I gotta check this over bai and talk to meh bookie

Good conscience does not permit me to be facilitating FIFA. It is one of the most corrupt entity masquerading as a non profit sport organization on the planet. It does nothing to quell the open thuggery and racism at its matches and the idea that we have 10 billion going to building stadiums that will be useless after a few matches and that their creation resulting in the dislocations and marginalization  of impoverished communities should not sit well with anyone. Time to speak out against the corruption in major sports entities, ie the Olympic committee, The Cycling agencies, and those like FIFA. These are simply centers of nepotistic practices favoring political elites and global plutocrats with no heart and should not continue to operate as acceptable organizations. They all need to be revised with  a people centered objectives with people centered representations

Laad Ah Mercy!! Oh Bhagwan, please give me FAITH!!!

Do not call god's name in vain. Those fellows are crooked.

Look a man who is an atheist even know better than Nehru ,

This Storm Sewerrat is never happy with anyone or anything. Very troubling indeed. Wonder what his home life is like? Can't rant at home so he uses this forum to vent his frustration. His home life is like the pitbull sitting in the middle living room and the cat hiding in the corner. The Rat is the cat sitting in the corner.

why are you concerned about his home life? If you disagree with him, then make your case instead of getting into his personal life

that being said, just sit back and watch the US beat Ghana and Portugal to advance

Why should your gnat-like social attention spam  mean my home life is in disarray? To the contrary, that I have the time to voice my opinion on a prevailing problem would imply I am not impeded by domestic distractions but  have the time to investigate the conditions of my world. 

You apparently miss the dissatisfaction of Brazilians themselves who see a quarter of a billion dollars being spent in Manaus to build a stadium just to play four games! There is no after the world cup life for this gargantuan white elephant! The city has no ability to maintain it or events to support it.

The fact that from the favelas of Rio people can see billions being spent to build the gleaming stadiums they know they will never get to enter as they suffer undue neglect in the merest of social services.

You may also be ignorant of the corrupt FIFA officials gerrymandering the vote based on payoff of millions to afford Qutar the 2022 world cup. You may also turn a blind eye to the million or so slaves in Quatar from Indian, and the Philippines who toil at building these stadiums. FIFA turns a blind eye

But let me see; imagining me in some dire predicament is easier for you than reading the Daily Mail, NY times, or any of the hundreds of newspapers and TV broadcasts that have commented on the obscene wealth in FIFA and their complete lack of concern for social justice when it intervenes in the games. Imagine this; these folks sought and succeed to overturn Brazil's prohibitions to alcohol at the games just so they can sell their beer concessions! They will leave with immense earnings wrought of tax concessions etc and poor Brazilians will have to live with the multi billion dollars white elephants left behind.

I like soccer. I played soccer in school. I look at European soccer but this is the time to heighten the consciousness of sports lovers everywhere of the truly despicable neglect of FIFA to be a moral agent for the game.

BINGO!!!

WHO SAY NO TO BRAZIL 

I do!

Argentina should take it this year.

Suarez (Uruguay) and Ronaldo (Portugal) look like they might be hampered by lingering injuries. Robbin van Persi of Holland is injured and France is not a serious contender. Lionel Messi hasn't been accepted by Argentinians for the most part as Argentinian. Argentina has an awful defense anyhow. Spain is getting old. Italy will be indisciplined. I tell ya, Brazil has a lot of pressure and a lot of young players. Germany seems the team with the most experience , talent, organization and stability. I still like Brazil though.

They are not favourites, but I like to support an underdog and I am backing Ghana.

Ghana will go deep in the World Cup. Watch this space.

First game jitters for host team as usual against  disciplined attacking Croatian team. Still don't understand why Tottenham Spurs got rid of Luca Modric (but they got Paulinho).

We'll see a different Brazil in the next two games (I know the competition drops)

Got 

Mexico

Chile

Holland

today

Yes Mexico

Me always Brazil.

Crying foul for your Anglo masters who lost the cup to the Arabs...

Picks for today

Columbia

Uraguay

ENgland

Japan

Pick for the finals

Germany

After most of the first games by all the teams, the following trends emerge:

• Brazil played shaky but they will settle down
• Argentina played shaky but I don't see them on an upward curve
• The enigmatic Dutch continues to astound - brilliant and then WTF
• The Germans are a machine
• Italy is lurking
• Spain is spent currency
• Uruguay has disappointed

This cup belongs to South America...

