World Cup Predictions

HuddersfieldToffee · April 21, 2014

Olá, você está pronto para a Copa do Mundo?

Are we all ready for a World Cup year?

At the Euros, me and my mates had this thing where we wrote down a load of questions, answered them and then looked back at them after the tourny had finished to see how far off we were, thought we could try them;

Final Predictions?
Golden Boot?
Most Buzz + Hyperbole?
Surprisingly not [Poor language removed]?
England's progress?
Exciting Prediction?
Depressing, Sad Prediction?

Then we'll have a look in August and see who was most right and who was most wrong!

The Hibbert Agenda · April 21, 2014

Final Predictions? Germany win vs Argentina
Golden Boot? Messi
Most Buzz + Hyperbole? Belgium
Surprisingly not [Poor language removed]? England
England's progress? Quarterfinal
Exciting Prediction? African team makes semi
Depressing, Sad Prediction? Several Euro "giants" crash out early- Italy, France, Netherlands, Spain

TheFinnFan · April 21, 2014

Exciting Prediction? Switzerland

al.exe · April 21, 2014

Final Predictions? Brazil to win, Argentina runner up
Golden Boot? Messi
Most Buzz + Hyperbole? Spain
Surprisingly not [Poor language removed]? Japan
England's progress? Round of 16 (or whatever it's called)
Exciting Prediction? Ross Barkley scores wonder goal against Uruguay
Depressing, Sad Prediction? England go out on penalties...

Garrick · April 21, 2014

Final Predictions? United States over Brazil, Jozy Altidore hat trick
Golden Boot? Landon Donovan
Most Buzz + Hyperbole? Portugal and that Ronaldo kid
Surprisingly not [Poor language removed]? USA USA USA
England's progress? NEA.
Exciting Prediction? The Yanks winning it all
Depressing, Sad Prediction? The rest of the world will finally have to admit that we're the best. At everything.

bainesontoast · April 21, 2014

Final Predictions? Argentina win against Brazil.
Golden Boot? Going to go left field and say Aguero will outscore Messi.
Most Buzz + Hyperbole? Colombia and/or Chile when they go on a run and the media constantly speculate if a lesser South American nation can win the World Cup.
Surprisingly not [Poor language removed]? Switzerland/Japan
England's progress? Out at the group stage.
Exciting Prediction? Switzerland/Japan
Depressing, Sad Prediction? Netherlands (unfortunately).

Tubey · April 21, 2014

Final Predictions? Argentina
Golden Boot? Aguero
Most Buzz + Hyperbole? Neymar, who'll promptly do nothing of substance whatsoever.
Surprisingly not [Poor language removed]? England.
England's progress? Quarter Finals.
Exciting Prediction? Jozy Altidore to have a shot on target.
Depressing, Sad Prediction? Rooney to once again prove he hasn't progressed to dominate international football since leaving Everton.

Del · April 21, 2014

Final Predictions? Brazil
Golden Boot? Aguero (Check there group out)
Most Buzz + Hyperbole? Neymar
Surprisingly not [Poor language removed]? Mexico
England's progress? Knocked out at group stage
Exciting Prediction? Belgium exploding onto the world stage
Depressing, Sad Prediction? A boring over hyped final

BlueLlama · April 21, 2014

Final Predictions? Argentina V Germany
Golden Boot? Aguero is the obvious one
Most Buzz + Hyperbole? Brazil always get hyped and being hosts makes that x10
Surprisingly not [Poor language removed]? USA USA
England's progress? None probably though we might prolong the aginy to the 2nd round
Exciting Prediction? An African or Asian team bosses it
Depressing, Sad Prediction? Suarez scares against England

Furey1878 · April 21, 2014

Final Predictions? Germany to win, reckon they'll get Brazil in the final.
Golden Boot? Aguero
Most Buzz + Hyperbole? Even though I reckon they'll fair well, Belgium.
Surprisingly not [Poor language removed]? Chile, reckon they'll get to the quarters despite little buzz about them.
England's progress? Go out in group stage. Uruguay and Italy to go through.
Exciting Prediction? Not the most original opinion, but I expect Belgium to make the Semis.
Depressing, Sad Prediction? Spain to be slated again, despite dominating international football for years.

Eggs · April 21, 2014

...too many predictions for me at this stage, but I have had 2 bets already;

Chile to win @ 50-1. I did this bet before they came to Wembley and won 18months ago. Can't believe they are still a similar price. Saying that, they are in a tough group and have a habit of getting players sent off.

Eden Hazzard to be Top Goalscorer @ 80-1. Another left field, speculative punt but this time from little Eggs out in Dubai. I can understand the logic, Belgium are fancied and Bentecke is out.

ijjysmith · April 21, 2014

Final Predictions?
Argentina vs Brazil
Golden Boot?
Sergio Aguero or Neymar
Most Buzz + Hyperbole?
Germany being crap
Surprisingly not [Poor language removed]?
Chile showed they're boss
England's progress?
Get out of the group and I'll be overjoyed.
Exciting Prediction?
Switzerland show why they're there and Shaquiri slots.
Depressing, Sad Prediction?
Baines injury. Noooooooooo.

Billy Dean · April 21, 2014

Bit early for me still but here goes:

Final Predictions? Arg v Brazil, Arg to win
Golden Boot? Lukaku, Benzema or Aguero
Most Buzz + Hyperbole? Germany
Surprisingly not [Poor language removed]? Greece
England's progress? Out in the group stage
Exciting Prediction? Chile to get to the semis having won their group.
Depressing, Sad Prediction? Lots of cheating, conservative play, awful punditry etc.

Garrick · April 21, 2014

BlueLlama said:
Surprisingly not [Poor language removed]? USA USA

We've looked like pure, weapons-grade s**** the past couple of friendlies.

So, at this point, my beautiful predictions aside, I'm actually expecting the worst.

Hellerad · April 21, 2014

HuddersfieldToffee said:
Final Predictions?
Golden Boot?
Most Buzz + Hyperbole?
Surprisingly not [Poor language removed]?
England's progress?
Exciting Prediction?
Depressing, Sad Prediction?

Final: Brazil vs. Germany.

Golden Boot: Aguero.

Buzz/Hyperbole: Spain. Honorable Mention: England.

Surprisingly not *: USA USA USA

England's progress: 2 ties. 1 loss. Boss sunburns.

Exciting prediction: Aron Johannsson scores a brace against Portugal before being taken up in the sky by Elijah in a flying chariot of flames while angels sing the Star Spangled Banner acapello.

Depressing, Sad Prediction: C. Ronaldo tears his ACL trying to show he is faster than the flying chariot of flames.