Euro 2012

100 days left! All right more like 102 but I am very excited and can hardly wait.

Hope there will still be interest in a game similar to the one we played during World Cup 2010.



- We all start with 100 Forum coins.

- We each predict the result of a game (not the score but the winner or a draw) and bet some Forum coins.

- If our guess is correct, we earn as many coins as we bet.

- If not, we lose the amount we have bet.

- All bets should be placed before the game starts.

- At the end, whoever has the most coins is the winner.


This will require some track-keeping but we are all adults here (mostly) and I expect we are all honest as well so please no-post editing after the results.

Please vote for the team you expect to win.


Also, keeping in mind the discussions took place on the issue of coin-naming last time, any suggestions?

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

100 days left! All right more like 102 but I am very excited and can hardly wait.

Hope there will still be interest in a game similar to the one we played during World Cup 2010.



- We all start with 100 Forum coins.

- We each predict the result of a game (not the score but the winner or a draw) and bet some Forum coins.

- If our guess is correct, we earn as many coins as we bet.

- If not, we lose the amount we have bet.

- All bets should be placed before the game starts.

- At the end, whoever has the most coins is the winner.


This will require some track-keeping but we are all adults here (mostly) and I expect we are all honest as well so please no-post editing after the results.

Please vote for the team you expect for the win.


Also, keeping in mind the discussions took place on the issue of coin-naming last time, any suggestions?

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How about - just as random, out-of-the-blue, no-one-else-is-using-it-so-why-not sort of suggestion - the drachma?

:lol:

Come on Englaaaannnnnd!

The last world cup thread was excellent, and great fun. I was looking at my England flags, which are poised to be fastened to my bike agan this year. I might stick one on my helmet just to annoy the family.


I've just been looking over the world cup thread you posted Scher. 67 pages of punditry, psychic octopuses, speculation and Neely's Gambling Emporium. Will you be dusting it off again this year Neely?

Fun! Last time I even watched a bit of a game.

Due to a bit of finger-fumbling - which could happen to any of us, let's be honest - Paul appears to have accidentally hit the button intended for those - as if there were any - who think that England will win. Now, of course we could be hard about this, and it may be that it's technically difficult to achieve, but I really think we should find it in our hearts to roll back his erroneous vote, so that he's not embarrassed by it once the tournament's underway, when everyone will forget that he made a simple and blameless mistake of coordination, and will therefore imagine that he actually did, at some point, believe that England stood a chance of emerging from this tournament in some way other than humiliated, shamed, exposed and mocked.

I mean, come on, Scheh - show a glimmer of humanity towards the bloke.

Which naive soul voted for England? I like your optimism Paulclem, really!

Brazil.

I'll actually be rooting for Germany.

:lol:

I'm just a romantic at heart.

I pick Croatia, because it's fun to say.

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Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf

I pick Croatia, because it's fun to say.

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It IS fun to say!

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Originally Posted by papayahed

It IS fun to say!

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:biggrin5: Your welcome.

http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=7249

Its's not time yet, but the old bike will get its flag come the summer. This picture is from the last world cup. I think we lost that one...

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Originally Posted by papayahed

Fun! Last time I even watched a bit of a game.

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This time you should watch the final with us :D

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Originally Posted by MarkBastable

Due to a bit of finger-fumbling - which could happen to any of us, let's be honest - Paul appears to have accidentally hit the button intended for those - as if there were any - who think that England will win.

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You mean he actually meant to vote for France, who is listed above England in the poll?

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Originally Posted by Darcy88

Brazil.

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Brazil is still not in Europe!

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Originally Posted by Paulclem

I think we lost that one...

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Do you mean the Cup or the flag? :smilewinkgrin:

Any other suggestions for the Forum coins? Or would you like to go along with Mark's suggestion? Ie, Drachma?

Also, should "borrowing" be allowed for those who go bankrupt too soon in the game? As we did last time, everyone will get another 100 coins at the quarter final stage.

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100 days left! All right more like 102 but I am very excited and can hardly wait.

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Phheww. Just 100 days, good job you opened up this thread just in time then...

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I've just been looking over the world cup thread you posted Scher. 67 pages of punditry, psychic octopuses, speculation and Neely's Gambling Emporium. Will you be dusting it off again this year Neely?

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Oh yes, Spain netted me about £150 last time I think, plus another ton with bets on other matches. I've only had one bet this year when England B side played and beat Spain's A in a friendly, costing me £20. I got the face on after that. We'll see though for the Euros.

Who won last time anyway? I mean with us, not Spain of course.

The Atlanta Braves

Ah-hem, I mean, I have absolutely, positively, in no way shape or form, any freaking idea. So I’m just going to go with my dear-old granny’s country – The Emerald Isle.

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Hope there will still be interest in a game similar to the one we played during World Cup 2010.

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Even I did pretty well in the game, with a little help from that octopus. :lol:

Can't believe people think England will win! haha. Shows what the Lit-Netters now about football :D. Eng-er-land will bomb like they always do at the big torurnys.
Spain all the way - they are head and shoulders above everyone else in the world and have been for the past few years. Germany and Holland are strong sides, but the passing game of the Spanish is out-of-this-world, and they way they cut teams open at will is quite a thing of beauty.

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Originally Posted by smerdyakov

Can't believe people think England will win! haha. Shows what the Lit-Netters now about football :D. Eng-er-land will bomb like they always do at the big torurnys.
Spain all the way - they are head and shoulders above everyone else in the world and have been for the past few years. Germany and Holland are strong sides, but the passing game of the Spanish is out-of-this-world, and they way they cut teams open at will is quite a thing of beauty.

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It's not about belief - it's about hope. I also like an underdog to win against the odds. Anyway, I'm from England... who else could I support?

