Well only four days now until the world cup get under way in Brazil.
The hosts and Argentina lead the way in the betting at 3/1 and 4/1.
England this time are about the right odds at 33/1 but i dont see us getting any further then the 1/4 finals at best...
Roy Hodgson just is not the right man for the job and as usual was a safe pick by the FA and someone they can control.
The team itself in my opinion just dont look like they have any plan B and after two very poor warm up games against poor teams what are they going to do when they come up against real teams with winning form?
We all know he will start with the old guard as thats the safest option but some of these players just dont seem to have the drive at international level anymore.
We need players like Wiltshire and Barclay in the middle to get a bit of bite into the game.
I fear it will be Gerrard and Henderson or Lampard that start.
Rooney really hasnt played a decent game for England in the last two years and Welbeck and Sturridge are to similar and Lambert doesnt even get full games for Southampton last season.
We dont have a plan B going forward and i would have thought bringing Carroll or Crouch would have given us options.
For me i think we will struggle and might have to beat Costa Rica in our last group match and hope the other result goes our way to get out of the group.
So onto the challengers...
Brazil as usual have the players to win this but do they really have the fight if things are going wrong?
If thinks dont then they should win this in a canter but i dont see them being any value.
Argentina will be suited to conditions and have many decent players but willl rely heavily on Messi who has not shown much in the last couple of months for Barcelona and maybe he is feeling the effects of a long season.
The Germans will be there as usual and always find a way of getting to the latter stages and i could see them going all the way to the final again.
Belgium are many peoples outside bet but i feel many will be disappointed once the tournement starts.
For me the one team that has to be backed at 13/2 is ....
SPAIN...they seem to be the forgotten team in this and with a very good squad and conditions that suit the holders are my bet to lift the cup......
SPAIN to win @ 13/2
ENGLAND not to qualify from the group @ 2/1
Top Scorer....RONALDO @ 12/1 and MULLER @ 28/1
The Finalists....BRAZIL V SPAIN @ 14/1
SPAIN V GERMANY @ 25/1
BRAZIL V GERMANY @ 22/1
Your thoughts guys.........
