World Cup: Group D discussion

England gon' win this group! They will surprise a lot of people this time around imo!

Italy and Uruguay will progress from this group IMO.

Rooting for Uruguay and England for Liverpool links. I don't really care for England usually but since most of the first team is probably going to be our players I hope they do well.

Stevie to lift it at the end

We just need Rooney on form and we can have a genuine crack. Touch wood this his time to step up. If we can get past the group we have every chance of beating the winner of Group C (prolly Colombia) in the final 16.

However, reality, I don't see much changing for England this world cup. Our midfield is just too weak. Hope I am proven wrong.

I have a feeling Italy and England will draw in the opener.

Italy and Uruguay to move and England to fight for 3 rd spot...

Uruguay to top the group.

England will top the group. Uruguay and Italy will battle it out for 2nd spot.

England easily have the best squad in the group.

England has the best squad and the best chance to be eliminated from the group stage...

Where do England even have the best Squad?
Italy and Uruguay to go through, my only concern is whether or not Italy can top the group or not.

Best squad lol

Defence? Italy
Midfield? Italy
Attack? Uruguay

Depth? Italy

Tomwin Lannister wrote:Best squad lol

Defence? Italy
Midfield? Italy
Attack? Uruguay

Depth? Italy

England will wipe the floor with Italy imo

Roy Hodgson is very good at destroying Italian teams with English under dogs.

Spoiler:

The overhyping of Uruguay begins

My local pub team would've beaten that Juve side


Then again, the likes of Amauri still destroyed Madrid in the CL games

Tomwin Lannister wrote:Best squad lol

Defence? Italy
Midfield? Italy
Attack? Uruguay

Depth? Italy

This pretty much. They are better than Uruguay but not Italy lol.

England might surprise us all and top the group but we're talking about on paper and on paper they're absolutely not the strongest squad in any way

Italy's defence is so, so much better. As is the Midfield department.

Uruguay, however useless in other areas have the best attacking personnel in the group.

The thing is, England will field youngsters who will be playing in their first important tournament. Unlike the last 2 wc, the youngsters who are in the team have also played important roles for their clubs. Oddly enough, defense will be their weak point I think.

I am an anglo-Canadian, so I might as well cheer for the motherland

I think Uruguay is the weakest amongst the contenders.

I don't think we need go into much detail about why "England have by far the strongest squad" is an inaccurate statement.

It's not easy to predict how England will do, given the young and inexperienced nature of the squad they've chosen. For a lot of these players, this will be their first major international tournament, so until we see how they line-up and how they play, you can't say anything for certain.

I expect Italy will win the group. Whether England or Uruguay qualify is up in the air, because there's not a lot of difference between them. If we assume that they both beat Costa Rica, the winners of England/Uruguay may well be the ones who go through in the end.

I wouldn't put it past Italy to make a meal out of beating Costa Rica tbh

I would have the same reaction if England top the group or don't make it out of it:

Lol

Uruguay are that clutch team. Don't count them out

Uruguay have shit midfield and shit defense, people just hyping the Suarez cavani factor, and Uruguay were pretty crap in qualifying as well, even without having to play Brazil

B-Mac wrote:Uruguay have shit midfield and shit defense, people just hyping the Suarez cavani factor, and Uruguay were pretty crap in qualifying as well, even without having to play Brazil

No one is hyping Uruguay especially not on this forum lol