One can dream....

I am rooting for Germany; I imagine their young and very talented team must have matured and grown more confident by now. Even during the World Cup they were outstanding and cannot wait to see them now.

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Originally Posted by Paulclem

It's not about belief - it's about hope. I also like an underdog to win against the odds. Anyway, I'm from England... who else could I support?

One can dream....

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Of course it would be great for England to win but I am not sure they are up to it... Especially all the drama has been going on recently, now they have a good excuse as well.

However, I am sure stanger things must have happened... Somewhere... At some point! :D

It's all a cunning plan to blind the opposition and lull them into - oh we're 2 - nil down to Holland - into a false sense of winning-ness.

Bah

And Cahill has scored. 2-1. See. Cunning.

Now 2 -2... now Holland've scored again.

3-2. The game's taken off.

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Hope there will still be interest in a game similar to the one we played during World Cup 2010.



- We all start with 100 Forum coins.

- We each predict the result of a game (not the score but the winner or a draw) and bet some Forum coins.

- If our guess is correct, we earn as many coins as we bet.

- If not, we lose the amount we have bet.

- All bets should be placed before the game starts.

- At the end, whoever has the most coins is the winner.


This will require some track-keeping but we are all adults here (mostly) and I expect we are all honest as well so please no-post editing after the results.

Please vote for the team you expect to win.


Also, keeping in mind the discussions took place on the issue of coin-naming last time, any suggestions?

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All right... Here we go!


Poland V Greece

Russia V Czech Rep.


Everyone happy with Mark's suggestion of Drachma?

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

All right... Here we go!


Poland V Greece

Russia V Czech Rep.


Everyone happy with Mark's suggestion of Drachmas?

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10 Drachma on Poland

10 Drachma on Czech Rep.

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Originally Posted by MarkBastable

How about - just as random, out-of-the-blue, no-one-else-is-using-it-so-why-not sort of suggestion - the drachma?

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:lol::lol::lol:

Yes, Scher, we're happy. :rofl:

Ireland have a chance...Trappatoni has them set up really well...

C'mon Eng-er-land!!

Diamond Jubilee, London Olympics, How can we lose? (apart phrom penalties agin' the Germans )

10 Dr on Greece to win

10 Drachmas on a draw Russia - Czech.

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

All right... Here we go!


Poland V Greece

Russia V Czech Rep.


Everyone happy with Mark's suggestion of Drachma?

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"Happy" is an understatement. I'm delighted! Seriously, we're about to exit the Euro and return to it, so using the drachma is not just fun, it's also practice for the real betting I'm gonna be doing come September.

However, because I like meaningful bets (and frankly 100 drachmae won't buy you a piece of chewing gum even if somebody else has been chewing it), I'm going to ask for a raise in stakes. Let's say each one of us has 100,000,000.

*Naturally* I'm going to put my money on Greece for the opening game. We'll park the bus in front of goal and wait for Gekas to hit the hosts on the counter-attack. It's similar to our national strategy of refusing to face reality and hitting it on the counter-attack by voting in a leftist government. 50 million on Greece.

Russia vs Czech: 50 million on a bore draw (most likely 0-0).

Best,
DH

Two very tight and cagey games I think.

My bets.

Poland and Greece - DRAW 20 D

Russia and Czech R - DRAW 10 D

Reminder: If you run of drachmae, you will have to wait until the finals to join the game again when we receive 100 M more Drachmae.


I hate draws and I am hoping that we will see wins today (with plenty of goals).

Go Croatia!

(*said in Ralph Wiggum's "go banana!" voice*)

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

I hate draws and I am hoping that we will see wins today (with plenty of goals).

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Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf

Go Croatia!

(*said in Ralph Wiggum's "go banana!" voice*)

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Would y'all care to make a wager on that?

10 Drachma on Greece

10 Drachma on Russia

5 Drachma on Greece

5 Drachma on Czech Rep

Greece - 10

Any bets placed after the start of the game will be disregarded!

What a start to the Cup! I am sorry that it ended in a draw like this.

Russia V Czech Rep

Papaya - Russia (10/90)

Mick - Russia (10/90)

Doc - Draw (50/50)

Neely - Draw (10/120)

Paul - Russia (10/90)

Snow - Czech (5/95)

Scher - Draw (10/90)

Seriously, how do referees like Carbalho make it to major international tournaments? My uncle Nikos used to referee for the local school league. He wore specs that I'm reminded of every time I tip a bottle of Balantines into a glass. He would have done a better job tonight.

The ridiculous dismissal of Papastathopoulos just before half time, however, seemed to give the Greek team a ten-man spirit that helped them equalize, then dominate a large part of the second half. Pity Karagounis missed from the spot -- we would certainly have won this had he scored.

Regardless, Greece showed they're no push-overs tonight. Here's to their fighting spirit infecting some of us watching them back home.

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/1024/scrgr.th.png

I do agree that the Greek side showed great spirit in the second half - despite the unfair yellow and red cards. Just because of that, I would have liked to see them win but still a draw is better than a loss.

Some Greek music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzlcxN0lxSo

:D

After today's matches:

Papaya - 100

Mick - 100

Doc - OUT

Neely - 110

Paul - 100

Snow - 90

Scher - 80


Tomorrow:

Netherlands V Denmark

Germany V Portugal

Just because we are using Drachma doesn't mean we hae to adopt the Greek banks' accountancy practices.

Mick - 80 I think.

That group B is a killer. I hae to decide who to put the mockers on next.

10 Dr on Netherlands to win.

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

After today's matches:



Doc - OUT

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After the Spanish ref robbed me of my first 50, the Czech folded like a defective ironing board, sealing my fate.

Hey Mick, lend me 20 drachmae.

10 on Holland

10 on Germany