Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:10 pm
Better late than never - I hope a few of you can sign up again.
If you've played any of my sporting prediction games before you can use the same login. For those of you who haven't played before, it's free & fairly straightforwards, plus you can view all their world cup/6 nations results from the last few years. Refill won in 2010 and 2011 - can anyone stop him this year? Can I carry my form from the Rugby World Cup into the 6 nations?
http://gandalfgames.net/predictions/
My brief assessments of the teams....
England - now entering a new era, free of the shadow of 2003 (JW & other players from then retired, Martin Johnson not coaching anymore). A lot of young players. Don't think they'll be challenging for the title this year, more about building for the future.
France - well, they nearly won the World Cup, despite only playing well in 1 game (the final). Good players for sure, now their mad coach has left maybe they can pull together as a team & achieve great things. Or maybe they'll just lose to Italy again last year. Who knows?
Ireland - Beat Australia in the World Cup which is an obvious plus for them, but on the flip side only beat Italy by 2 points last year. Not sure what to think of them. Opening game against Wales will be key to both teams.
Italy - Last 6 nations was a landmark for them as they beat France. They also almost beat Italy, but also showed they are still more than capable of being crap by getting thrashed by England (& inflating the English ego/expectations to hilarious proportions
). World cup was a bit disappointing for them though. They should be finishing 5th or 6th.
Scotland - if they could catch balls properly they'd be a decent team! Legendary kicker Chris Patterson has retired now but kicking isn't really an issue for them. Will this finally be the year they get a top 4 finish? If so they will probably have to beat England or France at home, something that is within their reach juding by recent matches between them.
Wales - Played some great rugby in the last 12 months, but often coming up *just* short in the big games. Shane Williams leaves big boots to fill, but there is talent there to fill it. No massive strength in depth though so they need a low injury count.
If you've played any of my sporting prediction games before you can use the same login. For those of you who haven't played before, it's free & fairly straightforwards, plus you can view all their world cup/6 nations results from the last few years. Refill won in 2010 and 2011 - can anyone stop him this year? Can I carry my form from the Rugby World Cup into the 6 nations?
http://gandalfgames.net/predictions/
My brief assessments of the teams....
England - now entering a new era, free of the shadow of 2003 (JW & other players from then retired, Martin Johnson not coaching anymore). A lot of young players. Don't think they'll be challenging for the title this year, more about building for the future.
France - well, they nearly won the World Cup, despite only playing well in 1 game (the final). Good players for sure, now their mad coach has left maybe they can pull together as a team & achieve great things. Or maybe they'll just lose to Italy again last year. Who knows?
Ireland - Beat Australia in the World Cup which is an obvious plus for them, but on the flip side only beat Italy by 2 points last year. Not sure what to think of them. Opening game against Wales will be key to both teams.
Italy - Last 6 nations was a landmark for them as they beat France. They also almost beat Italy, but also showed they are still more than capable of being crap by getting thrashed by England (& inflating the English ego/expectations to hilarious proportions
). World cup was a bit disappointing for them though. They should be finishing 5th or 6th.Scotland - if they could catch balls properly they'd be a decent team! Legendary kicker Chris Patterson has retired now but kicking isn't really an issue for them. Will this finally be the year they get a top 4 finish? If so they will probably have to beat England or France at home, something that is within their reach juding by recent matches between them.
Wales - Played some great rugby in the last 12 months, but often coming up *just* short in the big games. Shane Williams leaves big boots to fill, but there is talent there to fill it. No massive strength in depth though so they need a low injury count.
