9) Pele the Pundit...NOT!
Pele may be arguably the best soccer player ever but that does not mean that he knows his stuff when giving his match predictions. Over the years, despite Pele's infamous predictions which always seem to jinx the teams that he favours, I have always view this "phenomenon" with a pinch of salt and did not take it too seriously. However, after the World Cup 2006, Pele's uncanny ability to predict losers as accurately as his shots in his heydays has striked me as "eerie". I mean, none of us get our predictions correct everytime but i'm sure very few of us can actually predict the opposite results so accurately within a short span of matches. Unfortunate casulties of the "Pele jinx" has included Colombia in 1994, France and Argentina in 2002 and most recently, Brazil, England and Germany in 2006. Even individual players are not spared from the Jinx. Wayne Rooney, tipped by Pele to shine in World Cup 2006, was injured just before the end of the Premiership season, and after fighting his way back to a stunning recovery, Rooney ended his first ever World Cup campaign with a red card as England ws knocked out on penalties by Portugal. One of the things i learnt throughout this World Cup which should serve me well in football gambling during World Cup 2010 is definitely this: Bet AGAINST Pele! : p
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