Rank the 32 World Cup teams

Simple - rank the 32 teams from strongest to weakest. Think of it as if you are assigning betting odds on likely winners.

My rankings:
1. Brazil
2. Spain
3. Germany
4. England
5. Italy
6. Ivory Coast
7. Holland
8. Argentina
9. France
10. Cameroon
11. Ghana
12. Portugal
13. Mexico
14. USA
15. Chile
16. Denmark
17. Australia
18. Uruguay
19. South Africa
20. Paraguay
21. Serbia
22. Greece
23. Nigeria
24. Slovakia
25. Slovenia
26. Switzerland
27. South Korea
28. Japan
29. Honduras
30. Algeria
31. North Korea
32. New Zealand

kas wrote:Simple - rank the 32 teams from strongest to weakest. Think of it as if you are assigning betting odds on likely winners.

My rankings:
1. Brazil
2. Spain
3. Germany
4. England
5. Italy
6. Ivory Coast
7. Holland
8. Argentina
9. France
10. Cameroon
11. Ghana
12. Portugal
13. Mexico
14. USA
15. Chile
16. Denmark
17. Australia
18. Uruguay
19. South Africa
20. Paraguay
21. Serbia
22. Greece
23. Nigeria
24. Slovakia
25. Slovenia
26. Switzerland
27. South Korea
28. Japan
29. Honduras
30. Algeria
31. North Korea
32. New Zealand

Sorted.

Well I could just put up a list saying:

1. Brazil
2. Spain

































3. Germany

4. England




































































5-32. everyone else

but that would be no fun, woud it?

I don't get you.

I'm just acknowledging that we don't deserve to be in this list.

Not as high as 9 in any case, we would be among the lowest.

1. Brazil
2. Spain
6. Ivory Coast
5. Italy
3. Germany
4. England
7. Holland
8. Argentina
10. Cameroon
11. Ghana
13. Mexico
14. USA
15. Chile
16. Denmark
17. Australia
18. Uruguay
12. Portugal
19. South Africa
20. Paraguay
21. Serbia
22. Greece
23. Nigeria
24. Slovakia
25. Slovenia
30. Algeria
9. France
26. Switzerland
27. South Korea
28. Japan
29. Honduras
31. North Korea
32. New Zealand

1. Brazil
2. Germany
3. Italy
4. Ghana / Ivory Coast / Cameroon

NONE of the OTHERS have even the slightest chance of WINNING the World Cup

and kas

I REALLY hope you are JOKING

about England on 4th

I know history does not repeat itself

BUT

England are as likely to win the World Cup as Switzerland are likely to start World War 3

GET A GRIP

You forgot Spain...I think they do have more than a slight chance of winning, now that they've broken through the mental glass ceiling by winning Euro 2008.

As for England, I wouldn't have them so high if it wasn't for Capello. I don't like the football his teams play, but somehow he gets them to win matches.

we shall know WHETHER Spain have broken through ANY MENTAL glass ceiling

AFTER the World Cup

they entered the last European Cup as the permanent ALSO RANS

with ZERO PRESSURE on their shoulders , because everybody knew they would always choke

entering this World Cup as (joint-) favourites is 100% different

no more element of surprise

HUGE pressure and expectation ...

already at the Confed Cup they CHOKED BIG TIME

and all the old demons will have been awoken, about choking when it counts

kas

you are making the mistake that virtually EVERYBODY on here makes

and has been making ever since I joined this board

you make country credit ratings based on false assumptions and HOPE (or fear)

not on credit worthy-ness

you are the Moody's of the EMB

think about it

1. Spain
2. Brazil
3. Holland
4. England
5. Germany
6. Italy
7. Argentina
8. France
9. Ivory Coast
10. Ghana
11. Cameroon
12. Mexico
13. Portugal
14. Australia
15. USA
16. Chile
17. Serbia
18. Denmark
19. Slovenia
20. Japan
21. South Korea
22. Slovakia
23. Uruguay
24. Switzerland
25. Paraguay
26. Greece
27. Nigeria
28. South Africa
29. Honduras
30. Algeria
31. North Korea
32. New Zealand

Holland at 3? run that one by me

L r dd wrote:Holland at 3? run that one by me

You think i should put the Ivory coast there?

No...just find Holland a strange choice. They are not exactly known for winning these kind of things....it's one of the worst dutch teams in awhile and it's not in europe.

L r dd wrote:No...just find Holland a strange choice. They are not exactly known for winning these kind of things....it's one of the worst dutch teams in awhile and it's not in europe.

They probably won't win it, France Italy and Argentina look guff, and Holland looked better than us in a friendly a while back. This is all i have to go on.

Why don't you post your own fucking list?

I'd rather pick holes in yours

1-9 Argies, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Portugal & Spain.
10-17 Algeria, Cameroon, Denmark, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Mexico & Serbia
18-29 Australia, Chile, Greece, Japan, Paraguay, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Switzerland, South Africa, Uruguay, USA,
30-31 Honduras, North Korea
32. New Zealand

@LRD we'll have nearly the same team as the Euro 2008 team. A team capable of beating France & Italy, but this time we have a better manager. Don't think our chances are much better or worse than any of the top nations.

Brazil
Spain
Germany
Italy
England
Netherlands
Ivory Coast
Cameroon
Argentina
Ghana
Portugal
France
Chile
Nigeria
South Africa
Denmark
Serbia
Paraguay
Mexico
USA
Australia
South Korea
Slovakia
Switzerland
Algeria
Slovenia
Honduras
Uruguay
Greece
Japan
North Korea
New Zealand

1-2

brazil and argentina






3-4

italy and germany

















5-10

spain, england, holland, usa, chile, ivory coast

Think people see huger gaps than there actually are. Most matches between the big nations will be very close to 50/50s.

