2022 Men's Football World Cup prediction thread

[-james-]

Winner:
Final four:
Golden boot:
Golden ball
Golden glove:
Biggest flop:
Biggest surprise:

Your nation:
Group stage points:
Stage of exit:
Top scorer:
Best player:
Worst player
Pleasant surprise:
Other thoughts:

Here's the bracket predictor (https://play.fifa.com/bracket-predictor/brackets) to aid in your predictions.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Winner: Belgium
Final four: Argentina, Brazil, France, Belgium
Golden boot: Kane I guess
Golden ball De Bruyne
Golden glove: Alisson
Biggest flop: Ronaldo
Biggest surprise: Pellestri

Your nation: Poland
Group stage points: 4
Stage of exit: Round of 16
Top scorer: Lewandowski
Best player: Zielinski
Worst player Krychowiak
Pleasant surprise: Zalewski
Other thoughts: Fuck England.

[-james-]

Winner: Brazil
Final four: Brazil, Argentina, England, Spain
Golden boot: Depay
Golden ball: Messi
Golden glove: Alisson
Biggest flop: Belgium/Portugal
Biggest surprise: Switzerland

Your nation: England
Group stage points: 7
Stage of exit: Semis
Top scorer: Harold Kane
Best player: Bellingham/Trippier
Worst player: Harold Maguire, Trent
Pleasant surprise: Maybe Benjamin White if he gets into the side
Outlandish prediction/other thoughts: England won't concede a goal in the group stage. Might not score one either.

[Boydy]

Your nation: Poland


Wise up.

[randomlegend]

Winner: Argentina
Final four: Spain, France, Germany
Golden boot: Mboopers
Golden ball What is this?
Golden glove: Who cares.
Biggest flop: England (out in ro16)
Biggest surprise: Nobody

Your nation: England
Group stage points: 7
Stage of exit: ro16
Top scorer: Kane
Best player: Bellingham
Worst player Sterling/Maguire
Pleasant surprise: None
Other thoughts: Southgate is a fraud

[randomlegend]

Imagine being fraudulent without even the baldness to back it up.

[Danny]

Golden Ball is Beckham

(Best player at the tournament)

[Jimmy Floyd]

Winner: England (Monarch: King Charles III)
Final four: England beat Spain in the final. Deutschland and the Argentine contest for third place.
Golden boot: Robert Lewandowski, on the back of putting five past the Saudis and a couple more past hapless Mexico.
Golden ball: Messi.
Golden glove: Jordan Pickford OBE
Biggest flop: I have Croatia down for at best the last 16 and possibly a group stage exit, so them I guess.
Biggest surprise: It's hard to foresee particular surprises when you have a pretty balanced draw like this, but teams I think could do better than expected are Serbia, Ghana and Morocco.

Your nation: England
Group stage points: Nine from nine
Stage of exit: N/A
Top scorer: Kane, with several of them being kicks from the penalty mark
Best player: Foden
Worst player The public.
Pleasant surprise: Bellingham/Rice has so much more energy than other midfield pairings, and so much more to prove. They'll dominate the tournament with ease.
Other thoughts: Southgate should be sacked at the final whistle of the final, even if we win 6-0.

[wullie]

Fuck knows, none of this will happen

Winner: Brazil
Final four: Brazil, France, Uruguay, Argentina
Golden boot: Benzema
Golden ball Messi
Golden glove: Alisson
Biggest flop: Portugal
Biggest surprise: Canada

Your nation: England
Group stage points: 5
Stage of exit: QF
Top scorer: Kane
Best player: Rice
Worst player Walker
Pleasant surprise: Maddison gets on for a minute
Other thoughts: More stadiums should be made from old shipping containers

[John Arne]

Winner: serbia
Final four: argies, SPAIN, frogs, serbs
Golden boot: mbappe
Golden ball; messi
Golden glove: rajkovic
Biggest flop: portugal and aussies
Biggest surprise: ghana and serbia

Your nation: engurlund
Group stage points:5
Stage of exit: second round (v senegal)
Top scorer: kane
Best player: no one
Worst player; pickford
Pleasant surprise: england are shit, nobody cares
Other thoughts: crap atmosphere with rent-a-fans being 80% of the crowds

[randomlegend]

spics

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[John Arne]

I'm second generation Ecuadorian, so it's my word to use. Stop assuming my nationality, racist.

[SvN]

Winner: Argentina
Final four: Argentina, Germany, France, Spain
Golden boot: Messi
Golden ball : Messi
Golden glove: LLoris
Biggest flop: Ronaldo
Biggest surprise: South Korea

Your nation: England
Group stage points: 7
Stage of exit: Quarters to France.
Top scorer: Kane
Best player: Bellingham
Worst player: Sterling
Pleasant surprise: Maguire
Other thoughts: We'll play shit football and lose the first time we face someone proper.

