 Welcom to what it's normally the premier league show, but there's no premier league. Forget about it for a few weeks. It's a well cup preview because the well cup in Qatar kicks off on Sunday this afternoon. Bf3. Bf3. Bf3. And if Qatar have it there way, journalist free as well. Reporter free it seems. But it does kick off on Sunday at four o'clock. The big one. The big one. Qatar vs Ecuador. In the Valencia. Come on the Valencia. The captain next ever. It should still be playing for Evan. I think. It's only thirty three. Keep it going. So yeah, that starts on Sunday. We can't get away from the fact that there's a weird one in it. Winter well cup. Looking forward to the games and stuff, but a winter well cup in a place that a lot of people aren't comfortable with it. Let's say it like that. That's the best way to say it isn't it? A lot of people aren't comfortable with it. And a lot of people who are there are not comfortable because it's boiling. There you go. It's roasting. And you can't get a beer. You can't get a beer. So there you go. But we're going to go through the groups and have a little look at them and see who we think will get out of it basically on the show. Let's begin where you should begin really with group A, which is the first group. There you go. The group consists of Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal and Netherlands. Straight off the bat one name sticks out. Qatar because they're the house. Obviously Netherlands are the strong, strong favourites for this one. Yeah, they are Andy. Obviously there's a van Dijk at the back. He's going to be the leader and one of the best defenders in the world. We'll see what his level is at the very top end of the well cup. They've obviously in the last few years have changed around a little bit. They've gone through some lean years. But they've got a lot of attack and talent. It'll be interesting to see how they put it together. You look at that group and they're definitely must be the favourites now. Senegal have just lost Marnay, which is a massive blow for them. He was their talisman. You can't imagine the other two being too much of a threat. It's interesting that they play better than the first game. You always want to get off to a great start well cup of course. Whoever wins that first game between the Netherlands and Senegal, if there is a win of course, I think they'll get through no problem. If there is a loser it just makes it a little bit uncomfortable in the next game. I'm back in the Netherlands to win this group. But Senegal are a good side and of course they do have a disagree on a game. Who will see the picture in it. What could go wrong? I think in terms of the Netherlands, I'm blessed with lots of talent. It'll be interesting to see how the young gets on. Obviously it's tremendous when you're a field player. But if we put an end to one side and say they get through, because that's what we're thinking, you'd expect them to overcome Qatar but there's three points. And then the first game, get a draw, maybe at waste with Senegal. But if they beat Senegal in the first game then you'd say the three. Because you'd expect them to beat Qatar. For the second place, you're right, Marnay being out for Senegal is a huge, huge blow. Senegal play Qatar for the second game. So they've got to win that game then and depress it. It would be interesting because if Qatar win the first game, being the host, Senegal go up against them in the second one. That would be an interesting one. Lots of pressure on Senegal. Of course that all comes down to what happens in the first game. Ecuador, a young side. Obviously very young side. A team that contains Moises Casidaw, of course. Is that Brighton doing very well. And as we said before in the Valencia, is the captain. One sort of West Ham, isn't it? So yeah, the second place could be an interesting one. It really could. Ecuador know a lot of people who are exciting young side and all that. But you would favour just going off it before the balls kicked. You'd say it'd be Netherlands and Senegal. It's not a young home for to get off the grid. Qatar, you always want the host to go far. I'll be honest, I don't really care this time. It all feels very artificial anyway. Seeing a piece on TV last night, England fans are already making noise that they weren't England fans. They were a rental car. Straight away I'm like, I don't care. I don't care about the host nation. It's going to be fake. If the whole thing is fake. I'm sure they'll have their own. Of course they'll have Qatar. That will be the interesting thing. Just to see how it all works out. It just feels very flat and very fake. The world cup hype doesn't feel real when I'm seeing fake fans. People from other countries being paid to support clubs. Countries to generate an atmosphere. Once the game starts. No, I'm fine with all that. I'll just be very interested to see when the first