ORIGINAL: warspite1
Only one country has won the tournament outside of their own continent. On that basis a South American victory seems most likely. If so then Brazil or Argentina would be the most sensible guesses. A European country? I doubt it personally.
Instead, I am going to have a little wager on an African winner. You never know, a lot of stranger things have happened in football..... like Spurs keeping the same manager for more than 5 minutes. I'm sure that happened once.
It's not likely this year, but I think it's likely we (or at least the young uns amongst us) will see an African winner. Ghana weren't bad at the last one were they? This time round I think the likely outcome is a Brazil vs Argentina (or Spain) with a Brazil win.
I can see England limping through the group stage on four points (win vs Costa Rica, draw against Uruguay and cock all from the Italy game). A narrow win over the Ivory Coast will then be followed by a trouncing at the hands of Brazil. Wayne Rooney will be predictably pants despite someone describing him as a top, top player. He will run around a lot though, as well as going a rather startling shade of red. Joe Hart will do what English goalkeepers do these days and gift an equaliser to Uruguay.
