World Cup 2006

POT ONE
Germany (hosts)
Brazil (holders)
Argentina
England
France
Italy
Mexico
Spain

POT TWO
Australia
Angola
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Togo
Tunisia
Ecuador
Paraguay

POT THREE
Croatia
Czech Republic
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine

POT FOUR
Iran
Japan
Saudi Arabia
South Korea
Costa Rica
Trinidad & Tobago
US

Special pot
Serbia & Montenegro

England has been seeded for the next world cup so it doesnt have to face the other 7 seeded teams which are better than england in the initial rounds of the world cup.

the team england will face from pot 2 isnt so bad, england played tunisia in france 98, but better not get tunisia or the south american teams, better off with angola, togo or ghana although they might provide a surprise like sengal to france in Japan-Korea 2002. getting australia and kickin their ass in football would just be justice! whooped in cricket, whooped in football, yes baby!
surprised nigera didnt qualify, togo is 1/10 the size of nigeria,

pot 3 is the challenge pot, all european teams and they they are always challenging, especially netherlands and czech, but then croatia and sweden play amazing football,
ukraine qualified...but no russia? bugger!

pot 4, is another group from which england should get all three points, but i'm sure everyone is aware of korea and japans challenge from the last world cup, also US isnt so bad at football anymore. i was hoping for US vs one of the arabic teams but dayam! maybe FIFA fixed it so there wont be any matches where US will play arab teams.

i think i should make a bet this year on who is going to win, looking at the teams it would be stupid not to bet on a team in pot 1, maybe i should bet on brazil not winning, i wonder if there is enough money to be made in this negative betting. (of course this still means i think england might win the WC). i hope they figure out this dumb as nervousness which england sccumb to in the final minutes of each half and after scoring a goal.