game kicks off. Warwick-like. We're waiting to see. So that's Netherlands and Senegal. I can't see much difference. Ecuador, young side, can't do it. But just right now it will be those two. Group B, which is of course England's group. Let's have a look at it anyway. It's England, Iran, United States and Wales. It's not a terrible group for England. But it's a very interesting group. It's a tricky one. We'll get into it in a minute. Just out the lads over on 888 Sports on the playlist. Have been discussing England. Who they think may shine for the three Lions at the World Cup? Let's hear what the lads have to say. Weirdly, I think that Bacchio Saka is going to be England's breakout star player. It's funny, we're talking Saka. None of us have talked about the star here really. Bruce Yr Dorffman's captain, Jude Bellenham. If someone, if we're talking about starting, I would have him above Saka. If we're talking about Saka, I think Jude Bellenham is the one. It's still a debate if it's going to be Foden or Saka. It's still a debate. He's a guaranteed starter for this team. He's that magic. It's a case of, go on Jude, show us what you can do. He could literally just take this world cup by storm. No fear. I felt like, with Saka and Foden in the Euros, there was that fear. He's annotating. That's how passionate he is about this. There was a bit of fear, wasn't there? We're both of those two in the Euros. He's going to come on and just no fear at all. He's going to dominate. He could be the superstar for England. Difficult position to shine and capture the headlines in the way that we're talking, though. We're talking about winning you the game, aren't we? I don't necessarily think... He could be that Lampard Gerard Scoles-esque player. You've got to be sedan level to shine at a world cup in that kind of position. It's a lot of pressure. Someone's going to be given a free-ish role in that midfield area to just be that number eight up and down, up and down. I think it could be him. I'll introduce you to somebody called Gareth Southgate. There will be no free roles in his team. There you go. Interest on the winning. Bellingham should be someone who's almost first name on the team sheet, but I don't even know if he will be. I suppose that if you're a big England fan and you're looking in from the outside, that's what basically in the last few years you look at it like being at the Southgate thing. Obviously a lot of people didn't think Madison was going to make it in the after may day. It's weird because I've looked at the squad numbers, not even when you look at the squad numbers. The three extra players are almost like 24, 25, 26. Madison, who do you think of from Newcastle? Wilson. It's almost like the token ones. You look at the last few years and you think players like Grealish and Foudon should be automatic starters for England. That's what the team should be built on. Players playing for the best club in England. Bellingham should be first name now. You just don't know if they are going to be. I sort of hope there's going to be almost like a Paul Gascon in 1990 where someone does grab old and breaks out of it and you don't even know where they're going to start in the team. That could be Foudon. It could be Foudon. It could be very much Foudon. Or it could be Sacher. You just don't know who's going to grab it from the England team. I think Bellingham, aren't you Bellingham. Just because he's a little bit of a different profile than I've ever felt. He's a big lad. You can get it on a pitch. He's a good player. He's doing very well. I think he could really be key. But you're right with Salkgate. I suppose it's hard to... I think the criticism I got of Salkgate is he's a little bit safe. But he would sit here and go, you know, the age we are, we've seen a lot of England teams. I need to sit here and go, that's fair comment. But you know the last two tournaments, I've got you to a semi-final and a final. When have you done that before? And we'd have to go back to 1994. Or sorry, 1996 in the Euro, 1990 at the Welsh Club. I'd say safe is fine in the group stage. Just get out the group stage. But I think once you get into the knockout, I think France did this four years ago. They were very, very safe. And then once they got out, they just let the players go. Because the group's obviously going to be hard. And this isn't an easy group by any means. I think the fact that it's Wales, you've got that local rivalry. I think it was the 2016 in the Euros. That was a close game. Wales are going to be tough. USA bring loads of energy. Because the young in England have struggled against USA. And they ran, you know, who knows. I mean I do find this a really tough group to predict. I would think it would be England will go through with that. That second place, I mean obviously Wales play America on Monday night. And I think that could go a long way. To who's going to