Stade Rennes), Tobias Linderoth (FC Copenhagen), Christian Wilhelmsson (Anderlecht), Anders Svensson (Elfsborg), Fredrik Ljungberg (Arsenal)

Forwards: Marcus Allback (FC Copenhagen), Johan Elmander (Brondby), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Juventus), Mattias Jonson (Djurgarden), Henrik Larsson (Barcelona), Markus Rosenberg (Ajax Amsterdam)


T&T: http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060512/1/6rgg.html

Kelvin Jack (Dundee), Shaka Hislop (West Ham United), Clayton Ince (Coventry City), Dennis Lawrence (Wrexham) Cyd Gray (CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh), Marvin Andrews (Glasgow Rangers), Brent Sancho (Gillingham), Ian Cox (Gillingham), Atiba Charles (W Connection), Avery John (New England Revolution), Silvio Spann (unattached), Chris Birchall (Port Vale), Aurtis Whitley (CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh), Anthony Wolfe (Jabloteh), Densill Theobald (Falkirk), Carlos Edwards (Luton Town), Dwight Yorke (Sydney FC), Russell Latapy (Falkirk), Stern John (Coventry City), Kenwyne Jones (Southampton FC), Collin Samuel (Dundee United), Jason Scotland (St Johnstone), Cornell Glen (LA Galaxy)

(No positions were given - I don't have a clue where they will play either)

[hanuma]

The more I look at that Paraguay squad the more exciting it gets.

The match between us and them could be fantastic.

Santa Cruz mouthing off about Germany being better than England and Paraguay not being scared; http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060515/6/6sgc.html

I hope we thrash them.

This is Santa Cruz and his partner btw...

[Jager]

I don't think you will trash them, but you will beat them.

Personally, I can't wait for the Sweden/ England match....should be class.

[hanuma]

It's a good little group. If England have any real ambitions of winning it, it should be the perfect warm up.

I would have preffered it to have been a group of death with someone like Brazil in there, or perhaps have to face the Germans....imo the WC experience is truely made by playing the big games, whether you win or lose them isn't really relevant; who's going to remember when we thrashed T&T in several years time.

....that is unless they cause an upset.

[russe||]

Originally Posted by hanuma

Santa Cruz mouthing off about Germany being better than England and Paraguay not being scared;

I hope we thrash them.

[hanuma]

http://home.skysports.com/worldcup/a...red+of+England

These Paraguayans are begging for a good smack tbh.

[Bailey]

I really hope we win the Group stage because i have bagged myself 2 tickets to Winner Group B vs RUnner up Group A.... COME ON ENGLAND!!!

I will be able 2 post some pics up of the games i am going to see, Hopefully some England ones... Plz lord! 8)

[CantonaStillGod]

Originally Posted by Jager

I don't think you will trash them, but you will beat them.

Personally, I can't wait for the Sweden/ England match....should be class.

It won't mean anything by then if we've both got 6 points. It'll be another thrilling 1-1 draw

[Elle5]

England will go thru..They have great players...world class....Beckham ,Gerrard,Lampard,Terry,Neville,Ferdinand,Cole,Owen ...

[-Tim-]

i think England and Sweden will go through with England finishing 1st and Sweden 2nd. they are both the stronger teams of the 4

-Tim-

[hanuma]

Paraguay are better than Sweden.

[aragrev]

Sweden and England, the Swedes to go first and possibly to the final 4.