Thought we could do our own set:

Player of the tournament
Game of the tournament
Goal of the tournament
Save of the tournament
Flop Team
Flop Player
Biggest surprise
Biggest disappointment

Any others you can think of.

Player of the tournament - Manuel Neuer
Game of the tournament - Belgium 2-1 USA for entertainment, Brazil 1-7 Germany for history.
Goal of the tournament - Van Persie v Spain
Save of the tournament - Neuer v Algeria
Flop Team - Spain
Flop Player - Casillas, Cavani, Costa, Gerrard, Luiz... Take your pick.
Biggest surprise - Spain's complete humiliation.
Biggest disappointment - England v Uruguay, just a terrible performance and end to the WC.

Player of the tournament - Arjen Robben
Game of the tournament - Germany v Algeria
Goal of the tournament - Cahill v Holland
Save of the tournament - Navas' save in the penalty shootout
Flop Team - I'll go for Brazil as Spain had run their race
Flop Player - Casillas
Biggest surprise - Costa Rica
Biggest disappointment - Some of the rubbish commentators/pundits probably

Player of the tournament - Manuel Neuer sounds about right.
Game of the tournament - That one where Germany made David Luiz cry.
Goal of the tournament - Rodriguez.
Save of the tournament - Buffon's double save vs Uruguay.
Flop Team - Spain, but Italy deserves a mention.
Flop Player - Apart from the entire Spanish team? Ronaldo maybe.
Biggest surprise - He actually bit someone again! 😆
Biggest disappointment - Reus's injury.

Bonus:
Biggest joy-bringer - Paletta's hair.

Player of the tournament - Manuel Neuer
Game of the tournament - Brazil-Germany followed by Brazil-Chile, Germany-Ghana, Germany-Algeria, USA-Portugal.
Goal of the tournament - Rodriguez vs Uruguay, followed by Cahill vs Netherlands, Van Persie vs Spain and Jones vs Portugal.
Save of the tournament - Ochoa vs Brazil (from Neymar), Rais vs Germany (from Lahm), Navas in the shootout vs Greece.
Flop Team - Spain, England.
Flop Player - Luiz, Gerrard, Rooney, Costa, Ronaldo.
Biggest surprise - Spain, Costa Rica.
Biggest disappointment - England's whole campaign but particularly the Uruguay game.

Bonus:
Miss of the tournament Higuain in the final or Rooney vs Italy when he cut inside and had a virtually open goal. Couple from Australia against Netherlands too (Oar and Bresciano from memory).

One thing I can think off that didn't happen was a great comeback. Someone coming back from 2 goals down to win or draw.

Player of the tournament - Manuel Neuer
Game of the tournament - Netherlands 5-1 Spain for entertainment, Brazil 1-7 Germany for history.
Goal of the tournament - Rodriguez vs Uruguay
Save of the tournament - Tim Krul vs Costa Rica
Flop Team - Spain
Flop Player - Casillas or Luiz
Biggest surprise - Costa Rica and Chile
Biggest disappointment - England

Robben
Brazil 1-7 Germany ( 😆 )
James vs Uruguay
Ochoa vs Brazil
Spain
Diego Costa
Costa Rica
Spain

Player of the tournament - Manuel Neuer
Game of the tournament - The German Blitzkrieg (7-1 vs Brazil)
Goal of the tournament - RVP header vs Spain
Save of the tournament - Ochoa vs Brazil (several brilliant saves in that match)
Flop Team - Spain
Flop Player - Diego Costa probably
Biggest surprise - Costa Rica
Biggest disappointment - Belgium (Terrible football throughout the tournament).

Müller (honourable mention to Tim Cahill for his general winningness)
Germany 7-1 Brazil
Rodriguez vs Uruguay
Dunno but there was a great deal of top tier keeping
England—pathetic effort from Hodgson with players who should've gone much deeper in the tourney
Ronaldo
Holland—thought they were all set to fail badly
Brazil—truly sad to see them resorting to thuggery

Player of the tournament - James Rodriguez
Game of the tournament - USA vs Portugal
Goal of the tournament - Rodriguez vs Uruguay
Save of the tournament - Ochoa vs Neymar
Flop Team - Spain
Flop Player - Ronaldo
Biggest surprise - Costa Rica
Biggest disappointment - Japan
Miss of the tournament - Oar vs Netherlands

Player of the tournament - Neuer
Game of the tournament - Germany v Brazil
Goal of the tournament - Goetz v Argentina
Save of the tournament - You pick one
Flop Team - Spain, England
Flop Player - Cavani, Costa
Biggest surprise - Costa Rica
Biggest disappointment - Brazil

Player of the tournament - Manuel Neuer
Game of the tournament - Germany vs Ghana
Goal of the tournament - Rodriguez vs Uruguay
Saves of the tournament - Howard's performance against Belgium.
Flop Team - Spain
Flop Player - Diego Costa was dire.
Biggest surprise - Costa Rica
Biggest disappointment - England

I was certainly surprised that every team proved a proper test for the so-called bigger nations. Except for Honduras; they were dire.

I was also very surprised by the Dutch. I had them pegged as the flop of the tournament before it started.

Player of the tournament: Robben
Game of the tournament: USA vs Belgium
Goal of the tournament: James chest, volley
Save of the tournament: this is a thing?
Flop Team: Spain obviously.
Flop Player: David Luiz. £40m of shite.
Biggest surprise: Costa Rica
Biggest disappointment: Ronaldo
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Sepp Blatter has given the Brazil tournament a mark of 9.25 out of 10

He really is a cunt isn't he?

Player of the tournament - Miro Klose, what a legend.
Game of the tournament - Brazil 1-7 Germany, once in a lifetime result.
Goal of the tournament - Tim Cahill V Netherlands.
Save of the tournament - Ochea V Brazil.
Flop Team - Brazil.
Flop Player - Costa, Rooney, don't think Ronaldo and Neymar were fully fit.
Biggest surprise - Netherlands, I had them pegged to flop.
Biggest disappointment - England England England........
Biggest joy Great goalkeeping.
Best laugh Suarez, Podolski.

Late category:

Pundit of the tournament: Clarence Seedorf

Twat of the tournament: Sepp Blatter

Player of the tournament - Robben
Game of the tournament - 7-1
Goal of the tournament - James Rodriguez
Save of the tournament - Algeria vs Germany save
Surprise Team - Costa Rica
Flop Team - Spain
Flop Player - Costa or Cavani or Ronaldo
Biggest surprise - 7-1 for shock value
Biggest disappointment - dives galore and all the negative football in the knockout stages

General Mirth wrote:

Late category:

Pundit of the tournament: Clarence Seedorf

He was knowledgeable, informative and articulate.
A breath of fresh air compared to the usual bandwagon-driven boring drivel spewed on the BBC or the cliche'-laden bollox on ITV.

Player of the tournament-Neuer
Game of the tournament-Spain vs Holland
Goal of the tournament-Cahill
Save of the tournament-Ochoa
Flop Team-Spain
Flop Player-Costa
Biggest surprise-Holland
Biggest disappointment-England

Most upbeat OMITTer-not Dules

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