BitcoinTalk's UEFA Euro 2024 Predictor pool discussion thread

[ajiz138]

Who could have thought that Turkey - Georgia will be one of the most exciting games of tournament so far. And final score doesn't reflect game very well as third Turkey goal was scored to empty net like in ice hockey. Draw would be more fair result, but that Guler goal was sick.

Yes this is the most exciting match where both teams can take it better, I see so far Turkey is more confident with its attack this is Arda Guler who made his spectacular goal while the last goal was easier. hahaha

So both pools are counted (SuperBru and EUFA) Well I have done both... SuperBru is still a bit safe now haha although it's still a long way to go , while the EUFA pool for the first time has a lot of points counted. We did both

[buwaytress]

Finally in, and I'm at the bottom, yay! I've always rated Georgia, but they still surprised me at the quality they could bring to the table. 2 "debut" goals, what a feast, eh?

Now Albania, supposedly whipping boys, leading against Croatia. I'm wondering if we should also start taking Slovakia and Romania seriously...

[notblox1]

Damn you Croatia you ruined everything for me  

I can’t see France dropping points against Austria. They are my pick to win the tournament, they have world class players all over the pitch.

They won this match but bigger problem for them is Mbappe broken nose.
He must wear a protection mask in next matches and maybe he wont play full 90 minutes.

Yeah, sorry guys, didn't do the UEFA predictor... I thought we were doing the pool on Superbru, so I didn't fill out picks for the UEFA one... except for Germany. The last PM I got was in case people wanted to use it, and I admit I completely forgot about it.

Sorry you didnt make it.
This new uefa website predictor is very interesting and one of the best predictors I used.
Someone should clone this for other prediction pools.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

I can’t believe Croatia failed to beat Albania, not many predicted that. Sadly I wasn’t one of the brave guys who went for Albania to take something from the game.

Hopefully I have better luck tonight, really need to start getting some EXACT scores.

[LTU_btc]

I can’t believe Croatia failed to beat Albania, not many predicted that. Sadly I wasn’t one of the brave guys who went for Albania to take something from the game.

Hopefully I have better luck tonight, really need to start getting some EXACT scores.

Yeah, Croatia looked so dominant in 2nd half that after their 2 goals Albania looked not capable to do anything. But 2:1 score is so tricky and one attack can change everything, what happened this time. Ruined my exact prediction and Croatia is in very complicated situation, especially with their goal difference.
Germany so far leaves great impression, even though Hungary had few their chances today. But after 2 losses now they're almost eliminated.

[ajiz138]

SuperBru went haywire...

Slovenia were bitterly disappointed as Serbia equalized through Jovic's header - after the goal the referee blew the whistle, frustratingly if Slovenia had won the team would have had 4 points while Denmark would have lost to England.

I wonder how England vs Denmark will play out, there should be no goal difficulties, that's what's really important.

[un_rank]

Slovenia were bitterly disappointed as Serbia equalized through Jovic's header - after the goal the referee blew the whistle,

I did not watch the game but the stats suggests it all went down in the closing moments of that match. 4 yellow cards after the 87th minute and the goal being the last action on the match, that is how you settle a derby match.

I wonder how England vs Denmark will play out, there should be no goal difficulties, that's what's really important.

I expected Southgate to change something in the line up but he is sticking to his guns, playing Trent in the middle and Foden all the way out in the left. I will expect a similar closely fought match and a narrow victory.

- Jay -

[ajiz138]

I wonder how England vs Denmark will play out, there should be no goal difficulties, that's what's really important.

I expected Southgate to change something in the line up but he is sticking to his guns, playing Trent in the middle and Foden all the way out in the left. I will expect a similar closely fought match and a narrow victory.

Trent and Foden were withdrawn in the second half to bring on Bowen EZE as a midfielder but that didn't change anything - this game didn't change anything even boring in the stats England lost to Denmark, maybe Southgate thought with a draw they remained comfortable in Group C, but I was quite annoyed with his game.

[LTU_btc]

Trent and Foden were withdrawn in the second half to bring on Bowen EZE as a midfielder but that didn't change anything - this game didn't change anything even boring in the stats England lost to Denmark, maybe Southgate thought with a draw they remained comfortable in Group C, but I was quite annoyed with his game.

So far when you see how England is playing, it would be difficult to call them asvone of main favorites to win tournament. They leave very dull impression, but 4 points after 2 games isn't bad result. But damn, that Hjulman goal, what a beauty. In this EURO we have plenty of goals scored out of the penalty area.
Slovenia - Serbia, result which isn't good for both teams, but that extremely late Jovic goal saved my prediction and BTTS bet.
Now Spain - Italy, probably biggest game of whole group stage.

[buwaytress]

Italy's going to hold out for second half methinks...

Trent and Foden were withdrawn in the second half to bring on Bowen EZE as a midfielder but that didn't change anything - this game didn't change anything even boring in the stats England lost to Denmark, maybe Southgate thought with a draw they remained comfortable in Group C, but I was quite annoyed with his game.

TAA's midfield experiment wasn't too bad, but felt like the whole team wasn't ready to risk anything much. Manager's orders I guess. Think England frustrates everyone in general, and definitely the most frustrating of all the teams thus far.

Remember the last Euro though. Boring wins, draws, wins. Looks like we're about to see the very same England all over again. Premier League may have the most modern attacking football, but English national football is reluctant to honour that tradition.

