Euro 2012 had begun and we got together on the second day of the tournament to make some predictions for some of the results and to predict the final four and eventual winner. I actually made my predictions before the second day action got under way whereas both George and Gino did there's knowing that Holland had lost in their opening match. Never the less - Gino has still predicted the Dutch to be one of his final four so fair play to him for that.
Both Gino and I were obviously impressed by the Russians and it also noticeable that none of us have gone for Spain to reach the semi-finals - I even had said that I don't think that they will even get out of their group! Of the three of us it is George that has selected England amazingly but he has done this in the past (I think it puts a curse on us!)
Even though I had explained a few things to the boys George still made the error that I was trying to avoid as he originally had selected Spain in his final four but after I explained it again he changed it to Poland.
The reason for this (just in case you are not aware) is that George's original prediction would have been impossible as he would have had three nations coming from either groups C or D with only one from either A or B and the format of the competition means that there must be two nations from either side of the draw reaching the semi-finals.
We did make some predictions on this tournament back in January and that podcast is on our Facebook fan page. It is also interesting to note that this time around the predictions were made more with the head than the heart as initially both George and Gino had Italy winning the cup (not to say that might still happen of course) but then again I believe with every tournament before it has begun they have had Italy winning it!
Both Gino and I were obviously impressed by the Russians and it also noticeable that none of us have gone for Spain to reach the semi-finals - I even had said that I don't think that they will even get out of their group! Of the three of us it is George that has selected England amazingly but he has done this in the past (I think it puts a curse on us!)
Even though I had explained a few things to the boys George still made the error that I was trying to avoid as he originally had selected Spain in his final four but after I explained it again he changed it to Poland.
The reason for this (just in case you are not aware) is that George's original prediction would have been impossible as he would have had three nations coming from either groups C or D with only one from either A or B and the format of the competition means that there must be two nations from either side of the draw reaching the semi-finals.
We did make some predictions on this tournament back in January and that podcast is on our Facebook fan page. It is also interesting to note that this time around the predictions were made more with the head than the heart as initially both George and Gino had Italy winning the cup (not to say that might still happen of course) but then again I believe with every tournament before it has begun they have had Italy winning it!
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