Jacob-

Slowly picking up points from a lot of 10s, got loads of correct result predictions but no exacts recently. I was hoping I'd get 40 from Belgium - Hungary, I predicted 1-0 in Belgium's favour and it was going perfectly until they banged another three in the net in the last 15 minutes. :lol:

Still, I'm 2nd and only 10 behind 1st, a bit precarious though since the gap between 1st to 5th especially is closing. I never thought I'd do this well, been getting pretty lucky with a couple of 120s in single days so I'm happy with whatever at this point, especially since I don't tend to think too long on my predictions, just do a once through, making an educated guess based on past performance with the odd wildcard thrown in. My predictions for the 16s here:

Switzerland 0-0 Poland (Actual result 1-1, Poland win on penalties)

Wales 1-0 Northern Ireland (2-0)

Croatia 3-1 Portugal (0-0 Portugal win on penalties)

France 1-0 Republic Of Ireland (2-1)

Germany 2-0 Slovakia (3-0)

Hungary 0-1 Belgium (0-4)

Ok, so for what's left:

Italy 1-1 Spain

England 2-0 Iceland

It's a real shame because Iceland's my draw and I want them to do well but as little faith as I have in our national team I'm expecting a win realistically. And of course I'd like to see England do well.

+25 Noah & The Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N

+24 Coldplay - Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall

+23 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - AKA… What A Life

+22 Black Keys - Lonely Boy

+21 Ed Sheeran - Lego House

+20 Paramore - Monster

+19 Snow Patrol - Called Out In The Dark

+18 Avril Lavigne - What The Hell

+17 Florrie - Experimenting With Rugs

+16 Bombay Bicycle Club - Shuffle

+15 Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts

+14 Katy B - Easy Please Me

+13 Florence & The Machine - What The Water Gave Me

+12 Rihanna - California King Bed

+11 Rebecca Ferguson - Nothing's Real But Love

+10 Avicii - Levels

+09 Alexandra Stan - Mr Saxobeat

+08 Ed Sheeran - You Need Me, I Don't Need You

+07 P!nk - F**kin Perfect

+06 Swedish House Mafia - Save The World

+05 Nero - Guilt

+04 Nero - Promises

+03 Vaccines - If You Wanna

+02 Summer Camp - Better Off Without You

+01 Take That - Happy Now

+25 Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill

+24 Owl City - Fireflies

+23 Plan B - Stay Too Long

+22 Keane (feat. K'naan) - Stop For A Minute

+21 Wombats - Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)

+20 Ellie Goulding - Guns And Horses

+19 Plan B - She Said

+18 Gorillaz - Rhinestone Eyes

+17 Muse - Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)

+16 Brandon Flowers - Crossfire

+15 Foals - Spanish Sahara

+14 Pendulum - Watercolour

+13 Train - Hey, Soul Sister

+12 Biffy Clyro - Bubbles

+11 Gorillaz - Stylo

+10 Plan B - Prayin'

+09 Ellie Goulding - The Writer

+08 Biffy Clyro - Many Of Horror

+07 Eliza Doolittle - Pack Up

+06 Janelle Monae - Tightrope

+05 K'naan - Wavin' Flag

+04 Ellie Goulding - Your Song

+03 xx - Islands

+02 Magnetic Man - Perfect Stranger (feat. Katy B)

+01 Diana Vickers - Once

+25 Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man

+24 Kasabian - Underdog

+23 Paramore - Ignorance

+22 Michael Bublé - Haven't Met You Yet

+21 Kasabian - Fire

+20 James Morrison (feat. Nelly Furtado) - Broken Strings

+19 Biffy Clyro - The Captain

+18 Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People

+17 deadmau5 & Kaskade - I Remember

+16 Paolo Nutini - Pencil Full Of Lead

+15 Paloma Faith - New York

+14 Daniel Merriweather - Red

+13 La Roux - I'm Not Your Toy

+12 Chicane - Poppiholla

+11 P!nk - Please Don't Leave Me

+10 Shakira - She Wolf

+09 Mika - We Are Golden

+08 Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream

+07 Enter Shikari - Juggernauts

+06 Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me

+05 Prodigy - Warrior's Dance

+04 Pet Shop Boys - Love Etc.

+03 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero

+02 Sub Focus - Rock It

+01 Prodigy - Omen

+25 Hoosiers - Cops And Robbers

+24 Coldplay - Violet Hill

+23 Oasis - The Shock Of The Lightning

+22 Elbow - Grounds For Divorce

+21 Keane - Spiralling

+20 Wombats - Moving To New York

+19 Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life

+18 Noah And The Whale - 5 Years Time

+17 Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid

+16 OneRepublic - Stop And Stare

+15 Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal

+14 Oasis - I'm Outta Time

+13 Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved

+12 Sara Bareilles - Love Song

+11 Ladyhawke - My Delirium

+10 Duffy - Mercy

+09 Eric Prydz - Pjanoo

+08 Adele - Chasing Pavements

+07 Kylie Minogue - Wow

+06 September - Cry For You

+05 Beyoncé - If I Were A Boy

+04 Kanye West (feat. Chris Martin) - Homecoming

+03 Radiohead - Nude

+02 Duffy - Warwick Avenue

+01 Rihanna - Take A Bow

All We Know Is Falling

10.0 | Brighter

07.5 | Here We Go Again

08.0 | Never Let This Go

07.0 | Whoa

10.0 | Conspiracy

10.0 | Franklin

11.0 | My Heart

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06.5 | Oh Star

07.5 | This Circle

Riot!

