Golden Boot

[ChesterDave]

I doubt Messi will take it, have looked of for a while and doesn't quite perform as well at the national team.

Usually the top scorer is someone having a stormer in the group stage and looking at the groups I'd say likely candidates are:

- Higuain - fairly easy group and a good goalscorer. Also top scorer in the SA qualifier. And Argentina are likely to have 2 more games at least.

Suarez was top scorer in South American qualifying. Messi second and Higuain 3rd

[BigChief]

Its going to be a player that's reasonably fresh going into the tourney. That automatically rules out most of the big club strikers. Or does it? Whenever Sturridge returns from injury he's on fire. He looked good against Newcastle (but Suarez wouldn't pass).

I reckon Sturridge will be up there with early goals.

[Alex]

Yep that's why I said Fred

Thought you were laughing at my choice

[Bender]

Aguero or Messi or someone else

[Shaggy]

Scary then that Tevez is a 4th option

Don't think he'll be in the squad. Lavezzi 4th choice.

Thought you were laughing at my choice

Ah soz mate, didn't even see the last line of your post. No I think Fred would be a good bet. Decent value at 25/1.

[Darkon]

Suarez was top scorer in South American qualifying. Messi second and Higuain 3rd

http://www.espnfc.com/stats/scorers/_/league/FIFA.WORLDQ.CONMEBOL/world-cup-qualifying---conmebol?cc=5739

[Muddled]

Aguero or Messi or someone else

Nailed it.

[ChesterDave]

http://www.espnfc.com/stats/scorers/...nmebol?cc=5739

No idea what ESPN are counting (or not) but Wiki has 11 for Suarez and 9 for Higuan (10 Messi) that ties in with counting the goals individually based on the results on FIFA website - annoyingly they don't have an easy to count chart only match results.

edit: here we go - courtesy of the wayback machine

https://web.archive.org/web/20131016201108/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/southamerica/statistics/topscorers.html

[Gibbo]

I've got a tenner on Belgium

And a fiver on Fred top scorer

[Cormack74]

Deffo Studge as top scorer.

[DannyMan2006]

Its going to be a player that's reasonably fresh going into the tourney. That automatically rules out most of the big club strikers. Or does it? Whenever Sturridge returns from injury he's on fire. He looked good against Newcastle (but Suarez wouldn't pass).

I reckon Sturridge will be up there with early goals.

Still not established in the England side. I'm yet to be convinced Roy will start him through the middle, if at all. Roy likes a variation of 433 and Rooney through the middle. Roy will probably end up starting Rooney with Welbeck and maybe Sterling on the wings.

As seen at Liverpool, Sturridge should play as the main man up top and have Rooney in support. But it'll be Rooney as the main man alone, he'll come deep for the ball and we'll be ****e as usual.

[DannyMan2006]

I've got a tenner on Belgium

And a fiver on Fred top scorer

A tenner on Belgium to win? You must be mad. They're average.

[BigChief]

Still not established in the England side. I'm yet to be convinced Roy will start him through the middle, if at all. Roy likes a variation of 433 and Rooney through the middle. Roy will probably end up starting Rooney with Welbeck and maybe Sterling on the wings.

As seen at Liverpool, Sturridge should play as the main man up top and have Rooney in support. But it'll be Rooney as the main man alone, he'll come deep for the ball and we'll be ****e as usual.

With all due respect, not a cat's chance in hell that (even) Roy will do that.

Sturridge will play all the games as the focal point.

[DannyMan2006]

With all due respect, not a cat's chance in hell that (even) Roy will do that.

Sturridge will play all the games as the focal point.

I hope you're right. I can only go off all the previous England games to now. Sturridge only plays as the focal point when Rooneys not there. But maybe Roy has seen sense.

Fact of the matter is Roy plays a variation of 433. If he does this, Rooney or Sturridge have to play wide. You really think that will be Rooney? Of course he could play the Liverpool diamond, or a 4231 with Rooney in the hole. We'll see.

[Liverpool]

I wonder if Dzeko is worth a punt playing Iran , Nigeria, Argies. Then probably France. 66/1

Could get 5 or 6 there.