Doomsaying (aka The Prediction Thread)

[Sourdust]

Someone had to start it.

France 22 - 14 Ireland
Italy 20 - 32 England
Wales 16 - 31 Scotland

[Donny osmond]

Someone had to start it.

France 22 - 14 Ireland
Italy 20 - 32 England
Wales 16 - 31 Scotland

I will take that

[Sandydragon]

Someone had to start it.

France 22 - 14 Ireland
Italy 20 - 32 England
Wales 16 - 31 Scotland

I don’t have the conviction to argue against that.

[normanski]

Someone had to start it.

France 22 - 14 Ireland
Italy 20 - 32 England
Wales 16 - 31 Scotland

I don’t have the conviction to argue against that.

Ye of little faith! There’s always room for hope. The time to be despondent will be 7.00 on Saturday evening.

Let’s wait and see.

[Tuco Ramirez]

France 21 - 19 Ireland
Italy 13 - 47 England
Wales 23 - 19 Scotland

[Buggaluggs]

France 13 - 11 Ireland
Italy 13 - 26 England
Wales 9 - 16 Scotland

[Son of Mathonwy]

Drink deep from this well of optimism, O my brothers, that would have us win the first two matches, and finish third:

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rug ... x-28549405

I have less optimism, although yeah, if the stars all aligned it could just happen.

My guess for this week is:

France 31 - 24 Ireland
Italy 17 - 35 England
Wales 18 - 28 Scotland

[normanski]

My guess:

France 26 - 22 Ireland
Italy 22 - 37 England
Wales 24 - 23 Scotland

[Sourdust]

Well that's a bad start for pretty much everyone; although we should be reminding all our Irish friends that of course, wins against 14 men don't count in the Six Nations...

[Sandydragon]

Suddenly a bit more confident. It’s very unusual for three away wins in the six nations. And the u20s won tonight.

I’ll be looking for omens in the tea leaves next but the irrational welsh optimism bias is kicking in.

[Buggaluggs]

Scotland 22 - 24 France
England 19 - 18 Wales
Ireland 42 - 17 Italy

[Son of Mathonwy]

Scotland 20 - 30 France
England 25 - 28 Wales
Ireland 55 - 19 Italy

[normanski]

Scotland 17 - 19 France
England 21 - 24 Wales
Ireland 38 - 21 Italy

[Sourdust]

Scotland 31 - 36 France
England 29 - 17 Wales
Ireland 50 - 23 Italy

[Son of Mathonwy]

Scotland 20 - 30 France
England 25 - 28 Wales
Ireland 55 - 19 Italy

The wet weather has made me lose confidence . . .
England 23 - 18 Wales

[Buggaluggs]

Ireland 37 10 Wales
Scotland 22 16 England
France 29 12 Italy

[normanski]

Ireland 37 10 Wales
Scotland 22 16 England
France 29 12 Italy

I think that looks eminently achievable as a forecast given the form of the teams so far.

[Son of Mathonwy]

Here's my stab at it:

Ireland 42 16 Wales
Scotland 28 23 England
France 34 22 Italy

[Son of Mathonwy]

Hope I'm wrong but Gatland's selections have lowered my expectations.

Italy 23 - 31 Scotland
England 18 - 28 Ireland
Wales 15 - 29 France