WORLD CUP PREDO FINAL and CLOSING CEREMONY

The party's over, the drinks are drunk, the predos made, and the champion is finally crowned.

WORLD CUP PREDO SEMI FINALS

Nearing the naked arse of the end of predoland for another two years, we consult the literary greats once more:

"The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning."

Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers (1857)

Apart from David "Manager" Wilson, we can certainly say this mistake has not been made by our crop of intrepid predoers this year. All have struggled, but only one may win. But who?

WORLD CUP PREDOS QUARTER FINAL

Today we mourn the predoers who gave battle and lost and cannot now win.

 I sought them far and found them,
         The sure, the straight, the brave,
     The hearts I lost my own to,
         The souls I could not save.
     They braced their belts about them,
         They crossed in ships the sea,
     They sought and found six feet of ground,
         And there they died for me. 

AE Housman, 'XXXII', from Last Poems (1922)

WORLD CUP PREDOS 2ND ROUND PART 2

Jokers to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle...with predos.

WORLD CUP PREDO 2ND ROUND PART ONE

A real quick predo blast without interviews as Predo has been out enjoying the heatwave. Let's get right into this, the final 25% of the tournament: