2014 FIFA World Cup thread, v1

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overrated:
argentina
england
france

underrated:
holland
chile
japan
switzerland
bosnia-herzegovina


i dont think belgium is underrated at this point.
they have an easy path to the last 16 and then could face a portugal team highly dependent on 1 player.
tbh id consider anything less than the QF a disappointment for belgium
 
Rawex said:
How is France overrated?
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acc. to betting odds they are currently the 6th highest favourite to win.

with teams like holland and italy behind them.

theyre incredibly un-homogenous,the WCQ showed that
 
KOQ24 said:
acc. to betting odds they are currently the 6th highest favourite to win.

with teams like holland and italy behind them.

theyre incredibly un-homogenous,the WCQ showed that
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France has good first eleven and few good subs so on a good day they might beat just about anyone.

I agree Italy should be above them but not by a large margin. Right now imo, Spain Germany and Brazil are top 3 favourites. Then its Portugal, France, Argentina, Belgium, Italy, Chile, Netherlands, Uruguay, England and Colombia in any order you wanna put them. Also suprised Croatia has really high odds.

http://www.oddschecker.com/football/world-cup/winner

Edit: would not put too much focus on WCQ's. Some teams are like that, dont perform well during qualifiers but make it to WC and go on impressive run during the tournament. Also France had Spain in their group so was not big of a deal that they came 2nd.
 
Lol @ these cans.

America (you know, the continent, not your country...) teams always win when they play in this side of the world. I would laugh when Chile steamroll some big names here.
Hell, I would even bet for Uruguay and Colombia even without their best player in fully strength.

It's cool that you are putting Spain so high, but mark my words, they will be one of the biggest disappointments.
 
KOQ24 said:
overrated:
argentina
england
france

underrated:
holland
chile
japan
switzerland
bosnia-herzegovina


i dont think belgium is underrated at this point.
they have an easy path to the last 16 and then could face a portugal team highly dependent on 1 player.
tbh id consider anything less than the QF a disappointment for belgium
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Huh?

Who is overrating England :icon_conf
 
Brasil's WC Team plane :eek:

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D'OH!!
 
Painted over the windscreen, that's gonna end in tears
 
Merack said:
It's cool that you are putting Spain so high, but mark my words, they will be one of the biggest disappointments.
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Reigning world champions + won last 2 euros with many players winning 3 titles and oldest player is Xavi (34). Add the fact they could put out any player from their bench on the field and no drop in quality whatsoever. Even with the fact that South American teams do well when WC is played in the homecontinent, you cant leave out Spain among top 3 favourites.
 
Argentina's path to the semi's is not as easy as most people think, there's a chance they'll end up playing Belgium, Germany or Portugal in the QF and honestly i'd take all 3 over them.
 
Rawex said:
France has good first eleven and few good subs so on a good day they might beat just about anyone.

I agree Italy should be above them but not by a large margin. Right now imo, Spain Germany and Brazil are top 3 favourites. Then its Portugal, France, Argentina, Belgium, Italy, Chile, Netherlands, Uruguay, England and Colombia in any order you wanna put them. Also suprised Croatia has really high odds.

http://www.oddschecker.com/football/world-cup/winner

Edit: would not put too much focus on WCQ's. Some teams are like that, dont perform well during qualifiers but make it to WC and go on impressive run during the tournament. Also France had Spain in their group so was not big of a deal that they came 2nd.
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Yeah, I think France is underrated by fans and correctly rated by the oddsmakers. Their starters are very solid.

Italy doesn't have enough players in their prime to be contenders. They're either too old (Pirlo, De Rossi) or too young (their attackers).

Uruguay are a bit overrated by fans. I hear a few people thinking they'll make another semis run. I'd be VERY surprised if they do that. They're just not that good and Suarez is injured.

For sleepers to make the semis, I'd pick Colombia, Croatia or Portugal. I would choose Chile as well but their group is brutal and unless they get 1st, they'll face Brazil in the 2nd round. Plus, they won't have their best and 3rd best players.
 
USA gets started with a friendly against Azerbaijan tonight. Excited. Hopefully they pummel them as they are not a very good team apparently.
 
The Special One said:
USA gets started with a friendly against Azerbaijan tonight. Excited. Hopefully they pummel them as they are not a very good team apparently.
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USA should win but dont underestimate Azerbaijan. Got a draw with Russia and lost to Portugal by 2 goals, nothing to be ashamed about.

Edit: in 2013.
 
Tobago Jones said:
Argentina's path to the semi's is not as easy as most people think, there's a chance they'll end up playing Belgium, Germany or Portugal in the QF and honestly i'd take all 3 over them.
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Germany and Portugal, ok. But Belgium?
 
Rawex said:
USA should win but dont underestimate Azerbaijan. Got a draw with Russia and lost to Portugal by 2 goals, nothing to be ashamed about.

Edit: in 2013.
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Apparently after this match their HC is going to being an adviser for Klinsmenn and the mens national team. Reason why they set up this game is because they had success getting results against Russia and played Portugal tough.
 
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