The 2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil Prediction thread

[sputnik]

Winners: Germany
Top scorer: Suarez
Biggest flops: Spain
England: ALOL

2 good calls so far here Pepe

[stealthpapes]

Agreed in general, but it is the case that all 4 World Cups held in South America (as well as both in Mexico) have been won by South American teams.

Not sure i buy into the it's in South America so only a South American team can win

- Only been hosted in SAm (+ mex) 6 times.
- The beaten finalist's in the last 4 hosted in SAm where European
- Brazil had a period of domination between '58 and '70 winning it 3 times out of 4. Two of those hosted in SAm. Is it a good team or location or a combination?
- Three of the finals where before we showed the rest of the world how to play football in '66 (not sure how competitive the earlier comp was compared to what it is now)

Plus as Papes says travel/climate was more of an issue in earlier competitions

I might be reconsidering this.

[Ginger Ninjas]

Côte d'Ivoire

Nice easy group (Colombia, Greece & Japan), then who knows where they could go should they progress? They have some real attacking talent (Drogba, Gervinho, Toure & Doumbia), are used to playing in the heat, and will go for it in every game with nothing to lose. My main worry would be defensively, as they are far from solid at the back but do grind out results.

I understand there are many far more likely winners, but I for one will not be ignoring the white elephant in the room at 150/1.

Nice easy group? you obviously don't know much about international football then. Out of all of the groups this one is the most competitive, any of these four teams could go through and IMO Ivory Coast are the outsiders due to their shocking defending and Overrated attack. Colombia are a great side, albeit they're not proven on any big stage yet. Greece are again a very good side with a few great players and well organised, they also have a very sturdy defence. Japan are underrated, they have some great players going forward and in midfield such as Kagawa, Inui, Kiyotake, Honda etc. However their defence is a bit shaky.

This group is anyone's for the taking, I would say Colombia to top it followed by Greece.

^ Good post!

[Ouroboros]

Fair play Jeff.

I backed CD'I and Japan

[leww_rfc]

Winner: Germany

Runner-up: Brazil

Surprise package: Chile (It's their continent so can handle the heat, already put on a great performance at Wembley recently. Dark horses for me.)

England: Group Stages

Top Scorer: Suarez/Neymar. Both with 6.



If you're gonna do a prediction thread, do it properly R4E

Not too bad at the moment

[Pepe the Horseman]

Winners: Germany
Top scorer: Suarez
Biggest flops: Spain
England: ALOL

2 good calls so far here Pepe

I've got a strange feeling that Suarez might let me down.

[Reading4eva]

Well I was nowhere near

[leww_rfc]

Winner: Germany

Runner-up: Brazil

Surprise package: Chile (It's their continent so can handle the heat, already put on a great performance at Wembley recently. Dark horses for me.)

England: Group Stages

Top Scorer: Suarez/Neymar. Both with 6.



If you're gonna do a prediction thread, do it properly R4E

3/5.

[St. Brynjar]

Winners - Germany
Runners up - Argentina
Biggest flops - Brazil
Top scorer - Falcao
Surprise packages - Colombia, Bosnia & Herzegovina
England - 2nd round

Could have been worse, could have been better.

[floyd__streete]

Winners: Argentina
Top scorer: Aguero
Biggest flops: Brazil
England: LOL

Close with the winners, not so close with top scorer. Spain aside, I probably got the 'biggest flops' spot on. England prediction was correct.

[leww_rfc]

Not sure how you can call a team who got to the semi finals "flops"

[floyd__streete]

Not sure how you can call a team who got to the semi finals "flops"

Their game against Germany represented the floppiest semi since Pele.

And they hardly sparkled in the other games, requiring some generous decisions on the way (mystery penalty vs Croatia, perfectly good Croatian goal disallowed, goalkeeper not sent off vs Colombia).

[Pepe the Horseman]

Winners: Germany
Top scorer: Suarez
Biggest flops: Spain
England: ALOL

Pretty good going I'd say.

[Ouroboros]

Winners - Argentina
Runners up - Germany
Biggest flops - Portugal (contrary to the above, I think they might get beaten by Ghana and go out in the group stages).
Top scorer - Messi
Surprise packages - Ivory Coast, Bosnia Herzogovina
England - Q/F

Obviously my predictions were based on Messi smashing a stunning hat-trick in the final.

Spot on about Ivory Coast and Bosnia being surprisingly shit.

[paultheroyal]

Winners - Germany
Runners up - Argentina
Biggest flops - Brazil
Top scorer - Falcao
Surprise packages - Colombia, Bosnia & Herzegovina
England - 2nd round

Could have been worse, could have been better.

good effort that. Best by far.

[stealthpapes]

Winners: Germany
Top Scorer: dunno
Biggest Flops: England/France/Belgium
EngLand: win a holiday to Montenegro.

The ten goals by Juan Dunno give me the predicting crown.