Euro 2008

Euro 2008 is here! I’ve thought about making a game where participants predicts the score in order to win the points and becomes champion. :beam:


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Rules::rulez:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

The final score prediction must be submitted before the kick off. After making your prediction to the public no editing your post is allowed or the player automatically chose to forfeit the prediction for that match.

Example:
Match Day 1
Final prediction: Switzerland 1-2 Czech Republic
Portugal 3-1 Turkey

There is no consequence to a player who is unable to submit the score before the kick-off, other than simply forfeiting the chance to bank some points for the day.


Points system
Group stages
30 points for perfect score. 10 points for picking the right result (who wins by any score), no point is gained or lost if the player get it wrong.

For example if the player predicts the Czech V.S Switzerland game will be 2-1.
The player gets 30 points if the actual result is 2-1 to Czech.
The player gets 10 points if the Czech won the match by a different score.
The player gets no points if the Czech draws or lost.

‘Sure Bet’: This is an special ability which the player picks the exact score, and if getting it perfectly right will increase his tally by 20 points (group stage). Example as the Czech won 2-1 and the player receives 20 extra points on top of his 30 points, making the total earning 50 points. If the player doesn’t get the exact score then he loses 10 points. example being the Czech won 3-1, the player receives 10 points for the right result but loses 10 point for getting it wrong. Making the total earning 0 points. And if he got the result wrong as well then he loses 10 points altogether. The usage of this special ability is limited and the player must chose to pick the right game to use it.

Quarter finals:
The winnings get higher. 50 points for perfect score (only in normal time), 30 for right result and minus 10 for getting nothing right. (Even if your prediction is a draw you must say what team is going through to the next stage) ‘Sure Bet’ ability comes into uses as well but the rule changes slightly, 40 point is increased and minus 20 if you get it wrong.


Final
80 points for picking the exact score in the final. 40 point won for picking the winner. ‘sure bet’ ability is disabled.

I've seen some good response in LEN's footy place so let the game begin. Everyone can play but I do hope you last through out the tournament, missing once in a while is okay but if you're just here to make your mark on one or two random games then you might as well not bother. There is currently no prize for this competition but they could be one especially made for the winner...

:bow:

Right, I guess I'll get the ball rolling on this one (I'm sorry, really I am) with my predicitions for this Saturday. Of course I'm banking on Ronaldo not breaking his leg between now and then or anything, but let's face it, until we've seen everyone play once it's pretty much guessing anyway (I'm wary about reading too much into pre-tournament friendlies).

OK, so:

Match Day 1
Final Prediction:

Czech Republic 2-0 Switzerland

Portugal 3-1 Turkey



No big surprises there I guess, of course it could all depend on which team Portugal or the Czechs decide to bring, they both seem to be pretty inconsistent from what I've seen, but overall the Czechs play the nicest football and the Portuguese have the most interesting kit of all the teams in the tournament so I'm banking on them both having good campaigns.

PBI, those are good predictions.

Czech Rep 2-0 Switzerland

Portugal 2-1 Turkey I don't think Ronaldo will have a good Euro though. Without him on top form they wont score three against Turkey.

Ok Grizzys predictions for day 1 as follows

Czech Rep 2-1 Switzerland

Portugal 2-0 Turkey

I'd like to join in in this. :chucks:

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Match Day 1:
Switzerland 0 - 2 Czech Republic
Portugal 1 - 0 Turkey

Czech will be a bit stale at first without Nedved or Rosicky, but they'll overcome a rather average Swiss side.

The Altintop (sic?) brother's will keep Turkey in the game for long enough, but Ronaldo will set up something to edge it in the last 20 so minutes.

Match Day 1:
Switzerland 1 - 1 Czech Republic (whisful thinking i know...~D)
Portugal 1 - 0 Turkey

As host nation maybe Switzerland can put things hard for the Czechs...

I bet Scolari will put Portugal playing just enough for a victory...he already said that a victory in the first match is half way to the quarter-finals. Besides, Turkey is a strong side.

Match Day 1:
Switzerland 0 - 2 Czech Republic
Portugal 1 - 2 Turkey

Earwigoh!

Switzerland 1 - 3 Czech Republic
Portugal 2 - 1 Turkey

Let the tournament commence. :knight:

I take it that Mediolanicus and Byblos will be joing us then.:beam:

I'm in no hurry to reveal my predictions yet, but I reckon it will be a tight game between the Czechs and Swiss, playing the opening game in front of home crowd could be a boost for the Swiss, although you'd obviously fancy the Czechs to out-class their opponents... The Swiss are a stubborn side with a fine defence record.

