there goes your 1st. prediction mr. Fonz Thomas ( goal.com)

[dutchman]

hmm, you predicted Uruguay to win, let me see what you had to say about T&T.
JACKass 

<sub>From South America we have Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Paraguay and unless a miracle happens, Uruguay. The Australians are going to find it near impossible to beat Uruguay in Montevideo, and with Diego Forlan in the form of his life and with a certain individual called Recoba who was once the highest-paid professional footballer in the world it would be only a stupid man who would bet on Australia. Ecuador and Paraguay cannot be expected to make it beyond the preliminary stages. Uruguay is definitely not a pushover and can be expected to pull off a couple of stunners but that is all. That leaves Brazil and Argentina in the reckoning. The once mighty Argentines have since faded into oblivion, merely content with trying to beat Brazil in World Cup qualifiers and in the Copa America. They don’t have the defense or the forwards to pose any serious threat and a quarter-final berth would be an apt reward. Finally we have the mighty Brazilians with an outstanding goalkeeper, excellent midfield and some heavenly forwards. The only Achilles’ heel they have is the defense, which was exploited time and again in the last World Cup. The bright point though is that the forwards have what it takes to score twice as many as the defense might concede. Though the likes of Cicinho, Belletti, Lucio and Carlos may not be Maldinis, you have to remember that there is only one Maldini and I believe that among the qualifiers only England and Italy have a better defense than Brazil.

From Asia the following countries have qualified, Iran, Japan, South Korea and Saudi Arabia and most probably Bahrain. It would be a major upset if Bahrain somehow manages to lose against Trinidad and Tobago. This is the contingent to watch out for and each country is capable of beating the best on their day. The weaker countries appear to be Japan, South Korea and Bahrain and I don’t see them make it beyond the Preliminaries or the pre-quarterfinals. Saudi Arabia has always been outstanding in qualifiers but has always managed to fizzle out at the World Cup and it cannot be any better this time around. The team to watch out for is, however, Iran, with their highly talented squad many of whom ply their trade in the Bundesliga, and it would not be shocking if they do manage to pull off a couple of major upsets along the way.

Among the African countries there is Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Tunisia and Angola. Togo, Tunisia and Angola are expected to simply make up the numbers and even Ivory Coast - with the likes of Toure and Drogba - may not present any major challenge to any of the potential winners. The teams to watch out for are the Ghanaians and they could pull off a couple of surprises on the lines of Senegal in the last World Cup.

Lastly there is the Concacaf with USA, Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago if miracles still happen.</sub>
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[rasajoy]

in football anything could happen, even brazil could get beaten

[Jah Gol]

This guy doesn't know a thing about football. We were the better side on Saturday. We missed chances and did not play to our potential. It won't happen again and certainly not against Bahrain. We will beat Bahrain.