3 TEAM FOR WORLD CUP. NO WAY ANY OTHER TEAM CAN GO BETWEEN THEM!spain,brazil,england

[fuglyboy86hi]

i am on the spain since the first day of 2010 !

[phenomenon]

i am on the spain since the first day of 2010 !

I don t believe they can get two success on the trot ...

[Goat Milk]

Ranaldhino isn't even on the Brazil World Cup team as of now NBA Professor. I guarantee Brazil doesn't win the world cup without him.

England has a very good team.

Cup will run through England or Spain this year.

Don't think Argentina has a chance LB- look at their midfield. You don't win Cups without world-class midfielders. Everyone is going to be thinking Argentina because of Messi, Tevez, Augerro.

Argentina=no chance.

[Tommy_de1st]

Argentina squad: Romero (AZ Alkmaar), Zanetti, Cambiasso, Milito, Samuel, Burdisso (all Inter Milan), Tevez (Man City and is "on fire" ), Messi (Barca,he's soccer genius), Mascherano (Liverpool), Higuain (Real Madrid), Heinze (Ol.Mareille) , Aguero (Atl.Madrid), Lopez (Lyon), Di Maria (Benfica Lisboa).
They are good enough to go to the final

[nbaprofosor]

Ranaldhino isn't even on the Brazil World Cup team as of now NBA Professor. I guarantee Brazil doesn't win the world cup without him.

England has a very good team.

Cup will run through England or Spain this year.

Don't think Argentina has a chance LB- look at their midfield. You don't win Cups without world-class midfielders. Everyone is going to be thinking Argentina because of Messi, Tevez, Augerro.

Argentina=no chance.

brazil way better team without ronaldinho.adriano.this cok suckers has no dicipline they come to practice late.drunk and did all nasty thing .coach did fantastic job to clean the team from this idiots

[Goat Milk]

brazil way better team without ronaldinho.adriano.this cok suckers has no dicipline they come to practice late.drunk and did all nasty thing .coach did fantastic job to clean the team from this idiots

It's not about if they're better without him. He is their leader. Him and Lucio. You don't win championships when you disrespect a star player like that who has been the face of Brazilian soccer for years.

Tommy,

That argentina squad is a disgrace if you want to compare players. Like I said, no world-class midfielders (i.e. Xavi, Kaka, Lamapard) Look at England's squad. If Argentina had Riquelme and Aimar in their primes with Messi right now, it'd be a different story.

[TurkzZ]

Veron is a world class mid, .... yes STILL

[RockyS]

I've put 10€ at Slovenia to win WC2k10, payout is 17000 =)

Slovenia can get all three points from England and if USA plays good game and draws with them then England is f*cked.

[Tommy_de1st]

Dont kid yourself
England is gonna qualify from this group very easilly


Goat:
How bout Mascherano, Veron, Gago and Cambiasso? I know that you cant compare them to Lampard, Gerrard but still they are almost there.

[phenomenon]

I've put 10€ at Slovenia to win WC2k10, payout is 17000 =)

Slovenia can get all three points from England and if USA plays good game and draws with them then England is f*cked.

u are rich ?

[Jimmy0607]

Argentina squad: Romero (AZ Alkmaar), Zanetti, Cambiasso, Milito, Samuel, Burdisso (all Inter Milan), Tevez (Man City and is "on fire" ), Messi (Barca,he's soccer genius), Mascherano (Liverpool), Higuain (Real Madrid), Heinze (Ol.Mareille) , Aguero (Atl.Madrid), Lopez (Lyon), Di Maria (Benfica Lisboa). They are good enough to go to the final

Where are you getting this from? Because Zanetti and Cambiasso are not in for sure , and Lopez from Lyon is not going for sure

[Tommy_de1st]

I dont know if they are in the squad (coz it hasnt been announced yet). Ill be surprised if they wont go

[Karayilan9]

Ranaldhino isn't even on the Brazil World Cup team as of now NBA Professor. I guarantee Brazil doesn't win the world cup without him.

England has a very good team.

Cup will run through England or Spain this year.

Don't think Argentina has a chance LB- look at their midfield. You don't win Cups without world-class midfielders. Everyone is going to be thinking Argentina because of Messi, Tevez, Augerro.

Argentina=no chance.

Ronadinho hasn't been part of the team for a while now, the teams key player is Kaka, he is central in their counter attacks which are one of the most deadly parts of their play. Brazil's reserve team, no even their second reserve team has players that could play on most teams. Their squad depth is amazing and Dunga has got his players to bulk up, these arn't the flimsy, skinny, skillful players of old, they are huge, strong in the air, can defend and take set pieces. Do not underestimate Brazil, this team were demolishing teams back when they didn't even play defense, now they have some of the best defenders in the world to match that attack.

Argentina has a very strong and underestimated midfield, people may laugh that old Veron is still playing but very few players in the world can pass the ball like him, the guys like a QB, he doesn't have to even move, his passes can devastate. If the likes of Messi, Tevez and Higuain are receiving world class delivery its going to cause any team problems.

Spain are great but have trouble breaking down teams that sit back and are likely to be without Tores.

England's worst enemy is England.


I like Italy aswell

[phenomenon]

Materazzi will be in Africa ?

[mihaita666]

torres will only miss the first match, from what I've read

[Dark Horse]

Using a 24 year period:
1970 Brazil - 1994 Brazil
1974 Germany - 1998 France
1978 Argentina - 2002 Brazil
1982 Italy - 2006 Italy
1986 Argentina - 2010 ?

Take out the home teams, which often have an unfair advantage, and voila...
1970 Brazil - 1994 Brazil
1974 Germany - 1998 France
1978 Argentina - 2002 Brazil
1982 Italy - 2006 Italy
1986 Argentina - 2010 ?

