World Cup GDT: June 14th

[devo22]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

FIFA World Cup 2014 ‏@FIFAWorldCupTM 44m
England XI: Hart, Johnson, Jagielka, Cahill, Baines, Gerrard, Henderson, Welbeck, Sterling, Rooney, Sturridge. #ENG

Roy is going for it

loving it. Expected Lallana somewhere in there, but Welbeck, Sterling and Sturridge certainly provide A LOT of pace up front. Can't wait for the game.

sure hope that Costa Rica can hold on to their lead vs Uruguay. Would help England a lot.

[Itse]

That Campbell has a cannon.

[SebC]

So how does the Concacaf wins gets Concacaf more spots thing work exactly?

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Uruguay is so disorganized out there

[Mango]

Originally Posted by Itse

That Campbell has a cannon.

That shot certainly was a beauty and not off by much.

[Matty81]

Originally Posted by SebC

So how does the Concacaf wins gets Concacaf more spots thing work exactly?

It doesn't directly translate, but every world cup when they are deciding how many spots to allocate they look at a few factors and rankings/performance of a feds teams is pretty much number 1.

Right now Concacaf is on the fence, they have 3 spots and a 0.5 that they have to play New Zealand for. They've been lobbying for a while that they should have 4 permanently and another confed should lose a 0.5 and have to play NZ...

A couple concacaf teams going on a run would really put them in a strong spot for 2018

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by SebC

So how does the Concacaf wins gets Concacaf more spots thing work exactly?

It doesn't we can only hope.

Africa needs a spot taken away.

[devo22]

in last years CL match between United and Real, Ferguson had Welbeck in there specifically to chase and shut down Xabi Alonso. Wonder if Uncle Roy is smart enough to give him the same task vs Pirlo ... just a thought.

[seattleflamer]

Joel Campbell is the best player diver in Concacaf:

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Matty81

Right now Concacaf is on the fence, they have 3 spots and a 0.5 that they have to play New Zealand for. They've been lobbying for a while that they should have 4 permanently and another confed should lose a 0.5 and have to play NZ...

So it's only relevant to Canada if we can land that 4th spot yet not beat Oceania.

[nik-]

this is insane

[M*A*S*H 4077]

The first real upset!

[ClubFlames]

3-1 Costa Rica

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Locke

Thats a good lineup. If they can keep Pirlo quiet and pour on some of the pace against Italy I think England have a good chance.

This coming from someone who normally actively cheers against England.

I think I'd rather Jones at the back than Cahill but that's a minor complaint.

[Mccree]

Uruguay in a world of hurt now.

[SebC]

Sure Uruguay... you don't need Suarez!

[Itse]

Nice goal.

Biggest upset is really that this is not a fluke, Costa Rica has just been better.

[Matty81]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

It doesn't we can only hope.

Africa needs a spot taken away.

3-1. Upset but not the crazy shock the british announcers who don't know anything about soccer outside uefa consider it. But but but they have guys we know from english soccer, how can they lose to guys we never heard of.

CAF is for sure in the crosshairs but I think UEFA is going to lose a whole spot first... they will have 14 teams at the next world cup, every other fed in the world gets 18. They and conmebol get the best results and they deserve more but that is almost half the field, way too many.

[GirlySports]

Its a pretty crazy shock. Europe wont lose a spot. They used to have 13 out of 24! Especially with guys like ibra and levandovski already sitting at home

[GirlySports]

Has to be red. Dirty uruguaians