This thread is flawed, if you want to rank the 32 best teams from that list, you get a different list then if you want to make a list of potential winners.

Germany is not a good team, yet they would score higher on my potential winners list. Same goes for Italy. I rate Spain higher then Brazil when it comes to quality of the players but Brazil would top my nr 1 position for potential winner.

Holland lost quality with RVN and VDS btw.

Good point.

I wouldn't bet against Horseface being in the Dutch WC squad. VDS is a miss, but the entire core of the team is the same.

I rather do categories:

1-3 The Favourites: Brazil, Spain, Argentina
4-10 The Contenders: Germany, Italy, England, Holland, Ivory Coast, Portugal, France
11-19 The Dark Horses: Serbia, Cameroon, Ghana, Mexico, Chile, Nigeria, Slovakia, USA, Uruguay
20-28 The Outsiders: Denmark, Australia, South Africa, Paraguay, Greece, Slovenia, Switzerland, South Korea, Japan
29-32 The Minnows: Honduras, Algeria, North Korea, New Zealand

I think people on this MB really under rate Serbia & Slovakia, they could spring some major shocks.

bluenine wrote:
1-3 The Favourites: Brazil, Spain, Argentina

I bet if Hungary qualified they would make your favourites list. They used to win stuff aswell.

@bluenine
rated Serbia as high as you did. Don't rate Slovakia as high as you did, have them 1 group lower. Basically we've about the same ratings, only have 1 level less.

Think you underestimate Algeria. Think tactically they're the best African team. They will not be a pushover for anybody.

Capello's England have played

Spain, Brazil, Holland, Germany and France in recent friendlies,

and by FAR the WORST of these NATIONS was GERMANY.

Nothing to fear from the Germans, who will base their

campaign on their FEARSOME reputation,

which, when you consider their manager is a scarf wearing

METROSEXUAL,

and with PUSSY-WHIPPED SCHOOLGIRLS like

Lahm, Mertesacker, Ozil, Podolski, Gomez etc,

a team like BRAZIL/Spain/England/ is going to EAT THEM ALIVE.

Otto better just hope that FIFA give them yet another

PISS EASY DRAW where they don't have to face Brazil

until at least the final,

as it'll be CARNAGE

kas wrote:You forgot Spain...I think they do have more than a slight chance of winning, now that they've broken through the mental glass ceiling by winning Euro 2008.

As for England, I wouldn't have them so high if it wasn't for Capello. I don't like the football his teams play, but somehow he gets them to win matches.

Spain had won the Euros before. I don't think it means much though. Teams like Greece and Denmark have won the Euros. Spain couldn't even create any good chances against an Italy defence with Panucci at CB.

Capello can win matches against shit teams. Not sure about teams that are at a similar level to his.

Kimbo wrote:

bluenine wrote:
1-3 The Favourites: Brazil, Spain, Argentina

I bet if Hungary qualified they would make your favourites list. They used to win stuff aswell.

They never won the WC though.

But i don't think Argentina should be in the favourites. Not that it means alot, when was the last time the favourites won the WC?

Spider Crouch wrote:Capello's England have played

Spain, Brazil, Holland, Germany and France in recent friendlies,

and by FAR the WORST of these NATIONS was GERMANY.

Nothing to fear from the Germans, who will base their

campaign on their FEARSOME reputation,

which, when you consider their manager is a scarf wearing

METROSEXUAL,

and with PUSSY-WHIPPED SCHOOLGIRLS like

Lahm, Mertesacker, Ozil, Podolski, Gomez etc,

a team like BRAZIL/Spain/England/ is going to EAT THEM ALIVE.

Otto better just hope that FIFA give them yet another

PISS EASY DRAW where they don't have to face Brazil

until at least the final,

as it'll be CARNAGE

But Germany has won against Russia twice, who are a better team than England. And these were official matches.

About Löw: I don´t like his scarf, too, but at least he´s German.

Özil is a great talent. He was probably the best player of the last U21 tournament and tormented your U21 side in the final. That was not the biggest achievement though, as England played like England: black, fast and zero skill (Walcott)

About England at next years WC: I respect them as a team. They will be hard to beat. But I dont see them in the semis. Basically they will have the same team as in the years before. There is no new player,who can take them to another level.

kroesius wrote:About England at next years WC: I respect them as a team. They will be hard to beat. But I dont see them in the semis. Basically they will have the same team as in the years before. There is no new player,who can take them to another level.

Having Rooney fit for the tournament would be something we've not had at a World Cup before

Yep about time we had a Neanderthaler participating.

Spider Crouch wrote:Capello's England have played

Spain, Brazil, Holland, Germany and France in recent friendlies,

and by FAR the WORST of these NATIONS was GERMANY.

Nothing to fear from the Germans, who will base their

campaign on their FEARSOME reputation,

which, when you consider their manager is a scarf wearing

METROSEXUAL,

and with PUSSY-WHIPPED SCHOOLGIRLS like

Lahm, Mertesacker, Ozil, Podolski, Gomez etc,

a team like BRAZIL/Spain/England/ is going to EAT THEM ALIVE.

Otto better just hope that FIFA give them yet another

PISS EASY DRAW where they don't have to face Brazil

until at least the final,

as it'll be CARNAGE

You beat them with one of the worst German midfield imaginable.

Jermaine Jones.