Whose failure are you supporting?

[FaaipDeOiad]

It's World Cup tradition to pick a first team and a second team to support, and everyone has a favourite underdog, but which team are you watching in the hope that they are horribly belted and leave the pitch already making a noose from their shoelaces?

For me it's the USA comfortably. I'm never a fan of their sports teams at the best of times, and for some reason I find their mere presence at the World Cup somewhat irritating. They're in an unpredictable yet tough group, and I see a return of 0 points as a distant yet plausible (and desirable) possibility.

 

[The Baconator]

France, but somehow they got one of the easiest possible groups.

 

[superkingdave]

Holland or Italy

 

[Blaze]

England

 

[Barney Rubble]

Germany, Argentina, France, USA, Australia, and Scotland just for good measure.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Argentina
(daylight)
Germany
(more daylight)
Brazil
Italy
France

I've decided to adopt a patronising "hope they do well as they're not very good" attitude to Oz.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

No prize for guessing Scaly's answer to this one.

Mine? England would be fun, just to see the immense overreaction of the media. Especially if they did so to Germany.

Wouldn't mind an Italian failure, either.

 

[Pedro Delgado]

USA and Scotland.

 

[cameeel]

Argentina and France

 

[Neil Pickup]

Everyone playing England.

 

[pasag]

Germans

 

[Kweek]

Germans and the French.

superking why Holland ?!

 

[Craig]

Yer Brazilians and Argentina.

Never been a fan of them so I went for Germany in the 2002 WC final.

 

[Matteh]

Argentina - Brazil - France

I can't really be all that anti-German

 

[Simon]

Italy for me, just cant respect or like them anymore.

 

[James90]

USA and France.

 

[ash chaulk]

argentina, (japan croatia brazil)

 

[Steulen]

Just like commander Vimes, I'm always rooting for abject failure by England, just so I can sit back and witness the backlash.

Other than that, seeing my country's Oranje team make a complete mess of things is a secret cherish as well. Although I'd be equally satisfied with a seven-match clean sweep. Just not a bleak out-in-the-QF's-nothing-much tourney, please, 'mkay?

I hate the idea that Brazil can get anywhere near the final with at least three players needing a Zimmer frame, so it'd be nice to see them go out against the Czechs in the second round.

 

[Cloete]

England failures are always fun. Here's to another one

I do like their team though. So in many ways I want them to do well, but just for some of the English people and the English media I want them to flop

It's always fun to see Argentina choke as well.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Germany, France, Italy, Argentina. No particular order. I wouldn't mind Australia getting through to the last 16 then getting humiliatingly trounced - but it's unlikely because of who they're likely to face..