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Official FIFA 2010 World Cup Discussion

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Owen's "return" for South Africa was never much more than a pipedream propagated by the English media. He never seemed to be in Capello's plans, and now that he's hurt his hamstring again and is out for the season... we're more likely to face off against Sol Campbell than Michael Owen in June.
 
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Preliminary rosters announced today. 1 month before the first kick. Time for some more general discussion.

Brazil- No Ronaldinho, no Adriano, no Pato, no Roberto Carlos, no Neymar. Coach Dunga wants to stay similar to the team that won the Confederations Cup last summer. This will be quite a new look, but very talented team.

France- No Benzema, no Patrick Viera. Benzema is a good young star, involved in a sex scandel right now (along with Ribery and Govou, who did make the squad). Interesting story/decision. Coach said it's because of Bezema's sub-par year with Real Madrid.

Italy- No Totti, no Luca Toni.

Netherlands- No Van Nistelrooy, no Seedorf

USA- no Davies, no Adu. I put my thoughts in the US soccer thread. Adu has done nothing, but he really is still young.

These aren't too big of surprises outside of just their names, but still, interesting nonetheless. I'm sure there's more, I just browsed some rosters/articles real quick. I'm sure I'll be back for more thoughts later. :)
 
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Iraq forces: Al-Qaida plot on World Cup uncovered ?| ajc.com


Sadly - this will probably be attempted again by another group of radical muslims.

However, I have ALOT of faith in South Africans. The pride shown for the tournament has been immense. With the help of other countries - they should be able to root out these clowns and stop any attacks.

It could be argued that if an attack is successful, future scheduling of global tournaments held in Africa would be cancelled.
 
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Will Argentina get their toilets?

Whether or not Argentina wins this one too, this summer?s World Cup will be just like 1986: all Maradona. His manner of squad announcements ? breakin? legs and spittin? insults ? was only a teaser, and the new levels of absurdity will be trumped every few days. The latest on the list: a special bidet being installed for his royal asshole.

The Argentine Football Association this week requested staff at the University of Pretoria?s High Performance Centre ? the team?s base for the World Cup ? to tear down the standard wash basins, toilet bowls and cisterns in the two bathrooms reserved for the football legend because they would not meet his ?high standards?.
The centre hastily replaced these on Thursday with fancy Eurosmart taps, basin mixers, dark wood vanity cabinets, and new toilet bowls, including a special bidet with two settings for Maradona?s bedroom.

For those of you who are brave enough to come toe-to-toe with a mental image of Diego on the pot, do read on:
The E-Bidet features a heated seat, a warm air blow-dryer and front and rear bidet wands.
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Therefore he?ll have hot air blown up his ass even while taking care of business. You really couldn?t make this stuff if you wanted to.

Entire article: The Maradona Files: Diego?s Royal Bidet - World Cup Blog

Also: The Soccer Room?|?Tag Archive?|?toilet seat
 
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The World Cup continues to blow its own horn: Cars drive under a giant billboard of a man blowing a vuvuzela in Polokwane, South Africa, one of the cities that will host the tournament that runs from June 11 to July 11.
 
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