Why though ? In general FNC were evenly matched against FPX (5-3 in series and 12-8 in maps) and have yet to even drop a map to them with this new rosterz bringing the total to 7-3 and 17-8

JDG are the old RA (which was the second best in China), they are just struggling right now which makes sense considering they barely had a break

Knight is under contract with BLG though and has a good roster around him, he has no reason to leave

I don't really get why you think TL is not gonna be good, nAts and Jamppi are both great players and Mystic and Enzo are players who have a lot of international experience and have showed that they can go toe to toe with the best while they were in FNC, sure Keiko is a big question mark for this line up but even if he is bad (doubt he will be) they will still be a top 4 EMEA team

Barely a top 4 team because they didn't win Champs XD
FNC last year had the highest map and series win ratio, won back to back throphies and had arguably the best player in every potition.
For 2024 they didn't change anything other than their coach and while Mini was definetely crucial saying that without him they won't be top 4 is crazy, FNC are gonna win at least 1 internation throphy.

Zeta will have a good match against FNC and then eliminate NRG.

Better team of the 3 ? I would have to go with The Guard since they have been together for a long time already and are probably better individually as well.
Highest Rank of the 3 ? I would go with Bleed Esports simply because EMEA and Americas are way more competitive and have more good teams

His point are correct but really exagerated, FNC are probably the better of the two teams but EG has also looked extremely scary and although I won't believe EG can beat FNC unless they show otherwise I also can't believe that it will be a 2-0 stomp, it's either 2-0 for FNC but both maps are very close (I would say 13-10 at the very least) or it's a 2-1 with again close maps except for maybe one which would probably be Lotus (for FNC) or Pearl (for EG) but I doubt Lotus will be left open and there is no way FNC will leave it open after having banned it in every game this year and historically have only played it thrice.