I think Milito is about 4th choice striker for Argentina.

Saw a bit of Chile in the qualifiers, defensively they can probably be got at but they were decent to watch and played with some quality, I can see them pipping Switzerland to make it through, but it's a tough draw for them from there.



From the lesser heralded South American sides I wouldn't be too surprised to see Uruguay or Paraguay having a decent run.

fabiano for top scorer



italy to win fabiano top scorer at something like 200/1

The talent Aregentia have going forward is just ridiculous.



Aguero, Milito, Higuain, Tevez, Messi



And your right, Milito won't start. It's likely to be Higuain, Messi and Tevez.

I've got a fiver on Van Persie at 25/1 and a cheeky quid on Oscar Cardozo of Paraguay at 100/1

Couple of quid on Nilmar(33s) and Forlan(66s) for me. Can see Uruguay getting out of their group and as we have seen Forlan is lethal. Nilmar is a bit of a random stab. Thought Fabiano was too short a price and I've heard good things about Nilmar. Villa will take some stopping mind. Have to fancy Spain to net a few times in the group stages.

Denmark at 100/1 are too big. 25-1 to reach the semis is worth a punt - there's usually an unexpected semi-finalist in World Cups, so that's where my fiver's going.

Group G to be the highest scoring group at 4/1 isnt a bad shout not massive odds but a nice little bet with a fiver seen as North Korea 'should' be the whipping boys.

Not a bad shout at all, I fancy them as dark horses. Problem is I think the chances are they play Spain in the quarters.

Good odds on RVP. I only got 15's.

William Hill online buddy

He's come in a lot in the last couple of weeks so I guess you did it a while ago?

When the Dutch squad was confirmed, because of his injury situations asnd that so ye he probably has

Should have gone for Barrios of Paraguay. Very underrated player who seems to be scoring at every level he plays at.

Nelson Mandela won't be at today's Opening Ceremony as he is too distressed after his grandaughter was killed by a drunk driver last night.

I fancy France not to make it through the group stages. It's a tough group anyway and they seem to be at odds with each other.

The driver of the car she was in apparently.



Opening ceremony underway. Looks good so far.

FIFA's response is that he made an agreement to be at the opening ceremony and he better be there.

Doesn't sound like that to me. From the BBC Sport website

WTF did Maradona have the Argies doing at training, all running around like headless chickens. Team spirit seems to be there though.

Piennar first goalscorer. £5er @ 16/1.

I'm quite touched by all this. Well done to South Africa.

That noise is quite annoying, but anything that drowns the sound of the commentators out is a bonus I guess

Dammit, got Vela as 1st goalscorer!

thats the understatement of the century. i wont be listening to that shiiiit for a month. will have to have the volume down. its ridiculous. should be banned.