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Originally Posted by Quintus.J.Cicero

The Swiss are a stubborn side with a fine defence record.

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Quite an enigma if you consider their central defensive options.

Switzerland 0 - 1 Czech Republic

Turkey 1 - 1 Portugal

Switzerland playing at home etc. so I think will work hard, and have a decent enough defence, but I think they might run out of steam in 2nd half...

Turkey i think can score against Portugal, who could get off to a slow start with so many players arriving after long domestic seasons etc. (i think both will go through Group stages though)

:2thumbsup:

I'm in also

Sw 0 - CzR 1

Turkey 1 - Portugal 2

A bit early yet, but might as well get my predictions in already. Come Saturday evening, you will all recognise Louis as your new football knowledge overlord. :knight:

Czech Rep. - Suisse 1-1
Turkey - Portugal 0-1

Ah, this brings back memories of 2006, when I was on vacation in Europe whilst the world cup was on. By coincidence, when my group was in Luzerne, Switzerland, it just so happened that the Swiss managed to win a game. I wanna say it was against Togo, but regardless, the aftermath around the city was, shall we say, breathtaking.:sweatdrop:

Btw, I know next to nothing about this, on account of soccer/footy boring me to death, so no predictions from me.

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Originally Posted by Poor Bloody Infantry

but overall the Czechs play the nicest football and the Portuguese have the most interesting kit of all the teams in the tournament so I'm banking on them both having good campaigns.

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Not sure I agree with either of those.

But, if I may ask, how does having an interesting kit set a team up to have a good campaign? I could play with a gold-threaded shirt and I don't think it'd improve my abilities. ~;)

As for my predictions, I'll make them later in the week.

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Originally Posted by Craterus

But, if I may ask, how does having an interesting kit set a team up to have a good campaign? I could play with a gold-threaded shirt and I don't think it'd improve my abilities. ~;)

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I think there was some research done that 'found' teams with red kits had an advantage, similarly goalkeepers in orange (according to chelsea)

I think an interesting kit helps, if only because you pick up neutral fans (i guess)

:2thumbsup:

I think Croatia have the best kit. I don't see anything special about Portugal's. But yes, I heard about those studies.

Orange is supposed to evoke hostility, that might explain that famously dirty match between Holland and Portugal.

In!

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Switzerland 0-2 Czech Republic

The Czechs are a strong team and I don't see them slipping up here. The Swiss are as a rule strong at the back (somehow) but I don't see them scoring (...ever), and the Czechs will have too much quality.

Turkey 1-2 Portugal

I think that Turkey will surprise a few people and come close to an upset here. I don't see Ronaldo dominating this tournament, and Portugal will have to rely on other (admittedly quality) players.

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Originally Posted by Craterus

Not sure I agree with either of those.

But, if I may ask, how does having an interesting kit set a team up to have a good campaign? I could play with a gold-threaded shirt and I don't think it'd improve my abilities. ~;)

As for my predictions, I'll make them later in the week.

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It wouldn't make you any better at football, but it would make your games a bit more interesting to watch. Therefore I want teams with good kits to go far, rather than the usual tedious red/white/blue. Since I don't really care who wins it seems as good a criteria as any to choose.

And yes, Netherlands and Croatia also have good kits. Expect me to make optimistic predictions for their games as well :beam:

As for the Czechs, note I said "nicest", not "best" football. Netherlands also play very nice football, but I think they may struggle to show it in their group.

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I think there was some research done that 'found' teams with red kits had an advantage, similarly goalkeepers in orange (according to chelsea)

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Indeed, I believe it was partly based upon the fact that the Premiership has been so heavily dominated by Man United, Liverpool and Arsenal, who all play in red. Apparently this pattern is repeated in other leagues too.

Not sure this applies to international football though. How would it explain Brazil?

In fact, I'm struggling to think of a really top-class international side who play in red.

In fact, I'm struggling to think of a really top-class international side who play in red.

all i can think of is England 66, portugal got to the final of the last euro's in red, ummm.... Denmark wear red for thier 92 success ?

the best international sides are yellow and blue, i would say with clubs sides success breeds success though so a little helping hand from a red kit can make a difference over years and years, whereas a slight improvment internationally because of a kit can't add up over the years only give a slight improvment on the day (i suppose it could help slightly over the years, but previous success to look up to isn't as valuable as previous success to look up to and spend on players)

Maybe a red kit can add a little help together with many other factors. In my point of view the main diference is the way each team face each game, the way each team respect the opponents. The mental factor is the most important.
In fact i think today team shirts are made mostly because of merchandising concerns rather than club traditionaly colors, etc.
Brazil, Germany or Italy don't need a red shirt to win the WC/Euro, and they win a lot.

