But CR has started training again right? Or is he still not a certainity?
Portugal without CR also would be a handful for US and Ghana I feel. Germany looks too strong for Ghana and the US though…
Cant wait for the the cup to start 
Germany certainly has to struggle to get out of the group imho, they only have one striker in the team (quite old), and the best midfielder Reus is out with an injury. In that group, everything is possible.
My favorite team for the title is England, my insider tipp for advancing into HF is Chile.
Hopefully the tournament will produce enough distraction to wait for L3 results…
I changed the name of the thread so we could use it for ALL WC discussions.
So what are the predictions? Winner: Argentina
Runner-Up: Brazil
Third Place: France
Top Scorer: Gonzalo Higuain
My shot in the dark:
- Winners England
- 2nd Chile
- 3rd Brazil
- Top Scorer Eduardo Vargas
Are you sure you’re German? next you’ll be cheering on the Dutch.
I’m with you on the distraction from the wait for L3 results though…
Why not? Team is balanced with old experienced players and young and (maybe) hungry ones…
I hope we´ll see interesting matches!
Just realized that England´s defender Shaw is as old as my son…
World Cup of Everything Else
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Why can’t we just use the main football thread? There are like 3 parallel ones now…sheesh
Don’t forget WC 2002. United States raised some brows.
Portugal fans, including myself, have not forgotten about that loss to the United States 
United States and Portugal to make it out of the group, if Portugal beats or ties Germany.
i look for Portugal to make some noise in the tournament but I think Argentina brings it home.
I didn’t know there was a “main” football thread. Most recently, there was the 2014 NFL Schedule, and before that there were a lot of NFL Week X, but not a definitive one.
noone is picking Chile. That team is sick!!
If you put your money where your mouth is, you can make a lot of $$$.
Ed Vargas furreal?
^ That caught your eye yet England finishing first and more surprisingly Chile finishing 2nd didn’t?
^True…either a troll or a secret Chilean…
Did one of those German tornados this weekend hit you on the head or something? England? What?
I have Germany/Belgium as the final in our work pool. Long shot, but I like Belgium’s bracket path if they win the group.