Ireland's Euros scores/results Predictions thread.

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20/05/2012, 7:27 PM
nigel-harps1954

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Originally Posted by paul_oshea

I can see the optimism for Italy and croatia, but why are you so sure against Spain?

They may be the best side in the world, but they haven't played Ireland yet.

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Originally Posted by mypost

Croatia would finish second due to conceding less goals against us.

Let's not get into technicalities here. The important thing is we're going to win, with late call-up David Connolly to finish top scorer with 22 goals.
20/05/2012, 8:19 PM
Bungle

Ireland will basically be playing at home in all games. The support will be immense.

Ireland 1 Croatia 1, Spain 0 Italy 0.
Spain 2 Ireland 0, Croatia 1 Italy 1
Ireland 1 Italy 0, Croatia 2 Spain 2.

Ireland qualify for quarters and play Ukraine. Dodgy decisions go against us and we go out on penalties.
21/05/2012, 8:53 AM
passinginterest

Doing a predictions thing in work and I went for:
Ireland 1 - 1 Croatia
Spain 0 - 0 Ireland
Italy 1 - 1 Ireland

This is enough to see us through as Spain beat Italy and Croatia and they draw the game between them.

QF and it's;
France 0 - 1 Ireland

SF and the miracle run comes to an end;
Netherlands 2 - 0 Ireland
21/05/2012, 9:14 AM
paul_oshea

I've been thinking about a France quarters, talk about justice.
21/05/2012, 11:01 AM
Junior

Has there been an excel spreadsheet doing the rounds where you can predict all the group game results and right up to the final?

There's usual one done by someone with too much time on their hands for the major tournaments - anyone seen one?
21/05/2012, 11:37 AM
Crosby87

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Originally Posted by Junior

Has there been an excel spreadsheet doing the rounds where you can predict all the group game results and right up to the final?

There's usual one done by someone with too much time on their hands for the major tournaments - anyone seen one?

http://eurobracket.foxsports.com/fox...nthowtoplay.do
Not sure if that's what you mean Jr but if someone wants to set up a mini bracket tournament with foot.ie members it would be fun. Im kinda busy today.
21/05/2012, 1:31 PM
Junior

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Originally Posted by Crosby87

http://eurobracket.foxsports.com/fox...nthowtoplay.do
Not sure if that's what you mean Jr but if someone wants to set up a mini bracket tournament with foot.ie members it would be fun. Im kinda busy today.

Yeah just had a quick look. Thats the crux of it, its just that normally some excel geek has set it up on excel and it does the rounds on email. Thanks for the link.

Will have a proper look when I get chance over the next few days.

Cheers
21/05/2012, 1:54 PM
Real ale Madrid

Croatia 1-1 Ireland, Spain 2-0 Italy
Spain 2-0 Ireland, Croatia 1-1 Italy

Spain v Croatia / Ireland v Italy.

We wake up on the morning of the 18th of June and we need to beat Italy and hope Croatia don't beat Spain.

Would you take that if offered to you now ?
21/05/2012, 1:57 PM
paul_oshea

I think id take 2 draws to start with and all to play for winner takes all against italy now, but not 1 point going into the last game, and hoping for another team to do us a favour, especially when that team has already qualified.
22/05/2012, 11:29 AM
shakermaker1982

After watching Chelsea somehow win a European Cup it wouldn't surprise me if we won the bloody Euro's!

I think we can get a point against Croatia and frustrate the life out of Spain for 90 minutes.
22/05/2012, 12:45 PM
Wolfie

I've been away for a while - story lads.

Ireland 1 v Croatia 1
Ireland 0 v Spain 2
Ireland 2 v Italy 1
22/05/2012, 1:46 PM
BonnieShels

Not that it's misplaced in a certain sense but there's a sense here that we are over exaggerating the Italy game and under exaggerating the Spanish game.
23/05/2012, 1:52 AM
CraftyToePoke

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Originally Posted by BonnieShels

Not that it's misplaced in a certain sense but there's a sense here that we are over exaggerating the Italy game and under exaggerating the Spanish game.

To me the predictions on here and general consensus just hammers home what a real sh*t sandwich of a group we have when Italy are the bright spot, the hope. They are Italy after all. Still hopeful though, and if we pull this one off it will rank alongside any.

Game 1 : 1-1
Game 2 : 2-0 Spain
Game 3 : 1 -0 Ireland (in an act of absolute theft, we somehow mug them and hang on)
23/05/2012, 2:05 AM
gastric

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Originally Posted by paul_oshea

I've been thinking about a France quarters, talk about justice.

Jeez, good point! The world would be behind us as we try to get justice. I reckon the pressure would get to them!
23/05/2012, 9:35 AM
SwanVsDalton

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Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke

Still hopeful though, and if we pull this one off it will rank alongside any.

Indeed. If we make it out of the group, I think it would be the side's greatest achievement to date. Better than Genoa, better than New York, even better than Stuttgart surely...

History beckons. :)
23/05/2012, 9:44 AM
paul_oshea

One trend is we always remain optimistic before games but inevitably reality hits us after the game when the cold light of day(result) is the harsh reality.

You can play it up but we got here and all that, fair enough, but we never got the results we thought or hoped, instead we got results that just got us there.

This time we actually need the results we hope for.
23/05/2012, 10:58 AM
Stuttgart88

I'm not optimistic at all. I'm dreaming but not expecting.
23/05/2012, 2:00 PM
CraftyToePoke

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Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton

Indeed. If we make it out of the group, I think it would be the side's greatest achievement to date. Better than Genoa, better than New York, even better than Stuttgart surely...

History beckons. :)

That or 3-0 down after an hour to Croatia while Spain toy with Italy, and no one wants to hear one word Brian Kerr has to say but he will not stop talking.
23/05/2012, 3:59 PM
Stuttgart88

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Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton

Indeed. If we make it out of the group, I think it would be the side's greatest achievement to date. Better than Genoa, better than New York, even better than Stuttgart surely...

History beckons. :)

Hopefully we'll have an army of new foot.ie posters in yeras to come, taking the same inspiration as me for the usernames - Gdansk 12, Poznan12 and so on. Will there be a Kiev12?
23/05/2012, 10:36 PM
SkStu

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Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton

Indeed. If we make it out of the group, I think it would be the side's greatest achievement to date. Better than Genoa, better than New York, even better than Stuttgart surely...

true that.
24/05/2012, 1:50 PM
harps1954

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Originally Posted by Junior

Has there been an excel spreadsheet doing the rounds where you can predict all the group game results and right up to the final?

There's usual one done by someone with too much time on their hands for the major tournaments - anyone seen one?

Here's one that Finn Harps have - anyone interested in entering their Predicition Competition, full details are on this link too.

http://www.finnharps.com/site/index....ark&Itemid=101

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