World Cup Predictions

[sam-caddick]

If the Brazil performance against Serbia was anything to off then I don't see Brazil as winners.

There is something about this Brazil team that just doesn't scream out to me winners, home advantage or not.

They were getting booed by their own fans against Serbia and I reckon a few bad moments in certain games and the fans could make or break the team.

Confederations Cup. Won easily

World Cup is a completely different beast.

If Brazil get to the final they will win, but at any other stage other than the final I can see them getting beat.

 

[Armaan]

Rag captain and rag manager..... Just want Holland to get stuffed really bad!

 

[sam-caddick]

Rag captain and rag manager..... Just want Holland to get stuffed really bad!

I don't see Holland getting out of the group, Chile and Spain look stronger.

To be honest, apart from the usual suspects most of that Dutch squad is unknown to most outside of the Eredivisie.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Hard to look past Brazil and the Argies, and I'd prefer the Argies, tbh, with Sergio scoring the winner!

 

[hello]

My £50 free bonus bet is on Edin to be to scorer at 66-1 Come on Bosnia Batter the living crap of Iran with at least four for him to give me a chance.

England will stutter through the group. The press will say we will win shrek will say he will win and perform on the big stage for the first time in memory of his mates nan that passed away while he was shagging her. We might fluke a 2nd round match against Japan or someone and go out the first time we play a top 20 team.

Argentina Have a brilliant chance at the whole lot in my opinion. Players in great form and not going to suffer from the climate and with a good fan base.

I can see Brazil cracking under the pressure, near riots, political turmoil, protests and a crowd that will turn on them the second they miss a sitter or go behind. They are the most resilient team really are there.

 

[citysteve73]

Think Dzeko will have a good World Cup, as will Aguero.

I think Spain will win it, they know how it's done.

Biggest flops to be the Dutch, out in group phase due to Spain & Chile qualifying

 

[Blue Is the Opposite of Blue]

Here's my prediction. I think we are comfortably now at number 17.

1. England qualify flakily for Brazil 2014 (and France, Russia and Qatar)
2. Everyone agrees that qualification is the most important thing (which it is).
3. Pundits and journalists begin to talk earnestly about a "new generation" of players
4. German squad and Lightning Seeds release "Fussball ist nach Hause angekommen" - eclipsing the pitiful England offering
5. Raggedy flags of St George appear on white vans and houses
6. Panini stickers on sale in Costcutters
7. Lazy articles in the press abound about samba/Copacabana/carnival/Mexico 70.
8. Large numbers of people who otherwise take no interest in football talk knowledgeably (or ignorantly - take your pick) about Sturridge, Shaw, Barkley and Lallana as the new "world class" generation
9. Equally large numbers of people attach huge significance to the fact that England are unfancied
10. BBC3 shows updated version of the "worst England XI". Carlton Palmer makes the cut
11. Home friendly arranged against a team (Peru in this case) as an exemplar of the "local" style of play
12. Ditto on neutral territory - Ecuador and Honduras. In all fairness, Miami is climatically closer to Manaus than Manchester
13. England perform in pedestrian style in all the above. Manager declares himself pleased with the positives
14. Key player picks up injury - Beckham, Rooney, Barry. Now Oxlade-C.
15. Radio 5 interrogates eminent Oxford professor of surgery to comment on the recovery period for (delete as appropriate) metatarsal/knee ligament/hair weave
16. Scare stories in the tabloids about hooligans and security more generally. Mass handing in of passports across the country
17. Anodyne interviews with players and manager suggest the spirit and preparation are the best ever
18. Media becomes increasingly hysterical - anything less than the semi-final will be a disaster
19. Geoff Hurst says he "has a feeling" this is England's year.
20. So does John Barnes - accompanied by endless clips of his goal at the Maracana. Endless clips also of Oxlade-C's and Rooney's more recent goals at the same ground.
21. England stumble through group stage, including several defensive howlers
22. England humiliated by first half decent team they meet in knockout stage - quite possibly a team on a fraction of their wages
23. Blame apportioned to (delete as appropriate) - being too tired at the end of a PL season/ball too light/ball too heavy/heat/humidity/altitude/internal travel/inferior accommodation/presence of WAGs/absence of WAGs/ boredom/opposition's "technical" superiority/refereeing incompetence/lack of goal-line technology/too many foreigners in PL/players' use of social networking/anti-capitalism riots/etc
24. Blame never apportioned to lack of skill, ability to pass and move into space or tendency to lose concentration
25. "Team England" attempt to fly into Stansted unnoticed at 3.00 am.
26. Team England ambushed by press in Stansted arrivals lounge at 3.10 am.
27 Team England lynched and disemboweled on the front and back pages
28. Much hand-wringing, followed by root and branch review of tactics/coaching/youth development/grass roots game
29. Manager replaced and Hodgson (and his successors in 2018 and 2022) takes job in Latvia/Lithuania/Leicester
30. Repeat every two years.

I cannot wait..

Andy Gray's reaction to this goal is my reaction to this post:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELbLywum6ug[/video]

 

[levets]

Argentina to win it...

Aguero - Golden Boot
(Dark Horses - Dzeko or Torres)

 

[whp.blue]

ok fellas, I'm in a WC player pool - whoever's team of players nets the most goals over the tournament wins the money. Which squad do you like?...

Team 1
Messi - Argentina
Iniesta - Spain
Benzema - France
Ozil - Germany
Eto'o - Cameroon
Chicharito - Mexico

Team 2
Neymar - Brazil
Suarez - Uruguay
Higuan - Argentina
Hazard - Belgium
Martinez - Colombia
Honda - Japan

Team 3
Ronaldo - Portugal
Van Persie - Netherlands
Rooney - England
Di Maria - Argentina
Dempsey - USA
Kagawa - Japan

Team 4
Muller - Germany
Manduzkic - Croatia
Robben - Netherlands
Drogba - Ivory Coast
Torres - Spain
Podolski - Germany

Team 5
Fred - Brazil
Klose - Germany
Dzeko - Bosnia
Cavani - Uruguay
Toure - Ivory Coast
Goetze - Germany

Team 6
Aguero - Argentina
Costa - Spain
Lukaku - Belgium
Sturridge - England
Hulk - Brazil
Giroud - France

Team 7
Balotelli - Italy
Villa - Spain
Silva - Spain
Schweinsteiger - Germany
Wondolowki - USA
Altidore - USA

team 6
only Sturridge and Hulk will blank from this group and France Belgium Brazil and Argies will progress out of their groups

 

[Gelsons Dad]

Just done the work spreadsheet predictor and got Germany v Argentina in the final and Brazil v Chile in the runner up. Argentina win Brazil third England not out of the group.