Big Question: Who’s Going to Win the Golden Boot?

my bets
1)klose
2)adriano
3)crespo

my bets on Ronaldinho. if France does well i can see Thierry with it. possibly Crespo, but it seems less likely.

Hoping it is gonin to be Crespo.

Firstly, hello to everybody in the world who’s looking forward to the particular W.C.

Well… I’ve taken a mammoth ammount of time not to give any team preference – just because of uneducated; frugle conformity (ie: because the experts think, friend[s] say/know so).

To predict is what a fool does, so what I’ve done is read and re-read the ALL the teams stats, over and over again!

It appears that there are going to be some upsets – this is always the case, however.. back to the Q: who will win the Golden Boot ?

I feel that will obviously go to one of the 4 final(s) teams, that being either: Czech Republic, Brazil, Argentina and the Netherlands. Don’t bother with me with arguments this way or that about why I’ve chosen these 4 finalist(s).

I have stated above why I think so – ABILITY, FORM, SKILL, STATS, TEAM STRENGTH and shear DETERMINATION.

So on that I provide you with who I think will win the Golden Boot in no particular order whatsoever.

Czech Republic
————
* Jan KOLLER
* Milan BAROS

Brazil
—–
* ADRIANO
* RONALDINHO

Netherlands
———-
* Ruud van NISTELROOY
* Ryan BABEL

Argentina
——–
* Hernan Jorge CRESPO
* Rafael VAN DER VAART

Good luck on all your own choices – hope your right.

TOM from Tasmania.

P.s Aussie Aussie Aussie .. Oi Oi Oi.
lol ;>)

Thierry Henri….period.

Ronaldinho can’t do as much as midfielder….especially in this international event

Whoops… The Argentine(s) had a Dutch player it was meant to read.

Argentina
——–
* Hernan Jorge CRESPO
* Julio Ricardo CRUZ

Cheers and once again good luck with your choices.

TOM..

I honestly believe it will be TEVEZ, he is a monster, remember he scored a massive 9 goals at the olympics? he is out to prove his move to either chealsea or Milan.

I would say…

*Crespo
*Messi
*Ronaldinho

Andrei Shevchenko is my choice.

David Villa of Spain

David Villa of Spain

Luca Toni

What about Colombia keeper Luis Martinez having a go for the golden boot? That would be sweeeeet….

I’m sure the winner will be someone who no one mentions in this thread, nonetheless I’ll be supporting HENRY on that. He’s my Golden Boi.

Tevez for sure, he can finish as well as create his own chances, he is a monster (Messay). But Argentina has so many players that could win the golden boot: Crespo, Riquelme, Messi, Aimar, Saviola, Cruz,etc.

Messi will win Golden Ball and Best Young Player awards. He was amazing against Angola.

Eddie Johnson :)

drogba
crespo
henry

Adriano will be top scorer has been in every International competiton he has featured in the copa america 7 goals in 7 games
confederations cup 5 goals in 5 games he is destined to become the top scorer

GIVE SOME CREEDIT TO THE AMERICNAN LADS!!! BRIAN MCBRIDE ANYONE?

leo messi
luca toni
thiery henry
ronaldinho

I think it’s wide open, but in my opinion, it won’t be any of the household names.

I think ronaldinho will live up to the hype and win.

1 – Ronaldo
2 – Kaká
3 – Henry

Oh my goodness, oh my Lordship..Has the world gone completely mad??? Have we so soon forgetten Zlatan “I can out dribble God himslef” Ibrahimovic???? His back heel goal in euro 2004 was insane. He’s probably going to be taking free kicks too for sweden which will bolster his total too…let’s not get ahead of ourselves by taking random strikers who cannot live up to Zlatan’s greatness.

If Brian McBride has a chance, so does Agustin Delgado of Ecuador. Edison Mendez could win it.

edson mendez?? smoking crack this early in the morning KN?? Get real, It truly comes down to if Zlatan wants to or not. If he’s in the mood he’ll have 5 after the group stage.

1-luca toni
2-klasnic
3-lampard

I say Adriano for sure…

Cristiano Ronaldo, anyone?

Crespo?? No freakin way. Ronaldinho?? Not in this tournament. I’m with Bart on this one, a midfielder in an international event like this one will not be easy, not even for a superstar like Ronaldinho.
How can everyone, except Luis of course, forget about Ronaldo. He scored the most goals from the South American Zone in the preliminary competition for the WC. I’d look for him to be a strong competitor for the Golden Boot and to break the record for the most goals in the WC ever.
Let’s not forget to mention that Portulgal’s Pauleta scored the most goals for the European Zone in the prelims. This man makes the most of his chances given to him by his very talented teammates Christiano Ronaldo, Figo, and the rest.
I’d look to Thierry and Andrei Shevchenko as well, they’re damn good strikers. If it weren’t for the injuries I definitely say Rooney and Totti would be contenders also.

Henry! The French team will be out to redeem themselves after the 2002 world cup! i.e they failed to register a goal in all qualifying matches. Henry is the best striker in the world and will win the golden boot

My bet is on Luca Toni if Italy has a good showing. The guy has scored more goals than any other player (according to the Fifa ranking system) in Europe.
Personally I dont think Ronaldino will be the big goal scorer of the tournament simply because he plays a more creative style in the midfield. The top brazilian will be Adriano. I think this may be his tournament to shine and become Brazils new golden boy.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will not be the great scorer that juninho has predicted. Yes he is an amazing dribbler and that heelflick goal in Euro 2004 was one for the history books. However, Zlatan is coming off a cold season with only 7 goals in Serie A compared to the 16 during the 2004-2005 season.

