scepticalbanter.com » divination http://scepticalbanter.com Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:46:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= World Cup Predictions http://scepticalbanter.com/2010/06/world-cup-predictions/ http://scepticalbanter.com/2010/06/world-cup-predictions/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:40:12 +0000 uksceptic http://scepticalbanter.com/?p=548 The World Cup is due to start in a few hours and since it hasn’t quite started yet I can remain objective about England’s chances, for the next few hours at least. Once it starts that all goes out of the window and I become as deluded as the next person. Seriously ask me Saturday and I will be 100% convinced England are going to win 3-0 against Argentina in the final and won’t put up with anything other than total optimism about our chances. So before logic goes completely out of the window I’m going to dust down my crystal ball, check out some tea leaves, go hire a TARDIS and lay down some predictions.

Winners: Brazil

England: Semis

Golden Boot: David Villa

Great Expectations Fail: Ronaldo

Team to Flop: Italy

Best Scoring Average (gpg): Spain

Highest Scoring Team (over whole tournament): Spain

Best Defensive Record (least goals conceded per game): Germany

Player of the Tournament: Rooney

Best disciplinary record (cards per game): South Africa

Worst disciplinary record (cards per game): Argentina

For the record if all these come true I may abandon the sceptical community for the far more lucrative psychic one. I’ve never really got that though, how psychics also seem to be associated with divination, and then how would you tell if something is going to happen to someone or if you are just seeing something that has already happened to them? It all seems very messy; maybe it’s all just a load of old bollocks.

Feel free to add your predictions below.

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