FIFA World Cup Football 2014 Discussion Thread

[quote=emoriam][quote=MyBloodisBlack] World cup summary so far England, Spain and Portugal all suck Costa Rica big surprises Holland favourites to win Brazil will boycott final if they aren't in it [/quote] Holland is nor really the favourite. Germany, Argentinia, Mexico, Brazil and France are favourites too and the first two ones seems to have the highest chance.[/quote]

[quote=Wayne3100]^ Argentina and Brazil haven't impressed at all so far, and Mexico? What? :P My money's still on Germany, anyway. @ MyBloodisBlack Portugal could still recover, little early to say that after 1 game vs Germany in which they got a red card early on. England I thought were actually not bad, just made defensive mistakes that cost them, both games could just as well have ended in a draw.[/quote]

[quote=Eistod]Netherland is a favorite? What? I think for that they have played too bad against Australia.[/quote]

[quote=emoriam][quote=Wayne3100] ^ Argentina and Brazil haven't impressed at all so far, and Mexico? What? :P My money's still on Germany, anyway. [/quote] I'm just into Mexico that's why I mentioned them :P I wouldn't bet into Germany, yeah I'm German and I really enjoyed seeing them playing the first game but every tournament starts well for them (last World Cups both times 4:0, 2006 4:2, 2002 8:0) but in the end they struggle later on in the (semi-finals). But I still believe![/quote]

[quote=Khazem]I think it's still a bit early to start calling favorites imo. Germany definitely looked impressive in their game vs Portugal but as Wayne mentioned, that red card didn't exactly help Portugal. I also think there's a lot of teams that still have to show their true worth and teams that are currently looking stronger than they actually are. I think we'll get a much better idea of how teams stand after the group stages, when things get real.[/quote]

[quote=Vynertje]Favorites are Brazil, Germany and France imo. Netherlands remain an outsider.[/quote]

[quote=emoriam][quote=Khazem] I think it's still a bit early to start calling favorites imo. Germany definitely looked impressive in their game vs Portugal but as Wayne mentioned, that red card didn't exactly help Portugal. I also think there's a lot of teams that still have to show their true worth and teams that are currently looking stronger than they actually are. I think we'll get a much better idea of how teams stand after the group stages, when things get real. [/quote] It's always like this but people love early predictions. But looking at the following games in the k.o-phase which might happen you can predict which team will have advantages. I just remember Italy 2006 who just had to play against Australia and Ukraine before facing Germany ...[/quote]

[quote=IPodPulse]I still feel that USA is gonna get to semi's, I can see Portugal getting knocked out, especially with Pepe gone[/quote]

[quote=emoriam]Oh man Argentinia it's Iran ... Edit: Okay, safe win in the end :p[/quote]

[quote=Out Of Pancakes][quote=Vynertje] Favorites are Brazil, Germany and France imo. Netherlands remain an outsider. [/quote] I'd actually place France as an outsider.[/quote]