Picking World Cup winners? After 12 games, FIFA rankings beating eminent thinkers
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* The final whistle in the Germany-Portugal match in Group G in Salvador marked the end of the 12th game of the 2014 World Cup, and thus a quarter of the group stage is complete. There have been expected victories for some, big upsets for others and more goals per game at this stage than any World Cup since the 1950s. Who could have forecast this? Actually, a huge variety of 'experts', forecasters, theorists, modelers and systems have tried to predict the outcome of this tournament. In his debut post for
Picking World Cup winners? After 12 games, FIFA rankings beating eminent thinkers
Picking World Cup winners? After 12 games…
Picking World Cup winners? After 12 games, FIFA rankings beating eminent thinkers
* The final whistle in the Germany-Portugal match in Group G in Salvador marked the end of the 12th game of the 2014 World Cup, and thus a quarter of the group stage is complete. There have been expected victories for some, big upsets for others and more goals per game at this stage than any World Cup since the 1950s. Who could have forecast this? Actually, a huge variety of 'experts', forecasters, theorists, modelers and systems have tried to predict the outcome of this tournament. In his debut post for