World Cup 2014

[barbaro]

Here is the World Cup 2014 thread.

Admittedly, I don't know the game of football well, but since 2002, I've always followed the World Cup.

Can knowledgeable members of the forum chime in? Coaches, player, and team trends?

I love the World Cup!

GROUP A
Brazil
Croatia
Mexico
Cameroon

GROUP B
Spain
Netherlands
Chile
Australia

GROUP C
Colombia
Greece
Côte d'Ivoire
Japan

GROUP D
Uruguay
Costa Rica
England
Italy

GROUP E
Switzerland
Ecuador
France
Honduras

GROUP F
Argentina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Iran
Nigeria

GROUP G
Germany
Portugal
Ghana
USA

GROUP H
Belgium
Algeria
Russia
Korea Republic

[harrybarracuda]

Argentina have the best strike force. And it's on South American turf.

Them or Brazil I reckon.

[VocalNeal]

Would seem that group D is the toughest?

[CNF55]

^ Agree, the toughest on paper but also group B and E are not easy at all.

[cyrille]

With the backdoor qualifying French having the easiest ride of all.

Not down to them having high up influential people in football at all of course...

[cyrille]

group B and E are not easy at all.

Hang on, are you saying Ecuador, Switzerland and Honduras are difficult opponents for the French?

Seriously?

You must mean groups B and G, surely?

[harrybarracuda]

group B and E are not easy at all.

Hang on, are you saying Ecuador, Switzerland and Honduras are difficult opponents for the French?

Yes, France are shit at the moment.

[Rural Surin]

I'm expecting a couple of least known and unpredictable sides to win their way out of group play.....I believe that a developing parity has grown over the last few cups throughout the football world.

Best, that the traditional powers not see themselves too highly or it will come back to bite them in the arse.

[CNF55]

group B and E are not easy at all.

Hang on, are you saying Ecuador, Switzerland and Honduras are difficult opponents for the French?

Seriously?

You must mean groups B and G, surely?

My apologies - yes - B and G was what I meant.

[CNF55]

I'm expecting a couple of least known and unpredictable sides to win their way out of group play.....I believe that a developing parity has grown over the last few cups throughout the football world.

Best, that the traditional powers not see themselves too highly or it will come back to bite them in the arse.

Agree with that - both Chile and Belgium should not be understimated.

[barbaro]

So Argentina is looking strong?

How about England. I've always been interested in how England has most of the top players, but they don't gel as a team in the World Cup.

How are England's prospects looking this year?

Spain?

Portugal?

[harrybarracuda]

I've always been interested in how England has most of the top players, but they don't gel as a team in the World Cup.

Can you name them?

[cyrille]

To be fair, he did point out that...

I don't know the game of football well

[harrybarracuda]

Yeah, there is that.

[peaches]

Admittedly, I don't know the game of football well

Admittedly, I don't know the game of Soccer well.

After all, the 2010 world cup final was played at,
Soccer City Stadium, South Africa .

[barbaro]

I've always been interested in how England has most of the top players, but they don't gel as a team in the World Cup.

Can you name them?

Most of the 2010 squad, yes.

[harrybarracuda]

I've always been interested in how England has most of the top players, but they don't gel as a team in the World Cup.

Can you name them?

Most of the 2010 squad, yes.

Well right there you've excluded most of the "top players".

[cyrille]

Is barbaro snaff?

Has his 'not really interested but want a century thread' tone about it.

[barbaro]

I've always been interested in how England has most of the top players, but they don't gel as a team in the World Cup.

Can you name them?

Most of the 2010 squad, yes.

Well right there you've excluded most of the "top players".

In 2010, I think England had a lot of the top players, or players that were considered the top echelon.

I stand to be corrected, and yes there are a lot of great players from other countries of course.

[cyrille]

I stand to be corrected

Why not name the players you considered to be 'top players' from the 2010 squad, as harry suggested?

[billy the kid]

england had a crap 2010 team

who'd even want to remember ther names.

remember Rooney as the biggest let-down of all time.

[harrybarracuda]

I stand to be corrected

Why not name the players you considered to be 'top players' from the 2010 squad, as harry suggested?

He knows he's talking shite, you can't correct him if he doesn't tell you who he thinks is a "top player".

They were all a load of bollocks.

[barbaro]

I stand to be corrected

Why not name the players you considered to be 'top players' from the 2010 squad, as harry suggested?

Because he never asked. It was 2010. We be in 2014, now.

[barbaro]

england had a crap 2010 team

who'd even want to remember ther names.

remember Rooney as the biggest let-down of all time.

But some of the names were big.

I remember a lot of British saying they were good: Rooney, Gerard, the tall skinny guy who danced like a robot, and some others.

[cyrille]

I remember a lot of British saying they were good

No snaff.

You're imagining things.