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World Cup Draw 2010: England Set for Seeding Boost

With Uruguay becoming the 32nd and final team to qualify for the 2010 World Cup last night, thoughts are immediately starting to turn towards the Finals themselves, with the draw set to take place in just over two weeks time on 4 December in Cape Town...

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World Cup Draw 2010: England Set for Seeding Boost has been liked by Eric Holmberg.

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Frank Scicluna commented on World Cup Draw 2010: England Set for Seeding Boost

England will NOT be seeded. The November FIFA rankings has ruled them out!

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Michael Livingstone commented on World Cup Draw 2010: England Set for Seeding Boost

Go article Matt S. I agree with the top seeded teams but imo I feel that the Netherlands should be there and maybe take out England...

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Yair Galaviz commented on World Cup Draw 2010: England Set for Seeding Boost

This is intresting. I agree 100% that everyone would love to be in South Africa`s Group. I would rather have Mexico with South Africa, Greece and...

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  On a side note, I hope France gets the Netherlands, Ivory coast, and South Korea. They...
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  That group really would be tough group for Mexico, and the other teams in it of...

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Alex Dimond commented on World Cup Draw 2010: England Set for Seeding Boost

Top stuff Matt, really good work here to lay things out. Would just about take England's group from your random draw in the real deal! Depending...

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  Thanks Alex - there's certainly good World Cup history between England and both Cameroon and Portugal...

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Salaar Shamsi commented on World Cup Draw 2010: England Set for Seeding Boost

Great stuff Matt! We'll to have a real close eye on the likes of England and Argentina, if they come together again, all hell will break...

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  Cheers Salaar - Portugal and England seem to have some sort of magnetic draw towards each...

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Salomon Gonzales commented on World Cup Draw 2010: England Set for Seeding Boost

Denmark seeded in the second pot? That really excites me but a group like Itally, Paraguay and Japan.. Denmark aren't stronger than any of those teams...

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  Well as I've said above to Andrew, pots 2-4 are done by regions rather than strength,...
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Owen Watson commented on England's World Cup Squad: Who's Hot, Who's Not?

Upson? Really? I thought Lescott looked much more accomplished than Upson...if you gave me the choice between those two I'd be picking Lescott every time.

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Chris Burton commented on World Cup Draw 2010: England Set for Seeding Boost

Interesting article Matt. I think it's very strange that FIFA constantly reserve the right to change rules at the 11th hour. The decision they made to...

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Andrew Jordan commented on World Cup Draw 2010: England Set for Seeding Boost

Well, I don't think that Argentina did well enough to earn a Number One seed, and how did the United States and Mexico get into Pot...

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