Also pretty sure that Maradona might be the worst international manager in the history of the game after failing to include Cambiasso and Zanetti in his 30 man WC roster.

5/11/2010 11:32:58 PM

i would not be scared of that argentina squad at all. cant believe maradona left out zanetti and cambiasso...i hope argentina crash out of the group stage

5/11/2010 11:39:36 PM

raymond domenech is up there with maradona, guy is a complete idiot

5/11/2010 11:42:43 PM

^^^ u jokin...no u aint jokin

those forwards are lethal, but the rest of that team is not intimidating. and i know veron is a legend and all...but seriously? is he really a valuable player anymore? what is the beef between maradona and cambiasso? he has been killing it for inter. surprised to not see gago too...oh well

also, moment of silence for my main man davide santon not getting the italy call up because of that injury...in time, young one, in time


lol...domenech leaves off benzema and nasri...with those 2 france has a KILLER squad

[Edited on May 11, 2010 at 11:59 PM. Reason : ]

5/11/2010 11:44:16 PM

who is gonna play right back for argentina now?? i dont know any other right backs for them...and im not surprised to see insua not make it. hes garbage. but LOL to coloccini making it...that guy is so slow and terrible on D.

oh and between the 3 GKs, they have a total of 11 caps....wow

5/12/2010 12:00:46 AM

Maradona is nuts. Straight nutssssss.

5/12/2010 1:10:48 AM

Domenech has been a lame duck for a while.



I don't understand Maradona at all. He went through that whole hissy fit about how awesome he was when they qualified contrary to what the press was saying - and then he manages to go and pick a side filled with players no one's ever even heard of before over established GOOD players.

5/12/2010 1:20:57 AM

I would love a Bob Index.

5/12/2010 8:11:51 AM

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/785594/ce/uk/?cc=5901&ver=us

Terry out

Quote :

"John Terry has been taken to hospital after suffering a bad blow to his right foot that could rule the defender out of England's squad for the World Cup."

5/12/2010 10:37:01 AM

wtf is a bad blow


oh and KARMA BITCH

5/12/2010 10:40:10 AM

elsewhere in England, Wayne Bridge LOL'd.

5/12/2010 11:04:22 AM

haha the old metatarsal break. it's the english curse, those dudes should just hide for 2 months before the world cup

5/12/2010 11:10:33 AM

Terry back in

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/785594/ce/uk/?cc=5901&ver=us

5/12/2010 12:45:54 PM

typical england.

JOHN TERRY DEAD AS HE FALLS IN TRAINING PRACTICE...

2 HRS LATER...

john terry seen coming out of hospital with another woman, but his foot might be fine...

5/12/2010 1:18:08 PM

i just checked out France's squad for the first time...this might be one of the weakest french sides ive ever seen. the only thing that might save them is Lloris in goal if he plays as well for country as he does for club

5/12/2010 2:02:23 PM

i actually like the french side...apparently nasri and benzema aren't too popular in the locker room...blah blah blah

let's make a squad of the best player's left out and predict how they would fare in the WC

with the first pick, amac884 selects PATO

5/12/2010 4:13:56 PM

Arshavin.

oh, of teams that made it

CONOR CASEY

[Edited on May 12, 2010 at 4:14 PM. Reason : .]

5/12/2010 4:14:27 PM

PATO CASEY

CAMBIASO ADU

[Edited on May 12, 2010 at 4:16 PM. Reason : ]

5/12/2010 4:15:29 PM

for you battery (or charlotte eagles) ultras

Quote :

"Bolton Wanderers have announced that they will embark on a tour to North America, playing friendlies against Charlotte Eagles, Charleston Battery and Toronto FC as part of their upcoming pre-season schedule."

http://www.bwfc.co.uk/page/General/0,,1004~2050143,00.html

[Edited on May 12, 2010 at 4:17 PM. Reason : .]