I think Grizzly's right about why a red shirt helps in club football but not international; if a red shirt gives you an edge in a game, no matter how slight, then there will be a gradual tendency for red teams to do slightly better than others. In turn this will let them make slightly more money, which will allow them to do better still, which will continue until the red teams dominate.

Whereas in international football past form is less important (the fans are pretty much a captive market and money is not relevant to the quality of players available), so the very slight advantage of a red shirt gets overwhelmed by all the other factors that are more important in the short term.

Match Day 1.
Switzerland v Czech Republic
Portugal v Turkey

Match day 2.
Austria v Croatia
Germany v Poland

Match Day 3.
Romania v France
Netherlands v Italy

Match Day 4.
Spain v Russia
Greece v Sweden

I think I'll have all of them in one go, but not today... Looks like no one sees an upset on the opening day. Switzerland have a good defence infront of home crowd, and Portugal are inconsistant as proven in the opening day of the previous European championship against another Balkan side.

Well, I took a guess at Turkey beating Portugal.

I think I'm going to put my prognostics up for the match day 2-4 too before friday because it could be I won't be able to get on my pc for the weekend + Monday.

Switzerland - Czech Republic 0 - 1

Turkey - Portugal 0 - 2

:bow:

Who dares wins, eh.

Matchday 1 Predictions

Switzerland 2-1 Czech Republic (1800)

[Despite gut feelings, and even with their defence centred around Senderos, the
Swiss can pull it together. From watching our loss to the Czechs last week, I'd
still say they look relatively weak and lack creativity. If Switzerland find any of
their spirit, which they should do in the opening game of a home tournament,
they can win. Honest.]

Portugal 2-2 Turkey (2045)

[Depends which Turkey turns up tactically, I think. They are weak at the back
and Portugal should be setup to exploit that perfectly, but I still feel Portugal
might just collectively bottle it.]

Czech Rep. 0 - 1 Switzerland

One cannot forget the Korea effect...

Turkey 1 - 2 Portugal

I think Portugal will struggle to pull together as a team, especially the back line, until later in the tournament. But they've too much going forward to stop.

Switzerland - Czech Republic 2 - 1
Portugal - Turkey 1 - 1

There is too much pressure on the Swiss to play well in the first game as for them to cock it up.

It will depend on whether Müller will be able to play the match as he just came back from injury. In fact, there are a number of players that have had injury problems throughout the season (Frei, Barnetta, Müller, Von Lanthen etc).

Barnetta still isn't sure to play as is Müller... we will see.

Quid

Time for me to make my predictions:

Switzerland 0 - 1 Czech Republic
Turkey 1 - 3 Portugal

Just to clarify Cicero, do you want all our R1 predictions before the first game?

I think you just have to have your predictions in before the start of the game you're predicting don't you?

Anyway, here are my predictions for Sunday:

Match Day 2 (8th June):

Croatia 3 - 0 Austria

Germany 0 - 1 Poland




There seems to be a lot of talk about the Croatians as dark horses, I can't see them doing anything other than dominating the Austrians (who let's face it, would be unlikely even to be there if they weren't hosting the thing) unless the Austrians get a major boost from the home crowd.

As for Germany Poland, out of loyalty to my Polish friend (who has been irrepressibly gloomy ever since he heard Poland would be in Germany's group again) I must go against my better judgement and predict that the Poles will pull the first upset of the tournament.


Also, looks like the Czech Republic have their excuse prepared for the event of an unsuccessful campaign: link

I'm not sure I'll be able to get on my pc the until monday, here are my guesses for the first 8 matches.

Match Day 1.
Switzerland v Czech Republic 0-2
Portugal v Turkey 1-2
As I posted earlier.

Match day 2.
Austria v Croatia 0-3
Germany v Poland 4-2

Match Day 3.
Romania v France 2-3
Netherlands v Italy 0-1

Match Day 4.
Spain v Russia 2-1
Greece v Sweden 0-2

Match Day 2:

Croatia 2 - 0 Austria

Germany 1 - 0 Poland

Croatia will struggle without their highest goalscorer, Eduardo. And Germany, well they looked less than impressive against Serbia, they'll win, marginally through some Gomez-Klose brilliance.

