2010 World cup draw

[Libaax-Sankataabte]

Here is Nate Silver's probability index.

 

[General Duke]

England, Spain, Italy and Brazil arethe top teams to win the championship.

[Som@li]

The Cup will not leave Africa,It is our turn

[N.O.R.F]

Originally posted by Abtigiis & Tolka:

with all due respect Dear bro Norf,we are not discussing the English Premier League and hence your opinion will not be taken as weighty.

Saxib, I'm reluctant to discuss the WC before the end of the current season. But when I see you making comments and predictions it makes me :mad:

 

May 2010 ha inoo ahaato. In the meantime ilaahay nafta ha inoo daayo. Amin.

[Abtigiis]

Originally posted by Libaax-Sankataabte:

Here is Nate Silver's probability index.

 

Who is this Nate and what is his methods?

 

From what I see, this seems a ranking of teams based on past glory. What one expects from a real expert is to evaluate them on current form. If he thinks Nigeria is better than Denamrk (although they are in different groups, he is wrong. SOuth Korea is in a better shape than Nigeria too.

[Sherban Shabeel]

Nate Silver is a dunce.

[Mr. Somalia]

Originally posted by Libaax-Sankataabte:

Here is Nate Silver's probability index.

 

LSK:

 

How did this Nate Silver calculate these weird odds? What criteria did he follow?

[Mr. Somalia]

My predictions for the 2010 World Cup are as follows:

 

Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France

 

France and Uruguay will win this group.

 

Group B: Argentina, Nigeria, South Korea, Greece

 

Argentina will definitely top this group, and I will give the edge to Nigeria over Greece and North Korea.

 

Group C: England, United States, Algeria, Slovenia

 

England will win this group with the United States.

 

Group D: Germany, Australia, Serbia, Ghana

 

This group belongs to Germany, and Serbia.

 

Group E: Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon

 

Holland and Japan will win this group.

 

Group F: Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, Slovakia

 

Italy and Paraguay will move to the next round.

 

Group G: Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Coast, Portugal

 

Brazil and Portugal will win this group.

 

Group H: Spain, Switzerland, Honduras, Chile

 

Spain and Switzerland

 

Group S: Somaliland, Puntland, GalMudug, Konfuria

 

Puntland will definitely come through from this group. And yes. ONLY Puntland!

 

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Now, does anyone feel like gambling?

[Baluug]

It's all the same every 4 years. Brazil, Italy, France, and Spain, with one cinderella team who gets defeated by one of the aforementioned 4 teams in the semis. Who cares?

[SayidSomal]

Shocking!! - no mention of 'Puntland' & 'Somaliland' here.

[Mr. Somalia]

^^

Look again Sayidka...

[UZTAAD]

Konfuriya will go all the way to the final

[NGONGE]

Group A is really the group of death. All the teams in it are as bad (or good) as each other.

 

England will win their group with full points. They'll lose in the semis to a latin country. This is the way it has always been.

[Mr. Somalia]

Originally posted by UZTAAD:

Konfuriya will go all the way to the final

^

Yakhay, kuwaas wey ka taalaa. Labo Kabtan(Shariif iyo Shabaab) ayaa hor boodaya! Marka waa yara isku dhecyaac-sanyihiin.

[Abtigiis]

Ngonge, Did you hear what Alexi Lalas ( former USA player) said about England? He said, "... and of course, we can always benefit from the fact that England always believe they are better than they actually are". I share his sentiments and think England will struggle. The way Slovinia played against Russia, they will not be pushovers. Algeria is even confident of an upset.

 

By the way, I think in typical style to the hyped expectations of colombia's 1994 team, the following teams will disappoint:

 

- England

- Italy

- Spain

- Ivory coast

 

The follwing teams will cause major upsets:

 

- Cameroun

- Serbia

- Chile

- Switzerland

- Japan or South Korea