EURO 2012 Predictions competition thread.

[johnhughthom]

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EURO 2012 Org Predictions Competition Thread

Featuring:
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And:
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And:
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And:
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And even:
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Welcome to the Euro 2012 Org predictions competition. Nearly four weeks of Europe's finest footballers, and England, and what better way to show your superior knowledge than by winning a competition in a forum that has no connection whatsoever with football? I'm calling it football, I don't care if we have Americans here, it's not the World Cup, we call it football here in Europe. Anyway, it's pretty simple, a set of bonus questions that you have until Monday to answer, and daily predictions of match results.

Bonus questions, 20 points for correct winner prediction, 10 points top goalscorer, 5 points for other questions.



Winners:
Top goalscorer:

Will "Woy" 4-4-2 his way through the tournament?
Will Mario Balotelli walk off the pitch due to racist abuse (or kill someone for throwing a banana at him)?:
Number of red cards in the tournament:
Number of goals scored by Sunderland players:


Match predictions, 5 points correct result, 10 points correct score.

Fixtures;

Group Stage

Friday 8th June

Poland 1-1 Greece:
Russia 4-1 Czech Republic

Saturday 9th June

Holland 0-1 Denmark
Germany 1-0 Portugal

Sunday 10th June

Ireland 1-3 Croatia
Spain 1-1 Italy

Monday 11th June

France 1-1 England
Ukraine 2-1 Sweden

Tuesday 12th June

Greece 1-2 Czech Republic
Poland 1-1 Russia

Wednesday 13th June

Denmark 2-3 Portugal
Holland 1-2 Germany

Thursday 14th June

:italy:Italy 1-1 Croatia:croatia:
:spain:Spain 4-0 Ireland:ireland:

Friday 15th June

:ukraine: Ukraine 0-2 France:france:
:sweden:Sweden 2-3 England:england:

Saturday 16th June

:czechrepublic:Czech Republic 1-0 Poland:poland:
:greece:Greece 1-0 Russia :russia:

Sunday 17th June

:denmark:Denmark 1-2 Germany:germany:
:portugal:Portugal 2-1 Holland :netherlands:

Monday 18th June

:croatia:Croatia 0-1 Spain:spain:
:italy:Italy 2-0 Ireland:ireland:

Tuesday 19th June

:england:England 1-0 Ukraine:ukraine:
:sweden:Sweden 2-0 France:france:

Quarter Finals

Thursday 21st June


:czechrepublic: Czech Republic 0-1Portugal :portugal:

Friday 22nd June


:germany: Germany 4-2 Greece :greece:

Saturday 23rd June


:spain: Spain 2-0 France:france:

Sunday 24th June


:england:England 0-0 Italy:italy:

Semi Finals

Wednesday 27th June


:portugal: Portugal 0-0 Spain :spain:

Thursday 28th June


:germany: Germany 1-2 Italy :italy:

Final

Sunday July 1st


:italy: Italy 0-4 Spain :spain:


Final Tally:
Andres - 95 points
Moros - 95 points
Phill - 80 points
Stranger - 80 points
atheotes - 75 points
stratigos vasilios - 65 points
drone - 65 points



Andres and Moros share the title, with 95 points each!

[stratigos vasilios]

Winners: Germany
Top Goalscorer: Mario Gomez

Woy: Assuming you mean Roy Hodgson? He won't be 4-4-2-ing his way through the tournament, I don't think England have picked the right team, no Ferdy CB! (from my tremendously well formed opinion across the other side of the world...)
Mario: Will be red carded for some sort of horrendous tackle, and may indeed walk off a pitch due to potential abuse, it would be a huge(ly sad) story
Red cards: 7
Goals by Sunderland players: 0

First up predictions: Greece to draw with Poland 1-1, Russia to beat Czech 2-0.


Now my own bonus question:

How reliant will Portugal be on C.Ronaldo?