5/12/2010 4:16:28 PM

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/391198-domenech-omits-samir-nasri-from-frances-world-cup-squad


lol this guy thinks nasri is the future of french football....

5/12/2010 4:20:06 PM

anybody watching Fulham-Atletico

its 1-1 in the 90th minute

5/12/2010 4:29:11 PM

france won't make it out of their group. uruguay and south africa will advance.

5/12/2010 4:30:33 PM

yeah im watching fulham havent really done much since ive been watching. they just keep playing hopeful lobbed in through balls

5/12/2010 4:30:36 PM

obviously gourcuff is THE NEXT ZIZOU, but he and nasri would be running things in the middle...i actually like gignac too to go along with govou and ribery on the wings and anelka up top...how can you not like that team??? it looks like they have pretty decent defenders as well

5/12/2010 4:32:41 PM

obviously amac...thats why hes still in france at the age of 24

govou and anelka are terrible for country. leaving benzema out, do they even have a real striker threat up top?

how many times has anelka retired then came back for france anyway?

[Edited on May 12, 2010 at 4:36 PM. Reason : f]

5/12/2010 4:33:45 PM

23! and was ligue 1 player of the year last year and made team of the year again this season. any milan fan will tell you that letting him go was a huge mistake. and i would like to see any 20 year old get time in a midfield with kaka, pirlo, and seedorf


^ cisse

[Edited on May 12, 2010 at 4:38 PM. Reason : jk]

5/12/2010 4:37:41 PM

oh my bad. he turns 24 this summer. i watched him some in champions league. i dont rate him nearly as high as you do

5/12/2010 4:38:45 PM

well there is something to be said about leading bordeaux to their first league title ever (...in 10 years)...i'm not sure what happened over the last few months of this season, though. they were killing it through the first half of the season.


haha goal.com made a reject squad

Goalkeepers (3)

Sebastien Frey (France)
Diego Alves (Brazil)
Marco Storari (Italy)

Defenders (6)

Javier Zanetti (Argentina)
Philippe Mexes (France)
Alex (Brazil)
Ezequiel Garay (Argentina)
Sol Campbell (England)
Marcelo (Brazil)

Midfielders (8)

Jeremy Menez (France)
Samir Nasri (France)
Esteban Cambiasso (Argentina)
Juan Riquelme (Argentina)
Ever Banega (Argentina)
Ronaldinho (Brazil)
Diego (Brazil)
Guti (Spain)

Forwards (6)

Karim Benzema (France)
Kevin Kuranyi (Germany)
Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Netherlands)
Francesco Totti (Italy)
Antonio Cassano (Italy)
Pato (Brazil)

Stand-By (5)

Fabrizio Miccoli (Italy)
Pedro Leon (Spain)
Patrick Vieira (France)
Aly Cissokho (France)
Owen Hargreaves (England)

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/article?contentId=1921598]

[Edited on May 12, 2010 at 4:51 PM. Reason : ]

5/12/2010 4:41:17 PM

wikipedia is telling me bordeaux have 6 ligue 1 titles...i had to check cause i knew bordeaux had to have won one before...


i didnt see anything significant about Mexes, but i was wondering why he didnt make it. that france squad has no center back that seems to be established or great

wait, i missed Gallas earlier...but man i wouldnt want to have to rely on him...

[Edited on May 12, 2010 at 4:49 PM. Reason : f]

5/12/2010 4:46:00 PM

PWNT...but that doesn't detract from my gourcuff backing


riquelme...haven't heard that name in awhile

[Edited on May 12, 2010 at 4:50 PM. Reason : ]

5/12/2010 4:48:44 PM

lol yeah...how old is he and where does he play??

damn hes only turning 32 this summer..i figured he was older than that. and hes with boca juniors, no wonder i havent seen his name in ages



[Edited on May 12, 2010 at 4:52 PM. Reason : this europa cup final is terribly boring]

