World Cup Predictions/ The Death of the World Cup Previews

Firstly, I must apologise for the lack of previews for groups F-H. It does take a fair bit of time to write these predictions, and to be honest it's summer and the sun is out; I figured I would rather go outside and actually play some football rather than sitting in the dark thinking of funny medical conditions that epitomise Cote D'Ivoire.

So below are my predictions for this World Cup. I'm going to be perfectly honest, I am more sceptical about them than I have ever been about any other predictions I have made. I do not see this ending well for me.

Thanks to some thieving off of Wikipedia, the predictions come in a nice flow chart style diagram. Unfortunately, it did not translate well on this post, so if you would just like to click on the image below, it'll be enlarged for your viewing delight.






GM

Further to this, I propose to make things interesting between myself and Graeme. Here is a summary of Graeme's predictions:

Out in the groups: Uruguay, South Africa, Greece, South Korea, Algeria, Slovenia, Ghana, Australia, Denmark, Japan, Paraguay, New Zealand, North Korea, Ivory Coast, Chile, Honduras

Out in 2nd round: Nigeria, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Mexico, USA, Cameroon, Portugal

Out in 1/4 final: England, Holland, Argentina, Italy

Out in semis: France, Spain
Runner up: Germany
Winner: Brazil

My own predictions are slightly different. I have Paraguay swapped with Slovakia, Italy swapped with Cameroon and England swapped with France. England and Germany will go out in the semis, with Spain beating Brazil in the final.

For every correct team out in the groups we will receive one point. For every team out in the round of 16 we get two. For every correct beaten 1/4 finalist, we get 4 points. 8 for the semi-finalists (4 point bonus if you get 3rd place right - I have England, Graeme Spain) and 16 each for the correct finalist or runner-up. Play along at home!
RM