A mate of mine passed through in a Nissan Micra on the way to Ulaan Baatar, he left from Hyde Park. It's Do-ableotyikondo wrote:Astana is a terrifyingly long way on the map.
World Cup Qualifying
Considering that one Austrian FIFA VIP-guest was found shot on a golf course with his mobile and money gone and that the documents of the German team manager and his assistant were stolen from their hotel, this will be an interesting world cup. 
My picks would be:
Portugal, Sweden
Israel, Switzerland
Czech republic, Poland
Germany, Russia (sadly no Finland)
Spain, Turkey
Croatia, Ukraine
France, Serbia
Italy, Bulgaria
Holland, Scotland
My picks would be:
Portugal, Sweden
Israel, Switzerland
Czech republic, Poland
Germany, Russia (sadly no Finland)
Spain, Turkey
Croatia, Ukraine
France, Serbia
Italy, Bulgaria
Holland, Scotland
Here in Finland, I have done everything I can to blend-in with the Finns, I've changed my hair color, wore differnet clothes, got different
Im hoping, they should be in through the back door thoughotyikondo wrote:A hell of a lot of this surely (hell, that word ought to be internationally BANNED) depends on the age-structure of these teams.
I'm assuming there will be "player losses" all over the place as players in their mid-thirties decide they can't hack it for another three years and their clubs are looking long and hard at renewing their contracts anyway, and might say "Yep, Fred, but got to cut out that international nonsense if you want to stay on at Fudpucker Road".
Quite why Simon is so convinced the Swedes have drawn the short straw I'm not sure, but maybe he knows they are in for a severe shake-up after Euro 2008. Otherwise, I'd say they could certainly expect to make a play-off place.
