Germany 2006 Options

[balduran]

Note that teams aren't aligned alphabetically.

And guys and girls - please keep it serious

[Seifer]

Thanks Rabain, I don't personally count Mexico in the top 8 teams there but FIFA so I was taking a look at them from a neutral perspective. Borgetti is dangerous in cvertain scenarios and they've got a few defenders dotted across Europe so they may unearth an ace. Couple of promising guys at Barcelona like Messi..

Brazil's closest rival in thier immediate locale is Argentina, who in my estimation, have lost what made them special in the first place. I think this Brazillian team is one of the worst ones of the last 3 decades but they're not as bad as the team of the mid nineties I think.

There probably will be some surprises and personally I think they're going to come from the African teams again. Ivory Coast have a few established like Toure and Drogba but the others suffer from almost no match experience and very suspect tempers.

Expect most from Tunisia.

Holland will bean interesting case, mostly as this is the first time in ages they've not entered a build up with huge infighting on their backs. Van Basten has virtually no coaching experience, which can be detrimental to their cause. Mind, I support leaving out Kluivert.

Do you really think Italy have been medicore? I'd hazard that they're steady and unspectacular but its still questionable as to whether they should be written off. A lot of their team seems to be moving on "en masse" which does count against them a lot.