Stuart James remembers Twerton!

and what's your predictions?

mine...

Who will reach the final?

Argentina + Germany

Who will be the leading scorer?

Aguero


Who is the player to watch?

Suarez


How far will England go?

group stage


Most looking forward to

watching Chile - wonderful attacking team

Least looking forward to

penalty shoot outs + the media hype should England qualify from the group...

[quote="comrade powell"]and what's your predictions?

mine...

Who will reach the final?

Argentina + Uraguay

Who will be the leading scorer?

Aguero or Benzema


Who is the player to watch?

Sanchez or/and Benzema


How far will England go?

quarterfinals


Most looking forward to

watching Chile - wonderful attacking team. I'll agree with you on that one Powell. Chile are my dark horses.

Least looking forward to

The mega late kick off times.

mine...

Who will reach the final?

Brazil to beat Spain

Who will be the leading scorer?

Neymar


Who is the player to watch?

Ronaldo


How far will England go?

Group - defence will let us down


Most looking forward to

Belgium - just how good will they be?

Least looking forward to

ITV coverage !

I agree, ITV just seem to get worse and worse. I turned on for the 1st 5 minutes of their 'coverage' last night - no comment or team news on the opening game, just Chiles swooning over his fellow pundits. Sky must grimace every time they view this tripe - imagine what Stelling would have done instead.

And I'm changing my 'not looking forward to' answer to overhyped players conning the ref. last night's penalty award came after a season where just about every high profile match included a similar decision. The refs need assistance with so much happening these days. For some reason FIFA don't include the goal line assistants, yet spend millions on technology which will probably be used no more than a couple of times in the tournament. It's time for video technology and off field ref to be deployed. It seems to work in rugby and the problem of interruptions would be outweighed by the cheats not getting away with it. Really hope Brasil don't go all the way!

There's BBC to look forward to yet. If they've employed Lawro as a co-commentator again I'll be watching the games in mute.

Chiles is ok for something like the One Show but fronting football footage he's a nightmare. Then you have Matt Smith who had suddenly inherited tips from the Steve McClaren School of Accents when he was talking to Carlos Alberto.

Entertaining opening game but the penalty decision was shameful. What annoys me almost as much is people like Scolari coming out and saying it was a definite penalty, it's what I hate about managers. Had that gone Croatia's way he would have been more agitated than a Basil rant about pace.

Brasil are the Real Madrid of international football, followed closely by Portugal. Real and the likes of Ronaldo, Marcelo and Pepe are made for each other.