00:00let's just start off with the favorite to win the world cup this season and do you think that the
00:05odds are properly priced having spain essentially france and england all within those three it would
00:13appear odds makers are telling us one of those three wins it this year yeah i think that's that's
00:20correct uh for the most part uh i think if any of those three teams don't reach the semifinals
00:27it's a massive disappointment for them at the world cup i think all three of those teams also
00:32would expect to reach the final and probably lift the trophy too so they're all strong contenders
00:37i have questions about each one though spain have had injury issues they're the best team in the world
00:42i think but there are some questions the biggest one being to lamina mall who's in my opinion the
00:47best player in the world right now at the very least top three um just 19 years old unbelievable
00:53player he's going to win multiple ballon doors in his career but he tore his hamstring towards
00:58the end of the season with barcelona missed the rest of the season and now there's reports that
01:01he could miss the first few games of the world cup they don't need him to progress through the group
01:06stage i'm not worried about them there i'm worried about the lingering effects of that hamstring injury
01:11through the rest of the tournament even if he comes back will he be at full strength will he be
01:16able to run as fast as he normally can dribble that kind of thing so i have a little bit
01:20of of
01:21injury questions there with spain there's also some other players who are either missing or
01:25struggling with injury england very well coached team but there's been some questionable roster
01:30decisions from thomas tuchel and fatigue could be a factor for them arsenal reached the end of the
01:35champions league uh tournament it was a long premier league season they've got a number of of players who
01:41who had very long club seasons that you wonder if maybe that could play a factor in the world cup
01:47uh france really good attacking team but their coach didier dechamps is notorious for for reining
01:54that in and playing defensive first it worked in 2018 it almost worked in 2022 they're a very good team
02:00but will they let that strong attacking talent run free to me the biggest miss from the top of the
02:09odds
02:09is argentina though defending champions are plus 900 to win this tournament that's insane for me uh
02:16they are the they have the the one quality that is most coveted at a world cup and that is
02:23that they
02:24are the hardest team to beat they are so tough to beat their coach lionel scaloni for me is the
02:29best
02:29national team coach in the world obviously they have lionel messi but what scaloni has done is he has
02:34propped this team up to be one of the best in the world with or without messi uh and and
02:40they are
02:41a formidable team plus 900 is crazy to me especially when you look at brazil at plus 850 which is
02:48also
02:48crazy for me stay away from brazil yes they're the most successful team in world cup history they have
02:53not won since 2002 and they just don't have that top to bottom star level talent they usually do
03:01neymar is washed uh he's just not it anymore and also may be injured for the tournament um they've
03:08got a ton of players missing due to injury and in a squad that already is thin i just don't
03:14see it for them
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