fucking hell its only like a month away. i hope its as good as 2000. that was the best tournament of all time.
its good this time cos its pretty wide open, noones really sticking out as clear winners.
whos your team?
senderos for top scorer? if only pires hadnt retired.
I'm going!
The Czech Rep are my boys
top scorer of own goals maybe!
(arsenal fan)
England FTW
oh hang on.....
My team is Italy..
..I always support them after England. It's in my blood.
eurgh
...
http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/3280030
for atp'ers.
i'm not entering
i've had it with fantasy football
Hmm, I'm not sure who to support this time around!
I'll see who the underdogs are.
switzerland
home advantage will count for shit. or austria
Benin.
Croatia must've been a good shout but are now without Edwardo
My moneys now on Portugal.
If England aren't playing I generally default to the Netherlands or France.
Not really sure why...
netherlands for me
cos of bergkamp and only cos of bergkamp (yes hes retired but his spirit lives on)
netherlands for me
cos of bergkamp and only cos of bergkamp (yes hes retired but his spirit lives on)
Who's in it?
Benin.
sly stallone, pele, michael caine, bobby moore.
john wark
Russell Osman
I'll stick a tenner on the Nazis then
i'm going with
poland
wouldn't it be brilliant
if we still got a summer of dickheads with red and white flags hanging off their cars ( http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/large_flag_of_poland.gif )
?
Haha
the ol' white van with a cross on the bonnet made from red electrical tape still makes me laugh
I saw one yesterday
A white van, unsurprisingly.
when does it start?
I don't I'll have a team
usually about the 10th june
yeah but when does it
start this time
7th june
switzerland vs. czech republic.
thank you
i'll stick my neck out a say the 10th june
wind it back in
i was talking about when the tournament starts for me
dont care about the games previous to that
8th June
*7th June
of course. I was working on New Zealand time.
Seedorf has withdrawn from the Netherlands squad
And HoLOLand appear to implode right before a tournament again. It must be more frustrating supporting them than England.
has the squad even been named?
probably just worried he wouldnt get picked
I fancy Russia.
^ gay
The good team. You know, the one that scores goals.
arsenal?
good one
bless you
Romania
thanks.
i'll support them if they dye their hair again
That was amazing
wasn't it amazing? They all looked the same with their square blond heads. Except Hagi of course.
goes with their shirts tho
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1245000/images/_1248103_romania_ap300.jpg
What a sight
it will be pretty good
watching this one as it'll be like watching the games and results last Sunday for me.
except better.
Poland for me
as it is in my blood. But they ain't gonna win it. I reckon Italy will.
Italy only win tournaments
when there's some kind of match fixing scandal going on.
I reckon Germany will win it.
I can't remember how Germany did in qualifying...
..maybe if they play like they did 2 years ago.
i can't see the Germans beating any of the top European sides
France, italy and Portugal will have too much for them. They haven't been good at the Euros since 96. cunts.
germany have a better team on paper now
than they have done for a few years. and they didn't do badly then.
Poland
In my blood etc
the top teams are all pretty close aren't they?
would I be insane to say Spain are dark horses?
Italy, France, Holland, Spain and Russia are all in one side of the group, meaning that a bet on Portugal or Germany to reach at least the final seems pretty good.
Not insane
they probably are along with Croatia (although Eduardo's a big miss for them). Expect them to go out in the Quarter Finals to Romania.
spain wont win anything with xabi alonso
if it starts with another Filip de Wilde-esque howler
i'll be laughing happy
I will be getting behind...
Croatia - because of Slaven
and Poland - because my mate is kinda Polish.
I'm actually really looking forward to it. France & Italy in the same group aren't they?
Yes
and with Holland and Romania as well. Italy and Romania ftw.
holy shit..
I had no idea about that group. I'm gonna have a look at the other groups now. Completely lost interest once we were knocked out, but now it's getting closer (and the suns out), I can't wait for a Summer football tournament.
Unfortunately West Ham don't have any players in any squads (I don't think), so no ideal team to pick. Louis Boa Morte was in the Portugal 06 squad though. Something makes me think he won't be in this years squad.
Does Ljungberg not play for Sweden anymore?
Don't think so..
He's injured anyway.
Although maybe I'll support Sweden too. Keep my options open.
he does but he broke a rib
a month or so ago so might not make it
2000 was great
Spain France was one of the most exciting games ever.
I also remember my dad giving my girlfriend's mum a verbal dressing down when England went out because she said "Oh who cares, we beat the Germans"
I remember that as well
Spain v Yugoslavia, Slovenia v Yugoslavia, Holland v Yugoslavia, France v Holland - happy summery uni days.
and the final
the best final of any tournament i've ever seen
Seriously, who's in it?
...
austria
poland
czech rep
portugal
italy
france
germany
holland
sweden
spain
romania
switzerland
russia
greece
turkey
and someone else.
Fuck, I hate almost all of those countries
I'll go for Holland, they were good in International Superstar Soccer Deluxe.
which countries do you like?
i bet you like estonia you twat.
No way
I think I like Slovenia, America and Norway.
Croatia
How did you forget them?
Puyol for king
i hope he breaks ronaldos legs.
Puyol is bullshit
He can fuck right off
^ megathis
he is so so shit.
amusing hair though
Yes
I'll give him that.
It's messy .like some of his defending.
;)
He's shit but not that shit.
Just an over-rated kind of shit.
^ that
he's not that bad. he's just not as good as he used to be. he's no rio/terry/vidic/gabbidon
*he's no carvahlo
That's what you ment to say.
*John Pantsil
is what you meant to say.
better than Kaka
Hooray!
One of the venues is the Wankdorf Arena, home of BSC Young Boys!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade_de_Suisse%2C_Wankdorf
:D
:D
Young Boys In Wankdorf Erection Relief
:D
None of the above
What with Canada not being in Europe and all.
Just pick a team, most people choices aren't exactly based on logic.
C'mon you Oranje!!!
Netherlands are my team because I'm of Dutch heritage. Dennis Bergkamp for top scorer!
I honest;ly can't watch football tournaments when
England aren't in them.
To me, the 1994 world cup DID NOT HAPPEN.
Euro 2008? BOLLOCKS MORE LIKE.
I can't watch football tournaments
when England ARE in them, the last world cup was just plain embarrassing.