Predict the World Cup 2022 Winner

[theonlywayisup]

Who's your favourite to win at Qatar?

[theonlywayisup]

My vote goes to Argentina - Messi to get his hands on the trophy

[Jim44]

My vote goes to Argentina - Messi to get his hands on the trophy

I agree. I would love to see Messi cap his career with a WC winners medal.

[JohnM1875]

Brazil for me, loads of their big players flying at club level just now and seem to be hitting form at the right time.

[SteveHFC]

Argentina. Messi deserves it.

[Lancs Harp]

Gone with Brazil but think the power still lies in Europe of which I think France are tge best team if a little tempremental in recent times world cup wise south american teams fall over when they meet Europes top sides in the later stages.

[theonlywayisup]

I see someone went for "other" - which team is the "other"

[Pagan Hibernia]

Heart says Argentina, nothing would please me more.

head says Messi’s chance came and went in 2014

[O'Rourke3]

FIFA. They will rake in millions. No shame

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[HibeeHibernia]

i'll be backing the socceroos until they're out but I can't see anyone other than brazil lifting this one

[OstKurve Hibs]

Gone with Brazil but think the power still lies in Europe of which I think France are tge best team if a little tempremental in recent times world cup wise south american teams fall over when they meet Europes top sides in the later stages.

I've got france in the family sweepie, last I read they had a horrendous injury list so I'm prepared to lose my tenner lol
I reckon portugal could do summit, they've got real strength in depth in that squad.

[Donegal Hibby]

Went for Spain basically cause I like the way they play .

[Santa Cruz]

Belgium purely cos I like Lukaku.

[Tyler Durden]

I've got france in the family sweepie, last I read they had a horrendous injury list so I'm prepared to lose my tenner lol
I reckon portugal could do summit, they've got real strength in depth in that squad.

Nkunku is the latest French injury. Shame as I thought he could make a big impact on this tournament.

[Keith_M]

Here's my list of Qatar World Cup winners


Every corrupt official at FIFA, plus ex officials like Blatter
The PR department of the Qatari Government
Brainless ex footballers with no morals (e.g. David Beckham)
Corrupt and moral free politicians
The moral free businesses making millions from construction and infrastructure contracts (e.g. UK firms like Carillion, Hyder, etc)


I could go on but you get the jist.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Argentina or Brazil.

[Betty Boop]

Uruguay

[007]

I see someone went for "other" - which team is the "other"

Scotland 🤔

[Stairway 2 7]

Argentina

[MWHIBBIES]

Belgium purely cos I like Lukaku.

Dunno how fit he is. Don't think he'll have a good tournament

[Greencore]

Argentina

[Santa Cruz]

Dunno how fit he is. Don't think he'll have a good tournament

Haven't watched him play for ages, might have been the Euros.

I watched a documentary about him a while ago. Did you know he is fluent in 7 languages? I think he would make an excellent Manager when he retires, just for having the ability to communicate directly with footballers in his team from different countries.

[where'stheslope]

Voted Belgium, don't have a great deal of need to watch the world cup as it will all revolve around England!
The sooner they are sent packing (hopefully by Wales) the better, as then you get less biased commentary on games!!!

[The Modfather]

ABE. Down south for xmas this year and would be unbearable if the unthinkable happened.

Be good to see Argentina win it in possibly Messi’s last World Cup.

[flash]

I went to pick Italy, really is unbelievable that they aren't there.

[flash]

Dunno how fit he is. Don't think he'll have a good tournament

Is he not out of the tournament altogether?

[007]

ABE. Down south for xmas this year and would be unbearable if the unthinkable happened.

Be good to see Argentina win it in possibly Messi’s last World Cup.

Don't go there if you dislike them that much. 😀

[Santa Cruz]

Is he not out of the tournament altogether?

Just checked for an update. He's with the squad, being monitored daily. The last scan on his injury showed some improvement.

[hibsbollah]

There’s always teams that flatter to deceive, I think Argentina and Spain will fall on their faces this time. Brazil-France final makes sense, but I’ll be cheering on whichever underdog gets the furthest. Denmark for the semis seems possible.

[Hibbyradge]

England.

But I hope it's Argentina.

[sauzeelegod]

Hope Spain win it but think Argentina will.

[NORTHERNHIBBY]

Argentina for me

[southern hibby]

Think the heat will be a major factor. Been to Qatar a few times and it’s warmer than hell in the shade so I think it will be a hot country that may just win it as they may be used to the heat.

GGTTH

[supermcginn]

Think the heat will be a major factor. Been to Qatar a few times and it’s warmer than hell in the shade so I think it will be a hot country that may just win it as they may be used to the heat.

GGTTH

Every stadium is air conditioned to avoid any matches being played in extreme heat. All 8 stadiums have it installed.
www.sportbible.com/football/qatars-eight-world-cup-stadiums-are-fully-air-conditioned-20220402.amp.html

[Pagan Hibernia]

50 votes out of 75 are for Argentina and Brazil?

I mean, either of them might well do it, but the last four world cups have been won by European teams. My money would be on one of them.

