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hj2k_x said:
I see...:p

Well , angelo, stick ur colours to some flag then and tell me who u think's gonna win it? Or at least the top 5 teams that are in with a chance...

I'd go with, in no particular order:

England( just have a feeling they might finally get it right. Peaking at the right time too)

Germany(always strong in tournaments, hosts, despite weak-looking, inexperienced side, never write them off!)

Brazil( well , arent they always favourites)

Holland( strong team, really shouldve won a WC by now!)

Italy( founded in a strong defence, Italian footy may not be the most entertaining but its effective, like chelsea :()

Dark horse: One of the african sides to go far with a totally different brand of football that the other teams are not used to. I'd go with the priests of the earlier post and say Togo :)
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I pretty much concur with you.

1. Brazil: They hardly got off second gear when they won it in 2002 and they've so much talent people like Ronaldinho (World Player of the Year) don't have to perform miracles to see them through.

2. Italy: They have one of their best teams in a while and on their day can bury teams under a pile of goals. They also boast Europe's Golden Boot this season Luca Toni. If they are not distracted by the Serie A scandal they can do very well

3. Argentina: Always contenders but this time with a good of mix of experience like Crespo, Sorin and exciting new talent like Riquelme, Tevez and Messi (attacks relentlessly like a programmed bot).

4. Germany: Always have the steely determination to progress far in the World Cup and this time will be buoyed by home support and advantage, watch out for Bastien Schweinsteiger. Young squad though.

5. England: Decent but will fall short against truly top teams especially without Rooney (or with him half fit)

Dark Horses: Ivory Coast (even though they are in the group of death) and Czech Republic.

The Dutch have had better teams capable of winning it in the past but not now, maybe in 2010 this team will be solid enough.

For Angola and Togo it's already a huge achievement just being part of the elite 32 teams, will play for pride and the experience.

Ghana might do the continent proud, they are quite solid. Tunisia is not in a that tough a group too.
 
@icyrus...That is a LONG shot mate. I think their group is perhaps the hardest- Brazil, Croatia and Japan. I'd back all three against them in the group games even...
 
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Angelo said:
I pretty much concur with you.

1. Brazil: They hardly got off second gear when they won it in 2002 and they've so much talent people like Ronaldinho (World Player of the Year) don't have to perform miracles to see them through.

2. Italy: They have one of their best teams in a while and on their day can bury teams under a pile of goals. They also boast Europe's Golden Boot this season Luca Toni. If they are not distracted by the Serie A scandal they can do very well

3. Argentina: Always contenders but this time with a good of mix of experience like Crespo, Sorin and exciting new talent like Riquelme, Tevez and Messi (attacks relentlessly like a programmed bot).

4. Germany: Always have the steely determination to progress far in the World Cup and this time will be buoyed by home support and advantage, watch out for Bastien Schweinsteiger. Young squad though.

5. England: Decent but will fall short against truly top teams especially without Rooney (or with him half fit)

Dark Horses: Ivory Coast (even though they are in the group of death) and Czech Republic.

The Dutch have had better teams capable of winning it in the past but not now, maybe in 2010 this team will be solid enough.

For Angola and Togo it's already a huge achievement just being part of the elite 32 teams, will play for pride and the experience.

Ghana might do the continent proud, they are quite solid. Tunisia is not in a that tough a group too.
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Spoken like a Barca fan!

Ivory Coast and Ghana ftw! England will disappoint lot of people again and I hope so, atleast the SA media will focus on the world cup as a whole not just the St. Georges flag. Opening a newspaper these days its like u r in England or sumthing:"Joy, Rooney to play" "Rooney passed fit" "Beckham confident", etc.
 
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England has been the Most overrated team since 1966.But this time they definetly have the Squad to give Brazil a real fight.With a Midfield of Joe Cole,Lampard,Gerrard and Beckham how could they not be real title contenders.Not even brazil has a midfield like England.Brazil are really Strong from Attacking Midfielders and strikers , but defensively are hopeless.

Rooney Crouch
J.Cole Lampard Gerrard Beckham
A.Cole Fernanand Terry G.Neville
P. Robinson


Brazil advantages - Adriano,Ronaldinho,Roberto Carlos,***a (God) ,
Brazil negatives - Dida (Why did Milan ever buy this crap keeper?) , Ronaldo (Overweight,and injury prone) , Cicinho ( Cant defend)
 
hj2k_x said:
The aussies?? Seriously?! Not cool man.

