EURO 2012 Predictions competition thread.

[johnhughthom]

EURO 2012 Org Predictions Competition Thread

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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 1-1 Croatia
Spain 4-0 Ireland

Friday 15th June

Ukraine 0-2 France
Sweden 2-3 England

Saturday 16th June

Czech Republic 1-0 Poland
Greece 1-0 Russia

Sunday 17th June

Denmark 1-2 Germany
Portugal 2-1 Holland

Monday 18th June

Croatia 0-1 Spain
Italy 2-0 Ireland

Tuesday 19th June

England 1-0 Ukraine
Sweden 2-0 France

Quarter Finals

Thursday 21st June

Czech Republic 0-1Portugal

Friday 22nd June

Germany 4-2 Greece

Saturday 23rd June

Spain 2-0 France

Sunday 24th June

England 0-0 Italy

Semi Finals

Wednesday 27th June

Portugal 0-0 Spain

Thursday 28th June

Germany 1-2 Italy

Final

Sunday July 1st

Italy 0-4 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

[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]

1 vs 0
0 vs 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]

2 vs 1
0 vs 2

[drone]

3 vs 1
0 vs 1

[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]

[atheotes]

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