[Peasant Phill]

Winners: Germany
Top Goalscorer: Benzema

Poland - Greece: 1-1
Russia - Czech Republic: 2-1

Will "Woy" 4-4-2 his way through the tournament?: yes (until they get booted out of course)
Will Mario Balotelli walk off the pitch due to racist abuse (or kill someone for throwing a banana at him)?: no
Number of red cards in the tournament: 9
Number of goals scored by Sunderland players: 0

[The Stranger]

winners: Spain
top scorer: messi (serious: huntelaar with 5 goals)

Poland - Barcelona: 0 - 6 (serious: 1-2)
Russia - Czech: 1-0

Holland - Denmark: 2-1
Germany - Portugal: 4-2

bonus

Will "Woy" 4-4-2 his way through the tournament?: yes (changed it because I thought it meant england would win the tournament)
Will Mario Balotelli walk off the pitch due to racist abuse (or kill someone for throwing a banana at him)?: no
Number of red cards in the tournament: 8
Number of goals scored by Sunderland players: 1 (by bendtner) (if he doesnt count, then 0)

[Moros]

Group A

Poland vs Greece: 0 - 1
Russia vs CZech: 1 - 1

Winners: France
top scorer: Mario Gomez

bonus:
Woy: I think he'll use 4-4-2 mostly, but surely they won't become the champs.
Ballotelli: no, though he might get a red card for something else.
Red cards: 4
Sunderland: 1

[Andres]

Poland vs Greece: 1 - 1
Russia vs CZech: 1 - 2

Winners: Spain
top scorer: Miroslav Klose

Will "Woy" 4-4-2 his way through the tournament?: no
Will Mario Balotelli walk off the pitch due to racist abuse (or kill someone for throwing a banana at him)?: yes, because of a red card after an ugly tackle in retaliation
Number of red cards in the tournament: 6
Number of goals scored by Sunderland players: 0

[drone]

Poland vs Greece: 1 - 0
Russia vs Czech: 2 - 0

Winners: Netherlands
Top goalscorer: RVP

Will "Woy" 4-4-2 his way through the tournament? Yes until exit
Will Mario Balotelli walk off the pitch due to racist abuse (or kill someone for throwing a banana at him)?: No
Number of red cards in the tournament: 10
Number of goals scored by Sunderland players: 1

[gaelic cowboy]

unfortunately cant predict anything cos I will be there kipping on my brothers couch for the group stages :smug: his wife is even going on holidays so the gang can get the band back together.


Ireland to win of course the psychic ukrainian pig told me in a dream.

James McClean will be the Sunderland player who scores.

[johnhughthom]

I am counting Bendtner as a Sunderland player, despite the fact he won't be there next season (I hope).

Woy 4-4-2ing through the tournament, just means using the formation constantly, not that they will win it using 4-4-2.

[The Stranger]

its the european cup, not the english cup, can we have some less island orientated bonus questions please?

[Moros]

its the european cup, not the english cup, can we have some less island orientated bonus questions please?

He asked for suggestions, but there were few that were good really. Also the Ballotelli question isn't purely EPL.

[johnhughthom]

The bonus questions already add up to 50 points if someone gets them all, that's 5 perfect predictions. I don't want a situation where people are way behind in the game due to someone doing well on the bonus questions, anymore would unbalance it.


He asked for suggestions, but there were few that were good really. Also the Ballotelli question isn't purely EPL.

It was more a case of most of the questions being subjective, I have no interest in hosting a game where I have to make judgement calls. The Stranger knows the history behind that...:laugh4:

[atheotes]

Winners: Netherlands
Top goalscorer: RVP (I hope "Tournament" version of Klose doesnt show up)

Will "Woy" 4-4-2 his way through the tournament? No...unless you consider 4-4-1-1 the same.
Will Mario Balotelli walk off the pitch due to racist abuse (or kill someone for throwing a banana at him)?: No
Number of red cards in the tournament: 7
Number of goals scored by Sunderland players: 1 (It might be Seb Larsson or Mclean rather than Bendtner)

Prediction for the matches in a separate post - so that i can edit this post in case i change my mind before Monday.:smartass2:

[atheotes]

Poland vs Greece: 1 - 0
Russia vs Czech: 2 - 0

[johnhughthom]

Feel free to predict a few days ahead, I'll update the op with the entire first round of matches.

edit: Oh, and thanks for the front page linkie, I assume it was Andres or Phill? Not that it matters, you're both awesome. :bow:

[The Stranger]

The bonus questions already add up to 50 points if someone gets them all, that's 5 perfect predictions. I don't want a situation where people are way behind in the game due to someone doing well on the bonus questions, anymore would unbalance it.



