Euro 2012 tipster comp

[bobby1]

I was thinking pre tourney selections for group winners, top scorer, highest scoring groups, total goals, cards, corners and any others we think of.

We could do it as say the golf comp we had for The Masters with a mythical £2  staked on each selection,most profit wins.

We can play for whatever amount of prize money we agree on that suits everyone.

Does anyone fancy playing in this?

[mondatoo]

Think Josedinho's going to organise something similar.

[bobby1]

Excellent.

[Horneris]

The group straight forecasts could be worth looking at.

[bobby1]

The group straight forecasts could be worth looking at.

deffo a good one, we can compile a full list between us. The more the merrier.

[Josedinho]

I'm not fussy or possessive so if somebody has a good idea I'm more than happy to with it.

I usually run one between mates but what works for one doesn't work for all so I'll explain what we do and why and if people think it's rubbish it's not a problem or if people think it needs tweaks then we can do that.

"Scoring:

Group Stage – Correct Result (eg Poland win) = 5 Points

Correct Score (eg Poland 2-0 Greece) = 3 points

So a total of 8 points can be scored per group game.

Knockout Stages

10 Points will be scored for correctly naming a team in the quarter finals

20 Points will be scored for correctly naming a team in the semi finals.

35 Points will be scored for correctly naming a team in the final.

35 Points will be scored for correctly naming the European Champions.

(So if you put Spain to win the final you will score 70 points if they do)

If points are level a tie breaker will be used to settle the winner.

Tie Breaker:

How many goals will be scored during the competition?"

I then just print out a wall chart for them, they fill in the scores and fill in the knockout round teams (order irrelevant). Could also add top scorer and first red, hatrick and team to score 3 or 4 if somebody wants to suggest points for them.

It's pretty simple and weighted towards naming the winner. What tends to happen is the early rounds are their to gather points and are more of a contest against people that have picked the same winner as you because you are likely to need to pick the winner (or maybe pick both finalists) to win.
We do it basically due to the prestige factor. Not all my mates are punters so they wouldn't associate the best predictor being somebody that nailed a few longer odds correct scores early on and place much more emphasis on picking the winner, even though it could be a 3/1 shot.

Understand that it may not be the case on a betting forum! Need to decide if we are going down "tipster" or "prediction" route. If we do odds how are we going to do it as we don't get an SP and prices can move. Are we going to have to screenshot every selection or is somebody going to have to check?

Got plenty of time so just get opinions out there

[Josedinho]

Bump

Any interest in this? Don't want to be left sorting it with a day to go.

[anthonyl]

Horneris put me in this direction

£10 takes all - simple scenarios, should be able to get 15 players easy?

Top goalscorer (2 points)
Winner (2 points)
Player to be red carded first (2 points)
Winner of group A (1 point)
Winner of group B (1 point)
Winner of group C (1 point)
Winner of group D (1 point)
Bottom of group A (1 point)
Bottom of group B (1 point)
Bottom of group C (1 point)
Bottom of group D (1 point)
Four semi finalists (4 points)
Total yellow cards (2 points)
Player to score first penalty (including penalty shootouts) - 1 point
Player to miss first penalty (including penalty shootouts) - 1 point
Player to score first free kick (1 point)
Player to score first goal with his foot (1 point)
Player to score first goal with his head (1 point)
Player to conceed first penalty (1 point)
Total goals in tournament (2 points)
Total goals in final (1 point)
Player to score first brace (1 point)
Player to score hatrick (1 point)
Player to score first goal for England (1 point)
Player to score first goal for Republic of Eire (1 point)
First player to take his top off to celebrate a goal he has scored (2 points)
Total number of goals England will score during whole tournament (excluding penalty shootout pens - 1 point)
Total number of players to represent England during whole tournament (1 point)
Total goals in group stages (2 points for exact number, 1 point for being 1 away)
First team to lose on penalty shoot out (1 point)
Total number of minutes downing plays for England (including injury time, 2 points, 1 point for being 1 minute away)

[horseplayer]

sounds good that plenty of luck and a little skill maybe

reckon we could get together 30 at a push at a tenner a pop?

[anthonyl]

looks like this won't happen with like 7 days to go?

[horseplayer]

still time yet

right a tenner a pop is decided?

[mondatoo]

To get the ball rolling...

Top goalscorer (2 points) Torres
Winner (2 points) Germany
Player to be red carded first (2 points) Berezutsky
Winner of group A (1 point) Russia
Winner of group B (1 point) Germany
Winner of group C (1 point) Spain
Winner of group D (1 point) France
Bottom of group A (1 point) Greece
Bottom of group B (1 point) Denmark
Bottom of group C (1 point) Croatia
Bottom of group D (1 point) Sweden
Four semi finalists (4 points) Germany, Holland, Spain, France
Total yellow cards (2 points) 137
Player to score first penalty (including penalty shootouts) - 1 point RVP
Player to miss first penalty (including penalty shootouts) - 1 point Robbie Keane
Player to score first free kick (1 point) Ribery
Player to score first goal with his foot (1 point) Lewandowski
Player to score first goal with his head (1 point) Kerzhakov
Player to conceed first penalty (1 point) Agger
Total goals in tournament (2 points) 81
Total goals in final (1 point) 3
Player to score first brace (1 point) RVP
Player to score hatrick (1 point) RVP
Player to score first goal for England (1 point) Young
Player to score first goal for Republic of Eire (1 point) Keane
First player to take his top off to celebrate a goal he has scored (2 points) Lewandowski
Total number of goals England will score during whole tournament (excluding penalty shootout pens - 1 point) 6
Total number of players to represent England during whole tournament (1 point) 16
Total goals in group stages (2 points for exact number, 1 point for being 1 away) 61
First team to lose on penalty shoot out (1 point) England
Total number of minutes downing plays for England (including injury time, 2 points, 1 point for being 1 minute away) 264

[anthonyl]

don't think this will happen

i can only help with scoring from after June 15th following last exam.