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World Cup 2020 is going on. Who do you think will win this world cup? I think Argentina would win in that they have a strong team.





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I wasn't aware there'd even be a World Cup in 2020 :laugh2:

Some predictions:

2010 - Argentina again

2014 - Brazil again (it's on their home territory)

2018 - Germany again - probably on English territory

2022 - Brazil again

2026 - Italy again

2030 - One-off flash-in-the-pan - South Korea

Forgive me, lads - some of us are going through loose bowel day today instead of yesterday. My Azzurri are once again in the last chance saloon and I have been out to buy the necessary anaesthetic, and will commence serious consuming of various alcoholic beverages in about 15 minutes time. I may not surface for some time....



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the simple answer would be because i don't think they're good enough.

do you?

I think we have a chance yes, plenty of teams have won international comps after scraping through the group stages. Italy made an art form of it. Do you thibnk Geramny can win it, because they have only had one decent display yet are still expected to go far.

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USA

Algeria

Slovenia

^ Hardly world beaters?

Germany, Argentina, Brazil, Spain etc.

Different kettle of fish.



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USA

Algeria

Slovenia

^ Hardly world beaters?

Germany, Argentina, Brazil, Spain etc.

Different kettle of fish.

Australia

Serbia

Ghana

^ Hardly world beaters?

Yet you are happy thinking germany will do well?

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I think we have a chance yes, plenty of teams have won international comps after scraping through the group stages. Italy made an art form of it. Do you thibnk Geramny can win it, because they have only had one decent display yet are still expected to go far.

i agree, England can win it, but i don't think they will.

i disagree about the Germans: their first game against Australia was dismissed as insignificant because of the poor quality of the opposition. apart from the obvious "you can only beat what's in front of you" Australia beat Serbia last night and drew with Ghana, so can't be all that bad.

against Serbia, Germany looked second best until they had a player sent off. down to 10 men, they were extremely unlucky not to come away with at least a draw, even managing to miss a penalty. and last night's game against Ghana they emerged as winners of what was one of the better quality games of the tournament so far. you know how it is with Germany: they've got a tournament mentality that very often gets them further than their form would suggest.

like i said, England can win it, but only if they continue to improve. however, from what i've seen so far (forgetting Germany) the favourites would be Brazil, who like Germany can never be overlooked, Argentina, with their amazing array of attacking talent, and as an outside bet, Holland who've looked pretty comfortable and as far as i know don't have any of the in-house disruptions that have plagued them in the past.

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i agree, England can win it, but i don't think they will.

i disagree about the Germans: their first game against Australia was dismissed as insignificant because of the poor quality of the opposition. apart from the obvious "you can only beat what's in front of you" Australia beat Serbia last night and drew with Ghana, so can't be all that bad.

against Serbia, Germany looked second best until they had a player sent off. down to 10 men, they were extremely unlucky not to come away with at least a draw, even managing to miss a penalty. and last night's game against Ghana they emerged as winners of what was one of the better quality games of the tournament so far. you know how it is with Germany: they've got a tournament mentality that very often gets them further than their form would suggest.

like i said, England can win it, but only if they continue to improve. however, from what i've seen so far (forgetting Germany) the favourites would be Brazil, who like Germany can never be overlooked, Argentina, with their amazing array of attacking talent, and as an outside bet, Holland who've looked pretty comfortable and as far as i know don't have any of the in-house disruptions that have plagued them in the past.

Last night in my opinion Germany were very lucky to get a win, if ghana had a decent striker they could quite easily have won 2 or 3-1. as you say, only Argentina have looked decent, no-one else has really stood out and had consecutively good games. England have as much chance as any other nation that gets through, but only if they play well, which is the same for all of the countries left surely?

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Last night in my opinion Germany were very lucky to get a win, if ghana had a decent striker they could quite easily have won 2 or 3-1. as you say, only Argentina have looked decent, no-one else has really stood out and had consecutively good games. England have as much chance as any other nation that gets through, but only if they play well, which is the same for all of the countries left surely?

sure but like i said, i'm only going by what i've seen so far. i'll take your point about the Ghanaian strikers - Gyan in particular was a major let down last night. on the other hand, Germany also had plenty of chances to increase their lead.

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Forgive me, lads - some of us are going through loose bowel day today instead of yesterday. My Azzurri are once again in the last chance saloon and I have been out to buy the necessary anaesthetic, and will commence serious consuming of various alcoholic beverages in about 15 minutes time. I may not surface for some time....

Is Pirlo back for this game? I think he might be the important creative cog the Azzurri are missing.

Brazil to win.

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Is Pirlo back for this game? I think he might be the important creative cog the Azzurri are missing.

Brazil to win.

Bit late to answer this now, Plokoon. As you no doubt saw, he brought Pirlo on as a sub. However, I was happy when I saw that the starting line up included Reno Gattuso - but alas - nothing was working for gli Azzurri today. Probably best that they've gone home. They can regroup and sort out a decent side for the 2018 world cup.

Oh, and I disagree about Brazil - who have also disappointed so far. My money's on Argentina.

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argentina look best all round team, brazil good in patches if you let them play and Uruguay also decent

spain good to watch but defence not good enuf, ditto holland

ARGENTINA for me (regrettably)

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i think we'll be better able to judge Brazil and Portugal after they've played each other tomorrow.



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England, the more JT gets slagged the better he plays.... and you know he's goinna keep getting slagged by the media! (oh and cause I predict Rooney and Lamps to burst into goal scoring form in the knock out phases!).

Otherwise I predict it to be the winner of the Netherlands vs Brazil in the 2nd knock out round (a prediction off of a prediction! haha)

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Honestly i think England, If we can beat Germany & Argentina then i think will be worthy winners. I really see us doing it as well we just need to step up each game. I just have a feeling about this squad, if you compare them to others it's really just as equal as the best of them and our players now are aging last world cups for a lot of them. I think we will have the fighting spirit needed but it all depends on how we play against the Germans. You can do it lads! :beg:

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England??? Not a chance. The look disorganized, no real leader on the pitch (well done Capello) and their one real star forward isn't showing up.

I had high hopes for Serbia, but it looks like I had the wrong former Eastern Bloc team down for the good run.

I really think it's down to Brazil or Argentina, Spain will collapse as usual (despite thier Euro glory 2 years ago). however, I am still sticking with my pre-kick off pick of the Netherlands


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England??? Not a chance. The look disorganized, no real leader on the pitch (well done Capello) and their one real star forward isn't showing up.

I had high hopes for Serbia, but it looks like I had the wrong former Eastern Bloc team down for the good run.

I really think it's down to Brazil or Argentina, Spain will collapse as usual (despite thier Euro glory 2 years ago). however, I am still sticking with my pre-kick off pick of the Netherlands

Hey Jock, this is an international tournament, what do you know about winning things...... :Connie_threaten:

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There is a little country just south of Scotland, which might just prove to be the dark horse of the competition, as they say in these reality shows.

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Hey Jock, this is an international tournament, what do you know about winning things...... :Connie_threaten:

Touche,

but seriously I just don't think England have shown enough to be serious contenders. If at the end of it all England win, I'll be humble and amazed!

I'm just sick of the "lets go to JOe up at toxteth, who has had his whole family out painting his cortina in the St George's cross in anticipation of England's success!' Or the shi*e songs (john Barnes, Lucy Pinder, all that stuff) that we have to endure every four years. And finally, the "spirit of '66," or "best team ever" or "Captain Stevie G." It's just cringeworthy, and always leads to over hyped expectations, and gives the rest of Britain and Ireland a good chuckle.

Scott



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