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

[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 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...

[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.

[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.

[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...

: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]

2 - 1

3 - 2

[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]

1 - 1

2 - 0

[stratigos vasilios]

Netherlands 3 - Denmark 0

Germany 2 - Portugal 1

[The Stranger]

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

[Peasant Phill]

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

[naut]

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

Sauce.

[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