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Ilsanman · Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Location: Bucheon, Korea

Here we go, let's make a prediction

LL Moonmanhead · Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Location: yo momma

Won't make it out of their group. In fact i can see them coming bottom.

Junior · Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Location: the eye

If they get favorable refereeing they might make it to the 2nd round.

Football is played very physically at club level but the referees stomp on the slightest infringement when it comes to the World cup. This penalises nations like Italy and spain but rewards teams like Korea.

SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul

Homer · Guest

jacl · Joined: 31 Oct 2005

It's too hard to say. Just sit back and watch.

I don't follow soccer very closely even though I used to play (never followed it then either).

Why is the U.S. ranked 5th?

livinginkorea · Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Location: Korea, South of the border

I recon that they will draw with the Swiss and it will go down to goal difference in the group to see who goes through.

jacl · Joined: 31 Oct 2005

If Korea wins their first game against Togo by at least 2 goals then they're sitting pretty for the second round. They could just play defensively against France. That 2nd one could be boring as hell. But I digress. I'm talking out of my arse. At least I finally have a reason to plug my TV in.

anyway · Joined: 22 Oct 2005

It seems to me that Korea is totally lucky to have Togo first. If they get those extra goals in the win, great. But if they attack too much and the Togo counter finds the net once or twice, that could mean a quick end to their tourney.

Nextyear · Joined: 30 Jun 2005

I will root for them but it will be hard to get to the second round.

Gwangjuboy · Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Location: England

In nearly every world cup since 1990 an African nation (usually debutants) have produced a great upset. Togo should not be underestimated. If they beat Korea noone would even regard it as a shock. I can see Korea crashing out of the first round. In fact, I think the Swiss and the Togans are more likely to advance.

hogwonguy1979 · Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Location: the racoon den

no way they even come close to the second round. MAYBE a draw against Togo, no chance against France or Switzerland, you could see Togo go through to the second round.

going to be funny how many people watch the final game if this results happens.

matthews_world · Joined: 15 Feb 2003

France and Swiss definitely, Togo if they're lucky. Korea on shear luck.

Summer Wine · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Location: Next to a River

If I take the poll at face value, I guess I must assume that approx 90% or less feel that the last world cup was rigged.

Otherwise they would have more belief that a nation that made it into the semi's in 2002 and whose players subsequently have gone on to play for other well known teams would be able to provide a more interesting result then they did in the last world cup.

Or am I just reading it wrong Confused

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

They should do enough with Togo and Switzerland to get to the second round.

Then they'll probably get creamed.

The fact is, Hiddink and Advocat (sp?) have made the Korean national team into a top 20 world class team. It took western coaching methods to do it.

Before these Dutch guys came along the old-style Korean coaches were picking the team by means of seniority and having players hold up chairs on the sidelines if they did something wrong in training!!