It was more a case of most of the questions being subjective, I have no interest in hosting a game where I have to make judgement calls. The Stranger knows the history behind that...:laugh4:

:P it was no criticism haha it was a joke with a serious hint ^^

but some suggestions

who will win best player:
which team will score the most beautiful goal (and extra points if you guess the right player?):
which team will get least cards, which the most? (aka best and worst discipline, perhaps we can do a match average so that teams that play longer will not have disadvantage):

[The Stranger]

the tournament is rigged! red card for the greeks.. -_- really?

definitly my prediction would have been right but the uefa just doesnt want to cut me some slack. lame...

missed penalties count like goals right? XD i was right wooot greece won 1-2!!!

[naut]

Szcz doing his best to bring a little bit of the Arsenal to Poland. Good on ye lad!

[Moros]

Yay, zero points for me!

[drone]

:netherlands: 2 - 1 :denmark:

:germany: 3 - 2 :portugal:

[The Stranger]

Yay, zero points for me!

5 points for me!

[johnhughthom]

Day 1 tally:

Phill - 15 points
Andres - 10 points
Stranger - 5 points
drone - 5 points
atheotes - 5 points
Moros - 0 points

[Moros]

:netherlands: 1 - 1 :denmark:

:germany: 2 - 0 :portugal:

[stratigos vasilios]

Netherlands 3 - Denmark 0

Germany 2 - Portugal 1

[The Stranger]

Holland - Denmark: 2-1
Germany - Portugal: 4-2

[Peasant Phill]

:netherlands: 3 - 1 :denmark: (20.000 extra Belgian supporters begrudgingly dressing in Orange must help at least some)
:germany: 2 - 0 :portugal:

[naut]

A weird moment, when I agree entirely with Joey Barton...

Sauce (http://espnfc.com/en/news/1092265/joey-barton-hits-jordan-henderson-england-callup.html).

[Fragony]

Ouch. Vikings scored. Total confusion

[atheotes]

i suppose it is too late for the Netherlands-Denmark prediction :)

Germany 3 - Portugal 1

[Fragony]

Did we just lose from teh vikings

[The Stranger]

1 word.

Nubs.

[CBR]

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[johnhughthom]

Moar Danes needed to mock all the Dutchies!

[Fragony]

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Oh don't

[Moros]

Did we just lose from teh vikings

Yes you did! You were supposed to draw though. Still zero points for me ~:(

[CBR]

Oh don't
Hey, I'm just happy and surprised. And the result opened up this Grupo de la muerta. Maybe die dumme Dänen have a chance after all...

[Moros]

Hey, I'm just happy and surprised. And the result opened up this Grupo de la muerta. Maybe die dumme Dänen have a chance after all...

They didn't finish above Portugal in the qualifications for a reason...

[Fragony]

http://www.geenstijl.nl/mt/archieven/2012/06/man_staat_ongelofelijk_voor_lu_6.html#comments hehe

Nil desperandum though

@teh flemish

[CBR]

They didn't finish above Portugal in the qualifications for a reason...

A 3 point difference because of 2 poorly played games within a few days back in september 2010. If we go with official ranking then Portugal and Denmark are equal.

But when it comes to the Danish team I'm a pessimist, so maybe I'm biased.

[Moros]

A 3 point difference because of 2 poorly played games within a few days back in september 2010. If we go with official ranking then Portugal and Denmark are equal.

But when it comes to the Danish team I'm a pessimist, so maybe I'm biased.

They're not world class and aren't even outsiders for the title, but they're a competent and decent team. You don't want an off day against them.

[The Stranger]

spain vs italy: 2-1

ireland vs croatia: 1-1

[Moros]

:spain: 1 vs :italy: 0
:ireland: 0 vs :croatia: 2

[Fragony]

They're not world class and aren't even outsiders for the title, but they're a competent and decent team. You don't want an off day against them.

Since we Dutch have absolutely no chance against Germany, we will want to score so badly and the German engineers will boringly disassemble us, I will be cheering for teh vikings, GO DENMARK

You didn't deserve to win you got lucky, but still

[Peasant Phill]

:spain: 2 vs :italy: 1
:ireland: 0 vs :croatia: 2

[CBR]

Since we Dutch have absolutely no chance against Germany, we will want to score so badly and the German engineers will boringly disassemble us, I will be cheering for teh vikings, GO DENMARK

You didn't deserve to win you got lucky, but still
Nah IMO you guys have a fair chance against Germany. Yes, a win is needed but there are 90 minutes to do it, just need to be a bit sharper for next game.

