Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:19 pm  

John_D wrote:

Czechoslovakia have a good record in the Euros so I'm going with them, but I do like the look of Yugoslavia and West Germany.

All will be dangerous but the Soviet Union will be tough to beat on home soil.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:20 pm  

John_D wrote:

Fair point. I'm going to stop doing research too and see if I can get myself a gig.

Czechoslovakia have a good record in the Euros so I'm going with them, but I do like the look of Yugoslavia and West Germany.

You do remember East Germany beat West last time

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:23 pm  

Asim wrote:

I don't mind anyone's opinion, but if they can't justify it then it becomes worthless and easily treated with disdain. Did he have reasons?

He thinks Portugal are the dark horses (expects them to be losing finalists, rates Ronaldo & Nani). Other than that he's come up with a series of match predictions that are all entirely plausible but just happen to lead to Germany being elimated, without making any criticisms of the Germans:

Holland 2 Denmark 0
Germany 0 Portugal 1
Denmark 0 Portugal 2
Holland 2 Germany 2
Portugal 1 Holland 1
Denmark 1 Germany 2

In England's group he predicts:

France 0 England 0
Ukraine 2 Sweden 0
Ukraine 1 France 1
Sweden 1 England 3
Sweden 0 France 1
England 1 Ukraine 1

France going out on goal difference.

He's also predicting England and Russia to beat Croatia and Holland on pens before losing to Spain & Portugal in the SF.

He doesnt predict this week's lottery results

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:47 pm  

Cibaman wrote:

He thinks Portugal are the dark horses (expects them to be losing finalists, rates Ronaldo & Nani). Other than that he's come up with a series of match predictions that are all entirely plausible but just happen to lead to Germany being elimated, without making any criticisms of the Germans:

Holland 2 Denmark 0
Germany 0 Portugal 1
Denmark 0 Portugal 2
Holland 2 Germany 2
Portugal 1 Holland 1
Denmark 1 Germany 2

In England's group he predicts:

France 0 England 0
Ukraine 2 Sweden 0
Ukraine 1 France 1
Sweden 1 England 3
Sweden 0 France 1
England 1 Ukraine 1

France going out on goal difference.

He's also predicting England and Russia to beat Croatia and Holland on pens before losing to Spain & Portugal in the SF.

He doesnt predict this week's lottery results

Ah, I have vague recollections of him similarly predicting every result in the last world cup too, seems to be taking the whole prediction thing a bit far IMO.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:17 pm  

Ordsall Quays Red wrote:

I've got Torres at 18/1 and Podolski at 25/1 for top goalscorer. Torres, if he starts, should get plenty of chances in that group and looks fresher than most of the squad, and Podolski ALWAYS scores a few goals in tournaments so should carry that record on. I will have jinxed the pair of them now though so steer well clear!

I've gone with Llorente, so obvs hoping he starts ahead of FT.

Benzema is in fine form, maybe I should have gone for him instead.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:20 pm  

Cas Till I Die wrote:

Tough group ??? Thank god were not in group b or c !!!! It would be a disgrace to not get in the quarters. From there anything can and will happen.

This England side will have done fantastically if they reach the quarters.....If I was a bookie, I'd be laying France as red-hot favourites to win the group, with Ukraine a clear second favourite - England and Sweden would be outsiders.

Without making excuses for them, this side was already one which was up against it, but to lose the players they have in the past couple of weeks will have disrupted them badly.

I'll be surprised if we get a single win from our 3 games....Anything more than a couple of draws will be a decent campaign, though I doubt our media and the usual knee-jerkers will allow that sort of outcome to just slip away without one or two 'Hodgson Out' calls.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:24 pm  

Just looked at the top scorer odds....Surely Van Persie at 10/1 is a bit of a steal??

Only the difficult group they are in gives me a little doubt, but if they make it out of that group then he's got to be the man to be on?

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:50 pm  

Wnidyone2012 wrote:

Russia is a good e/w shout.

Got them at 20/1

[John_D]

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:42 pm  

Ajw71 wrote:

I've gone with Llorente, so obvs hoping he starts ahead of FT.

I'd be surprised if he did, but then I couldn't see a way that Spain would travel without Bobby Soldiers so what the chuff do I know..?

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:53 pm  

Bayern Munich highest scoring club 5/2 with Ladbrokes. In the German squad they have golden boot favourite Gomez, the World Cup golden boot winner Muller as well as Schweinsteiger, and Kroos. France have Ribery, while Holland have Robben and these are 3 of the teams I would expect to see in the semi finals.