So, two groups are now complete and we know four of our quarter-finalist as the Euro 2012 Championships get ready for the knock-out stages. The last two days have sorted the men from the boys in Poland and Ukraine and our competition has thrown up its fair share of thrills and spills as well.
There was a massive 132 points up for grabs in the last couple of days as not only were the normal group games due for scoring, but we also found out our first group winners and runners-up and our first four quarter-finalists.
Saturday was a day of shocks as the Czech Republic beat co-hosts Poland 1-0 and Greece defeated one of the favourites Russia by the same scoreline. The Czech result was one which 13 of you got spot on, and you receive 8 points. A further 56 of you got 3 points.
As for Greece beating Russia, well that’s something only 9 people predicated. Six of those 9 correctly guessed the 1-0 scoreline so well done to Shauna Kelly, Adam Curran, Jamie Gallagher, Colin McCann, Michael Brennan and Justin Thomas who all receive eight points.
Those results meant that the Czech Republic won the group, something that only 21 of your predicated. Ten points to those 21. Only 17 predicated that Greece would finish second, so well do to each of you who received 10 points as well. Only Kieran ‘aka Fisty’ O’Leary and Shauna Kelly correctly predicated both positions correctly.
The biggest shock on Sunday evening wasn’t just the fact that the Netherlands were dumped out of the tournament, but the fact that they didn’t manage a single point in the group games. They were, as we said in most of the previous updates, many people’s favourites before the tournament started.
Christina Ronaldo was the man that done the damage for Portugal against the Dutch on Sunday evening, scoring twice in a 2-1 victory. Only five players managed to correctly forecast the score, so well done to Danny ‘galactico’ Gallagher, Mary Gordon, Leona Curran, Gerard McHugh and Dessie Gibson. Seven more of you had also opted for a different scoring Portuguese victory.
It was a bit more clearcut in the Germany / Denmark game with just 18 players failing to pick up any points. 159 of our players got 3 points, with a further 28 getting the maximum 8 points for going for the Germans to win two one.
In all, 108 had Germany winning the group and just 26 having Portugal finishing second. So, 10 points to all 108 who had the Germans finishing top and 10 points to the 26 who put their faith in Portugal finishing second.
After all that, Shauna Kelly is the only person to get all four group winners / runners up correct.
As for qualifying for the Quarter-Finals, 191 players opted for Germany, 93 backed the Czech Republic, 35 put their faith in Portugal and 20 for surprise packages Greece. So, 15 points are awarded to each team you correctly predicated from that lot to make the quarter-finals, regardless of where they finished in their group.
Only one player, Shauna Kelly (that girls name just keeps popping up today), has correctly predicated all four quarter final teams – she picked up a massive 100 points alone just for that and has jumped from 78th in our league table to top spot. Well done Shauna, that’s some predicting and would have been worth quite a few euros down the bookies!!!!
Only seventeen players have three of the four teams in the quarter-finals so far, 101 have two teams while 81 have just the one side. But, spare a thought for poor Michael Scully who has none of the four quarter-finalists so far. Michael will be hoping for better luck from Groups C and D in the next couple of days.
Have you taken all that in. Good.
What has it done for our league table. As mentioned earlier, Shauna Kelly is the new leader and has a nice 15 points gap over Leona Curran in second place. Only Patsy Lafferty in 10th and Alun McNulty in 8th remain in the top ten since our last update two days ago. Other than the great performance of Shauna in top spot, the other biggest mover was Bartley Ramsay who has jumped from 103rd to a share of 10th.
Going the other way, Michael Neeson – who had never been out of the top ten prior to tonight – drops 100 places from 8th place to 108th. Michael Scully is now at the foot of the table with just 23 points, but Trevor Lynch is only four points clear of him on 27 points.
There is another 132 points up for grabs over the next two games and I will update everyone again on Tuesday evening after the final two games in Group D.