I see in the semifinals 4 Latin nations only. Total Latin domination.

Interesting:

The English want the Costa Rican team drug tested before they lose to them:

https://guyana.crowdstack.io/topic/fi...-costa-rican-players

Group A

Brazil 4          Cameroon 1

Croatia 2          Mexico 1

Brazil 7

Croatia 6

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Group B

Netherlands 2  Chile 2

Spain 2          Australia 1

Netherlands 7 (5)

Chile 7 (4)

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Group C

Ivory Coast 2   Greece 2

Colombia 3      Japan 0

Colombia 9

Ivory Coast 6

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Group D

Costa Rica 1    England 1

Uruguay 1        Italy 1

Costa Rica 7 (5)

Italy 4 (0)

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Group E

France 3          Ecuador 1

Switzerland 2   Honduras 1

France 9

Switzerland 6

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Group F

Bosnia 2          Iran 2

Nigeria 1          Argentina 1

Argentina 7

Nigeria 5

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Group G

USA 2            Portugal 2

Ghana 3          Portugal 1

Germany 2       USA 1

Germany 7

Ghana 4 (1)

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Group H

Belgium 2        Russia 0

So. Korea 2      Algeria 2

Russia 3          Algeria 1

Belgium 2        So. Korea 0

Belgium 9

Russia 4

Knockout Rounds

Brazil 3          Chile 1          Brazil 2          Italy 1          Brazil 2          Germany 1

Italy 1          Colombia 0

France 3          Nigeria 2

Germany 4       Russia 1          Germany 2       France 1

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Netherlands 3  Croatia 1          Netherlands 3 Costa Rica 1    Ghana 2          Netherlands 1

Costa Rica 2    Ivory Coast 1

Argentina 1      Switzerland 1 (GK)      Ghana 3          Netherlands 2

Ghana 3          Belgium 1

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Brazil             3

Ghana           2

I've always Ghana, not as a dark horse but as a legitimate contender. I call them the Brazil of Africa, but more physical and maybe with some questionable decision-making at times.

Germany is one of the best out there, with mer4curial France and the Netherlands. I think the other Latin nations would do well in Group play but fizzle in the knockout stage.

Of course my picks could come crumbling down.

Today’s USA match is interesting to test Klinsmann philosophy. He’s dropped a lot of the veteran US players (like Donovan and Bocanegra, though he kept Tim Howard) and went with foreign-born US players playing in European league. He has favored strength and physicality over finesse – maybe the Brazil heart was a factor. The US may yet surprise today against Portugal who have 3 starters out (2 injured and one knucklehead who got a red card in the first game) plus a gimpy-kneed Ronaldo.

Watch Ghana if the US draws or loses today (both likely than a US win), which means Ghana must beat Portugal and make their goal difference better than the US. They then move on to the knockout, and I don’t think any team wants to face Ghana until the Finals. You know what, I think they can beat Brazil or Germany (a second time around).

me Brazil

Ghana aint going anywhere

Luis Suarez of Uruguay should get suspended from the World Cup games because of biting that Italian player.

Ray, Ghana wind 3 -1 or 2 - 0 on Thu against Portugal. The US will lose like 3 - 1. In that scenario Ghana advances.

GHANA IS THE MOST IMPROVED TEAM,I WILL LOVE TO SEE GHANA AND BRAZIL IN THE FINAL 

You assume Portugal just gonna let Ghana win that easy?

SUarez should be suspended...I was rooting for Italy, but they laid back too much

LeBron James want out of Miami

Sad way for Ivory Coast to lose

A favorite of mine, Ghana, is out of the world Cup. 

My heart has been with Brazil; my head with Germany.

Klinsmann is making me believe and so I will bring the US into serious thinking now.

Gun to head it's Brazil.

Ghana played really well...they were in a tough group...those 2 guys getting kicked off today may have cost them gong forward

Man, I was all in knots in the second half today...US down 0-1 and Ghana tied, needing just one goal to move ahead

Thanks ROnaldo