World Cup Prediction Competition.....

[Totster]

I may as well collect my price now... cos I will be victorious...

totster

[daleyboy]

I may as well collect my price now... cos I will be victorious...

totster

Your joking arent you? I know nothing about football so i am bound to win

[Totster]

Your joking arent you? I know nothing about football so i am bound to win

Actually .. not knowing about football was my secret weapon..

totster

[chonabot]

No FLY???? (maybe he got banned again???)

I'm thinking that the Fly is with us , and in the competition............Donz ?

[jackr]

No FLY???? (maybe he got banned again???)

I'm thinking that the Fly is with us , and in the competition............Donz ?

I started to like Donz until he morphed back to The Fly, although is he the original Fly? It seems highly likely that any one of the 18 million bread thieves could be a potential Fly.

[chonabot]

All the below have sent me predictions in - Cheers ( 28 including me )

Chon Eriksson

HaroiHenry

CalibanJr

Neeranam

Old_Croc

Svenivan

Totster

Nongwahyay

Game4shame

Sing_Sling

Jackr

Scouser

Backpack

OneeyedJOhn

Explorer

Spit The Dog

Simmo

DaleyBoy

Chuchok

Professor fart

MrBojangles

Tom Yum goong

Kuhn Yak

Donz

Redrus

Britmaveric

Thaipauly

Tytus

On a different note , I've just heard that Wayne Rooney will be okay for the later stages.

[ProfessorFart]

Sterling work Chon!

Donz is the Fly!? Never! Donz is sometimes funny!

[chonabot]

OK chaps , just a bit of info for your perusal. I will be away from Fri until Monday afternoon, on return to Chez Chon, monday evening, I will then calculate and publish the scores at that point.

Thereafter, saddo that I am, I will update the prediction table on a daily basis.

If you are entering your scores on a daily basis please make sure that they are with me before kick off! I have no problem calculating and updating your individual; spreadsheets retrospectively. I will publish my own predictions on here, in advance of the games.

As I am away Mon-Fri I will publish my first 4 days ( 11 games ) predictions here on Friday Morning.

If anyone has any concerns please let me know , either here , via PM, or email.

By end of play monday there will be a potential 50 points plus available, so it will be interesting to see if a leader has emerged.

It's a shame we weren't closer, then we could have had a small collection and perhaps a few prizes could have been offered. Oh well theres always Euro 2008.......

Heres the first four days matches, some great viewing lies ahead fellow predictors.

FRIDAY 9 JUNE

GROUP A

Germany v Costa Rica

Munich, 1700

Poland v Ecuador

Gelsenkirchen, 2000

SATURDAY 10 JUNE

GROUP B

England v Paraguay

Frankfurt, 1400

Trinidad & Tobago v Sweden

Dortmund, 1700

GROUP C

Argentina v Ivory Coast

Hamburg, 2000

SUNDAY 11 JUNE

GROUP C

Serbia & Mont. v Holland

Leipzig, 1400

GROUP D

Mexico v Iran

Nuremberg, 1700

Angola v Portugal

Cologne, 2000

MONDAY 12 JUNE

GROUP F

Australia v Japan

Kaiserslautern, 1400

GROUP E

USA v Czech Republic

Gelsenkirchen, 1700

Italy v Ghana

Hanover, 2000

[Totster]

I am available to collect my prize at the Rimpao ....

totster

[chonabot]

I am available to collect my prize at the Rimpao ....

totster

I'll meet you in the basement bar Tots!

[calibanjr.]

Video Game Simulation (FWIW), from the NYTimes:

"CZECHS WIN, IN A SIMULATION The Czech Republic defeated Brazil, 2-1, for the title when the game manufacturer Electronic Arts used its video game, 2006 FIFA World Cup, to play a simulated tournament. The simulation was used to play all 64 games. In the first round, the game had the United States tying the Czechs, 2-2, defeating Italy, 3-2, and Ghana, 2-0, and losing to Brazil, 3-2, in the second round."

They may need to reconfigure the software, for the first round at least!

[ProfessorFart]

Forget video games! The real thing is a little over 24 hours away now.....

I can see this branch getting a ###### sight more busy over the next few days!

[Jockstar]

Hi Chon only got your PM today as my Trues connection has been playing up. I'm in. Just send me more info. Cheers.

[Sing_Sling]

Can we still change our forecasts . . . .

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/w...any/5049952.stm

[Old Croc]

I started to like Donz until he morphed back to The Fly, although is he the original Fly? It seems highly likely that any one of the 18 million bread thieves could be a potential Fly.

There's 20 million of us you bugger. Get your facts right if you're going to insult us. Of course, the original bread stealers were all Brits, we're just their decendents!

[Old Croc]

Donz isn't denying it! And the fly would be here under any circumstances or identity!

[LaoPo]

FRIDAY 9 JUNE

GROUP A

Germany v Costa Rica

Munich, 1700

Poland v Ecuador

Gelsenkirchen, 2000

SATURDAY 10 JUNE

GROUP B

England v Paraguay

Frankfurt, 1400

Trinidad & Tobago v Sweden

Dortmund, 1700

GROUP C

Argentina v Ivory Coast

Hamburg, 2000

SUNDAY 11 JUNE

GROUP C

Serbia & Mont. v Holland

Leipzig, 1400

GROUP D

Mexico v Iran

Nuremberg, 1700

Angola v Portugal

Cologne, 2000

MONDAY 12 JUNE

GROUP F

Australia v Japan

Kaiserslautern, 1400

GROUP E

USA v Czech Republic

Gelsenkirchen, 1700

Italy v Ghana

Hanover, 2000

These are all UK times, Chona.....NOT Germany (mainland Europe) times.

