The Real World Cup

So you may have grasped that I think it is pretty unfair that Blatter(dick) has decided that the European playoffs have to be seeded. You may think this is because of a natural soft spot for former Yugoslav countries, having spenth a month or two there last year I thus really really really want Slovenia and Bosnia & Herzegovina to qualify. You would probably be right of course, but even from a purely unbiased, totally sporting point of view it really dosen't seem fair to seed teams to start of with, then seed them again halfway through, having previously said you wouldn't. Jeez Sepp.

So Slovenia, having allready finished above two teams seeded higher than them in the group, see that count for nothing, and could face Portugal or France, two teams who finished behind lesser seeds, and yet will be seeded for the playoffs. It is just FIFA and Blatter dicking around so that the most marketable players can reach the world cup. Bunch of dicks.

So I had no choice but to take matters into my own hands, and drawn the playoffs myself. Completely unseeded. I may as well claim this is how the draw should have been. It is how FIFA said it would be. So, with additional comentary, I present to you, the draw for the World Cup Playoffs:

France vs. Russia - Woah. Big game. This would be undenaiably awesome over two legs. Every fan of football would agree no? I mean come on. How sweet. My money would be on France to shade it. Ribery scoring a wondergoal in the dying minutes at St. Denis to send France to the party. But it can never happen. This seems proof to me that FIFA have, to borrow from you Gianni, ruined football. This would rule.

Greece vs. Bosnia & Herzegovina - So this is actually an unseeded team vs. a seeded one. It could actually happen kids. Being honest, I think Greece, or maybee France, are the unseeded teams best chance of getting through. Greece came through a pretty easy group and France seem capable of throwing anything away when Domenech is calling the shots. I'd like to hope Bosnia could hold Greece in Athens, before winning infront of what would be an amazing atmosphere at Bilino Polje. Besides, no one wants to have to watch Greece go all '04 on us again right?

Ireland vs. Portugal - So again, another 'could happen' fixture. This would be such a sweet tie aswell. It would be undenaiably awesome seeing the Republic go up against Ronaldo and Co, especially at Croke Park. After the result against Italy, it shouldn't be impossible for the Irish.

Slovenia vs. Ukraine - Okay, I admit, there might not be much in this for the neatrals, but there are a whole lot of eastern Europeans who would certainly give a damn. The difference between Ukraine's ginormous stadium in Kiev, and Slovenia's teeny weeny one in Maribor would be a pretty cool contrast. And I reckon boths teams would fancy there chances. And lets be honest, it is the little guys who make the world cups.

So there you go. THIS IS THE TRUTH, THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD BE FIFA. And come on, this would be way better no?