get into this group. That could almost be a knockout almost. For whoever wins that game, if there is a winner again, you'd like to think they will get through or will have enough by getting that win first. But who knows. No, but it is interesting. I think England, I think England, they will, they should well get through England. One of the five that's for it. So they should get through and then it will come down to that. Like Iran. Iran a little bit of an unknown quantity that they're going to perform and all of that. You would think being very basic on it would be between the United States and Wales. And the United States got some good players, Brendan Anderson and Natale Adams, of course, both are in play in the Premier League for Leeds. Some of the good players as well. Pulasic. Deacons of set-pieces. Good set play. Energetic. All of that stuff. You've got Wales, you know. Garrett Bale just coming off winning MLS Cup and scoring some goals there. And you've got Dan James, and now he's hitting this, but he's quick. Ben Davies, loads of experience at the back. I think the question has to be though. Wales versus USA. Who is Ryan Reynolds supporting? I think he's adding Wales. I think he'll gravitate. Canadians or why would he gravitate to the United States? I think that's very true. And then Rob McElhane is obviously from Philadelphia. He's an American. No-one could have a go Rob if he wanted to do it. No, no, I get that. But he speaks out of the tune and he speaks better Welsh. He speaks better Welsh than those Americans. He's an American. Well, he's an American. He's not the same language. But Ryan Reynolds from Canada. I mean he's got his own team now. He's got his own team. I mean he's got three teams in the World Cup. That's not Ryan Reynolds. That's not a battle. I mean that is a very American way to look at it. I'm looking at it like he would want America to naturally win. I don't know whether he would. I'm just thinking about this will be a great social clip. That's all the way up. No, what I'm saying. He's got three and we'll be getting tagged. Cos he is obviously the greatest human being in the world. Of course. I'm on Rob McElhane. You know, welcome to Wrexham, the greatest documentary ever made. But no, I think it is an interesting one. Definitely because Wales, you know, you look at them and you look at that squad and you go, I don't know, not sure. Club side. I think they are like a club. But America are like that, aren't they? Yeah, they've been put together brilliantly. They've fostered that team spirit. But I do think, I think Wales will just have a little bit too much. Cos of Bale. Bale and Ramsey. Bale and Ramsey are big. They've been there, done it, haven't they? The big name. You know, we've seen it in 2016. Adam Ramsey was younger and all of that. But he was fantastic. No one gives them much of a chance. They do it to the semis. So you just never know. But I think it will be a more difficult group than what people think. This will be a difficult one, this, and a ram. Who knows, yeah. Because they will be bringing that little bit of unpredictability. They'll know that every game they're going to be punching up against it. When Monday comes and they're playing England first game, they might catch England call. Saud Abdul Hamid is the one to look out for. He's a fullback, very good attack on fullback. So we'll see, we'll see, won't we? Moving on to group C. I'm sorry, sorry, sorry. I've jumped ahead. I'm signing on the Wales. I'm going to put my neck out there and I'm signing on the Wales. Yeah, I'm going to go with you. Sorry America. But I think it will be, it's not, this one is difficult. Cos I would not surprise me at all if it was the United States. Cos I do, people, for me I've heard people bad on playing them. And I don't think you can, to be honest. So I'll go on. They've got that chair down in the floor. Do you love it? Do you love it? Let's move on to group C. Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland in this one. Argentina 35 games unbeaten. The best record of everyone going into it. They've obviously got their own Messi. It was fantastic. I've seen a couple of clips from Warman of the other day bending shots in for them everywhere. He's obviously in fantastic form. But they've got good players like the way through. Argentina, Romero of course, he's done really well for Tottenham, hasn't he? I think Argentina are a team that could very well win this World Cup. And Messi, again we've said this before, what's really interesting is going into this World Cup, fresh as such. It's not the end of this long season. Messi's playing well, scoring for PSG, scored cracking goal the other night in a friendly. Di Mery has scored tremendous goals the other night. So they've got a lot of attack and talent as well. I think for me, Argentina, I have to get off to a really good start and just start as they mean to go. And