The WORLD CUP - the world's football

[Salty Again]

... G'day football fans,

The World Cup coming soon... Which nation will
take the prize?

France? ... Spain? ... Brasil? ... Argentina?
Portugal? ... England? ... Australia?

... Reckon the US has a small chance IF they
can escape Group B...

... Any thoughts??

#### Salty

[eccieuser9500]

Hate to say it, Brazil. Second favorite is Holland/Netherlands. Dark horse for me is Uruguay. Sir.

[ben dover]

Meh...

[winn dixie]

soccer?

Had to google what the world cup is.

[Salty Again]

Originally Posted by eccieuser9500

Hate to say it, Brazil. Second favorite is Holland/Netherlands. Dark horse for me is Uruguay. Sir.

... Surely gonna be interesting to see, mate.

Brasil or Argentina surely gotta be the tall poppy,
but France and Spain are two other dangerous sides.
Uruguay - like the US - may struggle to get out
of their Group.

Reckon the most competitive Group is E - with Spain,
Costa Rica and Germany - and one of them will join
Japan on a early exit homeward.

#### Salty

[oilfieldace]

Originally Posted by Salty Again

... Surely gonna be interesting to see, mate.

Brasil or Argentina surely gotta be the tall poppy,
but France and Spain are two other dangerous sides.
Uruguay - like the US - may struggle to get out
of their Group.

Reckon the most competitive Group is E - with Spain,
Costa Rica and Germany - and one of them will join
Japan on a early exit homeward.

#### Salty

Do folks actually watch that?

[eccieuser9500]

Yes. People who don't say "folks."

[eccieuser9500]

Originally Posted by Salty Again

... Surely gonna be interesting to see, mate.

Brasil or Argentina surely gotta be the tall poppy,
but France and Spain are two other dangerous sides.
Uruguay - like the US - may struggle to get out
of their Group.

Reckon the most competitive Group is E - with Spain,
Costa Rica and Germany - and one of them will join
Japan on a early exit homeward.

#### Salty

This is fun mon amis.

Predictions:

Group A - Netherlands and Ecuador

Group B - England and Wales

Wales too big and strong for US/us.

Group C - Argentina and Poland

Poles just too big and strong for Mexico.

Group D - France and Denmark

Group E - Spain and Germany

Group F - Belgium and Croatia

Group G - Brazil and Serbia/Switzerland

Doesn't matter anyway, right?

Group H - Portugal and Uruguay

From there it's anyone's guess. Uruguay will have to get lucky and hope Suarez doesn't disgrace himself and bight someone. Again. Black star power and the Seoul of Asia should give them a run for their money.

[Salty Again]

... You surely got some good predictions there, mate.

Though the US or even Iran could squeeze past Wales
depending how the matches go.

And it will be interesting to see just how good
Mexico can be. ... They're always dangerous.

Me-own lads may slip-past the Danes, and a
good call from you on Croatia having a good chance
to advance. ... And Germany just may be the sleeper
of the whole bleedin' thing!

Thanks fer the predictions! ...

#### Salty

[Salty Again]

Originally Posted by eccieuser9500

Yes. People who don't say "folks."

.... We say "BLOKES"... ...

### Salty

[eccieuser9500]

Originally Posted by eccieuser9500

This is fun mon amis.

Predictions:

Group A - Netherlands and Ecuador

Group B - England and Wales

Wales too big and strong for US/us.

Group C - Argentina and Poland

Poles just too big and strong for Mexico.

Group D - France and Denmark

Group E - Spain and Germany

Group F - Belgium and Croatia

Group G - Brazil and Serbia/Switzerland

Doesn't matter anyway, right?

Group H - Portugal and Uruguay

From there it's anyone's guess. Uruguay will have to get lucky and hope Suarez doesn't disgrace himself and bight someone. Again. Black star power and the Seoul of Asia should give them a run for their money.

Bite.

[Salty Again]

... The World Cup football final has come and gone,
with Argentina taking the biscuit - close to what I
and Eccie-User surely predicted...

Which should be No Real Surprise! ...

#### Salty

[eccieuser9500]

Originally Posted by Salty Again

... The World Cup football final has come and gone,
with Argentina taking the biscuit - close to what I
and Eccie-User surely predicted...

Which should be No Real Surprise! ...

#### Salty

It was going to be a big, world superstar. A head-to-head match. My thought process was a whole team effort. Not relying on one goal machine. For me, the whole is the machine.


Not exactly the kind of ball I like to watch. Enthralling nonetheless.

[Salty Again]

... I thought it was not-onley a GREAT final - but a cracker-jack
contest for most of the teams... Some great upsets and surprises!

... Seeing the US get in and me-own lads give Argentina a hard go
were two highlights!

And, of course our GREAT predictions!

#### Salty