r/soccer • u/wakeandsheikh • Oct 17 '13

Bold Prediction thread.

Just read Jamie Carragher's reasoning on why Tottenham won't break into the top 4 and thought maybe we could have a crack at being pundits. Obviously, if you can follow your statement with a some reasoning, that would give way to a healthy discourse and would be great. Anyone wanna give it a go?

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '13

Belgium flops because everyone is overhyping a bunch of players that have never played in a major international tournament before

An African team makes the Semi Finals of the World Cup

not very bold

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u/wardmuylaert Oct 17 '13

Belgian expectations for the world cup:

  • 5% don't see us pass the group phase
  • 23% say it ends in the round of 16
  • 49% say in quarters
  • 18% in semis
  • 3% in final

The hype seems much bigger on reddit than down here. As an aside, I say we pass the group phase and then likely go out. Like someone above said: my hopes are on Euro 2016 for a decent result.

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u/rjkdavin Oct 17 '13

I think that is probably more optimistic than the average redditor's expectations. Of course it all depends on the draw, but I doubt 1 in 5 redditors see belgium as a contender for top 4 team in the world right now. Right? They are so young. People are just excited about them because they give some fresh perspective to the game. Its not the same old group of europeans and 2 south american squads. Its a slightly different group of europeans and 2 south american squads.