what can happen with Argentina? Because I remember before going way back in the 20s, 2002, Argentina were the favourites, I think everyone thought they were going to win it. And they got off to a bad start. And England beat them and they just never recovered, never got the group. And they play Saudi Arabia first game and they've got to hit the ground running. I think for their own psyche, for their own pressure that to put on them. They think they play Mexico in the second game. And I think, yeah, get off to that good start, going to the Mexico game a little bit more relaxed. Get your first 2-1 and then Paul in the third game, they can maybe relax a little bit. But you've got to win that first game. For the first time in a while, they are going into World Cup as one of the favourites. Messi, ok, people saying it's his last World Cup. But because it's in the middle of the season, he hasn't got that exhaustion, he's got that baggage, and I do think he's got other plays by hand. We'll chip in and help. And I think that's really important. I expect Argentina to get to the group. Now, the second place is really interesting because Mexico are always show up at World Cups. Poland have obviously got Lewandowski. I'm going for Argentina, Mexico, to get out of this group. I don't think Poland have got enough. I don't think... I think the Goals allow Lewandowski an amazing, but I just don't think they've got enough. I think Mexico, for me, will get out of the group. Yeah, it's, again, it's a... Argentina are comfortably for me in terms of they'll win the group, I think. I do agree with you, though they do have to get off to a decent start. I think Saudi Arabia will come make it off with the people. It's not that far from where they are, is it? You know, they should be... It's tough on this. Mexico, obviously, you've got people like Lisano, who has done well in Europe. He's a player, you know, he's got the win against Germany in the last World Cup, didn't he, for Mexico, who do tend to perform. He also got Kevin Alvarez, he's another highly-rated, he's a full-back highly-rated player. A few teams are looking at him, so he'll be interesting to watch, and they are tough. Poland are weird, aren't they? You've got Lewandowski at the top end, he's incredible. Can he get enough chances to him? Mexico is Mexico. Yeah, I would edge towards then, just. Yeah. And obviously, Saudi, I've got Saud Al Bahamad, fullback, he's very good. So, just plays to watch, but... Yeah. No, I'm going to go different to you. Poland, Mexico. A double day, yeah. I'm going to go Poland. I'm going to go Poland. I'll be honest, when I'm saying it, I don't believe myself, but I'm just going to go, because otherwise I can just agree with everything. No, I think, don't get me wrong, I think Poland are better team than Mexico. I just think Mexico have announced in World Cups that seems to get them through. They just have a battling and fighting spirit that I think might just be a little bit more than Lewandowski's ability in it. This is no more than that with Lewandowski, but I just don't know, I don't want them for Mexico in my lines. Fair play, fair play. Onto grwp dde, let's have a look at that. This is a decent group, this. This is a fun little group. This is good. It's France, Australia, Denmark, and Tunisia. Very interesting. Well, I think straight off the bat, I think France will get through. But France have got unbelievable football. But what I would say is though, they've lost like three or four really good talent. No, they've basically lost them in the field, haven't they? So they've lost them in three or four. But they have got one of the standouts, which is on Bapi of course. They've got him, they've got Benzema, who this will be like, now he's going on properly, he's got Shiroud as well, he's still banging them in. Experience. Good defence. He's not really feeling the keeper. Lythys isn't great, but he's experienced, isn't he? But again, the second game is France versus Denmark. And Denmark, I think, will be good. You keep naming Denmark. They're a good side. I don't think they'll get past. I think if it works out, they might play Argentina. But I do think this. I think like the last couple of tournaments, they've been really good. We've got the semifinals of the Euro. Those England beat them, didn't they? And obviously Denmark have got a team that's so, it's so bonded over what they've experienced in the Euros with Ericsson. It's so... Obviously he's part of it again. I just think they've got something a little bit special. Listen, they've got good plays. They've got a good work ethic as well. And when you're up here like Asperish Michael, the experience of that. Kia plays like that, and people who've gone through with the Americans the sprinkling, isn't he? Dam's guard, of course. Who plays well for them is Brentford. He's been a little bit up and down with Brentford, but he's very