World cup time.

[Daniel_Rosamilia]

It'll either be Australia or Italy.

Australia: I live there, and if I don't I'll get the shit beaten outta me at school.

Italy: My dad's Italian all the way, and he followed them, along with my brother when Australia got beaten.

So I'm kinda stuck on a particularly spiky fence here.
AND IT HURTS!

 

[Offworlder_v1legacy]

Australia, cos I live here and Holland, just for the fun of it.

 

[Lasair]

We will be supporting England in my house... until they get knocked out. And then it's a free for all! My partner is used to the grim disappointment (being a Middlesborough fan), I don't even like football that much and will lose interest pretty quickly, and our housemate will just sneer derisively and say something about all footballers being thugs.

 

[Jharry5]

I'll be supporting England, as I always do. It'll happen for sure this year, I know it...
I also like to see Ireland do we... wait, dammit France. (I gotta say, I thought France should've been disqualified and replaced by Ireland, not that that would ever happen. Oh well, guy can dream...)

 

[JourneyThroughHell]

Have you seen the way Russia lost to Slovenia in the qualifications.
So, yeah, World Cup is a painful topic for us. But not for me. I predicted the whole fucking thing.
I'm probably supporting Germany or France and rooting wholeheartedly against Italy (sorry, Italians, I have reasons).

Lest go Australia! Lets not get slaughtered!

Well, last time they got through the group stage, and then lost 1:0 to Italy after a controversial penalty, I think it's hardly "getting slaughtered".

And there is the reason why I'm rooting against Italy.

 

[Rayansaki]

I'm supporting Portugal because it's my nation, but Spain has the best team in the world right now. Just hope Portugal doesn't finish second in the group, so we don't face Spain right away

 

[SirDeadly]

Lest go Australia! Lets not get slaughtered!

We only lost to Italy coz of a dive!!! GO AUSSIES!!!!!!!

 

[Keepitclean]

I'll support Australia because they are Australian, and not because I give two shits about soccer.

 

[Snuggle]

Algeria, because I always root for the underdogs...maybe Slovenia as well

 

[nolongerhere]

Spain. They just play such beautiful football. Reckon it's going to be them or Brazil that it.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

And there is the reason why I'm rooting against Italy.

Hahahaha... 'rooting'...

 

[Valksy]

Supporting England.

But every time we play I end up bellowing at the television. Curse our bloaty bloody midfield and habit of arsing around in the middle of the pitch rather than driving forward. We are not going to beat the aggressive teams who play hard on the break. I don't get why we haven't named a squad yet and used the last two "friendlies" to play the team together - we do have talented players but they don't have good team cohesion because they don't play together enough.

And I can't stand Crouch

And Ferdinand is too knackered.

I don't much like playing Gerrard and Lumpy together.

Our fast wingers do have pace but either there is no one up in support or they don't look up before they cross and waste effort after effort


That's it, I'm gonna go heckle the Eng v Japan.

 

[GuerrillaClock]

Eternally suffering England fan here... I do think we have a better chance of winning it than I can ever remember, the squad is probably not as strong as it has been over the last few years but as a team they are playing better than ever.

About to watch the England v Japan friendly, hopefully we'll see some encouraging signs there.

 

[AMMO Kid]

England, America, and Germany

 

[Chromatic Aberration]

Germany - as one of the few nationalisms I allow myself.

Other than that lets see who plays the best and most fast-paced game this year as I despise long drawn out defensive games. Recalling the European Cup two years ago I'am most curious about the Netherlands who rolled over every opposition in the group round...

 

[Hikaru CF]

I want England to do well (being english) but I really doubt they'll win. Maybe the semis if they start playing as a team.

I got Argentina in a sweepstake with my friends so I'll root for them too.
I also think the most likely final will be Spain v Brazil because of the sheer quality of their players, who are all superstars. And then I think Spain will win-it's really saying something when the likes of Fabregas, Jesus Navas and Valdes don't always make the starting lineup.

 

[Shockolate]

I'll be too busy going emo if Philly doesn't win the Stanley cup.

Screw you Chicago!

 

[Vet2501]

Oh I hate this run up to the world cup. The TV is always full of crap claiming that this is England's year (again) and then someone will inevitably mention 1966.

For god sake, England will not win and this hype is pointless!

So I'll be supporting anyone but England (yay Scottish bitterness). In all seriousness, I'm actually quite interested in how some of the African nations do.

 

[Fulax]

Half-time England v Japan. It's so, so bad.

 

[Daveman]

I'm from Ireland and we got knocked out by France in a horrible decision by the linesman, ref and FIFA (you can cheat as long as you're not caught right away).

Not as bad as the "hand of god" incident by Argentina oh so many years ago. It's to be expected.

Anyways, I'll be supporting England because... that's the only team I can support I suppose.

But it doesn't really matter because Spain are going to win anyway.