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Originally Posted by Gaius Scribonius Curio

Just to clarify Cicero, do you want all our R1 predictions before the first game?

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Before the actual kick-off of the game you're predicting.


Match Day 1.
Final prediction: Switzerland 1 - 1 Czech Republic
*Portugal 1-0 Turkey Sure Bet*

Who dare wins. Anyway a loss in day 1 is not much of a consequnce, the real points are gonna be won in the later rounds of the tournament. At least I'll be either among the top or last after this rather risky prediction.

My predictions:

Match Day 1.
*Switzerland 0 - 1 Czech Republic Sure Bet*
*Portugal 2-1 Turkey Sure Bet* :sweatdrop:

I think i will have to do my day 2 and 3 predictions as well as i may not be able to get it in during the weekend. But i will do them in separate posts so that i can edit them later.

Match day 2:

*Austria 0 - 2 Croatia Sure Bet* think of Austin powers style "I like to live dangerously"
Germany 1 - 0 Poland

Match day 3

Romania 0 - 2 France

Netherlands 0 - 0 Italy

To atheotes: I stated in the rules that editing posts with your final predictions on it is strictly not allowed. Please don't do this again. As for the Italy match if you wish to change your score then do it as soon as you can. This rule is quite arguable but I think it's best to keep it that way. ~:)

So we're not allowed to edit at all? Not just not allowed after kick-off? I tend to edit a lot to fix spelling etc. so gonna be losing a lot of points if that's the rule :embarassed:

Well, if you're changing a bet, it'd be best to put it in a new post so problems don't arise, with our host having one prediction and you claiming another. But I don't see a problem with fixing some errors in a post before the matches have kicked off.

What a logistical nightmare... I feel sorry for Quintus

Better put in my Sunday match predictions now since I'll be AFK for the weekend.

Croatia 2 - 0 Austria

Germany 3 - 1 Poland

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Originally Posted by Quintus.J.Cicero

To atheotes: I stated in the rules that editing posts with your final predictions on it is strictly not allowed. Please don't do this again. As for the Italy match if you wish to change your score then do it as soon as you can. This rule is quite arguable but I think it's best to keep it that way. ~:)

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Oops... my bad for not reading the rules properly :embarassed: I am sorry Quintus... i will not edit my prediction posts again... i will remove the "i might edit" message from the prediction for match day 3 so as not to confuse or mislead anyone else that editing is allowed prior to kick off. :shame:

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I stated in the rules that editing posts with your final predictions on it is strictly not allowed...

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I think you may want to re-iterate that very strongly if you wish to go with it. About half of the prediction posts have been edited at present. These are all likely out of habit with spelling & wording changes, as mine was with the CZE-SUI/TUR-POR games.

Guess I'd better put in some Sunday predictions too.

Croatia 1 - 1 Austria
Germany 2-0 Poland

Sorry about the rule, but my wish is that all posts may be edit apart from the ones that contain your final prediction on it. I could edit this post over and over again, but not the one that have my match day prediction on it... Better to leave talking and final predictions apart.

Sorry if this has caused any inconvenience.:shame:

Not at all. Completely fair rule. :bow:

Absolutely, it's a fair rule, just wanted to be clear where I stand. :beam:

Alright, I thought I'd wait until a bit closer to kick-off to post my predictions for saturday in case C. Ronaldo broke his leg or something like that, but here they are.

Switzerland-Czech Rep 0-2-Even without Rosicky the Czechs have performed well in qualifying, and I don't expect them to have a problem here.

Portugal-Turkey 2-1-Portugal have more quality than the Turks, but Nihat has been prolific for Villareal this season, and I think he's good for a goal.

Day 2

Croatia 1 - 0 Austria

Austria at home and with point to prove, but still useless

Germany 1 - 1 Poland

Looking forward to this one :beam:

I've changed my mind.

Switzerland 0 - 2 Czech Republic
Portugal 2 - 1 Turkey

Hmm...

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Alright, I thought I'd wait until a bit closer to kick-off to post my predictions for saturday in case C. Ronaldo broke his leg or something like that, but here they are.

Switzerland-Czech Rep 0-2-Even without Rosicky the Czechs have performed well in qualifying, and I don't expect them to have a problem here.

Portugal-Turkey 2-1-Portugal have more quality than the Turks, but Nihat has been prolific for Villareal this season, and I think he's good for a goal.

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Did 'Vince' put you up to this? :laugh4:

Alright! Everyone has made their predictions for Match Day 1 now. :beam: Just have to wait and see.

