Friday's World Cup Draw

[GaryRissling]

With CONCACAF being thrown into a pot with the weaker confederations, Asia and Oceana, we may already be in trouble for Friday's draw. I'm really struggling to think of a group combination where would even be a favorite to finish in third, let alone first or second.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/ ... 901&ver=us

Pot 1
Argentina
Brazil
England
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
South Africa
Spain

Pot 2
Australia
Japan
North Korea
South Korea
Honduras
Mexico
United States
New Zealand

Pot 3
Algeria
Cameroon
Ivory Coast
Ghana
Nigeria
Chile
Paraguay
Uruguay

Pot 4
Denmark
France
Greece
Portugal
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Switzerland

[brianF31A]

With CONCACAF being thrown into a pot with the weaker confederations, Asia and Oceana, we may already be in trouble for Friday's draw. I'm really struggling to think of a group combination where would even be a favorite to finish in third, let alone first or second.

South Africa
USA
(Algeria can't happen)
Serbia


the US might be a favorite in that group.

Edit: I forgot US can't draw South Africa and Algeria since they are both from the same Conference.

[GaryRissling]

Yeah, I'm thinking SA might wreck the trend of the host nation always advancing. Certainly, I'd rather take my chances with them as opposed to the rest of the seeded group.

[Tomas]

Italy
USA
Ghana
Slovakia

and it would be (with just one small variation on the Czechoslovakia theme) deja vu all over again!

[Gaucho]

Charlize Theron is full of win for many different reasons:

[Draftnik]

Nice, we open with England, although WT.... with Mexico getting the easy draw

[Draftnik]

Sweet - Algeria

The hot actress on the stage is brazenly flirting with Becks