Euro 2004 qualifying predictions - November

[Paul]

You can find the rules here. Next weekend the play-offs for the final 5 qualifying spots will start, with the second leg on the following Wednesday.

Saturday, 15-11-2003:
Latvia - Turkey
Scotland - Netherlands
Croatia - Slovenia
Russia - Wales
Spain - Norway

Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Turkey - Latvia
Netherlands - Scotland
Slovenia - Croatia
Wales - Russia
Norway - Spain

The current standings:

 1 Juggernaut          177
 2 Wille               174
 2 Zopperoni           174
 4 Locutus             173
 5 MikeH               166
 5 Paul                166
 7 Al'Kimiya           161
 8 Fergus Horkan       160
 9 Wernazuma           158
10 Hueij               152
11 Academia            149
12 Serb                142
12 OneFootInTheGrave   142
14 Yaroslav            134
15 Big Crunch (SD)     133
16 Bas                 106
17 FrustratedPoet       69
18 CyberShy             59
19 Eli                  53
20 Lars-E               49
21 notyoueither         44
22 Rogan Josh           41
23 Daz                  27
24 Frozzy (Redbull)     24
24 MrPresident          24
24 Gazablanca           24
24 Sonic                24
28 Frostycreep          23
29 Sten Sture           17

[Paul]

My predictions for Saturday:

Saturday, 15-11-2003:
Latvia - Turkey 0-2
Scotland - Netherlands 1-3
Croatia - Slovenia 2-1
Russia - Wales 2-0
Spain - Norway 2-0

[Wernazuma III]

Re: Euro 2004 qualifying predictions - November

Saturday, 15-11-2003:
Latvia - Turkey 0-2
Scotland - Netherlands 1-2
Croatia - Slovenia 2-0
Russia - Wales 3-1
Spain - Norway 3-0

[Al'Kimiya]

Saturday, 15-11-2003:
Latvia - Turkey 0-2
Scotland - Netherlands 0-1
Croatia - Slovenia 2-1
Russia - Wales 2-0
Spain - Norway 1-1

Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Turkey - Latvia 3-1
Netherlands - Scotland 4-0
Slovenia - Croatia 1-1
Wales - Russia 0-1
Norway - Spain 2-1

[Laertes]

Re: Euro 2004 qualifying predictions - November

Is this the end?

Saturday, 15-11-2003:
Latvia 1-2 Turkey
Scotland 1-2 Netherlands
Croatia 1-1 Slovenia
Russia 3-1 Wales
Spain 2-0 Norway

Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Turkey 1-0 Latvia
Netherlands 2-1 Scotland
Slovenia 0-0 Croatia
Wales 2-1 Russia
Norway 1-1 Spain

[Paul]

Re: Re: Euro 2004 qualifying predictions - November

Originally posted by Fergus Horkan
Is this the end?

These are the last qualifying matches. The Euro 2004 final tournament will be played in June 2004 in Portugal, but I will start a new prediction game for that so we will all start with a clean sheet.

[MikeH]

Saturday, 15-11-2003:
Latvia - Turkey 0-1
Scotland - Netherlands 0-2
Croatia - Slovenia 1-0
Russia - Wales 1-0
Spain - Norway 1-0
Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Turkey - Latvia 3-0
Netherlands - Scotland 4-0
Slovenia - Croatia 1-1
Wales - Russia 1-0
Norway - Spain 0-1

[Zopperoni]

Saturday, 2003-11-15:
Latvia - Turkey 0-2
Scotland - Netherlands 0-1
Croatia - Slovenia 1-0
Russia - Wales 1-0
Spain - Norway 2-0

[Locutus]

Saturday, 15-11-2003:
Latvia - Turkey 0-2
Scotland - Netherlands 1-2
Croatia - Slovenia 2-1
Russia - Wales 1-0
Spain - Norway 2-0

[Paul]

You have 24 hours to post your predictions.

[Footie Mad]

Saturday, 15-11-2003:
Latvia - Turkey 0-1
Scotland - Netherlands 0-2
Croatia - Slovenia 2-1
Russia - Wales 1-0
Spain - Norway 1-0

[Paul]

Latvia - Turkey
Scotland - Netherlands
Croatia - Slovenia
Russia - Wales
Spain - Norway

 1 Juggernaut         177
 2 Wille              175 (+1)
 2 Zopperoni          175 (+1)
 4 Locutus            174 (+1)
 5 MikeH              167 (+1)
 5 Paul               167 (+1)
 7 Fergus Horkan      163 (+3)
 8 Al'Kimiya          161
 9 Wernazuma          159 (+1)
10 Hueij              152
11 Academia           149
12 Serb               142
12 OneFootInTheGrave  142
14 Yaroslav           134
15 Big Crunch (SD)    133
16 Bas                106
17 FrustratedPoet      69
18 CyberShy            59
19 Eli                 53
20 Lars-E              49
21 notyoueither        44
22 Rogan Josh          41
23 Daz                 27
24 Frozzy (Redbull)    24
24 MrPresident         24
24 Gazablanca          24
24 Sonic               24
28 Frostycreep         23
29 Sten Sture          17

I have uploaded the spreadsheet with all the results.

[Paul]

My predictions for Wednesday:

Turkey - Latvia 2-0
Netherlands - Scotland 2-0
Slovenia - Croatia 2-1
Wales - Russia 1-1
Norway - Spain 1-1

[Zopperoni]

Turkey - Latvia 3-0
Netherlands - Scotland 2-0
Slovenia - Croatia 1-0
Wales - Russia 1-0
Norway - Spain 1-1

[MOBIUS]

Yay to the underdog!

They certainly screwed with your predictions...

The David and Goliath contest where a country with 100 times the population of the other still couldn't win at home...

Wales put on a great show and almost snatched the result several times themselves - Russia seemed only marginally the stronger side, but certainly not enough to deserve victory.

And definitely not after resorting to cheap underhand cheating, diving, play acting and out and out gamesmanship during the second half - what a bunch of pussies!

Cymru am Byth!