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    2022 Men's Football World Cup prediction thread

    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 to aid in your predictions.
    Last edited by -james-; 15-11-2022 at 01:49 PM.

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    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.

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry View Post
    Your nation: Poland
    Wise up.

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    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

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

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    Golden Ball is Beckham

    (Best player at the tournament)

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    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.

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    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

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    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
    Last edited by John Arne; 15-11-2022 at 03:36 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Arne View Post
    spics

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

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    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.

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    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

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    Winner: Brazil
    Final four: Argentina, Spain, France, Croatia (yeah, I know my pick's not the in final four. I'm hedging bets)
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    Wise up.
    Deport.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shindig View Post
    Winner: Brazil
    Final four: Argentina, Spain, France, Croatia (yeah, I know my pick's not the in final four. I'm hedging bets)
    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?

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    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.
    Last edited by Shindig; 15-11-2022 at 07:44 PM.

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    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
    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.
    I'm a twit

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by randomlegend View Post
    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.

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

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    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

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