The home team won't have much of a shot in 2010.

We can take it further. Holland was the runner up in 1974, and in 1998 missed the final against France after a penalty shootout with Brazil in the semis. Prior to that, Holland hadn't had a strong World Cup since 1978 (when they were also the runner up).

[Goat Milk]

Ronadinho hasn't been part of the team for a while now, the teams key player is Kaka, he is central in their counter attacks which are one of the most deadly parts of their play. Brazil's reserve team, no even their second reserve team has players that could play on most teams. Their squad depth is amazing and Dunga has got his players to bulk up, these arn't the flimsy, skinny, skillful players of old, they are huge, strong in the air, can defend and take set pieces. Do not underestimate Brazil, this team were demolishing teams back when they didn't even play defense, now they have some of the best defenders in the world to match that attack.

Argentina has a very strong and underestimated midfield, people may laugh that old Veron is still playing but very few players in the world can pass the ball like him, the guys like a QB, he doesn't have to even move, his passes can devastate. If the likes of Messi, Tevez and Higuain are receiving world class delivery its going to cause any team problems.

Spain are great but have trouble breaking down teams that sit back and are likely to be without Tores.

England's worst enemy is England.


I like Italy aswell

Kaka has always been the key player. I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about Karma- I'm a big believer in Karma and it's going to hit Brazil this year for disrespecting a Legendary player. Watch.

Argentina Cambiossa, Mascherano- both great. Veron isn't world class bro- he's solid. He's not fukkin World Class. Riquelme and Aimar were way better than any of these guys a few years ago. Gago is solid as well- that's it bro, they're solid top 50 Midfielders in the world.

You need a catalyst in the midfield to win Cups. A guy like Pirlo, Zidan, Zico (brazil) Maradona, Ranaldhio, Baggio, etc. It's gonig to be extremely tough to win a cup if you don't have a top 5 midfielder in the world.

Right now the only teams that have a top 5 mid are: Brazil (Kaka), Spain (Xavi), England (Gerrard), Spain (Fabregas), Michael Essien.

Those are definitely the top 5 mids in the world. The only other people you can maybe argue make that list are Lampard and maybe De Rossi.

What do you mean about Brazil's defense? They're main defenders are offensive oriented. Alves, Maicon are both offensive defenders.

[lakerboy]

Maradona won the world cup by himself with an average midfield. Messi can do it as well. Its all about peaking at the right time in the tourney- last time in Germany argentina peaked in the first round. This time they will peak a little later. Spain is going nowhere like usual. Brazil are always to be feared and respected. England gets respect cause of Capello.

[Tommy_de1st]

Goat:
I rate those midfielders as follows:
Kaka - shadow of himself not as good as he played in Milan
Gerrard - not in his best form, atually looked pretty tired in the last games of the season
Xavi - spectacular
Fabregas - injured, you never know if his form peaks at WC
Essien - not world class for me

[phenomenon]

Tommy
where is iniesta dude ?
he will be there I quess...

[kmarinouofm]

Maradona won the world cup by himself with an average midfield. Messi can do it as well. Its all about peaking at the right time in the tourney- last time in Germany argentina peaked in the first round. This time they will peak a little later. Spain is going nowhere like usual. Brazil are always to be feared and respected. England gets respect cause of Capello.

by the way me and KARA are eating crow right now Laker u were 100% right about the champions league.. both bayern and inter made it though.. i was lucky enough to take the bayern to advance pick.. but i had barca in game 2 to cover and they didn't

[Tommy_de1st]

Tommy
where is iniesta dude ?
he will be there I quess...

I just respond to Goat's post

[Jimmy0607]

Iniesta is world class

[knightof7]

I like Argentina or Italy to at least make the finals

[OLBG Sports]

For me, the 4 semi-finals are:

Brazil, England, Spain and Argentina.

After the anounced of the Brazilian players today, as a Brazilian, I don't belive that they will win.

Spain and Argentina for me are the favorites.

[Goat Milk]

Maradona won the world cup by himself with an average midfield. Messi can do it as well. Its all about peaking at the right time in the tourney- last time in Germany argentina peaked in the first round. This time they will peak a little later. Spain is going nowhere like usual. Brazil are always to be feared and respected. England gets respect cause of Capello.

Maradona was more of a midfielder than Messi. And this is a way different time. That Maradona Argentina team would fair horrible against today's International teams. You're dismissing Spain? How? You're underestimating Casillas/Puyol big time

[nbaprofosor]

Maradona was more of a midfielder than Messi. And this is a way different time. That Maradona Argentina team would fair horrible against today's International teams. You're dismissing Spain? How? You're underestimating Casillas/Puyol big time

also remember soccer is way different than used to be. now days defence are so strong no more eazy call for foul not like use to.be alot of penalties.yes marodona made argentia world cup winner .but if watch that games not even excating.so all im saying one man can not change team at all in this days.look at the players who is behind the messi,, iniesta,xavi,yayature daniel,they can give him many aportnity i just don t see same thing at the argentina

[nbaprofosor]

opening day pick o yesss i love ittt

uruguay-france=-115 france baby they will get it done
southafrica-mexico=2 much momentum i go sauth africa+1 here they wont lose

[diecast]

i disagree on both. BOL though.

[Jimmy0607]

-115 ??? You are gonna lose and you got a horrible line

[Fthenorm]

should be plus odds for a win?

[xxxvince]

french guys aint gonna do it upset right here uruguay 3 france 1

[nbaprofosor]

i see most of the people all over uruguay to much risk agains to france !!!!

[beanbag]

france lost to china!! haha

[nbaprofosor]

last world cup they draw with togo but they played final!!! haha