Ambitious Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Algeria, Brazil, Greece, Japan, Austrailia, Croatia, Portugal, France, Iran, Mexico, SouthKorea, Netherlands, Russia, Colombia, Italy, Bosnia, CostaRica, Spain, USA, Chile, Ecuador, Argentina, Honduras, Nigeria, Belgium, Nigeria, IvoryCoast, Cameroon, Ghana, Switzerland, Germany, Uruguay and... England. So, where do we sit in between all them? Top 4 are set for me... Germany, Brazil, Argentina and Spain. France have an exceptional squad, you're pushed to find a better centre-back pairing than Varane and Silva. Italy, Netherlands, Colombia and Belgium are next in line. Portugal are blessed with the form man on the planet. Russia and England are on par (is that fair?) and then the others.... hey, what do you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Argentina are under-achievers and as such are on par with England. Columbia are similar to likes of Mexico and Uruguay, also in the same pot as England. Belgium are just potential at this point, along with the likes of Ghana and co Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Any one of those teams could beat England, our lot just don't have the pride in the shirt, and that's why they will never win anything. Too much money at the clubs has ruined it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFC_17 Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 the days are gone when everyone got behind their country, I am ashamed of all you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 the days are gone when everyone got behind their country, I am ashamed of all you!the players aren't behind the country? I hope you are ashamed of them too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 England are no1 in my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Ram Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Brazil and Spain are in a league of their own Germany a close 3rd Argentina and Holland are similar as in they have the best attacking players going, but weak defence. For that, they're of a similar level to Italy/Belgium/France I'd argue we're with Uruguay and Portugal who are similar. Just a few stars dragging them along, while we're more balanced but just lack the ethic/style of other national teams. Colombia/Russia/Chile Croatia, Ghana, Japan, Cameroon and Ivory Coast are all handy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 The World Cup is going to be fascinating as usual.. These are my picks.. The only 4 possible winner - Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Germany Teams that can go far (semi-final isn't beyond them) - Italy, Netherlands, Portugal Stoppers (teams that can stop a favourite but has no chance of winning) - England, Columbia, Chile, Belgium, France (1/4 is a realistic target) Teams that can make the 2nd round but likely to lose at the last 16 or 1/4 if lucky - Uruguay, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Russia, Croatia Teams that will do very well to get out of the groups but are more likely to go home early - Greece, Japan, South Korea, Switzerland, Nigeria, Ecuador, Cameroon, Mexico Teams that make up the numbers and won't make it past the group stage - Honduras, Costa Rica, Iran, Algeria, Bosnia, Australia, USA, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VulcanRam Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 The World Cup is going to be fascinating as usual.. These are my picks.. The only 4 possible winner - Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Germany Teams that can go far (semi-final isn't beyond them) - Italy, Netherlands, Portugal Stoppers (teams that can stop a favourite but has no chance of winning) - England, Columbia, Chile, Belgium, France (1/4 is a realistic target) Teams that can make the 2nd round but likely to lose at the last 16 or 1/4 if lucky - Uruguay, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Russia, Croatia Teams that will do very well to get out of the groups but are more likely to go home early - Greece, Japan, South Korea, Switzerland, Nigeria, Ecuador, Cameroon, Mexico Teams that make up the numbers and won't make it past the group stage - Honduras, Costa Rica, Iran, Algeria, Bosnia, Australia, USA, That looks about right to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Obviously everything depends on the pots and group seeds At the last WC Ivory Coast, Brazil and Portugal were all lumped together whilst Algeria, USA and Slovenia were together in another group.. Also I'm pretty sure 3 teams from the same continent can't be drawn together.. England are second seeds.. Just having a look the seeds are like this.. (how the feck did they come up with this!????) Pot 1. Brazil, Spain, Germany, Argentina, Colombia, Belgium, Uruguay, Switzerland Pot 2. Netherlands, England, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Bosnia, Croatia, Russia Pot 3. France, Chile, Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria, Nigeria, Cameroon Pot 4. Mexico, USA, Japan, Honduras, Costa Rica, Australia, South Korea, Iran So I can definitely see a group of death with France and Chile as 3rd seeds.. And I can definitely see an easy group. England's best hope is a group something similar to Switzerland, Algeria and Iran. On the other hand we can something ridiculously hard like Brazil, France and Mexico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JW- Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 The best we can hope for is to make it out of the group stages, but I reckon that is unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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