[Hax]

https://i.imgur.com/LnU37.jpg

[drone]

:spain: 3 vs :italy: 1
:ireland: 0 vs :croatia: 1

[stratigos vasilios]

Spain 1 - Italy 0
Ireland 0 - Croatia 2

[Fragony]

https://i.imgur.com/LnU37.jpg

Oh trolololol that's hilarious GO DENMARK

[atheotes]

Spain 1 - Italy 0
Ireland 0 - Croatia 1

[johnhughthom]

Opening post updated with latest tally. Let me know if I've made a mistake with your score.

[Moros]

:france: 1 :england: 1
:ukrain: 0 :sweden: 2

[stratigos vasilios]

France 2 England 1
Ukraine 0 Sweden 1

[Centurion1]

nice little tie there and despite my genetic issues with the croatia and ireland match it appears whichever mother land i follow comes out victorious. croatia at the top of the standings as of now for the group.

[atheotes]

France 2 England 1
Ukraine 1 Sweden 1

john - why are you not making any predictions?

[Andres]

France - England 0-2
Ukraine - Sweden 2-2

[Peasant Phill]

:france: 1 :england: 0
:ukraine: 0 :sweden: 0

[The Stranger]

france: 2 england: 1

ukraine: 1 sweden: 1

[johnhughthom]

john - why are you not making any predictions?

Good question...


:france:2-1:england:
:ukraine:0-0:sweden:

[drone]

1 :france: v :england: 1
1 :ukraine: v :sweden: 2

[tibilicus]

France 2-0 England.

[johnhughthom]

Very tight at the end of the first phase of matches, with 3 people on 25 points. Poor round for most players there, with Moros and drone picking up the only points with perfect predictions for the England-France game, putting them both right in contention. Opening post updated with second set of fixtures. Let me know if you spot any mistakes.

[stratigos vasilios]

Greece 2 - Czech 0
Poland 0 - Russia 2

[drone]

1 :greece: v :czechrepublic: 0
1 :poland: v :russia: 3

[Fragony]

Oh trololol http://video.elsevier.nl/#!clip/1627030

[Peasant Phill]

1 :greece: v :czechrepublic: 1
1 :poland: v :russia: 2

[Andres]

Greece - Czech : 1-0
Poland - Russia : 1-1

[atheotes]

Greece - Czech : 0-0
Poland - Russia : 1-2

[Moros]

2 :greece: v :czechrepublic: 1
1 :poland: v :russia: 3

[atheotes]

less than 6 mins into game and....there goes all our predictions! :laugh4:
We either suck at predictions or it has been a very close tournament so far :yes:

[The Stranger]

1 :greece: v :czechrepublic: 1
0 :poland: v :russia: 3

[johnhughthom]

1 :greece: v :czechrepublic: 1

:inquisitive:

[atheotes]

1 :greece: v :czechrepublic: 1

:laugh4: you must change your service provider...

[The Stranger]

no, i just put down what I thought the result would be before hand, it would be unfair to bet after i know that it is 0-2 after 6 min ;)

ofcourse if you guys have no problems with such predictions, I will change it to

greece vs czech: 1-2

:D

[The Stranger]

omg... those russians definitly made a deal with poland. next year we will see a rise of russian oil being imported by poland no doubt.

russia didnt even try -_-

[Andres]

Denmark-Portugal : 1-2
Netherlands-Germany : 1-2

[The Stranger]

Denmark-Portugal : 0-2
Netherlands-Germany : 1-1

[Peasant Phill]

:denmark: vs :portugal: 0-1
:netherlands: vs :germany: 1-1

[Moros]

:denmark: 0 :portugal: 1
:netherlands: 0 :germany: 2

[stratigos vasilios]

Denmark 0 - Portugal 2
Netherlands 1 - Germany 1

[Fragony]

:laugh4: you must change your service provider...


:denmark: 0 :portugal: 1
:netherlands: 0 :germany: 2

Oh you wish, they would have to do exceptionally well or get really lucky. Germany will win but not with 2-0.

[drone]

2 :denmark: v :portugal: 0
2 :netherlands: v :germany: 2

[atheotes]

Dutch 2-1 Ger

Por 2 - 0 Den

[Moros]

Oh you wish, they would have to do exceptionally well or get really lucky. Germany will win but not with 2-0.
Last time was 0 -3...

[Fragony]

Last time was 0 -3...

