WC14 Predictions for player awards

[Trickykid]

Right, there's now less than a month untill kickoff in Brazil, so it's time for some player predictions.


The official awards

Golden ball (Best player):

Golden boot (Top scorer):

Gloden glove (Best goalkeeper):

Best young player (Under 21 at the beginning of the calender year):

Barcaforum awards

Surprise of the tournament (a player that few expected to be one of the stars of the tournament):

The Poborsky award (a player coming from (relative) obscurity who has a great tournament and gets sold to a European powerhouse for silly money, only to flunk badly there):

Flop of the tournament:




Let me know if anyone has ideas for additional player awards, and I'll add them.

 

[Trickykid]

My predictions:

Golden ball: Messi
Golden boot: Cronaldo
Golden glove: Neuer
Best young player: Pogba
Surprise: James Rodriguez
The Poborsky: Alan Dzagoev
Flop: Rooney

 

[Semi-Neutral]

Golden ball (Best player): Messi
Golden boot (Top scorer): Messi
Gloden glove (Best goalkeeper): Casillas
Best young player (Under 21 at the beginning of the calender year): Pogba
Surprise of the tournament (a player that few expected to be one of the stars of the tournament): Henderson and Fernando Torres
The Poborsky award: Some US player
Flop of the tournament: Ribery

 

[Ghostmaster]

Golden ball (Best player): Neymar
Golden boot (Top scorer): Neymar
Gloden glove (Best goalkeeper): Casillas
Best young player (Under 21 at the beginning of the calender year): Pogba
Surprise of the tournament (a player that few expected to be one of the stars of the tournament): Fabregas
The Poborsky award: Have no idea
Flop of the tournament: Luiz

 

[Ursegor]

Golden ball (Best player): Gago

Golden boot (Top scorer): Fred

Gloden glove (Best goalkeeper): Saint Leaker

Best young player (Under 21 at the beginning of the calender year): Xavi

Surprise of the tournament (a player that few expected to be one of the stars of the tournament): Messi

The Poborsky award (a player coming from (relative) obscurity who has a great tournament and gets sold to a European powerhouse for silly money, only to flunk badly there): D. Luiz

Flop of the tournament: Joachim Löw

 

[ccesc]

Golden ball: Busquets
Golden boot: Fred
Golden glove: Casillas
Best young player: Koke
Surprise: Koke
The Poborsky: A player of chile
Flop: Germany (except Reus)

 

[Ode to Django]

Good topic

Golden ball (Best player): Andrea Pirlo

Golden boot (Top scorer): Gonzalo Higuain

Gloden glove (Best goalkeeper): Iker Casillas

Best young player (Under 21 at the beginning of the calender year): Can't think off top of head - Paul Pogba, Varane

Barcaforum awards

Surprise of the tournament (a player that few expected to be one of the stars of the tournament): Klass Jan Huntelaar, to a lesser extent Miroslav Klose - pushing on 36. Alessio Cerci.

The Poborsky award (a player coming from (relative) obscurity who has a great tournament and gets sold to a European powerhouse for silly money, only to flunk badly there): drawn a blank

Flop of the tournament: Diego Costa/Karim Benzema

 

[AnfieldEd]

Golden ball (Best player): Ronaldo

Golden boot (Top scorer): Aguero

Gloden glove (Best goalkeeper): Muslera

Best young player (Under 21 at the beginning of the calender year): Pogba

Barcaforum awards

Surprise of the tournament (a player that few expected to be one of the stars of the tournament): James Rodriguez

The Poborsky award (a player coming from (relative) obscurity who has a great tournament and gets sold to a European powerhouse for silly money, only to flunk badly there): Carlos Bacca

Flop of the tournament:Country or player? For country I'll say Holland for player I'd say Messi...................:tata1:

 

[ammarfcb]

Golden ball (Best player): ANDRES INIESTA

Golden boot (Top scorer): LUIS SUAREZ

Gloden glove (Best goalkeeper): LLORIS

Best young player (Under 21 at the beginning of the calender year): POGBA

Surprise of the tournament: LALLANA

The Poborsky award: Son Heung-min

Flop of the tournament: MESSI

 

[DonAK]

Golden ball (Best player): Ronaldo

Golden boot (Top scorer): Aguero

Gloden glove (Best goalkeeper): Muslera

Best young player (Under 21 at the beginning of the calender year): Pogba

Barcaforum awards

Surprise of the tournament (a player that few expected to be one of the stars of the tournament): James Rodriguez

The Poborsky award (a player coming from (relative) obscurity who has a great tournament and gets sold to a European powerhouse for silly money, only to flunk badly there): Carlos Bacca

Flop of the tournament:Country or player? For country I'll say Holland for player I'd say Messi...................:tata1:

You better be bad at predictions.

 

[Muttu]

Golden ball (Best player): Lionel Messi

Golden boot (Top scorer): Sergio Agüero

Golden glove (Best goalkeeper): Thibaut Courtois

Best young player (Under 21 at the beginning of the calender year): Romelu Lukaku

Surprise of the tournament: Sergio Romero

The Poborský award: William Carvalho

Flop of the tournament: Mario Balotelli

 

[Behrox]

Golden Ball: Messi
Golden Boot: Messi
Golden Glove: Courtois
Best Young Player: Neymar
Surprise of the tournament: Koke
The Poborsky award: Some Chilean
Flop of the tournament: Romero

 

[te amo barca]

Golden ball (Best player): Neymar

Golden boot (Top scorer): Ronaldo

Gloden glove (Best goalkeeper): Courtois

Best young player (Under 21 at the beginning of the calender year): Halilovic

Barcaforum awards

Surprise of the tournament (a player that few expected to be one of the stars of the tournament): Alexis Sanchez

The Poborsky award (a player coming from (relative) obscurity who has a great tournament and gets sold to a European powerhouse for silly money, only to flunk badly there): Balanta

Flop of the tournament: Wilshere

 

[Behrox]

Golden ball (Best player): Neymar

Golden boot (Top scorer): Ronaldo

Gloden glove (Best goalkeeper): Courtois

Best young player (Under 21 at the beginning of the calender year): Halilovic

Barcaforum awards

Surprise of the tournament (a player that few expected to be one of the stars of the tournament): Alexis Sanchez

The Poborsky award (a player coming from (relative) obscurity who has a great tournament and gets sold to a European powerhouse for silly money, only to flunk badly there): Balanta

Flop of the tournament: Wilshere

everyone expects Alexis to be a star as soon as he puts on the Chile shirt

 

[AnfieldEd]

You better be bad at predictions.

According to most people I am so you're safe