The World Cup draw in Durban is only 400 days away now! I thought it'd be a good opportunity to think about which teams names will be in those little balls to be drawn out for the groups for 2010. Here are my predictions and why I think each team should be there.

The end is near for Sir Alex Ferguson at the Red Devils and in a couple of years a Portuguese magician by the name of Jose Mourinho will overtake him.

The return to winning ways for Arsenal seemed to be highlight of the weekend until their 2 big rivals conjured up impressive performances. Meanwhile, the Madrid derby had an incredible conclusion showcasing football at its best.

Another international week, another domestic club coach complaining about his player's injury. Torres' injury has not pleased Benitez and he has good reason to be angry. The UEFA group qualifying system for the World Cup is both farcical and unnecessary and should look at copying the AFC's system.

England has had its best ever start to World Cup Qualifying campaign. But it still can't put in a convincing performance. Meanwhile, Mexico is feeling the effects, pain and curse of appointing an ex-England coach.

I fear for the next few major world tournaments. FIFA and UEFA have clearly made some fundamental mistakes in selecting the hosts for the next few tournaments, and I can only hope that I'm proven to be wrong.

Another international week means another interesting couple of days of international football. World Cup qualifiers dominate once again on every single continent where the race of the 32 spots is just beginning to heat up.

Sepp Blatter was in South Africa last week to check on the progress of the nation's World Cup bid. During his stay, he discussed how the World Cup qualifying quotas could change in the future so that Africa could have more places in the World Cup finals.

I was recently reading a preview of this year's Champions League on ESPN Soccernet and I was astounded to find out that, out of the top five UEFA ranked teams, English teams comprised of four of them.

The biggest surprise of the weekend and possibly the shock result of the season was the Arsenal's capitulation against Hull City at the Emirates. Manchester City also failed miserably against the odds.