IMRUBBING MY CRYSTAL BALLS
THE SMOKE IS CLEARING

I SEE A FACE

A NEW SUCCESSOR
A WARRIOR
THE SEVENTH WONDER

STEVEN GERRARD.

OF COURSE

How about looking at which strikers have the easiest opponents to face in the first round? Thus, if the Ukraine do as remotely well as they capable of doing, I would go for Sevchenko. I mean, look at what Miroslav Klose did to the poor Saudis four years ago. And the Tunisians don’t seem that formidable in defence either. And in the next round, Ukraine could play Switzerland, which means they should stroll to the last 8, hence more chances for Sevchenko to chalk them up. I would even fancy Voronin, Vorobey, or even Rebrov, come to think of it.

A Portuguese striker might come good too, or even a Spanish one.

Of course, this is largely a paper exercise. Still, I don’t think it’s going to be somebody completely out of the blue; usually it’s not somebody totally unknown.

Jiust to refresh our memories, let’s think back on who’s won it since 1966:

1966-Eusebio (no big surprise, perhaps, but he did have the chance to play against the North Koreans in the qaurter finals, and score 4)

1970-Gerd Mueller (he wasn’t an unknown, but I don’t think he was very big before the World Cup started either; but he did have Bulgaria, Peru and Morocco to sink his teeth into)

1974-Lato (Already a proven goalscorer, and he had Haiti in the first round to boot)

1978-Kempes (a star before the finals started, and he did have Peru in the second round)

1982-Rossi (a very good striker, whom lots of people remembered from Argentina 78. Still, a surprise win, if only because he didn’t score any goals for the first four games)

1986-Lineker (already a household name, though maybe not most people’s first pick as a probable golden boot at the time. Scored a hat-trick against Poland, which is probably something you wouldn’t expect before that particualr game started. Paraguay in the second round was easier opposition though).

1990- Schilacci (a very big surprise, and he didn’t score many goals in what were considered the easy games)

1994- Stoichkov and Salenko (while Salenko was a surprise, Stoichkov was not; Salenko bagged five against Cameroon, whereas Stoichkov firing off against Greece)

1998- Suker (was already one of the best strikers in the game; and he had Japan and Jamaica in the first round)

2002- Ronaldo (was seen as a bit of a surprise at the time, because he was disappointing in the 1998 final and was struggling with his fitness. Costa Rica and China being in Brazil’s first round group helped no end too).

So most strikers who’ve won it (and they are all centre forwards in the list) didn’t come out of nowhere, and were already household names. But not a single one of them was top favourite for the golden boot; and most of them were lucky enough to be pitted with the weakest defences in the finals.

It’s often a virtual unknown (see Milan Baros, etc.) – so my money’s on Peter Crouch!

if the french team clicks, it will go to Henry,
he deserves it.

Id like to see it go back to Ronaldo too.
can you imagine how much power he could put on a ball if he put all his newfound weight behind it! haha

!!!!!TEVEZ!!!!!

A great analysis, swthrhs from
Greece! An important corrective
to some wishy-washy posts up this thread.

Just a note: being weaker historically or on paper does not necessarily make a team weak on the day of the actual match,
nor is it always weak defensively. That is, we must give creadit to the famous goalscorers for cracking opponents’ defenses and seeing their teams through, because without them this might not been the case. Just think of 1966 cup: I believe that without Eusebio and his four goals Portugal would not been able to overcome North Korea in the quarterfinal, in which Euroropeans were down 0-3 by 25 min. Remember, this was the same Korea that knocked out Italy (1-0 at the group stage). Eusebio alone scored as much against N.Korea as three on paper stronger opponents (Italy, USSR and Chile) could in three
group games.

But Eusebio was Eusebio… He is still THE KING! :-) Even if Portugal would win this WC and the golden boot to Pauleta, Eusebio will always be THE KING.

I think that if Portugal play well and go far, Pauleta is a likely candidate, specially since he’ll be determined to make up for his crap performance in euro 2004 (he didn’t score a single goal) which cost Portugal the European title.

Thanks for your good words Hafiz from Azerbaijan. Perhaps I was stretching the point a bit about Eusebio, but how many teams concede 5 goals in a world cup semi final, even to such a brilliant striker as Eusebio?

I agree it would have to be a striker in a competition of that caliber… sorry Ronaldino (who might be the #1 for assists). So my top picks are:

- Koller (I think Czech republic will go very far!)
- Sevchenko
- Ronaldo

As runner-up’’s I would say:
- Pauletta
- Henry (but only if France does well playing as a team)
- Toni

I Think Thierry Henry Is best choice

Fernando Torres – has the easiest group with the Saudis! [Or even Raul]

Luca Toni.

Van Nistleroy – something to prove.

Crespo/Tevez,

and Shevchenko has an easy group, also Ibrahimovic is quite good.

Anyway, that’s my order, Spain should put up a TON of goals early and no one is picking them, so…

Mike Owen?

Italy is going to be in the finals. No matter what you say.

1)ali karimi
2)ronaldinho

i think that ali karimi will acheive golden boot

1.Ronaldo/adrianno
2.Torres/Pauleta
4.Crespo/savoila
5.Kolles/shevschenko/Henry

I THINK IT IS RONALDO. AND IT SHOULD BE RONALDO. AS THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION.

RONALDO WILL GET IT!!!!!

Klose will win golden boot

yep obviously Klose will be the winner for golden boot

Ronaldo is King of the Football!!!!!Ronaldo will win golden boot!!!GO RONALDO