good for Denmark. So they've got players who can do the business. Absolutely. And you write the Euros because of what happened on the pitch with Christian Ericsson. Just galvanised them, didn't they? And England found it tough, you know? A penalty that was a little bit iffy. Shall we say? So, yeah, why not? Why not again though? And the thing with these tournaments always, isn't it? The first game sets the tempo, doesn't it? The first game, often. You're stumbling your first game. You're up, Bill. They're playing. They might play Tunisia. So they'll look and go. Even though it won't be easy against Tunisia, they'll be looking and expecting to win that. That ends up in the draw or something. And France beats Australia. Tunisia's here always have... Every tournament, they're a tough side. Northern African side without me being a stereotype. They're always tough. But they have a little bit of flair as well. Tough with a bit of flair. They won't be easy. I didn't go straight up and finish bottom, personally. I don't think they've got anything... They haven't got what they used to have, have they? I don't think they've got any player that you just go, oof, you know what? Tim Kale, Mark Faduca, that kind of player that used to have the Harry Cools of the world. And they have that talent anymore. So again, it's more workman, but I just don't think they'll have enough. They've got players like Harry Shooter, haven't they? Who was that? A lot of teams have looked. I was in the championship. People like that. They haven't got the Mark Faduca. You just said that Tim Kale's breath emiton players like that in the past. They haven't got that this time. They've done, like I said, no good that they're there and all that. But again, with them, they are very bonded to the Australian mentality of the spirit. I just don't think it'll be enough. No, I think I'm going to go for them, Mark, in France to get off with them. I don't think you can pass that, personally. Next group, Creepie. In Creepie, she's Spain, Costa Rica, people like to call them, Germany and Japan. Decent. Tough, tough, tough, a grip. You just straight off, you go to Germany-Spain. Straight away, you just go to Germany-Spain because why wouldn't you? But again, you're looking at it and you're thinking can the other two, if you don't get off to that start, that good start, in the first game. I play in Japan. You'd expect Germany to win that. But then again, Japan have a well-organised team, very fit. If they're ending the draw, something like that, all of a sudden, Germany, you've got to play Spain. Spain-Germany is the second fixture. So that's where it becomes dead-interest and that's the second fixture. I always think, I'd say, it's not always just about you look at the table and you go, you know, it should be that. It can be the fixtures now that you work out. And that's why it's so important to get off to your first one. You don't want that tough one or that tricky one being first. You want to try and be able to get yourself off to a great start. Germany and Spain can get off to a winning start in their first game and the second one, they might both look at it and go, well, it depends what the mindset is. Well, if we beat you today, but then the mindset might be, we've got to draw, both got to draw, then what we've got to do is get a draw on our last game and we're basically through, aren't we? So that all comes down to that first game. But Japan are always a good side again. They work so hard for each other. They've got so much pride. They're not full of amazing names, but they're full of workmen like footballers who, you know, lot of them play the trade in Europe and good cogs. Again, they don't ever have, typically Japan, that stand out, that you go, that's the player, that, you know... It's going to turn in all of the years. You're just going to turn this team into something a little bit more. They can be, they're always tough. They'll always give everyone a good game. It's just that little bit of extra quality. I don't believe they've got it and I think Costa Rica as well, they'll similarly, you know, the... Yeah, and they'll typically qualify, but again, it's that thing of like, their successes, can they get out the group and in the group like this, I think it's Germany and Spain. Spain are decent, but they just don't have a reliable goal-score. They've got players like Ferran Torres, you know, I was in, I was in Barcelona in September, and they were playing games at the end of September, October, they were playing games and I watched a couple of the games and they were there and they were very good and they were quite good up until the final third and they just didn't have that in the past. They played, you think, like David Vier and Fernando Torres and, you know, players like that who were excellent for them, they just quite haven't got that, you know, that level Diego Costa when he was