Subject: »[NT] Mini World Cup

I'm pretty sure you did. Think you got knocked out fairly early on after getting past the group stages.

Yeah you got swamped by Srbija in a game where they had everything going their way and was a bit of a harsh scoreline.
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I remember that game, wasnt aware it was part of this tournament though.
Usually my aim would be to win this competition but i think it's almost impossible this time around. Most of the teams around our level last time have now progressed beyond us. Colombia should be clear favourites.

I wouldnt count out Israel , we had Colombia beaten 2 weeks ago , led 2:0 , got a red card to the best defender , and they scored 2 goals in the last 8 minutes becouse of that to steal the 2:2...
(And last time it was 2:1 for Israel against Ireland...;-)
So... i expect Israel to be in the last 4 at least..
;-)

Ah so Colombia arent that good then ;) Maybe Ireland can win it afterall

hehe.. ;-)

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surely based on ranking and on past history, Australia would have to be right up for being the favourite, although I'm quite happy to go in without that tag :). Certainly a much stronger field this season then last time, a large number of sides could potentially win.

Australia,Colombia,Ireland,Uruguay,Norway,Israel,B&H just to name a few.

Yeah there are plenty of teams who can win it. In terms of players i'd be backing Colombia or Norway but i think it'll be the managers who make a difference. To be honest i'd disregard anyone who won their first election on Sunday. I think it takes a while for most managers to settle in with the national team.

I think Australia is cleary the favorite but...

We're quite capable of getting beaten just like any other side. We'd be in the world cup if we weren't. Uruguay knocked us off a few weeks back for example ;).

A lot depends on the draw and on tactical battles. The MWC will be won on tactical decisions, there's just too many fairly equal teams. Although I agree with Nin in that a newly elected manager might find it tough, it wouldn't surprise me if their NT went reasonably well if they can get past the group stage and the other thing is they have the ability to surprise as it could be quite difficult for managers to work out how they intend to play (especially early on).

Really looking forward to this though, should be a great contest.

Slovenija want to play, i just got a message from their manager.

Great
So the list is complited.
The draw will be on sunday.
Good luck to everyone
:-)

The list:

1) Latvia
2) Israel
3) Ireland
4) Malasia
5) India
6) Indonesia
7) South-Africa
8) Shqiperia
9) Bulgaria
10) Moldova
11) Belarus
12) Singapore
13) Venezuela
14) Australia
15) Russia
16) Sverige
17) Bosna i Hercegovina
18) Hellas
19) Malta
20) Colombia
21) Nippon
22) Nigeria
23) Jamaica
24) Ghana
25) Cymru
26) Hong Kong
27) Hayastan
28) Norge
29) Việt Nam
30) Ecuador
31) Uruguay
32) Slovenija

Great, Slovenija is playing us week 3.....

Could you not do the draw earlier?

Sucks to be you ;P

Yeahh, first we had an agreement with Norway and the chickened out and now Slovenija.....