Re: FIFA World Cup 2010 : Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:53 pm  

2 defeats now

Paddy Evra is the bookie's friend

Re: FIFA World Cup 2010 : Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:55 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

Is that record correct? Because a record of 45 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is so amazingly good that I'm struggling to believe it.

Well I'll admit I don't have a hard copy of the information. The BBC said they had won 45 from 48. As far as I know they had only lost to the USA in the Confederations Cup in that time leaving 2 games as a draw. I stand to be corrected on this.

Well done Switzerland. Thought they were deserving of the victory. Defended well and could have had more.

Re: FIFA World Cup 2010 : Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:59 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote: Is that record correct? Because a record of 45 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is so amazingly good that I'm struggling to believe it. According to the wikipedia page it is, there's a list of results there http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain_nati ... feated_run Matches after the 35 game unbeaten run are just above that section.

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote: Is that record correct? Because a record of 45 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is so amazingly good that I'm struggling to believe it. According to the wikipedia page it is, there's a list of results there http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain_nati ... feated_run Matches after the 35 game unbeaten run are just above that section.

Re: FIFA World Cup 2010 : Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:00 pm  

Anybody else finding that the BBC website is running incredibly slow for any WC related stories? I'm guessing this is because they have felt the need to whack about 5 videos on every single page

Re: FIFA World Cup 2010 : Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:02 pm  

Shakes things up a little bit in Spain's group now at least. Swiss and Chile on 3 points, some ground for Spain to make up on them two.

Re: FIFA World Cup 2010 : Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:04 pm  

Dan_FC wrote:

Shakes things up a little bit in Spain's group now at least. Swiss and Chile on 3 points, some ground for Spain to make up on them two.

How are ties decided in the WC? Is it goal difference or results against? Got to fancy Spain to fight back against Honduras so it could be very tight heading into the last games

Re: FIFA World Cup 2010 : Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:11 pm  

El Pac Carnegie wrote:

How are ties decided in the WC? Is it goal difference or results against? Got to fancy Spain to fight back against Honduras so it could be very tight heading into the last games

I'm guessing goal difference but I'm not too sure to be honest. To be fair I fancy Spain to hammer Honduras in the next game but should Spain and the Swiss draw that would make the last game interesting.

[Matt_Horton]

Re: FIFA World Cup 2010 : Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:17 pm  

It possibly opens up Brasil v Spain in the last 16 as well.

Re: FIFA World Cup 2010 : Wed Jun 16, 2010 5:57 pm  

Well I got South Africa and Switzerland in the sweepstake at work so at least they both look like they are going to go down fighting. Great result for the Swiss today.

Re: FIFA World Cup 2010 : Wed Jun 16, 2010 6:31 pm  

Hope Uruguay get the job done tonight. Don't want the louder than normal vuvudrainpipes making it out of the group stages.