Euro footy 2012

[Ryoki]

In this thread post your pre match predictions and post match whinging or glee. Or comment on how you don't give a fuck about footy, that's allowed as well.

I for one predict that the Dutchies will be annihilated by Denmark and Germany and exit the tournament in the first round. It'll be proper fun

[r3t]

Bah humbug, you should support your fellow dutchees! But I do think it'll be hard against ze Germans.

[Don Carlos]

I am putting money on you crazy dutch bastards to win the entire thing. I think that your attacking skills will smash through even an almost militant German defence.

England will get the quarter finals on lucky results.

Portugal will go out with a whimper and Ronaldo will get a right sad on

[Eraser]

The Dutch team hasn't been doing great lately (ignoring the 5 - 0 victory against Ireland because that's just a 3rd rate team) but then again, they might shine on the tournament.

[Don Carlos]

You have a lot of individual brilliance that you need a harness. Sneijder, Van Persie, Robben (grrrr I dislike him) van der Vaart, Huntelaar all going forwards. You have 3 quality keepers in Stekelenburg, Vorm and Krul. Your defence is your weak point with only 2 quality players in van der Wiel and Heitinga....

[PrMink]

6-0

[LawL]

lol wogball.

[Eraser]

6-0

Oops yes you're right. I kind of lost interest during the second half.

[seremtan]

let's get some useful links up in this bitch

EURO 2012 GROUP SCHEDULE

group A looks like a joke. group B looks hardcore. group C looks potentially tasty. group D could either be a breeze or a minefield for england, depending on whether england can overcome their 'never beating sweden' jinx, and also on whether france actually play or just implode like in south africa, and also on whether england can lift themselves above a retarded donkey level of playing

still, it's always entertaining watching 22 millionaires kicking a ball around for an hour and a half

[Tsakali]

wtf, how much footy is there? didn't they just finish the champions league?
also, you should watch a documentary on BCC called, stadiums of hate.

[Ryoki]

Every four years a world championship, every four years a euro championship, but they made it so every two years there's something. And then there's the championsleague, which is every year. There's also the euro league or someshit, which is a tournament for teams that don't cut it in the championsleague. Every country also has a league of their own, winning that one is considered almost more prestigious for teams in some countries than winning other stuff. The premier league for instance.

Wtf why do i know all this, i don't even care about footy until the dutchies get far.

[seremtan]

wtf, how much footy is there? didn't they just finish the champions league?

champions league = club competition
euro 2012 = international competition

[Ryoki]

I used to hate it, but i discovered it's actually good fun when you watch it with mates, drinking beer and loudly shouting insults at the screen

[Eraser]

I'm not a big football fan either, but watching worldcup or eurocup matches with a few friends is always good fun.

[Don Carlos]

Rugby is where it's at, but I do like to watch a good bit of footy

[losCHUNK]

Wouldnt be surprised to see England drop out in the group stages, that could end up being a slippery group to get out of depending on how France get on, if not then in the following round against Italy/Spain/Coatia. Think Spain got this again, odds say theyll fuck up somewhere and get knocked out though, wouldnt mind seeing a Holland / Germany final

[TruthfulLiar]

Hockey.

[losCHUNK]

Just lumped a cheeky tenner (+ a free tenner) @ 10/1 on France to win, come on you frenchies !

[seremtan]

Wouldnt be surprised to see England drop out in the group stages, that could end up being a slippery group to get out of depending on how France get on, if not then in the following round against Italy/Spain/Coatia. Think Spain got this again, odds say theyll fuck up somewhere and get knocked out though, wouldnt mind seeing a Holland / Germany final

yeah i think expectations are pretty low this time around for england. makes a change from the usual ridiculous hype

fuck knows how england come to be 6th in the world

[losCHUNK]

Wouldnt be surprised to see England drop out in the group stages, that could end up being a slippery group to get out of depending on how France get on, if not then in the following round against Italy/Spain/Coatia. Think Spain got this again, odds say theyll fuck up somewhere and get knocked out though, wouldnt mind seeing a Holland / Germany final

yeah i think expectations are pretty low this time around for england. makes a change from the usual ridiculous hype

fuck knows how england come to be 6th in the world

The English FA only have themselves to blame despite having the best crop of talent since I started watching footy, pissing away money on pointless managers before giving them the boot because they wont make John Terry captain and handing the reigns to an owl that wont be getting you qualified for the world cup

I dont get how those rankings are worked either, remember USA were ranked pretty high during the time of the last world cup ?, I reckon Wales could take em

[Ryoki]

Well, here we go.
My predictions for tonight:

Poland v. Greece - 1-2
Russia v. Czech Republic - 3-1

Two entirely uneducated guesses but that's half the fun, right?

[seremtan]

oh go on then

poland 0 - 0 greece
russia 1 - 2 czech republic

[losCHUNK]

I reckon -

Poland 1 - 0 Greece (Winner gets bailed out by Germany)

Russia 2 - 0 Czechs

Not the most exciting of opening days tbh :/, crowd / atmosphere should be good though

[seremtan]

i knew poland-greece would be a draw; wasn't expecting actual goals though

[Tsakali]

Why do missed penalties hurt so bad