The draw for the 2014 World Cup takes place on Friday, but before then, many fans have speculated on their nations' fates. Some have even done mock draws, so I have done my own for a bit of fun.
Of course, the real thing will feature the great and the good of world football, and possibly a glamorous assistant or two; mine featured none of that, and certainly none of the drama, but who cares? I would have replicated it more realistically than I did, but Kinder Surprise eggs and big glass bowls are expensive these days. Instead, folded up pieces of paper in a cereal bowl did the job.
The first job was to draw the European team to enter Pot 2. That turned out to be Bosnia. Following the emptying of Pot 1, Bosnia were then paired with Argentina after the 'Pot X' draw. Personally, I'm surprised so many people are confused by this twist. Yes, the team moving probably should have been France as the lowest ranked Pot 4 team, but hopefully they'll get drawn out anyway.
England ended up in what looks alarmingly like the group of death, Group E. Hopefully the real thing will bring us better luck, but if we get a similar group on Friday, bring it on!
So here is the completely unnecessary, unscientific, but just-for-fun BTG World Cup draw.
Group A:
Brazil, Ivory Coast, Costa Rica, Greece
Group B:
Germany, Algeria, Honduras, Italy
Group C:
Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iran, Portugal
Group D:
Spain, Ecuador, Australia, Croatia
Group E:
Uruguay, Cameroon, USA, England
Group F:
Colombia, Nigeria, Mexico, Russia
Group G:
Switzerland, Chile, South Korea, France
Group H:
Belgium, Ghana, Japan, Netherlands