The table now looks like this:
Position Player Points
1 Shauna Kelly 145
2 Leona Curran 130
3 Danny galactico Gallagher 123
4 Mary Gordon 120
5 Jennifer Mulcahy 119
6 FIONA FAHY 118
7 Donal Murphy 117
8 Alun McNulty 115
9 DESPERATE DAN 112
10 Patsy Lafferty 103
10 Bartley Ramsay 103
12 Michael Brennan 102
13 Colin McCann 100
13 Kathleen McGrory 100
13 Aidan Mc Grenra 100
16 Paul Kelly (Netherlands) 99
16 Karen O' Loughlin 99
18 Colman Byrne 98
18 Rodney Dullaghan 98
20 Dessie Gibson 97
21 Richard Gibson 96
22 Kenneth Fahy 94
22 Dominic Devine 94
24 Kieran aka Fisty O'Leary 93
24 Charles McFadden 93
26 Harry Gleeson Jnr 92
26 Joey O'Leary 92
26 Cam Kavanagh 92
26 Garrett Doherty 92
30 Thomas Lewis 90
31 Jamie Gallagher 89
32 Brendan Walsh 88
32 Eimear McClafferty 88
32 Sean Ryan 88
35 Manus Dunnion 87
35 RUAIRI LAFFERTY 87
35 JAMES KELLY 87
38 Odhran McGowan 86
39 Jack McGarvey 85
39 GERARD MC HUGH 85
41 Seamus Campbell 84
41 Maria Dullaghan 84
43 Anthony McGrenra 83
44 ADAM CURRAN 82
44 Darren Foy 82
44 Natasha Fitzmaurice 82
44 Sean McKibben 82
44 Paddy Mc Laughlin 82
44 Monica Henry 82
50 Shane Elliott 81
51 Dorothy Moore 80
51 Adam Hutton 80
51 Tim Treacy 80
51 MARIAN HENNIGAN 80
55 Shaun Kelly 79
55 Tony Brogan 79
55 Justin Thomas 79
55 Gerard Boyle 79
55 Paul McLaughlin 79
55 Mark Cannon 79
61 Adrian Rooney 77
61 DAVID ROBB 77
61 Gerard Gallagher 77
61 Stephen Cannon 77
61 Sarah McGlynn 77
61 Shaun Paul Murphy 77
61 Shane Sandilands 77
61 AIDAN DOWNING 77
61 Bari Duncan 77
70 michael mcgrenra 76
70 CLARE NEELY 76
72 Neil Campbell 75
72 PAUL HUESTON 75
72 WILL DOWNING 75
72 Alan Treacy 75
76 David McIlwaine 74
76 Teresa Ruddy 74
76 Emmet Mc Gee 74
79 Sean Canning 73
80 Sam Hegarty 72
80 Mervyn White 72
80 Conor McKeon 72
80 Trevor McGrenra 72
84 Anita McLaughlin 71
84 Paddy Doherty 71
86 Kevin Lake 70
86 Mark McNulty 70
86 Keith Roulston 70
86 Terry McGrenra 70
90 Neil Billingham 69
90 CAHIR ODONNELL 69
90 Senan Campbell 69
90 Brian Burke 69
94 Charlie Ferry 68
95 John Mc Carron 67
95 Derek Stewart 67
95 Conor Carlin 67
95 Seamus Gallagher 67
99 Margaret Gordon 66
99 Aidan McNelis (2) 66
99 Trevor Graham 66
99 Ian Lewis 66
99 Fergus Mc Hale 66
99 DREW DUNCAN 66
99 Martin Friel 66
106 Mark Neeson 65
106 Paul Kelly (DCC) 65
106 Michael McElwaine 65
106 Seamus O'Leary 65
106 Sean Reid 65
111 Nuala McGlynn 64
111 Eunan O Donnell 64
111 Dan Martin 64
111 Chuck Bernster 64
115 George Clinton 63
115 Damian McDermott 63
115 Dan Wilkins 63
115 Andy McGlynn 63
115 stephen mc crory 63
120 Bridie Campbell 62
120 Damian Patton 62
120 michael lavin 62
120 Aidan Campbell 62
120 Aidan McNelis 62
120 Kenny Duncan 62
120 Noel Crossan 62
127 Jacqueline Friel 61
127 Mark Doherty 61
127 Martin Harley 61
130 Mark McLaughlin 59
130 Shane Lavery 59
130 Aisling Campbell 59
130 Patrick Martin 59
130 Allison Feeley 59
130 Johnny Rowley 59
130 Trevor Gordon 59
130 charlie cannon 59
138 Eoin McAuley 58
138 Edel Quinn 58
138 Aidan Fitzmaurice 58
141 Michael McDermott 57
141 Harry Gleeson Snr 57
141 Alan Reid 57
141 David Moen 57
141 CHRISTOPHER DULLAGHAN 57
141 Chris Dunnion 57
141 Daniel Chambers 57
141 Paddy Hannigan 57
149 Paul Mc Crudden 56
149 Chris McNulty 56
149 Aaron Shongo 56
149 Daniel Morrissey 56
153 Anne Cannon 55
153 Karl Doherty 55
155 Mark Daly 54
155 Danny McDermott 54
155 Sean MacIntyre 54
158 Norman Shongo 53
158 peter hutton 53
160 Aidan Smith 52
161 Eamonn Brown 51
161 Anne McDaid 51
161 Alvin Doherty 51
164 Sheila Breen 50
165 Stephen Fealy 49
165 Joe Doherty 49
165 John Paul Gaughan 49
165 Oisin, Darragh & Cian Doherty 49
165 Alfie Bradley 49
170 Jude Conway 48
170 Paul Lynch 48
170 Michael McGarvey 48
170 Dieter Garbrecht 48
174 Kevin Foley (Traps mate) 46
174 Bartley McGlynn 46
174 Tommy Patton 46
174 Joe Martin 46
174 Dara Coyne 46
179 Fergus O'Donnell 45
179 Sadhbh Dunnion 45
179 Darren McElwaine 45
182 john sweeney 44
182 Paul Lyons 44
182 KEVIN MC HUGH 44
182 Conor Walsh 44
186 Anthony McDaid 43
186 Naoise Farrell 43
186 John Dunnion 43
186 Glenn Hamilton 43
186 Kristian Hutton 43
186 Adrian Ferry 43
186 Naoise O'Fearghail 43
193 Alan Foley 42
194 Gary Barbour 41
195 Michael Devine 40
196 Stephen Clarke 39
196 Frank McGlynn 39
198 Martin Gordon 38
198 Darragh Cox 38
200 Fergus Towey 33
201 Trevor Lynch 27
202 Michael Scully 23
