Predictions

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With only hours to go until the greatest show on earth kicks off, it's time to lock in my predictions. I'm finding it hard to find too many great underdogs this year - though I'm sure they'll be some - some there's the potential for these predictions to go horribly wrong early on:

Last 16
France
Greece
England
Serbia
Netherlands
Paraguay
Brazil
Chile
Argentina
Uruguay
Germany
USA
Italy
Denmark
Spain
Cote D'Ivoire

Quarter Finals
France
Serbia
Netherlands
Brazil
Argentina
USA
Italy
Spain

Semi Final
France
Netherlands
Spain
Argentina

Final
Netherlands
Spain

Champions
Netherlands

Golden Boot
Leo Messi (dark horse Van Persie)

Biggest Surprise Team
Serbia / USA

Player that earns a big money move
Marek Hamsik / Alexis Sanchez

Comments

Steven said…
Brazil takes it
June 11, 2010 at 4:15 PM
Steven said…
Do you still think the USA can beat Germany if they go head to head Chris? I donno!
June 13, 2010 at 9:13 PM
Chris said…
Yeh I think I blew that one already. I wildly overestimated Serbia and underestimated Germany. I thought one of the perrenial contenders would struggle but it looks like it might be England or perhaps Italy, not Germany.

Ozil looked absolutely awesome and alonh with Schweinsteiger, Mueller, Podolski and Klose they make a formidable team.
June 14, 2010 at 1:18 PM
Unknown said…
Hey Chris (or anyone), do you know if you can change captains after you have one set and they play a game?

For example, say I captain Gerrard and he only gets 4 points, can I then captain Kaka thinking that he will score more than 4?
June 17, 2010 at 1:54 AM
Steven said…
Yes you can but I believe you have to substitute the captain out. Once you do that, you can pick a new captain from the players who have not played yet that round. So feel free to set Messi as captain today :)
June 17, 2010 at 6:48 AM
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