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ok, just 7 days to go. which ones are your favourites? let´s talk about it.
here´s a little reminder of the gropus:
Group A Czech Republic Portugal Switzerland Turkey
Group B Austria Croatia Germany Poland
Group C France Italy Netherlands Romania
Group D Greece Russia Spain Sweden
i just created the NOOL League here. let´s see if it works ;)
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Germany or Italy will win it.
Spain and France have good squads but not the team spirit.
Russia might be the surprise team to win it.
Holland are the team I will be cheering on.
I also hope Poland get stuffed and the goalie breaks both his legs.
In my eyes, its better than the World Cup. No shit teams, mostly great games, higher standard of play, always on at a decent time. Just a great great tournament. The last two have been better than the last two World Cups.
Uncle Liam wrote: Good Times, Great Memories
They've missed off Euro 80 in Italy when the Italian Police used tear gas on the England hoolies.Ray Clemence got well fucked up by the gas.We drew that first game with Belgium and then lost by a late goal to Italy and went out.Horst Hrubesch won the tournament for the Krauts against Belgium.
1984.Still recall watching that classic semi final when France just edged past Portugal 3-2.Fantastic match.
1988, less said about that the better.Ditto 1992.
96 obviously was a great summer until the posh twat with a plum in his gob took the weakest piss poor penalty in the history of Football.
2000.Remember watching the final between France and Italy whilst on holiday in Cancun , Mexico.The TV company switched to something else when extra time started 
Watching the clips of Euro 2004 reminded me how painful that tournament was.Brought back painful memories.Possiblity of going 2-0 up against France in the first game only for Beckham to miss the penalty. Then France score 2 in injury time.And the Quarter against Portugal....had long forgotten devastating that game was.
Thanks for the memories!
even though they are in the 'group of death' i think italy will still scrape to the final.
i was going to support poland because they are the only home nation we have taking part,but i've seen them bloody hard to names,something evizhk and something wezhcy 
johnny wrote:
Uncle Liam wrote: Good Times, Great Memories
They've missed off Euro 80 in Italy when the Italian Police used tear gas on the England hoolies.Ray Clemence got well fucked up by the gas.We drew that first game with Belgium and then lost by a late goal to Italy and went out.Horst Hrubesch won the tournament for the Krauts against Belgium.
1984.Still recall watching that classic semi final when France just edged past Portugal 3-2.Fantastic match.
1988, less said about that the better.Ditto 1992.
96 obviously was a great summer until the posh twat with a plum in his gob took the weakest piss poor penalty in the history of Football.
2000.Remember watching the final between France and Italy whilst on holiday in Cancun , Mexico.The TV company switched to something else when extra time started
Watching the clips of Euro 2004 reminded me how painful that tournament was.Brought back painful memories.Possiblity of going 2-0 up against France in the first game only for Beckham to miss the penalty. Then France score 2 in injury time.And the Quarter against Portugal....had long forgotten devastating that game was.
Thanks for the memories!
Some of my own memories.
Cant remember Euro 88, but can remember a bit about 92. I remember watching the Scotland v Germany game and thinking that Stefan Effenberg had a lot of the ball.
Euro 96, i was a few months shy of 13. Watched the England Scotland game at home and was wildly excited when Gazza scored. the Spain game bored me but switched back on for the penalties after playing the original Street Fighter Alpha. For the semi final I missed the first half as a few of us would alwasy go swimming on a Wednesday night, my Gran was looking after me and my brother and thought someone had broke in when we shouted when Gazza just missed the ball. Watched the final at home as well, I remember my mum buying us a Chinese Takeaway from the new shop which had just taken over one of the local chippies. Was gutted when Bierhoff scored.
Euro 2000 was great. Up there with France 98 as the greatest football tournament of all time. Missed the England Portugal game as I was revising for a Law exam the next day. now, back in those days, my dad worked on the railways and I was entitled to a free train pass. My mate Darren was living in wales at the time, and him, his brother, and two welsh lads were supposed to be coming up to stay at my dads house and basically watch the match and get obliterated. At 8pm, he finally rings and says the car has broke down and isnt ocming up. I announce (not ask) that I am going down there. So at 9pm on a Friday night, this sixteen year old travelled all the way down to Bangor to get pissed with his mates. The next say, we just drank and drank and drank and drank, i did a yard of ale, which was apparently super skol, and downed two pints in a row, I then fell asleep in the bath, woke up and then carried on drinking. I've never had such a bad hangover. Fucking chaos. It was fucking boiling as well, and I was in no state to come back to Manchester. Somehow, managed to convince my mum that I had been at my dads all weekend and had been to college on the Monday. Fucking great times.
