World Cup Prediction game

[Markgway]

So you expected Green to catch a snap shot from about 7yrds out?

He fumbled it. End of.

He still managed to tip it onto the post.

Not intentionally. That was pure luck.

[Markgway]

Q. What's the Dutch for mediocre?

A. The Holland football team.

[Yi-Long]

Oh well, I'm sure the Scotts will be doing MUCH better...

Wait!? What!? Oh, they didn't qualify!? Oh, they only won 10 points out of 8 matches!?!? Huh!? They LOST to Macedonia!?!? They're all at home, beating their hairy wifes and illegitimate children over the head with a dead sheep!?

Aw, that's a shame(!)

Anyway, Holland were pretty poor today. Luckily, judged by the last few years, we can play much much better than we did today, and we have good players on the bench like Elia and Afellay and Robben, to make a difference when needed.

[Markgway]

Sorry, but why does EVERY single criticism of - well, anything - have to end up with the piss being taken out of Scotland. Not just the team but the country. I made a remark about how poor the Dutch football team were (which they were) and Yi-Long responds with the same old sheep and wife-battering jokes. It's tired and offensive. I know Scotland are shit. It's seems so far in this World Cup they have plenty company.

[Yi-Long]

Sorry, but why does EVERY single criticism of - well, anything - have to end up with the piss being taken out of Scotland. Not just the team but the country. I made a remark about how poor the Dutch football team were (which they were) and Yi-Long responds with the same old sheep and wife-battering jokes. It's tired and offensive. I know Scotland are shit. It's seems so far in this World Cup they have plenty company.

Sorry Mary, I thought you meant the comment as a 'joke'...

[grim_tales]

Who thought Brazil would beat North Korea by only 1 goal

[Yi-Long]

Who thought Brazil would beat North Korea by only 1 goal

Kim Jong Ill probably thought North Korea would win it by a landslide...

Great performance by the North Koreans though. Very impressive display; good tactics, great effort, and pretty good individuel skill and vision by many players.

...ow... and Brazil were pretty poor, but they win it because of the individuel skill.

[Yi-Long]

Wow... Spain lost to Switzerland...

BTW, those 2 matches of today weren't in the prediction-list.

My prediction for tonight is a win for Uruguay. Let's hope the fabulous Suarez will finally be able to show his quality.

[degeneration]

yeah that was my bad... forgot to up the next set of fixtures!! Will start if from tomorrow's!

Argentina v South Korea
Greece v Nigeria
France v Mexico
Germany v Serbia
Slovenia v USA
England v Algeria
Netherlands v Japan
Ghana v Australia
Cameroon v Denmark
Slovakia v Paraguay
Italy v New Zealand
Brazil v Ivory Coast

My predictions:

Argentina v South Korea 1-1
Greece v Nigeria 0-1
France v Mexico 2-2
Germany v Serbia 3-1
Slovenia v USA 0-1
England v Algeria 1-1
Netherlands v Japan 2-1
Ghana v Australia 1-1
Cameroon v Denmark 2-2
Slovakia v Paraguay 0-2
Italy v New Zealand 3-0
Brazil v Ivory Coast 3-0

[degeneration]

Current scoreboard:

degeneration - 9
grim_tales - 7
Yi-Long - 7
Markgway - 6

[grim_tales]

I think it will be England 2 - 0 Algeria

[Yi-Long]

Degen, you forgot a bunch of matches again...

[Yi-Long]

Current scoreboard:

degeneration - 9
grim_tales - 7
Yi-Long - 7
Markgway - 6

How come you have 9 points? You had 7 matches right in the first round... if I checked correctly.

[degeneration]

I got 9 points as I predicted the winner correctly in 7 matches, but also got the score right in one of them which is a 2 point bonus.

I'm doing the matches in 5 days blocks, although this set missed today's matches cause I'm a numpty.

[grim_tales]

Spain lost to Switzerland

[grim_tales]

Argentina v South Korea 3-2
Greece v Nigeria 1-1
France v Mexico - 1-1
Germany v Serbia 3-0
Slovenia v USA 0-1
England v Algeria 2-0
Netherlands v Japan 3-1
Ghana v Australia 2-1
Cameroon v Denmark 1-3
Slovakia v Paraguay 1-2
Italy v New Zealand 3-0
Brazil v Ivory Coast 3-0

[Yi-Long]

I got 9 points as I predicted the winner correctly in 7 matches, but also got the score right in one of them which is a 2 point bonus.

I'm doing the matches in 5 days blocks, although this set missed today's matches cause I'm a numpty.

Aw ic ic... so scores get extra points

Why do it in 5 day blocks, and not just 1 block for every round? Cause now the Spain game is again missing from the prediction.

Ow yeah, even though you forgot the new block, I did predict the Uruguay-game yesterday before the match began, and got it right

Argentina v South Korea 1-2
Greece v Nigeria 0-2
France v Mexico 0-1
Germany v Serbia 3-0
Slovenia v USA 2-0
England v Algeria 4-0
Netherlands v Japan 4-0
Ghana v Australia 1-0
Cameroon v Denmark 2-1
Slovakia v Paraguay (draw) 0-0
Italy v New Zealand 1-0
Brazil v Ivory Coast 2-3

[degeneration]

Doing it in 5 day block so that:

1) I don't have to update too regularly. Every day would be a pain.
2) Not doing it in one "group stage" block as to e honest I had no idea how good/bad some teams were. This allowed everyone to reassess their opinions of certain teams as the matches progressed. Rather than completely cocking up one team's predictions because you though they were much better/worse than they actually are.
3) there are 15 days of group matches, and 5 goes into 15 nicely.

[grim_tales]

England 0 Algeria 0
We were shit Now we have to beat Slovenia to qualify (I think), on this evidence we won't

[degeneration]

So I don't miss the first matches, here's the last set of group fixtures.

Portugal v North Korea
Chile v Switzerland
Spain v Honduras
France v South Africa
Mexico v Uruguay
Greece v Argentina
Nigeria v South Korea
Slovenia v England
USA v Algeria
Australia v Serbia
Ghana v Germany
Paraguay v New Zealand
Slovakia v Italy
Cameroon v Netherlands
Denmark v Japan
North Korea v Ivory Coast
Portugal v Brazil
Chile v Spain
Switzerland v Honduras

My predictions to follow later.

[grim_tales]

Didnt expect Italy v New Zealand to be 1-1

[Markgway]

Portugal just ass-fucked North Korea 7-0.

[grim_tales]

Well done England. Through to last 16.
Nervy last 10 minutes though but with England they always are.
US go through as group winners,

[degeneration]

Let's just hope Germany beat Ghana and win their group to set up an England V Germany next round. About time England actually play a decent team...

[grim_tales]

I'm just pleased we're through. We seem to do better against better sides.