That was a practise match not the real thing

Excellent work so far for teh vikings what a beauty of a goal against the nightmare that is Portugal.

[Burn]

Euro 2012 Predictions and Preview: Spain vs Ireland

Group Elimination C: Thursday, 14 June 2012 - Gdansk - PGE Arena

The “Red Fury” meets the “Boys in Green” on June 14 at the PGE Arena in Gdansk

Spain

After the 1-1 draw with Italy last Sunday, reigning champions Spain needs a knockout. Nevertheless, Spain is the overwhelming favourite. Both Euro 2008 and 2010 World Cup champions, the “Red Fury” has proven to be an adversary that’s not to be dealt lightly with. Plus, with a group of hardened veterans, it’s hard to beat a team with experience on their shoulders.

But there is a downside to the fact that their players have played more matches than any other players or teams in the world, the risk of fatigue is a problem and age is another which already sapped the Spaniards of some of their best players.

Ireland

There’s really not much to say about the “Boys in Green” except for the fact that coach Giovanni Trapattoni has a huge task at hand to revive the team after being annihilated early on by the Croatians. But the Irish has proven to be a team full of resilience in the past and who is to say that these boys don’t stand a chance.

The Irish defence needs a lot of improvement. The attack lacks force as well with Kevin Doyle and Aiden McGeady being close to invisible during their crushing game with the Croatians. Trapattoni needs to revitalise the nearly crushed Irish squad as soon as possible as their biggest Euro 2012 challenge is near.

Prediction: Spain wins 3-0

Spaniards are likely to have a better day considering their desperation to turn around their fortunes and successfully defend their crown. Ireland’s trouble defence and weak attack has already been exploited so the “Red Fury” is sure to have a better day in Gdansk on June 12.

[Fragony]

Portugal vs Denmark, one of the best matches ever GG

[atheotes]

Bendtner proves he is the better than the best player in the world (i mean Europe) :hail:

[atheotes]

Germany score against the run of play....Van Persie is hurting the Dutch :no:

[Fragony]

Awesome match, congrats Germany

[Peasant Phill]

Awesome match, congrats Germany

It's still possible for Holland although I think Denmark will get a draw.

[CBR]

Good games but results could have been better, gah.

[Fragony]

It's still possible for Holland although I think Denmark will get a draw.

Portugal would be great, last time was NASTY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtj41BUSxKs&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[The Stranger]

italy 2-1 croatia
spain 3-0 ireland

[Andres]

Italy - Croatia : 2-0
Spain - Ireland: 4-1

[atheotes]

italy 2-0 croatia
spain 3-0 ireland

[stratigos vasilios]

Italy 1 - Croatia 2
Spain 4 - Ireland 0

[drone]

1 :italy: v :croatia: 0
3 :spain: v :ireland: 0

[Peasant Phill]

:italy: v :croatia: 2 - 1
:spain: v :ireland: 3 - 0

[Moros]

:italy: 1 :croatia: 3
:spain: 4 :ireland: 0

[johnhughthom]

Sorry guys, haven't had time to go through the predictions the last few days. I'll get the current tally, and the next set of fixtures, up before tomorrows games.

[CBR]

I know they might not be a strong team but come on, when will the football gods stop taking a piss on Ireland? Two games with opponents scoring within 3-4 minutes and repeating the trick in the second half!

A big cheers to their fans :bow:

[stratigos vasilios]

Ukraine 0 - France 2
Sweden 0 - England 2

[The Stranger]

Ukraine 1 - France 2
Sweden 1 - England 1

[Peasant Phill]

:ukraine: - :france: 0 - 1
:sweden: - :england: 1 - 1

[johnhughthom]

OP updated with latest tally and last round of group phase games.

[Moros]

:ukraine: - :france: 1 - 2
:sweden: - :england: 0 - 1

[Andres]

Urkaine - France : 1-0
Sweden-England : 0-2

EDIT: since I'll be afk in the week-end:

Predictions for Saturday:
Czech - Poland : 1-2
Greece - Russia : 0-3

Predictions for Sunday:
Denmark - Germany : 1-3
Portugal - Holland : 2-1

[drone]

2 :ukraine: v :france: 1
1 :sweden: v :england: 1

[atheotes]

France 2 - 1 Ukraine

[johnhughthom]

Checks bonus predictions for mention of lightning...