flying. They haven't got that, have they? So it would be probably Ferran Torres who has gone through the middle of time, we've seen him obviously in Manchester City, but he played wide, but they are still a hugely talented football team but you'd expect out of that group it's them and looking through, going off the data stats and all that, qualification probability, 93.5% for Germany, 74.7% for Spain, then Japan 22 and Costa Rica 8. So, I mean, we are going to go obviously to Germany-Spain, because we don't see past that. Onto group F, let's have a little look at that. There we go, we've got Belgium, Canada, Morocco and Croatia. Belgium should move more out of this group. They should do. They should do. This is their last. This is all, I think, for some of the players. This is for this golden generation. Well, you're looking at people like Kevin De Bruyne, he's about 31, now he's 32. Okay, you might have one more euros in them. But for the Whale Cup though, Romelu'r Carch, he's got 29 years. They're at the peak here. If they're going to do it, it's got to be now, isn't it? This is the big one. And for the manager as well, some people think he's a good manager, whatever. You know what I mean? He's got a tremendous squad of players for six years and in England they've got a better record. And I would say Belgium has better players than England in terms of top level players, and so he hasn't quite done what England have done. Do you think this could be... Hazard has almost disappeared in the last two years. Do you think this could be like where he comes back on the Welsh team? It's not the one, isn't it? It's 30. I've seen him linked with Newcastle in January. I don't know, would that be something Newcastle would be very interested in taking in? If you get him right and you think back to where he was at Chelsea, he was unbelievable at Chelsea but he went for £100 million to Real Madrid and I always had some intelligence stuff and he's now at 30. 80-30. But on a stage like this you know what I mean? This and you'd expect Belgium to get through this group quite easy. Croatia decent side. They're the second favourite to get through. Not quite as good as they were four years ago and obviously they got to the final but they'll be Canada I've got some really good young individual talent but can they put it together can they you know defensively they did win the group that the North American Conker Caff Group so they'll be one where you look at them and go could catch it or Fantl Davis yet he's had an injured but he's going to be 100% let's hope so because we want Jonathan David we want to see that talent this could be for those players this could be a massive tournament but will they have enough? They play Belgium first it's going to be interesting Marachau play Croatia Marachau again tough side to play Ashraf Haqimi is the standout player obviously for Marachau Montreff Brushy Adortment that's tremendous flying forward one for Canada to look out for Buchanan Tarzion Buchanan the right winger who I think they're fast if he settles in he could be one of those players that a couple of teams don't forget this is very much normally you've got a well cut and players go for the summer transfer window players like Buchanan and people like that there's a couple of the kids who plays it mentioned them before and a couple of others if they actually do quite well might have a couple of people going you know what let's have a little biter in January and get them off the back of the well cup so I think Canada have got a good opportunity but Croatia you would expect to get through obviously Llewcom Aldrich and they've got loads of experience the probabilities in that are 90% for Belgium 65% for Croatia 37.8% for Morocco and Canada 6.7% that's based on data that's all very interesting I'm going for Belgium Croatia I'm going for Belgium Croatia Group G this is the group very very interesting one isn't it Brazil, Serbia Switzerland and Cameroon what a group Samuel Etto predicted that Cameroon would win the whole thing he's charted it out he knows how it's going to play out Samuel Etto told Everton players that Roberto Martinez wasn't the right man for the club so I've got no reason to doubt him he was proved right so I've got no reason to doubt him but what I will say to him is Brazil will win Brazil will win this group they will do this group Comfortably, Gabriel Pizouzos will get the goals obviously you've got players like Bruno Gameres who's playing well for Newcastle you've got Richard Charleston and Neymar they've just got tremendous players Brazil Neymar will take his sister to the tournament I think she'll be there to support, moral support moral support, why will you when you have some dance ironing stuff you need with your family to like regenerate, rejuvenate for the next game I think Brazil have got Brazil have got tremendous they're going to go they're going to go far they're going to go far and it's been predicted that it was in the tomorrow they're going to go for the final they're going to go very, very far in this tournament but you know who's interested in this Vlaugherts who's obviously a you've entered us Top striker in these kind of tournaments we've seen it before you get yourself you get in the opportunities you can take them and if you've got that player who can put the ball in the back you can stay solid I mean this I guess what Poland will be open to do with Lewandoski but Vlaugherts this could be an opportunity for him Cameroon obviously plays like a Gwysa who we've seen over here in the Premier League they'll be a strong physical side as well who'll be able to mix it so you never know I think you've forgotten the X-factor for Cameroon though Go on Chippermoting Oh mate you could forget Chippermoting He does score a few goals lately for Bayern I've obviously had the greatest miss of all time for PSG that time but did score goals for PSG He's gone to Bayern and scored recently He's been a regular goal scorer for them and there's a bad away off the bench It's the person you won't run on to be He is The probability for getting off the group is that Brazil 92.6% Serbia 46.17% Switzerland 34.83% and Cameroon 26.4% But what I would say is the probabilities in that are much higher for all the teams than in other groups Like a lot of the other groups have had like a 6% I really don't know Brazil obviously You know what I'm just going to go Serbia because I love it Nice open group I'm going to go with you for that But like I said before we could easily be massively wrong because Serbia do have Sorry Cameroon I'm Switzerland No one's really talking about Switzerland No one's mentioned Switzerland It's a big granite shack How could you have a stormer of a season for Arsenal Rejuvenate of Korea But now we're going to Germany Brazil and Serbia aren't we Group H Let's have a look at that one That is Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay and Korea Republic Yes This is very difficult because you would expect Portugal to win it the group because you've got Ronaldo You've got Fernandez Fernandez if you want if you like You've got Concarlo Ramos who's good again, he's highly rated and players like a lot of these players who are technically very good as well loads of game experience as well and no matter how they're coming into a tournament generally always very difficult to beat I find Portugal You never You probably haven't done what you've had the opportunity with better players to do necessarily regularly in your past but you did win obviously the Euros in 2016 The one that that thing isn't it you've got that South American thing mixed with European and obviously you do have Brazilians playing for this stuff I miss Jotay I will miss Jotay Just as a natural goal scorer but I do think I do think they could be They're the ones where every tournament no one ever talks about Portugal and then look surprised when they do well and then you look at the talent and go and they talk about it I think it's Joe Felix they've got Raphael now and Chelsea are very interested in taking him he scores goals and play wide areas the defenders are always good no Fernando Cuto very good but they've got a lot of talent a lot a lot they've got a couch I've got a couch surprise surprise so I don't think there'll be any surprise they will get through it's the second place I think that's really difficult in this one because obviously you've got Ghana Thomas Party he's playing well for Arsenal doing well momentum coming into that very heavily linked Everton target Mohammed Cudas who's having a very good face bit of the season for Ajax this season he's done okay and they just again Ghana have got a lot of power and they've got a lot of skill as well so they've always had so much and they've been on a bit of a recruiting today being going round to over in a fall of talent why not? why wouldn't you? and then of course you've got Jorah Gwai you know people big Darwin Darwin is actually getting he's scoring regularly now for Liverpool they've got Falvedi as well of course players like that so they will be a handful for anyone as well isn't Gordon still playing for them? probably somewhere I'm sure he's not sure and South Korea they've got some and again when we were playing players who come from that region work the socks off but they've got that little bit of exit out because they've got some but they've had we've watched the Ronaldo documentary this weekend because South Korea are brilliant in that think if the sun score then we score against Germany in the 2018 one then we put the games to bed when they broke and killed them sure he did and they will be well organised and if you've got someone at the top end of the pitch you can put the ball in the net when you're well organised you've got a great chance just looking at