Personally, i think that a few of the groups are no brainers and some are alos very close. i wouldnèt be surprised if Swden takes advantage of Rooneys absence and advance to the quarters and possibly the semis in this years world cup.

France wonèt go very far, because a line up of nothing but seasoned vets wont get them very far.

My pick to win it all this year is still Brazil. I know this is an uoriginal statement, but on paper they do have the best and, if Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaka and Roberto Carlos all show up with their A game, Brazil will pone everyone.

Finals: Brazil over Italy - 3 to1

Go BRAZIL![<:o)] 

Serbia Will Win It All, Youll See

ok now i dont want to be mean but some of your predictions are way off. I know it's your personal opinion but its wrong. Some of u think that for group e ITA and USA will go through or that CZE and GHA will and that is wrong. I've also seen for group h that ESP and TUN????? i dont think so. and for group f BRA and AUS or even JPN thats not right. Also what really bothered me was POR and IRN and ENG and PAR. And the fact that some of you think IRN will go very far and that ENG will win it all.

Here are very accurate predictions:

GROUP A: 1.GER  2.POL            GROUP B: 1.ENG   2.SWE            GROUP C: (this is tough) 1. ARG   2. NED and possibly SCG         

GROUP D: 1.POR   2.MEX            GROUP E: (also kinda tough) 1. ITA  2.CZE or vise versa         GROUP F: 1.BRA  2.CRO         

GROUP G: 1. FRA  2. SUI or KOR         GROUP H: 1. ESP  2.UKR not KSA or TUN

Now for those of you who think IRN will go far im sorry to crush your hopes but they won't. They don't have the playes and they lack the skill. POR and MEX will more than likely beat them. For those of you who think ENG will win it all you are wrong as well. ENG will most likely go to the quarter finals because they will probably play POL in the first ko round. They will either meet NED or ARG or SCG in the quarter finals. The only team they can beat there is SCG. If they do end up in the semi finals they will probably paly BRA and lose. If ARG or NED or ITA or CZE or BRA finish first in their group they have the best chance of going to the finalsbecause each of those teams can beat the other one. BRA will probably end up in the final unless they lose to ITA or CZE. and ARG or NED will most likely join BRA in the finals assuming they don't lose to ITA in the semi finals.

I know it is probably hard to understand but if you go to http://www.fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/bracket.html it will show you how the play offs work. And once again i don't want to be mean it's just kind of annoying when some people are so wrong.