Euro2004: Match 1 & 2 predictions

**gazzak** · June 9th, 2004, 03:45 AM

Being played on Saturday June 12th

Portugal v Greece (prediction help)

Spain v Russia (prediction help)

Please make your predictions for these 2 games in this thread. See the link on my sig for the league table website.

Let the game begin.....

**gazzak** · June 9th, 2004, 03:49 AM

OK, I'm going first to show how to predict

My guesses are.....

Portugal 0 Greece 0
Spain 2 Russia 2

**corturbra** · June 9th, 2004, 03:50 AM

Originally Posted by gazzak

Being played on Saturday June 12th

Portugal v Greece (prediction help)

Spain v Russia (prediction help)

Please make your predictions for these 2 games in this thread. See the link on my sig for the league table website.

Let the game begin.....

Wooohooo.

Portugal 2 Greece 1
Spain 1 Russia 2

**TechZ** · June 9th, 2004, 04:41 AM

Finally
Portugal 2 Greece 0
Spain 2 Russia 1

**gazzak** · June 9th, 2004, 04:54 AM

...and before anyone asks, yes 2 people can predict the same result for any game!

**confus-ed** · June 9th, 2004, 05:08 AM

Two/one, both matches, in favour of each 'home' team.

(I thought we were making these public polls ???)

Another WotPP moment : Can we do a 'player of the championship' thread as well ? Nominating your 'best/ worst/most over-rated or most surprising' players ? - somesuch ! A thread just for player performance anyway, for the really ardent followers & perhaps one too for 'worst refereeing performance' ?

**corturbra** · June 9th, 2004, 05:13 AM

Originally Posted by confus-ed

Two/one, both matches, in favour of each 'home' team.

(I thought we were making these public polls ???)

Another WotPP moment : Can we do a 'player of the championship' thread as well ? Nominating your 'best/ worst/most over-rated or most surprising' players ? - somesuch ! A thread just for player performance anyway, for the really ardent followers & perhaps one too for 'worst refereeing performance' ?

Or how about.... "other Windrivers member making suggestions to increase padding and workload of member setting up Euro 2004 competition?" competition

I think you're winning 2:1 at the moment

**gazzak** · June 9th, 2004, 05:37 AM

Originally Posted by confus-ed

Two/one, both matches, in favour of each 'home' team.

(I thought we were making these public polls ???)

Another WotPP moment : Can we do a 'player of the championship' thread as well ? Nominating your 'best/ worst/most over-rated or most surprising' players ? - somesuch ! A thread just for player performance anyway, for the really ardent followers & perhaps one too for 'worst refereeing performance' ?

When posting the thread this morning I went through a few formats and stuff, and decided it was easier to make one thread per day for the matches taking place 2 days later. For a poll I would have had to make 1 thread for every match and so running the risk of upsetting non football (soccer) fans and confusing Fantasy Football players, and clogging up the lounge with double the amount of threads. So it just seemed common sense to start one thread per day with match numbers for the games. Maybe this will evolve as the tourny progresses, we'll see.

However, feel free to pad away with anything you'd like to talk about during Euro 2004 in any of the prediction threads or start some polls if you wish. Whatever you do though -ED don't forget to make your score predictions!

Originally Posted by corturbra

Or how about.... "other Windrivers member making suggestions to increase padding and workload of member setting up Euro 2004 competition?" competition

I think you're winning 2:1 at the moment

Trust me, I'm as happy to post as Adept!! I want to get to 2000 before the end of the tournament, that's the whole reason for the competition

**gazzak** · June 9th, 2004, 05:41 AM

Originally Posted by gazzak

Whatever you do though -ED don't forget to make your score predictions!

Stupid me, just read your post properly -ED and you have predicted, as usual in a slightly confused way but I get the picture!!! DOH

...and for our U.S. / Canadian players the home team in all instances in the first team mentioned.

**corturbra** · June 9th, 2004, 05:42 AM

Originally Posted by gazzak

Trust me, I'm as happy to post as Adept!! I want to get to 2000 before the end of the tournament, that's the whole reason for the competition

Shock horror!

There was me thinking you were a dedicated Football supporter, starting a thread to share your enthusiasm and widen the knowledge of the game to our American posters....

**Atodini** · June 9th, 2004, 07:08 AM

I'm going for:

Portugal 2 Greece 0
Spain 2 Russia 1

(same as Techz)

John

**gazzak** · June 9th, 2004, 07:18 AM

Welcome to the competition Atodini.

It's interesting how nobody seems to be giving Greece much of a chance. When you consider the opening games of major tounaments in the last decade I don't think the favorite has EVER won the first game, (hence the reason for my own 0-0 prediction). Also in every main football championship there is always one dark horse who wins a group at ridiculous odds. It's spotting them that's the hard part! I may have a small bet on Bulgaria to upset a few big names.

**confus-ed** · June 9th, 2004, 07:24 AM

Originally Posted by gazzak

Stupid me, just read your post properly -ED and you have predicted, as usual in a slightly confused way but I get the picture!!! DOH

Did you get it all ? he says having a wotpp .. we need to teach all the finer points like hating the referee too - I mean that other football 'pussy/pad ironstuff' is pooh, we have to teach them the 'right way' don't we ? & one way is of course as good as another, so it might as well be a wotpp way

**TechZ** · June 9th, 2004, 07:27 AM

Imagine if we couldnt make the same predictions, we wouldnt have that many members playing

**corturbra** · June 9th, 2004, 07:28 AM

Originally Posted by gazzak

Welcome to the competition Atodini.

It's interesting how nobody seems to be giving Greece much of a chance. When you consider the opening games of major tounaments in the last decade I don't think the favorite has EVER won the first game, (hence the reason for my own 0-0 prediction). Also in every main football championship there is always one dark horse who wins a group at ridiculous odds. It's spotting them that's the hard part! I may have a small bet on Bulgaria to upset a few big names.

Whaddya mean? I've given them a goal.... how about giving me an extra 2 points if I correctly predict Greece to score first before half-time?