[atheotes]

Sweden 1 - 1 England

[stratigos vasilios]

Czech 1 - Poland 2
Greece 1 - Russia 1

[The Stranger]

Czech 1 - Poland 2
Greece 0 - Russia 2

[drone]

2 :czechrepublic: v :poland: 2
1 :greece: v :russia: 2

[Peasant Phill]

1 :czechrepublic: v :poland: 2
1 :greece: v :russia: 3

[Moros]

2 :czechrepublic: v :poland: 0
0 :greece: v :russia: 3

[atheotes]

Czech 1 - 2 Poland
Greece 0 - 2 Russia

[The Stranger]

omg friggin russians -_-

[Moros]

One word for Greece: undeserved. Not that they'll care. They didn't last time. Oh well Germany is smiling already.

[The Stranger]

maybe so but the russians failed... -_- i prefer that they went through but the completely and utterly failed to turn their superiority into goals... and they failed to do so in 2 games. im not quick to blame a coach, but I think Advocaat shouldve dropped kerzakhov after the first game. it was obvious he wasnt going to produce anything this cup...

[stratigos vasilios]

Portugal 1 - Netherlands 2
Denmark 0 - Germany 3

[Peasant Phill]

:portugal: - :netherlands: 1 -3
:denmark: - :germany: 0 - 1

[The Stranger]

Portugal 0 - Netherlands 2
Denmark 0 - Germany 2

[drone]

2 :portugal: v :netherlands: 4
0 :denmark: v :germany: 1

[Hax]

So much faith in the Dutch team :(

[Fragony]

So much faith in the Dutch team :(

Indeed, Portugal is a team to be feared, dread them more than any other team in Europe. We have only beaten them once.

[atheotes]

por 1 - 3 ned
ger 2 - 0 den

[Fragony]

Oh dear, Portugal was just toying with us, not our greatest EC

[Andres]

Italy - Ireland : 3-0
Croatia - Spain : 1-3

[Moros]

:italy: 3 v :ireland: 0
:croatia: 0 v :spain: 2

[johnhughthom]

About to tally the latest round of matches until I saw this (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18443469). I'll do it tomorrow, hopefully my disgust at UEFA's priorities will have abated by then.

A mini game to distract me, a selection of some of the finest moments so far at the competition, vote for your favourite, a bonus 10 points for anyone who agrees with me.

1
http://cdn.caughtoffside.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/9GHKU.gif

2
http://cdn.balls.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Lq2AP.gif

3
https://i.imgur.com/i5QOh.gif

4
http://h11.abload.de/img/untitled-855kzl.gif

5
http://h11.abload.de/img/untitled-169yj2a.gif

6
https://i.imgur.com/vb2Ju.gif

[drone]

2 :italy: v :ireland: 1
1 :croatia: v :spain: 2

[johnhughthom]

OP updated, let me know if etc, etc.

[The Stranger]

2 :italy: v :ireland: 0
1 :croatia: v :spain: 2

[Moros]

Damn! Number two is smoking.

Edit: also Denmark has more, it seems:
5886

[atheotes]

Italy - Ireland : 2-0
Croatia - Spain : 1-2

for the mini game....1

[Andres]

Mini game: 6.

[The Stranger]

1,2,6

[Andres]

England - Ukraine: 1-2
Sweden - France : 0-2

[stratigos vasilios]

Damn! Number two is smoking.

+1 for the mini game!


England 2 - Ukraine 0
Sweden 1 - France 2

[Peasant Phill]

:england: - :ukraine: 1 - 0
:sweden: - :france: 0 - 2

Oh, and 5 on the bonus question.

[Moros]

:england: - :ukraine: 1 - 0
:sweden: - :france: 0 - 1

[drone]

1 :england: v :ukraine: 1
1 :sweden: v :france: 2

[atheotes]

England 2 - Ukraine 1
Sweden 1 - France 2

[Moros]

Oh my. Ibra and Wilhelmsson had a good day.

[The Stranger]

honestly, china bought the EC!

[Peasant Phill]

honestly, china bought the EC!

But what a goal from Zlatan.

[stratigos vasilios]

Czech 0 - Portugal 2
Greece 0 - Germany 4

[johnhughthom]

End of group stage tallied and op updated. Moros and Andres have pulled away from the pack, with the rest of the players closely bunched. No bonus points from the mini game.

[drone]

For the elimination games, how are draws counted for points? If we think a game will go to penalties, do we just say: 1-1, team X wins on pens?