One have to add 1 hour (UK to Mainland) and +6 hours (from UK) for Thailand or +5 for mainland Europe for Thailand.

LaoPo

[jackr]

I started to like Donz until he morphed back to The Fly, although is he the original Fly? It seems highly likely that any one of the 18 million bread thieves could be a potential Fly.

There's 20 million of us you bugger. Get your facts right if you're going to insult us. Of course, the original bread stealers were all Brits, we're just their decendents!

Yeah, I know, but I was guessing that at least two million must have been rehabilitated by now

[britmaveric]

I am available to collect my prize at the Rimpao ....

totster

I'll meet you in the basement bar Tots!

Chons - Is it true the prizes will be awarded from the Jolly Farmer in Oxford???

[The Vulcan]

Count me in too - hope I'm not too late!

[greg.d]

Chon, I sent my Predictions about 15 mins ago, can you confirm you have received them please.... it's sooooo important cause I will be the winner, even if I don't beleive it myself

Cheers

Greg

[chonabot]

All the below have sent me predictions in - Cheers

Chon Eriksson

Greg.D

HaroiHenry

CalibanJr

Neeranam

Old_Croc

Svenivan

Totster

Nongwahyay

Game4shame

Sing_Sling

Jackr

Scouser

Backpack

OneeyedJOhn

Explorer

Spit The Dog

Simmo

DaleyBoy

Chuchok

Professor fart

MrBojangles

Tom Yum goong

Kuhn Yak

Donz

Redrus

Britmaveric

Thaipauly

Tytus

plus a few late entrants , hurry up and get your xl in chaps.

[chonabot]

FRIDAY 9 JUNE

GROUP A

Germany v Costa Rica

Munich, 1700

Poland v Ecuador

Gelsenkirchen, 2000

SATURDAY 10 JUNE

GROUP B

England v Paraguay

Frankfurt, 1400

Trinidad & Tobago v Sweden

Dortmund, 1700

GROUP C

Argentina v Ivory Coast

Hamburg, 2000

SUNDAY 11 JUNE

GROUP C

Serbia & Mont. v Holland

Leipzig, 1400

GROUP D

Mexico v Iran

Nuremberg, 1700

Angola v Portugal

Cologne, 2000

MONDAY 12 JUNE

GROUP F

Australia v Japan

Kaiserslautern, 1400

GROUP E

USA v Czech Republic

Gelsenkirchen, 1700

Italy v Ghana

Hanover, 2000

These are all UK times, Chona.....NOT Germany (mainland Europe) times.

One have to add 1 hour (UK to Mainland) and +6 hours (from UK) for Thailand or +5 for mainland Europe for Thailand.

LaoPo

I will redo these later today with all relevant times on , cheers mate.

[chonabot]

Count me in too - hope I'm not too late!

Pm me your details

[chonabot]

Chon, I sent my Predictions about 15 mins ago, can you confirm you have received them please.... it's sooooo important cause I will be the winner, even if I don't beleive it myself

Cheers

Greg

You're in sir

[chonabot]

In reply to Sing_slings earlier question , if you want to enter the compo you have until

Fri 9 0100 GMT ( 0200 Deutschland / 0600 Thai time )

This is the deadline to enter the compo, any entrants after this time will be void.

This is a cut-off to the compo, if you wish to redo the Friday games predictions after this time, you can , as long as I have had some predictions from you, it really is just a cut off to see the total amount of entrants, so I can tidy up this stage of the compo.

If you wish to send them in one day at a time, thereafter I must have the predictions before kick off of each game predicted.

any questions please put them here or pm me.

I will put a definitive list of entrants at 0100 GMT, also I will post my first 4 days predictions.

[Edited by Scouse - Chon deducted 10 points for not being able to spell "Deutschland" (now corrected) ]

[jackr]

You're doin' a fine job there, Chon.

ps - do you really look like that?

[chonabot]

You're doin' a fine job there, Chon.

ps - do you really look like that?

Jack suffice to say i probably look a bit better than the poor Sir Bobby these days.

[chonabot]

All the below have sent me predictions in - Cheers

BackPack Thailand

BritMaverick

CalibanJr

Chonabot

Chuchok

DaleyBoy

Donz

Explorer

Game4shame

Greg.D

HaroiHenry

Jackr

jockstar

Kuhn Yak

MrBojangles

Neeranam

Nongwahyay

old_Croc

OneyedJohn

Prof Fart

Redrus

Scouser

Simmo

Sing_Sling

Spit The Dog

SvenIvan

ThaiPauly

TomYum Goong

Totster

Tytus

5 1.2 hours before the cut off for entry into the compo guys

At 0130 GMT Friday 9th June I will publish the final entrants list.

I will also publish my predictions for Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon.

I will add a few notes at the time.

[chonabot]

One point has been brought up by pm, and I feel I should mention this here.

In between the times when I publish the prediction scores/leaderboard etc, which will be at least every 2 days, could entrants refrain from posting their current scores on this thread?

It may undermine the competition and clutter up the thread.

All other comments and pi$$takes are , as always, most welcome.

Christ I sound like a trainee mod......