[Waffdon]

Winner: Brazil
Final four: Argentina, Brazil, England, Spain
Golden boot: Kane
Golden ball : Valverde
Golden glove: Allison
Biggest flop: Ronaldo (if he counts, if not Benzema)
Biggest surprise: Uruguay

Your nation: Uruguay
Group stage points: 9
Stage of exit: lost to Brazil in the final or France in the semis if the latter don’t shit the bed
Top scorer: Nunez
Best player: Valverde
Worst player: Suarez
Pleasant surprise: Nunez

Other thoughts: France either win or go out in group stages

[Shindig]

Winner: Brazil
Final four: Argentina, Spain, France, Croatia (yeah, I know my pick's not the in final four. I'm hedging bets) :D
Golden boot: M'Bappe
Golden ball Luka Modric
Golden glove: Whoever's keeping Argentina in the tournament.
Biggest flop: Germany
Biggest surprise: Uruguay

Your nation: England
Group stage points: Five
Stage of exit: Quarter finals against France.
Top scorer: Harik Ain.
Best player: Filth Odin
Worst player Jordan Pickford.
Pleasant surprise: Callum Wilson gets some stoppage time minutes.
Other thoughts: I genuinely can't predict a front-runner in this. The press seem big on the South Americans for THE CLIMATE but I can't see past a European winner. I wouldn't mind Canada getting out the groups. Also, I shouldn't be rating Croatia so highly but shit happens.

[Lewis]

Wise up.

Deport.

[randomlegend]

Winner: Brazil
Final four: Argentina, Spain, France, Croatia (yeah, I know my pick's not the in final four. I'm hedging bets) :D
Golden boot: M'Bappe
Golden ball Luka Modric
Golden glove: Whoever's keeping Argentina in the tournament.
Biggest flop: Germany
Biggest surprise: Uruguay

Your nation: England
Group stage points: Five
Stage of exit: Quarter finals against France.
Top scorer: Harik Ain.
Best player: Filth Odin
Worst player Jordan Pickford.
Pleasant surprise: Callum Wilson gets some stoppage time minutes.
Other thoughts: I genuinely can't predict a front-runner in this. The press seem big on the South Americans for THE CLIMATE but I can't see past a European winner. I wouldn't mind Canada getting out the groups. Also, I shouldn't be rating Croatia so highly but shit happens.

Can't see past a European winner but you chose Brazil?

[Shindig]

I'm sorry, are you expecting any of mine to be right or consistent? I have fuck all clue how a World Cup in November (with squads only flying out a week prior) will go.

[Baz]

Winner: Brazil
Final four: Brazil, France, Spain, Argentina
Golden boot: Darwin Nunez
Golden ball: Vinicius Jr
Golden glove: Unai Simon
Biggest flop: Cristiano Ronaldo
Biggest surprise: Darwin Nunez, I guess?

Your nation: England, I guess
Group stage points: 9
Stage of exit: Quarters
Top scorer: Saka
Best player: Pickford :harold:
Worst player: Kane
Pleasant surprise: Bellingham being allowed to play football
Other thoughts: I don't know, England are shite. Not watched them since I turned off the Euro final to watch Love Island.

[Offshore Toon]

Winner: Brazil
Final four: Denmark, Brazil, Netherlands, Portugal
Golden boot: Benzema
Golden ball Neymar
Golden glove: Schmeichel
Biggest flop: Messi
Biggest surprise: Bruno G :drool:

[Ian]

Can't see past a European winner but you chose Brazil?

A really consistent set of predictions just means you're fucked if you get any of it wrong most probably. Shinners gas clearly made a brave strategic decision to cast his predictions net super wide and I respect it.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, I like the idea of not having your winner in the final 4, 5D chess move.

[Lewis]

Winner: Brazil, and they will do it quite comfortably
Final four: Brazil, Louis van Gaal, France, Portugal
Golden boot: Neymar
Golden ball Neymar
Golden glove: Alisson
Biggest flop: Poland
Biggest surprise: Ronaldo doing the business because all of the football will be shit

Your nation: England
Group stage points: Nine
Stage of exit: Quarter-finals against France
Top scorer: Harry Kane
Best player: Harry Kane or Declan Rice
Worst player A full-back or whoever is the other attacker with Philf Oden
Pleasant surprise: We will actually look good, but France will just be better
Other thoughts: I have never been less arsed about an international tournament