10.0 | For A Pessimist I’m Pretty Optimistic

09.5 | When It Rains

11.0 | Let The Flames Begin

09.0 | Miracle

08.5 | We Are Broken

09.0 | Fences

06.5 | Born For This

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08.5 | Decoy

05.5 | Temporary (Demo)

07.0 | Rewind (Demo)

09.0 | Stop This Song (Lovesick Melody)

Brand New Eyes

11.0 | Turn It Off

09.5 | Feeling Sorry

09.5 | Looking Up

08.5 | Where The Lines Overlap

11.0 | Misguided Ghosts

09.0 | All I Wanted

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10.0 | I Caught Myself

Paramore

08.5 | Fast In My Car

08.0 | Grow Up

09.0 | Interlude: Moving On

10.0 | Part II

11.0 | Last Hope

10.0 | Anklebiters

08.0 | Interlude: Holiday

09.0 | Proof

08.5 | Hate To See Your Heartbreak

07.5 | (One of Those) Crazy Girls

09.0 | Interlude: I’m Not Angry Anymore

06.0 | Be Alone

07.5 | Future

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08.5 | Native Tongue

06.5 | Escape Route

Singles Club

08.5 | Renegade

07.0 | Hello Cold World

09.5 | In The Mourning

I tried keeping the scores down but sometimes I just couldn't. I have no self restraint I'm sorry. Need more 11s. #fanboying

Got enough variation to make a difference though I think. :)

Loving "Out Of My System" - did someone play it on Plug or something? Seems really familiar.

ETA: Yeah I remember the video! Definitely plug. <3

+25 Snow Patrol (feat. Martha Wainwright) - Set The Fire To The Third Bar

+24 Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Follow You Into The Dark

+23 Muse - Starlight

+22 My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words

+21 Feeling - Sewn

+20 Gorillaz - El Manana

+19 Feeling - Fill My Little World

+18 Kasabian - Empire

+17 Keane - Is It Any Wonder?

+16 Fall Out Boy - Sugar We're Goin Down

+15 Jack Johnson - Better Together

+14 Feeling - Love It When You Call

+13 Take That - Patience

+12 Killers - Bones

+11 Razorlight - America

+10 Snow Patrol - You're All I Have

+09 Orson - No Tomorrow

+08 Rogue Traders - Voodoo Child

+07 Embrace - Nature's Law

+06 Evanescence - Call Me When You're Sober

+05 Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway

+04 Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On

+03 Meat Loaf (feat. Marion Raven) - It's All Coming Back To Me Now

+02 Morrissey - You Have Killed Me

+01 Sigur Rós - Hoppípolla

+25 Muse - Map Of The Problematique

+24 Biffy Clyro - Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies

+23 Paramore - CrushCrushCrush

+22 Killers - Read My Mind

+21 Fall Out Boy - Thnks Fr Th Mmrs

+20 Linkin Park - What I've Done

+19 Plain White Ts - Hey There Delilah

+18 Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm

+17 Fall Out Boy - This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race

+16 My Chemical Romance - Teenagers

+15 Newton Faulkner - Dream Catch Me

+14 Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby

+13 Snow Patrol - Signal Fire

+12 Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running

+11 Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game

+10 Mika - Grace Kelly

+09 Avril Lavigne - When You're Gone

+08 Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape

+07 Kelly Clarkson - Never Again

+06 Kelis (feat. Cee-Lo Green) - Lil Star

+05 Avril Lavigne - Hot

+04 Arcade Fire - No Cars Go

+03 Take That - Shine

+02 Bloc Party - Flux

+01 Calvin Harris - Acceptable In The 80s

Ok my round 2 predictions as it stands, may or may not tweak some of the ones that haven't been played yet:

Russia --- Slovakia (Actual result 1-2, Didn't put a prediction there in time // 0 Points)

Romania 1-1 Switzerland (40 Points)

France 2-0 Albania (40 Points)

England 2-1 Wales (40 Points)

Ukraine 1-0 Northern Ireland (TBA)

Germany 2-0 Poland

Italy 2-1 Sweden

Czech Republic 1-1 Croatia

Spain 2-0 Turkey

Belgium 2-2 Republic Of Ireland

Iceland 1-2 Hungary

Portugal 1-1 Austria

For me it also shows a gulf in the quality of the top sides. Spain/England/Germany/Italy/Portugal/France (okay maybe the exception if Benzema was playing) are nowhere near as good as they have been in the previous 10 years. Can probably even count Brazil/Argentina in that as well. International football is more open at the moment as we're lacking truly top teams. Any team can be set up to play defensive football well. I've not seen one team so far that has been utterly outclassed.