Predicting things in this World Cup is a waste of time.

Exactly. It's everyone's game in this stage. Who ever wants it more. Like I said before, your history won't get you anywhere.

I predict crooked officials

nonsense ... it's a game of two halves; there'll be winners and loser; there's teams that want to win and the rest.

Thats all the (rubgy) cliches I can recall offhand, but I'm sure they're all solid predictions for the WC