The Official World Cup 2010 Thread

[Master]

I wanted to bet Argentina but unsure about the crazy manager but would not mind Spain doing it, does anyone know what are their odds?

[boxingbantz]

4/1 Spain.
5/1 Brazil
6/1 England
7/1 Argentina
11/1 Holland
12/1 Germany
12/1 Italy
28/1 Portugal

Portugal at 28s? I know they had a very poor qualifying campaign but they are worth a tenner with Ronaldo in their side.

[Nameless]

It's gonna be interesting to see, I am pretty sure the German, even without Ballacks, will do well with their metric and hermetic style of playing.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

4/1 Spain.
5/1 Brazil
6/1 England
7/1 Argentina
11/1 Holland
12/1 Germany
12/1 Italy
28/1 Portugal

Portugal at 28s? I know they had a very poor qualifying campaign but they are worth a tenner with Ronaldo in their side.

Apparently Ronaldo never scored a single goal in the world cup qualifiers

I think Argentina is good money. Messi is gonna light this tournament up.

[HattonTheHammer]

4/1 Spain.
5/1 Brazil
6/1 England
7/1 Argentina
11/1 Holland
12/1 Germany
12/1 Italy
28/1 Portugal

Portugal at 28s? I know they had a very poor qualifying campaign but they are worth a tenner with Ronaldo in their side.

Apparently Ronaldo never scored a single goal in the world cup qualifiers

I think Argentina is good money. Messi is gonna light this tournament up.

England at 6s while argies at 7s is a complete joke. Argentinas second 11 could probably beat us on there day

Completely understand why we are so short though. If england win the world cup the bookies in this country stand to lose a small fortune!!

[Master]

Thoes odd do not give much, wonder who Skel/Fenster/Ono have I will put money on them . Holland look the best money bet.

[OumaFan]

The Dutch are gonna win this shit

Their my second team, assuming the US doesn't make it to the finals

[El Kabong]

The Dutch are gonna win this shit

Their my second team, assuming the US doesn't make it to the finals

I actually kind of agree with that, I think the Dutch could fly under the radar and win everything. I have a hard time choosing between them and Spain....Ivory Coast is also on my list.


I think the US will do well, if we face Germany in the knockout stage we may have a shot to beat them....sure they have really solid players and more depth than us, but the Confed Cup shows us that on our best day we can beat anybody.

I predict an AWFUL outing by Brazil, Dunga is changing their style and I just think they'll suck which will cause Dunga to be fired and ALL(or a lot of them) Brazilian players to come back home to play in Brazil to remanufacture their original style of play.

I doubt Argentina plays well either, I think Maradona is not a good coach and he's beefed with some of their better players in order to get his way and Messi never has done well for his country, but he could change things this time.

[Fenster]

Thoes odd do not give much, wonder who Skel/Fenster/Ono have I will put money on them . Holland look the best money bet.

Well i've backed Holland and Germany (one either side should my draw work out). Mainly because I wanted a double figure price to start with, the climate should suit europeans and they looked the best options to me.

Englands price is absolutely ridiculous. Should be 20s.

[boxingbantz]

Thoes odd do not give much, wonder who Skel/Fenster/Ono have I will put money on them . Holland look the best money bet.

Well i've backed Holland and Germany (one either side should my draw work out). Mainly because I wanted a double figure price to start with, the climate should suit europeans and they looked the best options to me.

Englands price is absolutely ridiculous. Should be 20s.

It's short for a reason.

If you think about it, hundreds of thousands are gonna bet that England win the World Cup (out of blind faith more than anything) and IF England win it, by some miracle, the bookies would lose an absolute fortune if they were the price they 'should' be.

Holland, Germany, Italy, Portugal are all AT least 11/1. If that's the case, realistically, England would be around the same. The bookies are just covering themselves. It's the same if a lot of people lump a load of money on a horse, the price is always going to get shorter.

[Mark TKO]

4/1 Spain.
5/1 Brazil
6/1 England
7/1 Argentina
11/1 Holland
12/1 Germany
12/1 Italy
28/1 Portugal

Portugal at 28s? I know they had a very poor qualifying campaign but they are worth a tenner with Ronaldo in their side.

Apparently Ronaldo never scored a single goal in the world cup qualifiers

I think Argentina is good money. Messi is gonna light this tournament up.

England at 6s while argies at 7s is a complete joke. Argentinas second 11 could probably beat us on there day

Completely understand why we are so short though. If england win the world cup the bookies in this country stand to lose a small fortune!!

cut the negativity

[ono]

4/1 Spain.
5/1 Brazil
6/1 England
7/1 Argentina
11/1 Holland
12/1 Germany
12/1 Italy
28/1 Portugal

Portugal at 28s? I know they had a very poor qualifying campaign but they are worth a tenner with Ronaldo in their side.

Apparently Ronaldo never scored a single goal in the world cup qualifiers

I think Argentina is good money. Messi is gonna light this tournament up.

England at 6s while argies at 7s is a complete joke. Argentinas second 11 could probably beat us on there day

Completely understand why we are so short though. If england win the world cup the bookies in this country stand to lose a small fortune!!

I think you're drastically over-estimating Argentina.

Player for player....

Romero - Hart/Green/James (unsure which one yet, although i'd go for Hart, but i'm biased)

Otamendi - Johnson (Johnson is better)

Demichelis - Ferdinand (Ferdinand)

Samuel - Terry (Close)

Heinze - Cole (Cole..easily)

Gutierriz - Lennon (Lennon..easily)

Mascherano - Barry (Close)

Veron - Lampard (Lampard)

Di Maria - Gerrard (Gerrard)

Messi - Rooney (Messi)

Higuain - Heskey (Higuain)


They may have stronger attacking option in Tevez, Aguero, Milito, but we're stronger everywhere else and Capello is a miles better tactician than Maradona.

[OumaFan]

Samuel Eto'o Cameroon quit threat over Roger Milla criticism - ESPN Soccernet

I don't think there will end up being much too this but for fuck's sake, man up a little.

Looks like a lot of the African teams are having some problems, Essien being out is just awful, I hate Chelsea but I find it hard to dislike him.

And the Ivory Coast hired Sven Goran Erikkson

[OumaFan]

Otamendi is awesome on football manager fwiw.

[LukeH]

4/1 Spain.
5/1 Brazil
6/1 England
7/1 Argentina
11/1 Holland
12/1 Germany
12/1 Italy
28/1 Portugal

Portugal at 28s? I know they had a very poor qualifying campaign but they are worth a tenner with Ronaldo in their side.

Didnt Portugal draw with Cape Verde in one of their World Cup warm-ups?

Id love Holland to win it, Robben/Sneijder/Van Der Vaart/ Van Persie would be pretty devastating if there defence could hold up. I think Dirk Kuyt will miss a ridiculous chance and they go out though.

Maradona's hate of Messi will probably mess any chance they have up.
Spain will probably bottle it... but Villa top scorer for me.