[shetlandhibee]

Portugal for me look really strong right through the whole team

[Johnny_Leith]

Argentina are coming into the tournament in pretty impressive form and look like they're a bit more structured than recent years, where they were trying to shoehorn a wealth of attacking talent into the XI. A good squad, good coach and Messi's last WC means I think they could well win it and hope they do.

Brazil, Spain, Germany and France could all be there. I don't think England have enough quality and think their squad, as per usual, is massively overrated. Denmark will be my dark horse for the tournament.

[theonlywayisup]

Bump! Two days to go before the competition starts. Lots of votes for the South Americans.

[Lendo]

i'll be backing the socceroos until they're out but I can't see anyone other than brazil lifting this one

I wish I could but there’s too many Hearts players in that team, it feels dirty.

[greenlex]

It’s England's time.

[Greenbeard]

Dan Slenther says Netherlands

[theonlywayisup]

So, after the first week of the World Cup is everyone still confident of their pick?

As of today, it was Argentina and Brazil who were the .net leading predictions, but Argentina (my pick) could be out of the tournament by 9pm tonight if they lose to Mexico.

Brazil and France looked impressive in their games, as did Spain. England will progress in the tournament, but don't have the class to win it (I hope) and you could say that about a few teams.

For those who haven't voted yet, I set the deadline for votes as the end of the second round of matches, so you've still got a chance to vote.

[Forza Fred]

Any team that can put 4 past the Socceroos must go close.....so France are obvious winners for me.

I do though, reserve the right to amend that prediction after we play Denmark on Wednesday!

[Curried]

I wrote them off given their form coming into this tournament, but France are head-and-shoulders above any other team in the comp. Les Bleus to win.

[flash]

Am going Portugal. One final swansong for Ronaldo.

[Just_Jimmy]

I wrote them off given their form coming into this tournament, but France are head-and-shoulders above any other team in the comp. Les Bleus to win.Agreed. France are the only team I've seen and thought they played well twice. They look and feel like a team. There's others who can click on the day, and have talent but France look the most polished.

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[theonlywayisup]

So that's Holland and Argentina through to one quarter final.

Tomorrow, I think joined by France and England.

Then likely to be Brazil and Croatia.

Finally, Spain and Portugal.

Looks like the better teams will be in the last eight. Yes, Germany and Belgium will be missing, but both are not as good as the past.

[AFKA5814_Hibs]

So that's Holland and Argentina through to one quarter final.

Tomorrow, I think joined by France and England.

Then likely to be Brazil and Croatia.

Finally, Spain and Portugal.

Looks like the better teams will be in the last eight. Yes, Germany and Belgium will be missing, but both are not as good as the past.

I would fully expect England to beat Senegal, though there's some weird anomaly where the vast majority of England WC games that have been shown on BBC have resulted in an England win, whereas the vast majority of games shown on ITV have resulted in an England defeat. Tomorrow's game is on ITV, so here's hoping the run continues. :greengrin

[Donegal Hibby]

I would fully expect England to beat Senegal, though there's some weird anomaly where the vast majority of England WC games that have been shown on BBC have resulted in an England win, whereas the vast majority of games shown on ITV have resulted in an England defeat. Tomorrow's game is on ITV, so here's hoping the run continues. :greengrin
Hopefully a good Omen :aok:

[AFKA5814_Hibs]

Hopefully a good Omen :aok:🇨🇲🇨🇲

The following stats only goes back to 1998, but quite a weird difference between games shown on each channel.

BBC P16 W12 D1 L3 - Win% 75%
ITV P15 W2 D6 L7 - Win% 13%

In this World Cup, ITV had the USA game where BBC had the Iran and Wales games.

[Crunchie]

England, I'm hopeless at predictions so I hope that continues.

[theonlywayisup]

England, I'm hopeless at predictions so I hope that continues.

Same as 46% of those who posted their predictions.

Croatia v Argentina is going to be another roller-coaster of a game and I'm thinking it'll be Croatia. Think Portugal, France & England will all be stronger than either Croatia or Argentina.

So based on the above, and considering the way the tournament has played out, it's Morocco to be crowned World Champions. :greengrin

[theonlywayisup]

Same as 46% of those who posted their predictions.

Croatia v Argentina is going to be another roller-coaster of a game and I'm thinking it'll be Croatia. Think Portugal, France & England will all be stronger than either Croatia or Argentina.

So based on the above, and considering the way the tournament has played out, it's Morocco to be crowned World Champions. :greengrin

:hmmm:

[where'stheslope]

I really don't care now, England are out so now I can enjoy the semi-finals with out the England bias at every game!
My biggest joy so far, was Ian Wright in tears after the England exit!!!
The "WE SHOULD" have beat France, it was the referee not giving us penalties???
At least they are magnanimous in defeat! :wink::wink::confused::confused:

[Johnny_Leith]

Argentina are coming into the tournament in pretty impressive form and look like they're a bit more structured than recent years, where they were trying to shoehorn a wealth of attacking talent into the XI. A good squad, good coach and Messi's last WC means I think they could well win it and hope they do.

Brazil, Spain, Germany and France could all be there. I don't think England have enough quality and think their squad, as per usual, is massively overrated. Denmark will be my dark horse for the tournament.


Called the winner and called English being dug meat. Shocking shout with Denmark as the dark horses!