[SBR_John]

I will be pulling for England and Mexico and of course the USA(i think they still have a team but I'll need to dbl check that ).

I want to throw a futures out there on a live dog. How about Africa or Asia? Any live dogs there?

[Dead Money]

I take it German shepards and French poodles are not the "live dogs" you are lookin for are they???

[sergfro]

Mexico doesnt stand a chance....they are lucky to get that draw but I dont think they have a chance to make it far

[sergfro]

I like Argentina this year personally.

[SBR_John]

Argentina is not quite as big of a dog as I was hoping for. How about Spain at 16-1 ? Do they have a decent shot?

[pjesnik24]

Try Croatia!

[sergfro]

England barely even qualified for the world cup....Spain has dropped a bit...I just think Argentina has soemthing to show for after they were the favorites 4 years ago and bombed it

[sergfro]

although keep in mind south american teams do not do well in Europe

[sergfro]

Czech Republic ranked #2 by Fifa and a 25-1 to win it all.....personally I think the rankings are BS they have USA and Mexico way ahead of England, Germany, Italy, Portugal

[fixxer]

I like Germany for 9x.......easy group (of course ), home advantage, and Lukas Podolski....

As for the underdogs....

Sweden 34x or Sweden in the final for 11x.....I personally think, that Sweden could even get into the final this year....They have an easy group, only with England as real opponent, and I saw their games many times in the last year, they have a really strong team....

[adriano]

John, there is no need to look for a dog, cause you'll lose your money betting anything else than BRAZIL.
Forget all the talk and discussions here and everywhere else, noone stands any chance against them.

[SBR_John]

Yea, I respect Brasil a lot. But it seems to me its a strong field from top to bottom and Brasil at 2.5 - 1 is a really short price. Plus, I just kind of like live dogs.

[raiders72001]

How about posting some plays to win each group.

[adriano]

plays for group winners is tricky, cause favourites can throw away the 3rd game in the group to avoid another team in the 1/8 finals...i don't recommend it.

[sergfro]

Yes brasil has the best talent but I dont think they will repeat this year....I think it will be a team from Europe...but I hope its Argentina

[SBR_John]

Fixxer makes a good case for home team Germany. I could see them getting A LOT of calls. Sweden at 34 - 1? I'm gonna have a look at that one.

[adriano]

Sweden are a joke, in the qualification group every opponent team they played was red-carded, they played every game against ten men, not 11...Johansson's hand can easily be seen there...this team lacks talent, can never win the WC.

If you really want to place money on a dog, GERMANY is #1 candidate. It was England for me, but not after the Ericsson bust up.

Guys, BRAZIL will win the WC. Period.