Euro 2004. Or the Summer of No worries. Watched England v France at my mates flat. England v Switzerland and England v Croatia in Brannigans in Stockport with all my mates from work. I never thought Brannigans could be fun, but they had great beer prices and a good atmosphere for once. We got let out from work early and just got shitfaced. Englanfd v Portugal I watched with Digi Mike in the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury on one of the big screens. Apparently more people tere than at the ground. Amazing night, tense as fuck game, and when lampard scored by fuck did that field go mental. Penalties was a downer, byt some bloke next to me said "oh well, lets go get pissed"... and thats what I did...
Uncle Liam wrote: Good Times, Great Memories
In my eyes, its better than the World Cup. No shit teams, mostly great games, higher standard of play, always on at a decent time. Just a great great tournament. The last two have been better than the last two World Cups.
I agree, Liam. In nearly every teamsport, even basketball, should be the european championships better than the worldchampionships or the olympics, because of the higher density.
After an advertisement in TV, Germany hasn't any chance to win the cup, because the Germans bought lots of tellies, but the Italians already bought the referees.
Euro 2000 was probably the best tournament in my lifetime, attacking football all the way from start to finish, rivalled only by the first World Cup I can remember watching (Spain 1982 - anyone who's never seen the Brazil v Italy match from that tournament needs to, great football). Looking forward to this one, the Swiss in general are really up for it, though most of them that I've spoken to think England have got more chance of winning it. I'd love to see the Swiss go far because Kobi Kuhn is cool. Italy to win for me, Donadoni has got a fantastically well organised and supremely talented squad. Luca Toni or Di Natale for top scorer. Think Karim Benzema of France will have a good tournament too. Looking forward to comparing before and after transfer fees too.
France or Portugal. Both have great players and strength. Ill back France though.
Romania? are u having a laff!
Romania actually topped a very difficult group in qualifying. Wouldnt surprise me to see them doing well and causing an upset in their group.
Holland didnt look anything special this afternoon.
NO Regret wrote: France or Portugal. Both have great players and strength. Ill back France though.
As football's a partisan sport, I can safely say with absolute conviction that I'll back whoever the French are playing on each occasion.
Not that the French public will even realise they're in a major tournament, unless they reach the semis at the very least.
Quite fancy Italy, especially if they make it through their group. Nothing too fancy though, 1-0 victories all the way for them.
Sorry, did I say I fancy Italy? Sorry, meant to say I fancy Luca Toni's wife! Phwoar. She's a ging-uh, and you know what they say about ging-uhs! 
El Jarvo wrote:
Sorry, did I say I fancy Italy? Sorry, meant to say I fancy Luca Toni's wife! Phwoar. She's a ging-uh, and you know what they say about ging-uhs!
Nice to see the board getting down to real footballing issues! 
Every preview section I've seen, be it in the newspaers or online ha sa section on the Euro Wags. Jens Lehamnns missus looks like butter wouldnt melt.
And Tim Borowski's wife just loks like pure FILTH.
i just created the NOOL League here. let´s see if it works ;)
http://en.fantasy.euro2008.uefa.com/M/table.mc?id=9998
Code to join this league: 53131-9998
Jeffari-al-Texani wrote: What...the one I created wasn't good enough for you???
sorry Jeff, didn´t know you created one. which one is it?
damn, with Cannavaro and Vieira injures i had to change my fantasy league team! i hope no more changes until the start of the tournament. it´s hard for me to make up my mind about which players to choose! 
CZE 1 - 0 SUI
a pretty boring game i must say. the Czechs were below than expected but without Nedved and Rosicky maybe this is as high as they can go. they were lucky on their goal too. anyway, let´s see if the turks win those portugueses! 
We watched the game at the Sports Bar in town tonight.Was curious to see if any of the Poles would come out of the woodwork to see Poland v Germany.Not as many turned out as you might have expected .Was expecting the pub packed to the rafters with em.Seemed to be more Polish girls in the pub than blokes. Lots of screaming and yelling- more when the goalkeeper made an average save than Poland actually getting close to a goal 
Steve mcclaren is doing co-commentary on radio 5 on the croatia game.
him getting paid to to go euros and talk about croatia,thats bloody cheeky to say the least 
Jeffari-al-Texani wrote: See...now he can say there is no shame in losing out to Croatia...right???
No defence in losing out to RUSSIA though 
Turkey - Czech Republic game was a corker. Another boo boo by the supposed world's greatest keeper!
