bigbablo: Belgium reminds me of Holland. Winning the World Cup goes beyond having a strong line up of players for every position.

Belgium will not go beyond the 2nd round, but might get to QF, just if they meet one of the two weaker teams to make it to 2nd round.

Portugal have always had a strong line up, but find it very easy to disappoint at the WC. If i go further, I will be called a C Ron Hater!

@OP, Is Uruguay on your underrated team list?

Jarus:

We've always had a decent performance against Argentina. With Maradona, they managed to beat us 2-1 in 1994, with Crespo, Batistuta and co, they dominated us from beginning to end in 2002 but only won by 1-0, in 2010, with Messi, they always won by 1-0. We've also beaten them with 3-1 in 2011 even if it's friendly before they organized another friendly with Messi to revenge 3-1. At age grade, their 2 goals to win 2-1 in Undey-20 with Messi in 2005 were from spotkicks, while our goal came from open play. In 2008 olympics final, they struggled to beat us 1-0, courtesy Di Maria. In Olympics 96 we beat them.

Sagamite:

Where?

I am the one saying something as senseless as because people play in a league, they are one of the best? Like if they are the only ones or Nigeria is the only country that have players in those leagues?

Did you think before you posted that?

Goke7:

Keep on describing yourself, am really enjoying this lol

Sagamite:

Next time think before you talk.

That is what a good education should teach you.

Ogbeche77: waoooh.. You mean all this beast are Belgian Nationals?
Belgium is a team to watch out for come 2014 WC, what's there status in the current WCQ series??

Syenite: Omeruo is in Chelsea and Odemwingie is in Cardiff. Nigeria has a good team. We need to test our mights again top European teams if we qualify for Brazil.

CrazyGooner: forgot jan vertonghen & nacer chadli of spur, and courtois is their no 1 goalie.

wayodude: Guys please dont be using the fact that we were able to surprise people at the last AFCON as a barometer for measuring our strengths. Beating Ethiopia, CIV, Mali and Burkina Faso is very different from holding your own against established teams in the world cup. Even the usual 3rd rate teams i.e. Switzerland, Ecuador, Mexico, USA, Turkey, Japan, Greece etc (i guess you know what i mean by 3rd rate) are as strong as our current team. on our day we can beat them and on their day they'll beat us tidy!

As for the 2nd rate teams i.e. England, Portugal, Belgium, Sweden, etc (again i guess you know what i mean) will be confident in beating us rountinely!

Then the 1st rate teams (world class teams i.e Spain, Germany, Holland, Italy, Brazil, Argentina, France) apart from blind patriotism that tells you otherwise we have almost no chance!!...we can beat them on a very very good day but the good money is on them beating us without getting out of 1st gear.

with this analysis 2nd round is a good showing (we are still celebrating the 2nd round showing of 20yrs ago). A Quaterfinal appearance will be hugely successfull and the players will return to Nigeria as heroes forever, fact!

I wont say anything about a semi or final appearance because the fact is as at today, this is very very unlikely , nigh on impossible!

The bookies are offering odds of 250 to 1 on Nigeria winning the world cup. I guess that says it all....thats about the same odds you'll get on Aston Villa winning the Premiership. Nuff said.

Sagamite:

Only cretinous fucktards spell "interesting" as "intreseting".

Which Abule High School English teacher taught you?

Sagamite:

Only cretinous fucktards spell "interesting" as "intreseting".

Which Abule High School English teacher taught you?

CrazyGooner: He is still an Everton player.

Babzilla:
ITS CALLED A TYPOGRAPHIC ERROR OR TYPO 4 SHORT
BUT THEN ONLY A CRETINOUS PRODUCT OF ABULE HIGH SCHOOL
WHO IS ALSO THE NATIONS NO.1FUCKTARD WILL FAIL 2 C THE MESSAGE
AND LET INCONSEQUENTIAL ERRORS CLOUD HIS SIGHT?

pickabeau1: Brazil - too reliant on neymar - QF berth, Semi final at best

Argentina - may grow into it - They are showing some grit

Spain - see finish...

Germans - can they do it this time

wayodude: Like we saw in the confed cup,it will take something more than special to beat Brazil when playing at home. The further they get in the tournament the harder it would be to knock them out.

Not many teams manage to beat Spain 3 nil in a competitive game.

Argentina while having a very good team will have almost zero neutral support in Brazil so that may be a factor too. Imagine Nigeria hosting a World Cup, i am sure not many Nigerians 'neutrals' will be cheering Cameroun when they take to the field. Forget all the talk about one africa lol

I was in Nigeria during Nigeria 99 World Youth Tournament and I was in the stadium in Bauchi to see the USA v Cameroun group match. All the Camerounians got were boos from 'us' me inclusive!

They lost 3-1 or something like that LoL

Hearme:

how about Alex Witsel. Former Benfica star now in Russia.

wayodude: Like we saw in the confed cup,it will take something more than special to beat Brazil when playing at home. The further they get in the tournament the harder it would be to knock them out.

Not many teams manage to beat Spain 3 nil in a competitive game.

Argentina while having a very good team will have almost zero neutral support in Brazil so that may be a factor too. Imagine Nigeria hosting a World Cup, i am sure not many Nigerians 'neutrals' will be cheering Cameroun when they take to the field. Forget all the talk about one africa lol

I was in Nigeria during Nigeria 99 World Youth Tournament and I was in the stadium in Bauchi to see the USA v Cameroun group match. All the Camerounians got were boos from 'us' me inclusive!

They lost 3-1 or something like that LoL

Sagamite: BELGIUM

Simply full of top players and it seems they are having a golden generation.



------------------------------------------------------Mignolet (Liverpool)


Alderweireld (A. Madrid)-------------Kompany (Man City)------------------Vermaelen (Arsenal)-------------Vertonghen (Spurs)


------------------------------------------------------Simons (C. Brugges)



----------------------------------------------Fellaini (Man U)

-----------------------Hazard (Chelsea)---------------------------------------------- Dembele (Spurs)


------------------------------------------------------------------Lukaku (Chelsea/Everton)

--------------------------------------------------Benteke (Aston Villa)

Other names

Courtois (A. Madrid) - Best Goalkeeper in La Liga in 2012-2013 season.
Van Buyten (Bayern Munich) - Champions League winner La Liga in 2012-2013 season.
De Bruyne (Chelsea)
Defour (Porto)
Mirallas (Everton)

pickabeau1: Good points but i have my doubts about Brazil's mental strength and thier seeming over reliance on neymar to provide the magick

Scolari willgo dirty

Argentina seems to be getting some spine where it matters now - at the bACK

pickabeau1: @Sagamite the problem with the Belgian team imo is the lack of a tactically superior coach who will compensate for their lack of tourney experience

pickabeau1: @Sagamite the problem with the Belgian team imo is the lack of a tactically superior coach who will compensate for their lack of tourney experience

Sagamite:

Lets not deceive ourselves. If Neymar is removed from the Brazil equation, Brazil would still be able to beat virtually any national team.

Sagamite:

Honestly, I don't think there is anything like 'tourney experience' that can have negative impact for any major European team.

And there are Managers that have done well without prior glories before.

pickabeau1:

Not sure...at this level....



Last 5 world cups

Brazil mario zagallo n scolari------ experienced


Italy -------- trappatoni ----- experience

Viscount del bosque ------ experience


Beckenbauer ---- experience

Sagamite:

I doubt (I have not checked) [b]Beckenbauer [/b]had any winning experience as a coach before he took West Germany to be WC winners.

And Klinsmann had no experience when he took Germany to a WC Semi.