The 2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil Prediction thread

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Re: WORLD CUP PREDICTION THREAD

by sputnik » 20 Jun 2014 23:16

Pepe the Horseman Winners: Germany
Top scorer: Suarez
Biggest flops: Spain
England: ALOL

2 good calls so far here Pepe

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Re: WORLD CUP PREDICTION THREAD

by stealthpapes » 24 Jun 2014 23:20

Whatevs
Sanguine 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 :wink: (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.

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Re: The 2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil Prediction thread

by Ginger Ninjas » 24 Jun 2014 23:46

Unbelievable Jeff
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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.


:lol:

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!

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Re: The 2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil Prediction thread

by Ouroboros » 25 Jun 2014 00:15

Fair play Jeff.

I backed CD'I and Japan :oops:

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Re: The 2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil Prediction thread

by leww_rfc » 25 Jun 2014 09:18

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 8)


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Re: WORLD CUP PREDICTION THREAD

by Pepe the Horseman » 25 Jun 2014 15:15

sputnik
Pepe the Horseman Winners: Germany
Top scorer: Suarez
Biggest flops: Spain
England: ALOL

2 good calls so far here Pepe

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

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Re: The 2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil Prediction thread

by Reading4eva » 14 Jul 2014 08:34

Well I was nowhere near

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Re: The 2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil Prediction thread

by leww_rfc » 14 Jul 2014 08:52

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.

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Re: The 2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil Prediction thread

by St. Brynjar » 14 Jul 2014 10:45

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.


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Re: WORLD CUP PREDICTION THREAD

by floyd__streete » 14 Jul 2014 12:39

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.

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Re: The 2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil Prediction thread

by leww_rfc » 14 Jul 2014 12:53

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

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Re: The 2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil Prediction thread

by floyd__streete » 14 Jul 2014 12:59

leww_rfc 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).

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Re: The 2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil Prediction thread

by Pepe the Horseman » 14 Jul 2014 13:36

Pepe the Horseman Winners: Germany
Top scorer: Suarez
Biggest flops: Spain
England: ALOL

Pretty good going I'd say.


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Re: The 2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil Prediction thread

by Ouroboros » 14 Jul 2014 13:48

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. :?

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Re: The 2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil Prediction thread

by paultheroyal » 14 Jul 2014 17:26

St. Brynjar
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.


good effort that. Best by far.

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Re: WORLD CUP PREDICTION THREAD

by stealthpapes » 17 Oct 2015 13:32

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. :roll:

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