Originally Posted by rolov (Post 12922926)

The Pot 1 teams are seeded based on winning their groups and the rest were based on the current FIFA ranking, that is how Argentina got in that pot.
They all go to a different group and cannot play each other in the first round, the rest of the pots are arranged by geographical region to make sure there is a mix of confederations in each group.

Originally Posted by Phudnik (Post 12922942)

No puedo leer español. I read this guy since he's from New Jersey, the Grauniad, ESPN Soccernet, and the blog of the soccer writer for the Washington Post.

Originally Posted by rolov (Post 12922926)

They all go to a different group and cannot play each other in the first round, the rest of the pots are arranged by geographical region to make sure there is a mix of confederations in each group.

Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 12922940)

Very few people that I came into contact with seemed to have even the slightest clue that it could snow tomorrow. The few that did had opinions such as "the local news always says that, then it never happens. It'll probably be 70 tomorrow." I wish them the best trying to get back home tomorrow afternoon. :-:

Originally Posted by Phudnik (Post 12922932)

Not sure what you mean. Pot 1 is the top seed by definition. The way the seeds were determined was somewhat arbitrary and designed to make sure France wasn't seeded. Going by the most recent FIFA rankings (:rolleyes:) they already don't have the top eight teams in that pot: France ranks ahead of England, and South Africa is one of the weaker teams in the draw. (I suspect that South Africa will wind up in a group with Slovenia, New Zealand, and Uruguay.)

Originally Posted by Phudnik (Post 12922932)

In PHL, they close the schools for 3" of snow. I always tell people that where I grew up, 9" of snow is called "Hey, look, it's snowing outside!" :D



Not sure what you mean. Pot 1 is the top seed by definition. The way the seeds were determined was somewhat arbitrary and designed to make sure France wasn't seeded. Going by the most recent FIFA rankings (:rolleyes:) they already don't have the top eight teams in that pot: France ranks ahead of England, and South Africa is one of the weaker teams in the draw. (I suspect that South Africa will wind up in a group with Slovenia, New Zealand, and Uruguay.)

Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 12922936)

F or J or eurobusiness all Is Not Possible.

Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 12922952)

I miss getting the weekend edition of the Grauniad delivered.

Originally Posted by Phudnik (Post 12922942)

No puedo leer español. I read this guy since he's from New Jersey, the Grauniad, ESPN Soccernet, and the blog of the soccer writer for the Washington Post.

Originally Posted by Flyer_70 (Post 12922946)

I had to look up GRR (which originally read as Grrrrrr.... in travel terms :p ). I might have been throwing in the towel as well and waiting for a more friendly day.

I have travel planned for Saturday - am hoping any Friday Fubar cleans itself up by then.

Good luck with whatever you do!

Originally Posted by MBM3 (Post 12922963)

It might take a call. CO Insider actually had to put a request to add the routes back in the SkyTeam days.

And given the short stage lengths, Y would be just fine.

Originally Posted by FT Lurker (Post 12922959)

are you predicting FIFA shenanigans?

Originally Posted by FT Lurker (Post 12922948)

Well I have tix for D1vD4 and G1vG3.
that means I have a 28.6% chance of seeing the Albicelestes