Group C (England, Algeria, Slovenia, USA! USA! USA!)

[Shaggy]

England:

Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Manchester City), David James (Portsmouth), Robert Green (West Ham)

Defenders: Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Ledley King (Tottenham Hotspur), John Terry (Chelsea), Matthew Upson (West Ham), Stephen Warnock (Aston Villa)

Midfielders: Gareth Barry (Manchester City), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Aaron Lennon (Tottenham Hotspur), James Milner (Aston Villa), Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City)

Strikers: Peter Crouch (Tottenham Hotspur), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur), Emile Heskey (Aston Villa), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)

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Algeria:

Goalkeepers: Lounes Gaouaoui (ASO Chlef), Faouzi Chaouchi (ES Setif), Raid Ouheb M'bolhi (Slavia Sofia)

Defenders: Abdelakder Laifaoui (ES Setif), Madjid Bougherra (Rangers), Carl Medjani (Ajaccio), Rafik Halliche (Madeira), Antar Yahia (Bochum), Habib Belaid (Boulogne Sur Mer), Nadir Belhadj (Portsmouth), Djamel Mesbah (Lecce)

Midfielders: Hassan Yebda (Portsmouth), Medhi Lacen (Racing Santander), Yazid Mansouri (Lorient), Adlene Guidoura (Wolverhampton), Riad Boudebouz (Sochaux), Djamel Abdoun (Nantes), Foued Kadir (Valenciennes), Karim Ziani (Wolfsburg), Karim Matmour (Borussia Monchengladbach)

Strikers: Abdelkader Ghezzal (Siena), Rafik Djebbour (AEK Athens), Rafik Saifi (Istres).


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Slovenia:

Goalkeepers: Samir Handanovic (Udinese), Jasmin Handanovic (Mantova), Aleksander Seliga (Sparta Rotterdam)

Defenders: Miso Brecko (FC Cologne), Bostjan Cesar (Grenoble), Branko Ilic (Lokomotiv Moscow), Matej Mavric-Rozic (Koblenz), Bojan Jokic (Chievo), Marko Suler (Ghent), Suad Filekovic (NK Maribor), Elvedin Dzinic (NK Maribor)

Midfielders: Andraz Kirm (Wisla Krakow), Robert Koren (Unattached), Valter Birsa (AJ Auxerre), Andrej Komac (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Dalibor Stevanovic (Vitesse Arnhem), Aleksander Radosavljevic (Larissa), Rene Krhin (Inter Milan)

Strikers: Milivoje Novakovic (FC Cologne), Zlatko Dedic (VfL Bochum), Zlatan Ljubijankic (Ghent), Nejc Pecnik (Nacional Funchal), Tim Matavz (Groningen).


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United States:

Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Tim Howard (Everton)

Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover), Jay DeMerit (Watford), Clarence Goodson (IK Start), Oguchi Onyewu (AC Milan), Jonathan Spector (West Ham)

Midfielders: DaMarcus Beasley (Rangers), Michael Bradley (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Ricardo Clark (Eintracht Frankfurt), Clint Dempsey (Fulham), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Maurice Edu (Rangers), Benny Feilhaber (AGF Aarhus), Stuart Holden (Bolton), Jose Torres (Pachuca)

Strikers: Jozy Altidore (Hull), Edson Buddle (Los Angeles Galaxy), Didson Puddle (Chicago Bears), Robbie Findley (Real Salt Lake), Herculez Gomez (Pachuca).

Saturday, June 12

7.30pm - England v USA - ITV

Sunday, June 13

12.30pm - Algeria v Slovenia - BBC 

Friday, June 18

3pm - Slovenia v USA - BBC 
7.30pm - England v Algeria - ITV

Wednesday, June 23

3pm - Slovenia v England - BBC 
3pm - USA v Algeria - BBC

[Shaggy]

Carl Medjani is going to the World Cup!

[Craig_H]

Nice try, but i'm not falling for that. Clearly another Shaggy windup edit

[Shaggy]

Not this one

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Medjani

[Craig_H]

I was messing around, you big poof

[-V-]

My barber is algerian. He's not confident about his teams chances, blames injuries

So I think it will be England 1st and Usa in 2nd place

[Shaggy]

My barber is algerian. He's not confident about his teams chances

Not surprised with Carl Medjani as the defensive lynchpin

[Craig_H]

We could've done with a list of the group fixtures/dates in each of these threads.

I think the order in which each team faces the others could be significant in some groups.

[-V-]

Not surprised with Carl Medjani as the defensive lynchpin

Another one of Houlliers nearly men

[Craig_H]

Ah Carl Medjani - he was french when we had him

[Shaggy]

We could've done with a list of the group fixtures/dates in each of these threads.

I think the order in which each team faces the others could be significant in some groups.

Fixtures added

[Neil Young]

Fixtures added

I don't like the font the fixtures are in. Would you change it please?

Also I think we need some basic information about the countries - their record in qualification, what altitude they play their home games at, population, national dish, famous people from that country who don't play football, that kind of thing.

Thanks in advance.

[Shaggy]

The Sunday Times World Cup guide has all that stuff copyrighted.

[Craig_H]

Fixtures added

It doesnt look good

You need to put the kickoff times at the right hand side, along with the ITV/BBC. The left hand side looks all unbalanced.

Something like this:

Saturday 12th June
England v USA - 7:30pm - ITV

Sunday 13th June
Algeria v Slovenia - 12:30pm - BBC


Etc.

[Shaggy]

Give. A. ****