Ok guys, so this is how I think the World Cup is going to be ( ITS MY OPINION)

Group A: France, México

Group B: Argentina, Nigeria

Group C: England, US

Group D: Germany, Seria

Group E: Netherlands, Cameroon

Group F: Italy, Paraguay

Group G: Brazil, Portugal

Group H: Spain, Chile

Second Round

France vs Nigeria - France

Mexico vs Argentina - Mexico  ( REVENGE TIME)

England vs Serbia - England

Germany vs US - Germany

Netherlands vs Paraguay - Netherlands

Italy vs Cameroon - Italy

Brazil vs Chile - Brazil

Spain vs Portugal - Spain ( BYE RONALDO!)

Quarter Finals

France vs England - England

Mexico vs Germany - Germany ( aww anyways, it was a good cup )

Netherlands vs Brazil - Brazil

Italy vs Spain - Italy (a really hard decision)

Semifinals

England vs Brazil - Brazil

Germany vs Italy - Italy

Final

Brazil vs Italy - Brazil

Champions

Brazil

Soo what do you think? I know many of you will put Spain over Italy and Argentina over Mexico, but not me

Oh btw, in order to know whose playing against who in the second round and so on, I checked it on ESPN, theres this thing that simulates the world cup according the teams you are chosing. So yes, it's how the world cup would be if my results are correct. It's not something I just made

Great thread a nice prediction but i dont think Nigeria will do good this WC

can you post the link of the ESPN thing

Nah,would definately put England over Spain and Brazil.

Italy are not the team they were,too old.

have to agree with jayjay Italy are too old but England over spain and Brazil hahah no way

Wayne Rooney will win the World Cup on his own!!!!! 

You guys always get your hopes up before the WC and end up dissapointed gettn knocked out on penalties at the same stage dont get me wrong i do like England NT but i dont think they can win the WC

I have to wave the Danish flag in this forum:

I feel confident that Denmark will qualify alongside the Netherlands instead of Cameroon. They did win their qualifying group in front of both Portugal and Sweden, after all, with victories in their away games both in Lisbon and Stockholm despite tons of injuries to key players.

As much as I like the vibe and energy of Cameroon, they just seem to make some crazy slip-ups once in a while that a well-organized team like Denmark can exploit.

If Denmark progress from the group stage, they might come up against Italy. It is likely too strong an opponent - but we will still be proud that we made it through

Italy too old,

Spain,good going forward,poor at the back

Argentina - no concistency(dark horses0

Brazil - Couple of flair players dont make a team

England - Would love to see them win it,but we dont have the grit we used to have.You can only play Gerrard or Lampard,my money is on Gerrard as he's a complete player.With Downing on the left, hopefully Young on the right and Crouch and Rooney up front.I would feel confident,would even put money on it.

All being said,i cannot wait for THE GREATEST  SHOW ON EARTH to begin!

Aboody, you are right on the mark about England, we don't have a winning culture the way the Germans and Italians do.  But football and the mentality around it has changed here due to the influx of overseas players and managers, and Capello is the best manager I have known England have.

Frankly, I'm not really all that interested in the National team so I don't particularly have my hopes up - though of course I do like to see them do well.  I just hope it's a good tournament, they are so often a bit of let down. 

Maybe I'll go with Peter and the Danish team.....remember 1992?  They can even win tournaments they don't qualify for!!

Poor at the back?

Ramos, Puyol, Albiol, Piqué and Capdevilla

Garney: Yeah, that win in 1992 was really a lucky fluke. All of the players were called back from summer holidays when we entered the tournament on behalf of Yugoslavia.

But it is easier for smaller teams like Denmark and Greece to win the European Championship. When it comes to the world cup, you almost always have four of the traditional strong teams with a winning mentality in the semis - although I would love to see that change, e.g. with an African side doing really well.

You never know anything could happen in football

USA probably wont win the cup but they will knock out one of the big boys trust me on that. dempsey, davies and oneywu will all be ready to roll. we alreday proved we can beat the best team in the world in spain and we had brazil on the ropes. world cup will be USA Coming out party. im also rooting for england cause of course i want to see becks get a world cup to cap off his extroidinary career.

Hey guys. Glad to be on board and thought i would weigh in on this one.

I agree with most that Italy does not have much chance in this WC due to age. I need to see more of a team effort from England before i can pick them to best France in the Quarters.

My pick is the favorite...Spain. How can you pick against a team that has most of it's best players playing together most of the year (Barcelona and R.M.). . Torres....Villa....Silva....WOW!

They have a bad taste in their mouth from the embarassing loss at the Confederation Cup so I think it will be a long day for Italy (if they make it that far) and a unfavorable match up for Germany(if the U.S. doesn't knock them off).

England's gonna win it

I work in an office with 8 women,boring as hell,but the plus side is i can take whatever holiday over the world cup to watch whatever game.Didn't think there would be an up side to this job,but just found one!!!

England will win the WC if we play this guy..

Enough expirance behind him, Surley in contention to play alongside Rooney?

The thingy for the World Cup is in spanish ( I was using ESPN Mexico), try to look at the english ESPN site.

Oh yes and replying to the topic. I put Italy over Spain and Brazil over England because I think Brazil owes us a World Cup. They played really bad in the last WC so I think they're gonna win this one. Italy over Spain was simple, Spain is young. A team full of young players cant do it all ( Yes, Puyol has experience, but you cant win with only 1 experienced player). On the other side, Italy has experience, which to me, is more important than skill.

But hey, it's my fantasy WC, make yours xD