Uruguay has Forlan as their best player, with Suarez and Lodeiro as the next in line, other than that, most of them aren't that high profile.

Mexico has Carlos Vela, Rafa Marquez and Ricardo Osorio. 

Also, it's not about the individual quality of the players, is how they play together as a team. And Mexico has shown that they can play better as a team than Uruguay. I seriously see Mexico winning against Uruguay and France, going first in the group.

I wouldn't write them off just yet. They might do a Brasil and come good (with a bit of cheating which they aren't afraid off) as the tournament goes on.

That's why I said that last part of my statement  

They may get their game straight, but I don't see how much they can improve. Even their qualifying stage games were poorly done. Relying too much on Henry can only take them so far.

I guess I should have said you shouldn't write them off because they have been slow starters before. I don't think they need muster football sorry soccer techniques just get their act together. I expect the same of England.

I again refer you to the Brasil part of my original comment. Look at their qualifying for the 2002 wc.

The main difference between Brazil 2002 and France 2010 is that Brazil managed to pull an actual strategy that worked for them, mixing up a diamond 4-4-2 with a full range attack 4-3-1-2 

France is still stuck on the same old 4-3-3 which relied a lot on Zidane's breakthrough passing skills while playing behind the two strikers. Ribery doesn't have that same passing and his technical abilities are lost on the middle, while if France played a breakthrough 4-3-1-2, with Ribery going to the right wing and Malouda pulling ahead in the middle, they would maximize their offence.

The main problem of France isn't the players. It's Domenech.

Haha. He's not liked.

He did take them to the final but you're right. He needs to update his strategy for his new team. Sort of a play on previous English coacjhes taking the same stalwarts instead of injecting new blood into the team.

Nice to hear those fucking vuvuzelas being used slightly better but it is becoming a large drone again. Hope fully the English and Yanks will be able to do something with them. Like use them as a weapon so they get banned.

COME ON DRUNKEN ENGLISHMEN! Your country, nay the world needs you.

http://www.vuvuzela-worldcup.com/

Now you too can annoy anyone unfortunate to be within hearing distance of you...

By alerting them to the fact you own an iPhone.

I hope someone really does that. I'm anti-violence, but the Vuvuzela's sound is too much >_<

And it's preventing the public to hear the Ode to Joy cheer of the S.Korea fans in the S.Korea - Greece It's one of the best cheers ever.

Dear lord.....hope that infects each iPhone that uses them, with a virus so bad, there's no salvaging the iPhone >_<

Im a fan of BARCELONA! plz add me to the list thanks