Match Day 2.
Final Prediction:
*Austria 0 - 3 Croatia Sure Bet*
Germany 2 - 1 Poland

Day 2

Croatia 2-0 Austria Sure bet Austria are only there by default. They are not good enough to do anything.
Germany 1-1 Poland Wow, Scurvy, I cannot wait either! Rivalry, German strike force vs the mighty Boruc. I think Poland will do well overall.

ok time for Day 2 predictions

Austria 1-3 Croatia Hosts to sneak a goal but lose badly
Germany 2-1 Poland Germany will just about edge this one

All I have to do is find somewhere that broadcasts it. Damn Australian lack of interest. :laugh4:

I just realised I have edited one of my earlier prediction posts, so just to confirm my predictions for Sunday's games:


Croatia 3 - 0 Austria

Germany 0 - 1 Poland


I'll try and remember not to edit this post again (sorry Quintus!)

Czech Republic aren't looking too good :no:

Switzerland - Czech Republic match is already under way. And I doubt I can be precise about Portugal - Turkey match. So, I'll be joining in by 2nd matchday.

By the way, if Servet and Gökhan are knocked senseless and de-moralized (they are not very agile guys), we may be fed a weird score today such as 4-2 and such.

Gotta hope for a more interesting game tonight after that tawdry performance.

Czech Republic netted me 10 points somehow, but they didn't look at all convincing. Occasional nice passing movements but looked lethargic and flimsy at the back, not sure I fancy them to go much further. Switzerland somehow failed to score, shame about Frei.

Jammy, jammy Czechs. That result hurts the tournament, nevermind my standing.

So easily could of been 1 - 1.

The Leaderboard had been updated. atheotes is leading with his sure bet paid off. Some netted 30 points while most has 10. The dareing ones got nothing and are at the bottom.

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Originally Posted by LeftEyeNine

Switzerland - Czech Republic match is already under way. And I doubt I can be precise about Portugal - Turkey match. So, I'll be joining in by 2nd matchday.

By the way, if Servet and Gökhan are knocked senseless and de-moralized (they are not very agile guys), we may be fed a weird score today such as 4-2 and such.

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Actually you could join in today. The Swiss match won't count but you can have the Turkish match. I'll take your prediction will be 4 - 2 to Portugal, you won't lose point for getting it wrong at this stage.~:)

I won’t be able to update the leader board on time next week because of exams. Half of them are only mocks but there is also lots of important course work deadlines. I’ve got work experience the week after next so it shouldn't be a problem by then. ~:)

Thanks for the time you are putting into this game, Quintus. :bow:

I felt sorry for the Swiss, they were doing alright. It should've been 1-1. The Czechs look past their prime.
Portugal looked stronger than ever. A clear title candidate.


New predictions:

Croatia 2 - 0 Austria
Germany 2 - 0 Poland

Monday:

France 1 - 1 Romania (optimist :shame:)
Italy 1 - 1 Netherlands

Slightly disappointed by Turkey, didn't see the Swiss/Czech game...

Day 3.

Romania 1 v 3 France

Netherlands 1 v 1 Italy


Day 4.

Spain 2 v 1 Russia

Greece 0 v 2 Sweden

:2thumbsup:

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Germany 1-1 Poland Wow, Scurvy, I cannot wait either! Rivalry, German strike force vs the mighty Boruc. I think Poland will do well overall.

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Ehh if we only could field all our goalkeepers at the same time...


I am not joining the game and I won't post any predictions - but this time there is a good reason to say a draw is a very probable result, besides it cannot get worse than during the last World Cups, can it ?

Good performance and result for Portugal, better that i expect:yes:. We could easily scored more 1 or 2 goals. Feel sorry for Switzerland but no surprises for match day 1 as favourite teams had won.

My predictions for Match Day 2:

Croatia 2 - 0 Austria

Germany 2 - 1 Poland

Who dares fails, though only just.

Matchday 2 Predictions

Austria 1-3 Croatia (1800)

[Reliable sources would have me believe that Austria tend to start well - the Dutch game being a prime
example. That being the case, the extent of my daring now is to say that they might even take the lead
before being crushed.]

Germany 1-1 Poland (2045)

[Nothing reasoned to say, so I'll settle with mon 'e polskis!]

Match Day 2 UPDATE

Not sure what I was thinking before, but I'd like to change my Croatia 1-1 Austria prediction to Croatia 2-0 Austria. Leave the other match at Germany 2-0 Poland.