1 :czechrepublic: v :portugal: 2

[johnhughthom]

90 minutes only for predictions.

[Peasant Phill]

:czechrepublic: v :portugal: 0 - 1

[atheotes]

Czech 1 - 2 Portugal

[naut]

So the Quarter finals. Personally I'm thinking 3 - nil for the Portuguese. But, that said they are always liable to concede a soft goal.

[Andres]

Czech-Portugal : 0-2

[The Stranger]

gah -_- forgot to predict. 5 points down the drain -_- my thought was 1-2 for the ports :S

germany 2 - greece - 0

[Peasant Phill]

:germany: vs :greece: 1 - 0

[Andres]

Germany - Greece : 2-0


EDIT: for the week-end:

Spain-France : 2-1
England - Italy : 0-1

[drone]

2 :germany: vs :greece: 0

[atheotes]

Germany 2 - 0 Greece

[naut]

Interesting team selection there by Jogi Löw. =/

[johnhughthom]

Interesting team selection there by Jogi Löw. =/

He'll certainly have a lot to answer for if they go out...

[atheotes]

hope to see some fireworks after that Greek equaliser...

[stratigos vasilios]

Spain 2 - England 1

[atheotes]

Spain 2 - England 1

:crazy:

[The Stranger]

spain 2 - france 1

:D

[Peasant Phill]

:spain: vs :france: 0 - 1

[atheotes]

spain 2 - 1 france

[Moros]

Woha missed the competition for 2 matches in a row.

:spain: 1 v 0 :france:

:england: 1 v 2 :italy:

[johnhughthom]

Very gentlemanly of you to allow the rest to catch up! Andres has sneaked 5 points ahead, op updated.

[drone]

1 :spain: v :france: 1

[stratigos vasilios]

:crazy:

Haha whoops I mean't France! Gah! :sweatdrop:

Italy 2 - England 1

[johnhughthom]

Don't worry, you got your points. :laugh4:

[Peasant Phill]

:italy: - :england: 1 - 1

[The Stranger]

0-0

italy wins after extra time/penalties

[drone]

0 :italy: v :england: 1

[atheotes]

England 1 - 1 Italy

[naut]

Roy Hodgson's England.... Any team with Jordan Henderson deserves to lose.

[tibilicus]

Roy Hodgson's England.... Any team with Jordan Henderson deserves to lose.

This.

[stratigos vasilios]

Portugal 1 - Spain 2

[Andres]

Portugal - Spain 1-2
Germany - Italy 3-2

[The Stranger]

0-0

italy wins after extra time/penalties

do i get bonus points for predicting italy win after penalties!?!?!?!

im thinking 100 points would be fair.

[drone]

do i get bonus points for predicting italy win after penalties!?!?!?!

im thinking 100 points would be fair.
No dice, when it goes to penalties everyone picks England to lose. :tongue:

2 :portugal: v :spain: 3
3 :germany: v :italy: 1

[Moros]

1 :portugal: v :spain: 1, spain through by penalties
3 :germany: v :italy: 2

[The Stranger]

1 :portugal: v :spain: 2
2 :germany: v :italy: 0

[Peasant Phill]

:portugal: v :spain: 0 - 1
:germany: v :italy: 2 - 1

[atheotes]

Portugal 1 - 2 Spain

[stratigos vasilios]

Germany 2 - Italy 0

[atheotes]

Germany 2 - 0 Italy

[atheotes]

Germany 2 - 0 Italy

you should read that as "Germany will lose 2-0 to Italy" :yes:

Every man and his dog were predicting a comfortable German win....its still only half time though. Looking forwards to a great half with Germany pouring forward and Italy counter attacking.

[The Stranger]

couldve been 3-4-5 nil... wth happened :S it seemed like germany would have a cakewalk the first 15 min :O

[stratigos vasilios]

Spain 2 - Italy 1

[Andres]

Very enjoyable game and very well deserved for the Squadra Azzurra :2thumbsup:

Not so sure anymore that Spain will win this tournament; but they do have a better defence than the Germans. Del Bosque really needs to start with Pedro in his team this time.

Spain - Italy : 3-2

[johnhughthom]

OP updated, Andres and Moros level, everyone else needing bonus points to have a chance of winning.