[un_rank]

Trent and Foden were withdrawn in the second half to bring on Bowen EZE as a midfielder but that didn't change anything

All of his subs were tactless. Bring on Eze, Bowen and Watkins all at the same time meant none of them had time to blend in with the other attacking players. It was like the forward guys trying to find their feet while the Denmark players were already fully locked in.

Starting the game with 3 players out of their natural position at their clubs was criminal. 4 if I count Trippier, but that was a forced decision.

Spain dominating but Italy have shown they can steal the show at any time.

- Jay -

[cryptofrka]

TAA's midfield experiment wasn't too bad, but felt like the whole team wasn't ready to risk anything much. Manager's orders I guess. Think England frustrates everyone in general, and definitely the most frustrating of all the teams thus far.

I feel it's horrible and needs to stop immediately. Imagine what a team like Spain would do to their midfield?
Palmer still without any minutes while Bowen and Eze are collecting them - what the hell is happening? He played really good in all the friendlies as well.

Something's very wrong with England, they don't look like the team from the last Euros. They don't really look like a team at all.

[buwaytress]

So the team that beat Belgium lost to the team that lost to Romania. Was somehow hoping Ukraine would lose as I need ONE team in any group to end the tournament with 0 points heh. As it stands, unlikely for Belgium to lose their next 2 matches.

At least I've climbed up 11 spots now... still far from darxiaomi but no longer rooted to the bottom.

Now Poland behind so hope they stay down! Edit: goddang equaliser!

Something's very wrong with England, they don't look like the team from the last Euros. They don't really look like a team at all.

Tell you what though, they're going far. In the most frustrating way possible. Penalties, shootouts, whatever it takes. If you want to quit watching football, watch teams like England.

[LTU_btc]

So the team that beat Belgium lost to the team that lost to Romania. Was somehow hoping Ukraine would lose as I need ONE team in any group to end the tournament with 0 points heh. As it stands, unlikely for Belgium to lose their next 2 matches.

At least I've climbed up 11 spots now... still far from darxiaomi but no longer rooted to the bottom.

The way how Ukraine started game, it looked that it will be another loss for them. But after halftime and few substitutions their face changed and they started to play how they were supposed to. Very interesting situation in this group, if Belgium will win tomorrow, all 4 teams will have 3 points before last round.
Poland looks so disappointing. Lewandowski isn't able to play and it's huge hit for Poland. If France will not lose today, Poland will be first team to get eliminated.

[cryptofrka]

So the team that beat Belgium lost to the team that lost to Romania. Was somehow hoping Ukraine would lose as I need ONE team in any group to end the tournament with 0 points heh. As it stands, unlikely for Belgium to lose their next 2 matches.

Don't worry, it's Poland

Tell you what though, they're going far. In the most frustrating way possible. Penalties, shootouts, whatever it takes. If you want to quit watching football, watch teams like England.

Nope, no way. They defended compactly before, they are all over the place now. The Trent experiment backfired, the first guy to jump in is Gallagher, I expected to see more of Mainoo and Palmer.
I always thought like you do now, they'll bore us to death but win games. The way they have defended so far - no way man. Spain would tear them apart. So would Portugal and Germany, and France would just bore them enough to score a goal and defend easily later.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

It appears I’m doing quite terribly, currently sitting in 19/27 place.

I need to start hitting some EXACT scores very quickly of my chances of winning will be in tatters before we even finish the group stage.

[LTU_btc]

Oh, Turkey, seems that we already have most stupid own goal of tournament. How you can give such pass back to goalkeeper? Expected that they will give good fight against Portugal.
Lukaku would be proud of Chakvetadze. Wasting such moment 1 on 1 vs goalkeeper. Georgia had best possible moment to win game and they can blame themselves after they will not get out of group.
Doing quite well in the pool, but some recent games weren't successful for me.

[un_rank]

The odd difference in the Germany vs Switzerland much is very high, I expected it will be much closer, at most 4.5 for the Swiss. Will we get lots of goals maybe ov3.5? The odds for that are looking attactive and I am not so sure the Germans win tonight.

I have been on free-fall in the pool since the end of round 1, I need to pick myself up for this round.

- Jay -

[LTU_btc]

The odd difference in the Germany vs Switzerland much is very high, I expected it will be much closer, at most 4.5 for the Swiss. Will we get lots of goals maybe ov3.5? The odds for that are looking attactive and I am not so sure the Germans win tonight.

I'm not sure that it will be high scoring game. Simply both teams don't have much to fight for, so, it's quite possible that it will be boring game. A bit different situation in Hungary - Scotland game. Both teams not just need to win if they want to reach next round, but also to score a lot because their goal difference is terrible. BTTS and over 2.5 looks like a safe bet, though, not very high odds.
Still can't forget yesterday's Lukaku offside, this guy is really cursed. So top scorers of tournament is Own goals and Lukaku without VAR

[LTU_btc]

Fortunately, it seems that everything ended relatively well for Varga. Yeah, he got quite serious injury, but that's not the worst possible outcome. But damn, got so many flashbacks from last EURO and Erikssen. Great that bod stories ended well, but damn when I saw staff walking so passively without any rush to Varga, I thought, WTF guys you're doing?
Don't understand why Hungary started to play only in the end of game. If they would played in such way for most part of game, it was possible to achieve something more than minimal win.
Some recent games aren't going well for me, both in pool and betting :/