Arcus_Aesopi Posted Sunday at 08:58 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 08:58 PM 40 minutes ago, clammboy said: Italy lost but it is a beautiful game. LOL, Thanks @clammboy! Nice 🙂 Well, Spain did the job against Georgia and it turns out the first goal was an "own goal", so Spain scored all 5! LOL 4-1 to Spain! Found this at https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/27/euro-2024-power-rankings-verdicts-on-the-24-teams-after-the-group-stage Guardian's Power Rankings for Euro 24 1) Spain 2) Germany 3) Austria 4) France 5) Portugal 6) Switzerland 7) Georgia 😎 Turkey 9) England 10) Belgium 11) Italy 12) Netherlands 13) Denmark 14) Romania 15) Slovakia 16) Slovenia 17) Ukraine 18) Croatia 19) Albania 20) Hungary 21) Czech Republic 22) Poland 23) Serbia 24) Scotland These rankings are 4-0 in the matches so far while the betting odds I used are 3-1. 😎 And... I just learned from the list that 8 + ) gives 😎 What a worthwhile endeavor! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHeadShrimp Posted Sunday at 09:14 PM Share Posted Sunday at 09:14 PM 2 out of 2 today. England gave me a scare. I think Spain might be the eventual champ. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnirf Posted Monday at 05:03 AM Share Posted Monday at 05:03 AM Managed to get all 4 so far. Italys loss were expected if you had watched the games. Lucky on England, as it is just the team that walks through that is necessary to pick not the draw that was full time result. Even if I score good the following four fights the quarter finals will be more evenly matched probably where the outcome is far more difficult to pick. Therefor I think that most players will have likely good results after first 8 that leaves them in hope for good prizes. At least some ships might be in waiting. Just hope that I can leave the eventual containers unopened until a ship that I do not have joins the ship boxes. Right now there is no box that have a ship that is not in my port. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chysagon Posted Monday at 10:31 AM Share Posted Monday at 10:31 AM (edited) Have no idea what the issue is with the way England is playing ,but for the favorites they are leaving a lot to be desired,matches so far have been just above boring on the richter scale.Not sure how to predict their next game for The Beautiful Game. Edited Monday at 08:42 PM by Chysagon correction 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerstoerherr Posted Monday at 10:33 AM Share Posted Monday at 10:33 AM 1 minute ago, Chysagon said: Have no idea what the issue is with the way England is playing ,but for the favorites they are leaving a lot to be desired,matches so far have been slighlty above boring on the richter scale.Not sure how to predict their next game for The Beautiful Game. I would personally bet on Switzerland, Slovak team had some very bad luck and England was absolutely harmless and futile for the majority of the match. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slammer58 Posted Monday at 01:09 PM Share Posted Monday at 01:09 PM 2 for 2 yesterday. Rooting for France and Portugal today. ⚽ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcus_Aesopi Posted Monday at 03:54 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 03:54 PM Here we go! France vs. Belgium about to start at Noon. Get your picks in for today's 2 matches. I'm with @Slammer58, hoping for France and Portugal 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHeadShrimp Posted Monday at 05:04 PM Share Posted Monday at 05:04 PM France and Portugal today. Please don't disappoint me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnitchelkid01_ Posted Monday at 06:41 PM Share Posted Monday at 06:41 PM France won, which means now all I have to wait for is Portugal 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHeadShrimp Posted Monday at 11:02 PM Share Posted Monday at 11:02 PM Both France and Portugal won but barely. France looks good but what are all these French Bofors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnitchelkid01_ Posted yesterday at 12:21 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:21 AM I am now 6-6.... and I don't know ANYTHING about Futball... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcus_Aesopi Posted yesterday at 12:22 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 12:22 AM Well, tomorrow's matches should be interesting. The charts say Netherlands and Austria should win. Hope so! July 2: Romania vs. Netherlands, 12 p.m. July 2: Austria vs. Türkiye, 3 p.m. The Odds chart is 5-1 while the Guardian's power rankings are 6-0. Both games today didn't show any real "power"! Good luck all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slammer58 Posted yesterday at 12:55 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:55 PM While I did pick the Netherlands for today, since I know absolutely nothing about 'football' I also picked Türkiye. Hoping for an upset over Austria 🙃. Wish I'd seen @Arcus_Aesopi's list first, but I'm still 4/6 for just guessing, so not too bad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcus_Aesopi Posted yesterday at 01:31 PM Author Share Posted yesterday at 01:31 PM 34 minutes ago, Slammer58 said: While I did pick the Netherlands for today, since I know absolutely nothing about 'football' I also picked Türkiye. Hoping for an upset over Austria 🙃. Wish I'd seen @Arcus_Aesopi's list first, but I'm still 4/6 for just guessing, so not too bad. Like you, I knew nothing and sought "truth" on the internet... got pretty lucky with that, I think 😉 Good luck the rest of the way! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tocqueville8 Posted yesterday at 02:09 PM Share Posted yesterday at 02:09 PM (edited) 1 hour ago, Slammer58 said: While I did pick the Netherlands for today, since I know absolutely nothing about 'football' I also picked Türkiye. Hoping for an upset over Austria 🙃. Wish I'd seen @Arcus_Aesopi's list first, but I'm still 4/6 for just guessing, so not too bad. Interestingly, transfermarkt has Turkey's roster as more valuable than Austria's, yet the latter are the favorites according to the betting markets. I'm on the fence myself, knowing very little about either team... Edited yesterday at 02:09 PM by tocqueville8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethervox Posted yesterday at 02:24 PM Share Posted yesterday at 02:24 PM On 6/30/2024 at 1:11 PM, clammboy said: Italy lost but it is a beautiful game. Is she a tour guide? She could guide my personal tour ☺️. Seriously, tho, this token event is rather bogus. There's no way to choose all of the matchups unless you jump thru Wedgie circus ring hoops like a trained poodle. I picked whatever matches I could with the (5?) freebie tokens. As to Italy losing to Switzerland - well Italian fans are like Brazilian fans - they think their national team is better than others & should be favoured (even in contradiction of the facts), hence, I laugh whenever Italy loses. Italian football, imho, is too defensive oriented, hence 'boring' although purists will say a 1-0 win is the mark of a well played match. I prefer the attacking, entertaining style of play associated with the good Brazilian teams. I'm Cdn, btw, with Eng, Fre & Ger ancestry, so I can cheer for these teams. The Ger/Spa matchup looks to be pivotal. Spain is looking to be the team to beat (to my casual football afficionado eye). Disclosure: I cheer for Ger (due to surname). 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcus_Aesopi Posted yesterday at 02:55 PM Author Share Posted yesterday at 02:55 PM On 7/1/2024 at 1:03 AM, Gnirf said: Just hope that I can leave the eventual containers unopened until a ship that I do not have joins the ship boxes. Right now there is no box that have a ship that is not in my port. I really really hope it works like that! I just figured I'd get the cheesy "compensation" if I get manage to get that far down the awards chain. Thanks for the tip, it's worth letting the boxes sit in the off chance that one could get a 'future' ship 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFagan_1987 Posted yesterday at 07:28 PM Share Posted yesterday at 07:28 PM I'm not too familiar with soccer (aka "football" for the non-Americans among us) so I don't really understand how this works but I have 7 tokens left ... will I be able to bet on further stages? I assume this works like American football or baseball in which the winners of the 8 matches pair off in 4 matches? I assume we'll be able to vote on that. Any suggestions on picks? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHeadShrimp Posted yesterday at 09:00 PM Share Posted yesterday at 09:00 PM Oh well 7/8, disappointed by Austria. The rest of it is much harder to pick. I think it is mostly like WOWS RNG. Spain and France are still my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slammer58 Posted yesterday at 09:18 PM Share Posted yesterday at 09:18 PM 15 minutes ago, BigHeadShrimp said: Oh well 7/8, disappointed by Austria. The rest of it is much harder to pick. I think it is mostly like WOWS RNG. Spain and France are still my favorites. I'm not. 😇 I blindly picked Türkiye. 2 for 2 today. I will now probably totally blow the rest of my picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnitchelkid01_ Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago I went 7 for 8 on the round of 16. I picked Austria to win against Turkey but that didn't work out. However 7/8 isn't bad at all! I am shooting for that Tier VIII or Tier VII premium box 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricericon Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago 5 hours ago, CFagan_1987 said: I'm not too familiar with soccer (aka "football" for the non-Americans among us) so I don't really understand how this works but I have 7 tokens left ... will I be able to bet on further stages? I assume this works like American football or baseball in which the winners of the 8 matches pair off in 4 matches? I assume we'll be able to vote on that. Correct. 5 hours ago, CFagan_1987 said: Any suggestions on picks? The Netherlands and England are solid favorites. France are thin favorites over Portugal, and Spain is technically favored over Germany but really you might as well flip a coin. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcus_Aesopi Posted 6 hours ago Author Share Posted 6 hours ago Congrats on the winners... I was 6/8 on the first round following the odds... the Turkey win seemed to be an actual upset since both the Draftkings' odds and Guardian's power rankings missed that one! Draftkings Euro 2024 title odds (6/8 on round of 16) https://dknetwork.draftkings.com/2024/7/3/24191566/euro-2024-odds-picks-predictions-championship-title-futures-spain-england-france-germany Spain: +400 England: +400 France: +450 Germany: +450 Netherlands: +700 Portugal: +850 Switzerland: +1400 Turkey: +4000 And the Guardian (7/8 on round of 16) haven't released power rankings yet. As expected, the published power rankings are wildly divergent after some crazy round of 16 games: CBSSports (top to bottom): Spain, Germany, France, Switzerland, England, Portugal, Turkey, Netherlands FourFourTwo (top to bottom): Spain, Germany, France, Turkey, Netherlands, France, Portugal, England I'm going to wait a couple days for opinions to level out before I pick the Quarterfinals! Also, I have to earn more tokens... 🙂 Good luck all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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