[drone]

1 :spain: v :italy: 2

[The Stranger]

1-1 90 minutes

spain wins cup

[atheotes]

1 :spain: v :italy: 2

[johnhughthom]

Are commentators in other countries verbally masturbating over this Spain team, or is it only the British? Yeah, they're a great side, but it's getting pathetic how commentators fawn over them, a bit like Barcelona really.

[Kralizec]

Pretty darn impressive, Spain!

About the commentators; the Dutch running commentary during the matches isn't too bad, I suppose. The discussion and "analyses" afterwards I never watch because they're largely drivel, and it amazes me that A- networks broadcast it, B- that people will watch it.

[The Stranger]

they were simply amazing this game.

Sofar this tournament the dutch press has been quite negative about spain. They were supposedly bored of this slow tika taka football with 0 opportunistic tendecies and no real goal getter. but after this display imo they proved that wrong. Great goals the first 2! ofcourse 4-0 is only because of a dramatic substitution but Spain deserved it!

[Moros]

Blast! I forgot to fill in my predicition again. Well congrats, Andres (probably)!

[stratigos vasilios]

Are commentators in other countries verbally masturbating over this Spain team, or is it only the British? Yeah, they're a great side, but it's getting pathetic how commentators fawn over them, a bit like Barcelona really.

Yes, the Australian commentators literally cream themselves at the Spanish high possession game. Although some of our commentators are ex-pat British, so maybe it's just a British thing haha.

[Andres]

Are commentators in other countries verbally masturbating over this Spain team, or is it only the British? Yeah, they're a great side, but it's getting pathetic how commentators fawn over them, a bit like Barcelona really.


Spain did play a fantastic game, so :shrug:

[Peasant Phill]

Spain did play a fantastic game, so :shrug:

I didn't see the finale. I'm sure they played magnificent but all the other games, they were just plain boring.
There were 2 games I hated this tournament: England and Spain. Both refused to attack.

If Spain's playing style is the future of modern football, then I refuse to evolve with it.
The same goes for England. Since when did Italy and England switch football philosophies? Just because Chelsea managed to steal a prize ...

[The Stranger]

england never played spain :O spain has been attacking all the time, they just lacked a finisher

and italy actually played much more offensive football than they used to :P

[johnhughthom]

Sorry about the delay, kinda forgot about this... Tallied up the bonus points and...


Andres and Moros share the title, with 95 points each!

Thanks for playing all, hope it made your Euro 2012 that little bit more exciting.

Final Tally:
Andres - 95 points
Moros - 95 points
Phill - 80 points
Stranger - 80 points
atheotes - 75 points
stratigos vasilios - 65 points
drone - 65 points

[Andres]

Woohoo, top three is entirely Belgian :cheerleader: ~:cheers:

Thanks for organising this JHT, it was great fun :2thumbsup:

[The Stranger]

Sorry about the delay, kinda forgot about this... Tallied up the bonus points and...


Andres and Moros share the title, with 95 points each!

Thanks for playing all, hope it made your Euro 2012 that little bit more exciting.

Final Tally:
Andres - 95 points
Moros - 95 points
Phill - 80 points
Stranger - 80 points
atheotes - 75 points
stratigos vasilios - 65 points
drone - 65 points

woot joint 2nd place :P came up from behind haha

[The Stranger]

Woohoo, top three is entirely Belgian :cheerleader: ~:cheers:

Thanks for organising this JHT, it was great fun :2thumbsup:

oi I have as much points as phil!

[johnhughthom]

woot joint 2nd place :P came up from behind haha


oi I have as much points as phil!

Technically, joint third. And Dutchies don't count in the event of a tie, everyone knows that.

[The Stranger]

belgians never count at all, so actually im first...

[Andres]

belgians never count at all, so actually im first...

That's it. You're on the list.

No more Belgian beer, chocolate and fries for you :stare:

[Peasant Phill]

england never played spain :O spain has been attacking all the time, they just lacked a finisher

and italy actually played much more offensive football than they used to :P

I meant to say teams. I both hated to watch Spain and England.
And about Italy, that's what I said.

Also Yay, third.

[The Stranger]

but what does chelsea have to do with the italian team? :P

[Moros]

Yeah, great game. And congrats Andres and Phill!

:belgium:

Oh you too TS. ~;p

[Peasant Phill]

but what does chelsea have to do with the italian team? :P

I meant to say that Italy and England apeared to have switched philosophies. Italy played attocking while England rarely had more than 2 players over the middle.