the probabilities to get out the group Portugal 82.23% Jorah Gwai 45.6% Ghana 43.9% so not much between them two at all and then South Korea 28.2% which is high for a fourth place team again based on the stats, based on what's gone on I think this is the best group it's a paper with between Jorah Gwai and Ghana according to that and yet we're talking about how you can't like the Korea Republic off either in this but you know what I'm going for Ghana I'm going Portugal Ghana let's out there off Shedding I'm going Portugal Jorah Gwai okay you just basically because you love Louis Schwartz you can't you're a Schwartz driver whatever that means there you go you know but you like you just like the fact that he's Jorah Gwai and he robbed Ghana of a well cup fan a place in 2010 is that to be fair that was one of the that's a point isn't it that gives a bit of spice to the game out of Schwartz's tains opening like in the wrestling just like a man with a big foam finger on just like that just like in the wrestling like he's going to do something and then as a top and he just slightly unzips it and there's a top underneath the top he wore on the night just to get in the red and then when there's a free kick he goes behind the goal and he's hands up like that I love you lad to do that I love you lad to do that come to Sunderland everyone wanted him because he was brilliant in that welcome come to Sunderland for a few months goes from goals and that had enough had me didn't he wear like the number 2 as well yeah that's not but it's never should be a lad I'm wearing a cownie ward number 3 for now I'm wearing a cownie ward number 3 for Wigan Evan should never have taken base on that he's just like you're wearing number 2 he should never have been one of the most iconic ever of all time but he got 5 in it and matching matching sorry matching given him the number 9 and matching Evan having some iconic players who are associated with iconic numbers and not giving them it the matching we wouldn't do that in like 2020 not at all there you go that is the groups that is the groups so go on so we're going to have who do you think is going to be the winner okay who do you think is going to be the dark horse and who do you think is going to be the spectator of failure failure so who do you think is going to be the spectator of failure that's tough on that you're just asking me who's failing we did tell you this before no but I've just gone back through I'm just coming it up I'm just going back through thinking who do we feel like she should do better and won't France I'm going to go England I think they're going to tank big time probably get out the group and then crash okay all right but that be classed as a big that's a massive failure imagine this country if they get out the group and then lose the first game I'm going to say France just because I think even though they are massively talented and they're still a great side they could easily win it but you'd ask you put me on the spot dark horse I don't know whether they're a dark horse well they're not a dark horse because they're one of the same and they can't be your dark horse then well I don't want a dark horse then you haven't won it in a minute but you're having a dark horse first but the team I think might win it and the team I think will win it can't be the same but the two that I've got are two power houses so I don't know where they are no that's a dark horse then isn't he who's going to do a lot better than people are letting of saying at the moment Canada Fair play and that might just mean getting to the next round Fair play I am going to go for my dark horse is going to be Portugal okay because I don't think people are talking about them what would that represent them getting to semi finals okay I just want this on record Canada aren't getting to the semifinals levels I'm just going to win it Brazil I'm going to say I've got three you can't have three I've got three because I think it's a pretty wide open welcome I'm going to go for I'm going to go for Argentina just because I want it to be Argentina you see that's my dark horse it's not dark horse I think Brazil will win it for me it's Brazil or Argentina I'm going to go Argentina because I'm wishing it to happen so for Messi because I want it there you go check out the rest of that 888 video over with 888 sport the playlist, check it out, leave a like, subscribe do all those good things tell them who you think is going to be boss for England is going to be terrible for England let us know in the comments who's your winners and who's your dark horse we'll be back Monday we're doing the water tank 1 o'clock the England game 1pm we'll be here full couch screen and we'll just watch we'll be in loads during the well cup so stick around if you've only just found us and you just want to watch us for a couple 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