The Meek shall take over the world.

Yes I said it, watch out for Uruguay and Paraguay at the next WC in Brazil.


watch also for these countries:

Africa

- Ghana- my high bets on them, no bias..... Ghana can make it as far as the semi-final. A 3rd place finish would be attainable.

- Ivory Coast- its a 50%/50% on them, though impressive, I don't think they will make a 2nd round, well if they do make it though, I see a 2nd round elimination.


Asia

oh yes a hot spot for growing football. The game has developed so well here. My bets

Japan- Quarter final......oh yes, they will make it and you'll see

South Korea- they will make a Round 2 but that is as far as I can see them if they do qualify.

North Korea- they will build on their qualification with another qualification. That is where my bet ends on them.

North America

USA- here again no bias. USA will once again make a Round 2 qualification. That's my bet on them. Highest would be a quarter final.

Mexico- Round 2 finish at 2014, that is as far as my bet on them goes

Europe

Interesting and I know most of you are interested in what I have to say about this area.
I can still see Germany, Spain keeping up their game. Italy 50/50..... the rest are going down.
England, France, add Italy there a bit.......could keep sinking.......

teams to watch for:

Russia- keep an eye on them

Belgium- with such fascinating talent, I can see Belgium in a good placing in 2014 [yes this was by special request ]

Serbia- oh yes quarter final is 70%

Ireland- don't say I didn't warn you about them

Portugal will boast no drastic change unless they develop a tactical game.

South America

the Guays is where my interest lies. They will be interesting to watch @ 2014. This 2 teams play so tactically that it is hard to break their defense. When I say Guays, I mean Uruguay and Paraguay. Also, they boast so good a youth collection that 2014 will be a launching pad...

Elm's bets

- Chile- with Sanchez and Vidal, a Round 2 qualification smiles on my table.

- Venezuela- my spider sense tells me that Venezuelan fans should start smiling. A WC qualification is on the horizon. With Rondon, they boast a promising player.

- Colombia- I see a 2014 qualification on the table. A Round 2 qualification is 1.5% dicey.....it ain't happening.

Going down.

Ain't it evident? Two teams that have a group of some of the most the individualistic talented players will soon be the former boss now a b*tch. If you are a Brazilian and Argentinian fan, I got bad news for you, don't expect anything good at 2014.

Agree or disagree, the meek is and will inherit the world of football soon.... :study:

Given that Columbia played the most one-dimensional football. They will find WCQ hard.

Andres Iniesta wrote:Given that Columbia played the most one-dimensional football. They will find WCQ hard.

we will see...

I say Belgium, they have a phenomenal young generation, who will all be 24/25 in 2014. Or Denmark.

@mystique

You forgot Belgium. They will be up there.

^^

consider it done...

San Marino - Only lost 1-0 in their last competitive game. Definitely on the up and looking for blood

Lex wrote:San Marino - Only lost 1-0 in their last competitive game. Definitely on the up and looking for blood

I will not be too much in a hurry to hurray on them yet...

What do you guys think of Holland's chances? I'm a bit worried, our new generation is pretty mediocre. We will have a pretty senior team in 2014 (most players will be >30, if we keep the current team)

Guiltybystander wrote:What do you guys think of Holland's chances? I'm a bit worried, our new generation is pretty mediocre. We will have a pretty senior team in 2014 (most players will be >30, if we keep the current team)

belgium will be the new holland by then

Holland is a snoozefest these days.

Agreed, I'm not a huge fan of this generation. I do still think they'll do fine in the Euros at least, with this crop. Decent chance to win it even.

And since Ajax is rebuilding majorly, I can see some new talent surfacing here for the World Cup. Feyenoord has a lot of great players who are only around 16/17 in their youth. They'll be ready too. But no big names as of yet. Aside from Affelay.

look on the bright side,were all going home together

edit:wrong thread

Ghana showed they had balls in the worldcup, with that you can get anywhere, that includes winning a worldcup.

Japan.
Paraguay.
Peru. (The current coach of Peru is better than those in the best clubs of Europe)

I would like Hungary or the countries that once were part of Yugoslavia to be amazing too, but i acknowledge their current situation, i name them because they were amazing at the beggining of proffesional football.

I think u mean the meek shall inherit the earth. I'm not religious though, just sayin

I agree. Some of the nations in your list has the potential to be future powerhouses, and who knows maybe World Champions one day.