5/12/2010 4:50:43 PM

only 31. thought he was a lot older than that...guess he just "plays" old. apparently he is back at boca juniors


^


interesting tidbit: julio cruz only got 22 caps for argentina...that is very surprising to me

[Edited on May 12, 2010 at 4:55 PM. Reason : ]

5/12/2010 4:53:12 PM

interesting to me is how no goalkeeper for argentina this world cup has more than 4 caps....though i guess they might get a cpl more at best in some friendlies before the world cup

[Edited on May 12, 2010 at 5:03 PM. Reason : fr]

5/12/2010 5:03:38 PM

lol Diego Forlan pretty much just won it for atl madrid

116' goal


i have no sympathy for fulham. they were obviously playing for penalties and it was painful watching them pull the ball back rather than attacking

[Edited on May 12, 2010 at 5:08 PM. Reason : g]

5/12/2010 5:07:07 PM

and in the end, they're just another Boro

see you in the 'ship in a few years DUDES

5/12/2010 5:10:40 PM

whenever hodgson leaves, this team will be doodoo...i have no idea how they play so well sometimes with the squad they have.

5/12/2010 5:11:32 PM

dang im surprised pato got left off, i thought he'd be their top striker by now.

also, i agree with amac about gourcuff. when i lived in france last year i got to see a lot of gourcuff, and that guy is awesome. he's no zidane but i'd rate him up there with most of the better attacking mids in the world.

5/12/2010 6:12:23 PM

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Terry breaks foot.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1277814/John-Terrys-World-Cup-dream-doubt-England-defender-suffers-broken-metatarsal.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

5/12/2010 6:15:34 PM

is this the same article as earlier or has he now broken it again?

5/12/2010 6:20:48 PM

Its says he suffered it in training today.

5/12/2010 6:22:13 PM

yeah i know. an article has already been put up here earlier that he broke it, then they came back and said it was just minor ligament damage....so is this old or even newer?

5/12/2010 6:23:34 PM

No clue, I didn't see the earlier article. Shit I see it now.

[Edited on May 12, 2010 at 6:25 PM. Reason : f]

5/12/2010 6:24:35 PM

One month left! I havent looked into how TV broadcasts are gonna work over here seeing as most of the group match play is gonna be while a lot of us are at work. Already trying to decide which days I may try to take off to watch some live. Are they gonna have this on demand on TWC or anything so I can come home each day and watch the matches before I hear or see the scores?

Looks like Ill have to go pickup a HD DVR box for this one month so I can DVR and watch when I get home each night.

[Edited on May 12, 2010 at 7:02 PM. Reason : dvr]

5/12/2010 6:48:52 PM

yep, it'll be mostly DVR for me... streams at work if I'm in the office

and I'll take off work for the US games

5/12/2010 7:15:15 PM

yeah not working when us plays but recording everything else

5/12/2010 7:28:14 PM

I just found out I'm heading to training for my new job later this month. It looks as if I'll be working through this World Cup. Luckily, the England game is on a Saturday.

In slightly related news, I'll be based out of Puerto Rico, so I got a new team to root for.



CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WINNERS EXPOSED?!?!?!

5/12/2010 10:08:40 PM

nice

I'm not much of a PR fan

5/12/2010 10:17:57 PM

^^ Dude, congrats. PR is nice, although I hope you speak a lot of spanish. A LOT.



http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/may/12/dunga-ronaldinho-world-cup-brazil

In other news, Danny Jordaan: u mad?

5/12/2010 11:10:54 PM

^^^I'm glad to hear things worked out for you! Now I guess I'll have to go find a center back.

5/12/2010 11:21:50 PM

Thanks. I have a friend from Bayamón, and his Spanish is probably the most understandable to me, even though my Spanish has been cultured by Mexicans. Definitely rusty though. Very rusty.

Danny Jordaan is mad cause he is good friends with Ronaldinho. Let me show you.


Goodnight, sweet prince

5/12/2010 11:25:41 PM