I reckon as long as we play to our potential and dont lose any more key players to injuries, AND avoid penalties, then we are in with a real chance :)
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Of course the Aussies won't win it but they have one of the best keepers in Mark Schwarzer, he almost single-handedly denied the Dutch victory las weekend.
 
hj2k_x said:
@icyrus...That is a LONG shot mate. I think their group is perhaps the hardest- Brazil, Croatia and Japan. I'd back all three against them in the group games even...
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Ah thats why we get great odds on them! :) I think a R1000 bet on them at 200:1 would do me quite nicely if they win ;)
 
ubercal said:
England has been the Most overrated team since 1966.But this time they definetly have the Squad to give Brazil a real fight.With a Midfield of Joe Cole,Lampard,Gerrard and Beckham how could they not be real title contenders.Not even brazil has a midfield like England.Brazil are really Strong from Attacking Midfielders and strikers , but defensively are hopeless.

Rooney Crouch
J.Cole Lampard Gerrard Beckham
A.Cole Fernanand Terry G.Neville
P. Robinson


Brazil advantages - Adriano,Ronaldinho,Roberto Carlos,***a (God) ,
Brazil negatives - Dida (Why did Milan ever buy this crap keeper?) , Ronaldo (Overweight,and injury prone) , Cicinho ( Cant defend)
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Given that Rooney wont be fit until at least the knockout stages and the fact that I've never seen Gerrard and Lampard play well together England might well struggle. And having just crotch upfront with wallcot to back him up shows how weak the squad the klingon selected is...
 
ubercal said:
England has been the Most overrated team since 1966.But this time they definetly have the Squad to give Brazil a real fight.With a Midfield of Joe Cole,Lampard,Gerrard and Beckham how could they not be real title contenders.Not even brazil has a midfield like England.Brazil are really Strong from Attacking Midfielders and strikers , but defensively are hopeless.

Rooney Crouch
J.Cole Lampard Gerrard Beckham
A.Cole Fernanand Terry G.Neville
P. Robinson


Brazil advantages - Adriano,Ronaldinho,Roberto Carlos,***a (God) ,
Brazil negatives - Dida (Why did Milan ever buy this crap keeper?) , Ronaldo (Overweight,and injury prone) , Cicinho ( Cant defend)
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That's what we were told even in the last WC but the key is you hardly ever threaten Brazil because they hog ball possesion, how do you attack their defence when you don't have the ball? ;) You say England's midfield is better than Brazil's?

Remember even to this day there are still quetion marks over whether Gerrard and Lampard can play together in the same midfield, and Eriksson hasn't been brave enough to sacrifice one of the them for the sake of the team's fluency. But still that's pretty much the midfield to start.

Upfront Rooney won't be available (at least for the group stages) and Owen will start with Robokop. Rooney's fitness woes decrease England's chances by as much as 30%.
 
Ronaldo will be top scorer. Mark my words. He may be fat. But he knows where the back of the net is.
 
Jongi said:
Ronaldo will be top scorer. Mark my words. He may be fat. But he knows where the back of the net is.
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That's not completely baseless, even in 2002 he was written off and the rest is history.

However I tip Adriano or Henry.
 
icyrus said:
Ah thats why we get great odds on them! :) I think a R1000 bet on them at 200:1 would do me quite nicely if they win ;)
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I see....Nice. Good luck to u man. :)
 
Angelo said:
That's not completely baseless, even in 2002 he was written off and the rest is history.

However I tip Adriano or Henry.
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Theres only one peter crouch, theres only one peter cro-uch :) ;)
 
6 hours to kick off! Its gonna be awesome!

Any predictions for game one??

I reckon germany will win by one goal, 2-1 i say...
 
So, two days in..

Good result for Germany, also nice game to watch..

My boys (England) just beat Paraguay, not a great game but the result is all important. I will say one thing though, fekking bias ref AGAIN! Fifa should ensure that these games are reffed by ppl not from either continent the squads are from.. Some of those desisions were awful.
 
Ukraine, Poland, and Togo FTW!!!

(Guess who I drew in the office pool... oh well, there goes 30 bucks....)
 
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