Thanks ~:wave:

Excellent now I know where I stand.

Matchday 2:

Austria 0 - 2 Croatia

Do I really need to say? Its almost a certainty that the Croats will win, but the question is how much by? I don't think they'll run away with it though.

Germany 1 - 0 Poland

Germany seem to have a certain teutonic effiency about them, they won't fail at the first hurdle. Having said that Poland have the beast that is Artur Boruc. A slim German win for me.

Edit: I hate to point this out Cicero, but I got botht the opening results right... shouldn't I be on 20pts, rather than 10?

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Edit: I hate to point this out Cicero, but I got botht the opening results right... shouldn't I be on 20pts, rather than 10?

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AFAIK, the Portugal - Turkey match is not included in the score yet.

Next predictions:

Sunday:
Germany - Poland 2 - 1
Croatia - Austria 3 -1

Monday:
Romania - France 1 -1
Netherlands - Italy 0 - 0

Tuesday:
Spain - Russia 1 - 2
Greece - Sweden 0 - 1

Leader board updated again. The admin is currently top having got his first 2 predictions perfectly right. followed by atheotes who's sure bet paid off. Craterus, LittleGrizzly and Tristan are closely behind.
The majority have 20 points. 3 players who went for upsets on the first day have yet to get any points...

Match Day 3
Final predictions

France 2 - 1 Romania
Italy 1 - 1 Netherlands

ok for grizzys predictions...

Sunday:
Germany - Poland 2 - 1 Im going for the underdogs grabbing a draw, just so i can cheer them on because thier underdogs ad to help my score here
Croatia - Austria 2 -1 austria to give it hell of a try but fail...

Austria and Poland will battle hard but the skill of croatia and germanywill overcome in the end

Okey dokey here's day 2....

Croatia 3 - 0 Austria
Germany 2 - 0 Poland

Just to clarify as i have now made 2 sunday matches guesses (though g-p stayed the same)

Germany 2-1 Poland

Croatia 2-1 Austria

theres something i like about the score 2-1 both teams get a goal but its pretty close

Right, here are my picks for Monday and Tuesday's games:

Match Day 3:

France 2-1 Romania

Italy 1-0 Netherlands



Romania I suspect good enough to snatch a goal, but France to win through by the strength of their national anthem alone. Italy are pretty much the worst possible team Netherlands could have picked for the opening match, I hope I'm wrong but I suspect Italy will frustrate the Dutch and keep them from playing at their best.



Match Day 4:

Spain 0-0 Russia

Greece 0-1 Sweden




Generally a safe bet to predict Spain to underperform, and my understanding is Russia aren't much to write home about going forward (they could only manage two against England, so surely have no chance of scoring against a proper team) so I predict this as the first 0-0 of the tournament. Sweden-Greece, I can't see anything other than a Swedish win unless lightning strikes twice, but I'm not expecting a high score.

Match Day 2:

Croatia 2 - 0 Austria

Germany 1 - 0 Poland

Match Day 3


France 2 - 1 Romania

Italy 1 - 1 Netherlands

Group of death, who dares wins. French experience will give them the edge. Italy look shacky at the back and Netherlands haven't been on form recently.

Phew, just in time.

Croatia-Austria 3-0.

Germany-Poland 2-1.

Looks like who dares fails... For a third time. That has left me rooted at the bottom. Croatia really missed Eduardo, and I really need some points. :sweatdrop:

The leader board is updated again.

Really disapointed with Croatia's performance, they won't beat the Poles and Germans playing like that. They look toothless up front without Eduardo-Olic and Petric work hard and do a lot of running, but neither of them seems much of a goal threat.

I am writing this totally drunk and with my web transfer slowed down to a crawl so don't worry about the spelling (football mixed with the first Kubica's victory - too much to bear sober... ;) )

Clearly in Poland vs. Germany it is a bit tense with much action and quite predictable considering the respectable levels of both teams mixed with old grudges (a bit exaggerated by tabloids from the same publisher BTW), but don't you agree that the German goalkeeper (regardless of the outcome) is the weakest link of the entire team ?

I feel his mistakes will be exploited sooner or later. He seems to be almost asking for that, honestly ...


It is the 75th minute when I am writing that...


EDIT- sorry for posting in such a terrible shape, but I am living too close to the city center with circa 10 000 people (some of them apparently British and drunk...) - not to mention the guys right here - to ignore the thing...
Hopefully moderators will cut any ninsense messages I have managed to write...