Now a really fancy way of doing it would be to award the odds (from a reputable bookies website) as points. So, if the odds for a draw of 1-1 was 3/1, anyone picking 1-1 would get 3 points.

But, that's the problem, if you get someone like me to do this job (not that I have the time right now), the functions would be overly complicated, likely favour me and I would somehow win by a rather unfathomable margin.

F*** me, it's bleeding simple.

I'd have thought a software genius like yourself could automate the whole thing anyway.

I'm retired. Cured. People even call me "normal" now. I don't really want to go back to the cave

So you're just too bloody lazy these days?

I suppose "lazy" is a semi-accurate term (perhaps not my first choice of word, though).

I'm sure it could be done with relative ease, if everyone could be trusted to lay out their predictions in a very exact manner (and with no spelling mistakes).

For example:

novocastrian england 1 usa 1
novocastrian southkorea 0 greece 1

Not that I'm saying I'll do it, of course, I can't say I'll have the time to keep up and make sure it's accurate. If I get the chance over the weekend I'll take a look at excel on the laptop (I can't see the bloody thing on this screen) and see if I can spec something out.

Excellent.

novocastrian england 1 usa 1
novocastrian southkorea 0 greece 1
novocastrian argentina 2 nigeria 2

Cheers.

I'm going to post mine in that from after the matches - just to force Greenhill to do more work and have to check the post date. hahaha!!

I'll have the Koreans to take the Greeks 1-0.

Argentina 2- Nigeria 1

England 3 USA 1

The last two were previously mentioned. The other games were an oversite.

Yes, v predictable - ITV r shyte at covering the footy, w cup or not - catch this (first)goal call:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCexONAfnDU&fmt=18

If anyone else wants to play Novo's predict-the-score game, reply to this post, replace the *** with your username (for ALL matches!), change the scores to your prediction and submit the reply...

*** KoreaRepublic 0 Greece 0
*** Argentina 0 Nigeria 0
*** England 0 USA 0


I'll post up tomorrows games in a similar format after the matches today, along with the current standings.

Flogger S Korea 1 Greece 0
Flogger Argentina 2 Nigeria 1
Flogger England 1 USA 1

Done. Off to the bar now

Lord Vader KoreaRepublic 0 Greece 0
Lord Vader Argentina 3 Nigeria 2
Lord Vader USA 3 England 1

Ok, I've had a scan through the thread and picked out the following predictions... did I miss anyone/anything??

Novocastrian SouthAfrica 1 Mexico 1
Novocastrian Uruguay 1 France 1
Novocastrian KoreaRepublic 0 Greece 1
Novocastrian Argentina 2 Nigeria 2
Novocastrian England 1 USA 1

JamesM SouthAfrica 1 Mexico 2
JamesM Uruguay 1 France 1
JamesM KoreaRepublic 1 Greece 0
JamesM Argentina 2 Nigeria 1
JamesM England 3 USA 1

Alan2005Â KoreaRepublic 0 Greece 2
Alan2005Â Argentina 2 Nigeria 1
Alan2005Â USA 2 England 0

Oink KoreaRepublic 1 Greece 1
Oink Argentina 2 Nigeria 1
Oink USA 6 England 0

LordVader KoreaRepublic 0 Greece 0
LordVader Argentina 3 Nigeria 2
LordVader USA 3 England 1

Greenhill KoreaRepublic 2 Greece 0
Greenhill Argentina 3 Nigeria 0
Greenhill USA 5 England 0

Flogger KoreaRepublic 1 Greece 0
Flogger Argentina 2 Nigeria 1
Flogger England 1 USA 1

Looks good mate.

I'm oh-fer today so far and I hope I will be on the whole day.

INGERLAAAANNND!!