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On June 01 2012 08:07 Otolia wrote:
Not a lot of people are talking about France but it's still a big nation for football and the current team haven't been defeated in 20 games all competitions. It is common knowledge in France that a french cannot perform at his best when he is favorite so this might be a good year for us. A little bit like 2006, except this time it's not a success based on one man but a good generation of players.
Been wondering that myself, and i think they're one of the most underrated teams. They're hungry, are at the right age (27 average) and skilled. Their group is not too easy but not too hard either, the coach seems to know what he's doing and few people expect them. In my toto, they're making it to the final.
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Only 1 week left...can't wait!
anyone know if we're going to have a psychic octopus for this tournament?
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On June 01 2012 08:37 aseq wrote:Show nested quote +On June 01 2012 08:07 Otolia wrote:
Not a lot of people are talking about France but it's still a big nation for football and the current team haven't been defeated in 20 games all competitions. It is common knowledge in France that a french cannot perform at his best when he is favorite so this might be a good year for us. A little bit like 2006, except this time it's not a success based on one man but a good generation of players. Been wondering that myself, and i think they're one of the most underrated teams. They're hungry, are at the right age (27 average) and skilled. Their group is not too easy but not too hard either, the coach seems to know what he's doing and few people expect them. In my toto, they're making it to the final.
Agreed with this. France are the in-form team coming into the tournament and they have something to prove after the disaster that was the '10 world cup. All they needed to do was get rid of Domenech - who knew (apart from everyone...)? Can't wait to see them and I need M'Vila to get better so he can do well for my fantasy team 
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On June 01 2012 08:37 aseq wrote:Show nested quote +On June 01 2012 08:07 Otolia wrote:
Not a lot of people are talking about France but it's still a big nation for football and the current team haven't been defeated in 20 games all competitions. It is common knowledge in France that a french cannot perform at his best when he is favorite so this might be a good year for us. A little bit like 2006, except this time it's not a success based on one man but a good generation of players. Been wondering that myself, and i think they're one of the most underrated teams. They're hungry, are at the right age (27 average) and skilled. Their group is not too easy but not too hard either, the coach seems to know what he's doing and few people expect them. In my toto, they're making it to the final.
Problem is its not a uhhh I dont know what to say, team that has any real pfft whats the word "oomph" to it. Its a really solid team though. I expect surprises but no waves.
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On May 31 2012 00:34 Retric wrote:Show nested quote +On May 31 2012 00:27 sVnteen wrote:this is gonna be aaaaaaaaaaaaaawesome that germany team preview is pretty disappointing imo because neiterh götze nor reus are listed there and i am sure that at least one of them is gonna be playing eventhough götze has been injured for a long time but he is back in shape now. also it is by far not certain that the defense will look like this because both boateng and badstuber seemed played kinda shaky with FC Bayern lately especially Boateng who has caused an immense amount of penaltys lately yes the best central defense of the bundesliga, who only conceded 22 goals this bundesliga season, and the central defense who made it to the CL final is shaky. boateng caused 1 penalty, immense amount that is.
1?
you didn't pay much attention then...
also the reason that bayern made the CL finals is not their defense but their overall playstyle with a lot of posession and not their defense...
whose fault was drogbas goal in the cl finals? boatengs or not?
and some minutes after that in the overtime.... oh yeah he almost caused another penalty against Torres which the referee didn't see
also Lahm and Alaba helped a lot in the defense as both of them are really strong.
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On June 01 2012 11:07 don_kyuhote wrote:
Only 1 week left...can't wait!
anyone know if we're going to have a psychic octopus for this tournament?
If someone knew that one would have to be a psychic himself, yes? rofl
GOGO GREECE!
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On June 01 2012 07:18 Epx wrote:
The match vs Israel really made me like to see Schürrle starting ahead of Podolski at the EUROs.. such a great player. Also Müller doesn't seem to be in form yet. :/
My personal dream starting eleven for Germany:
Neuer
Höwedes, Hummels, Badstuber, Lahm
Khedira, Schweinsteiger
Reus, Özil, Schürrle
Klose
Nah, i can't imagine Klose playing instead of Gomez, will never happen
i like the options we have for the offensive
with the "old"
Müller - Özil - Podolski
and the "new"
Reus - Götze - Schürrle
Our roster has some amazing depth and possibilities
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Who on earth would pick henderson over carrick???
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i think italy and france are severely underrated, i would bet that one of the 2 will be in the final
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Italy isn't underrated, they're rated accurately - doesn't mean they can't perform above expectations or the level of their players individually.
France is decent though.
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Group B... We're so fucked
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On June 01 2012 20:23 iMonAhorsE wrote:
i think italy and france are severely underrated, i would bet that one of the 2 will be in the final
I think they are a little bit underrated in the media, but the other coaches and teams rate them quite highly.
I bet no one wants to face Italy in the ko-phase, they are solid team that most of the times performs well at big tournaments and are hard to beat. Spain for example only beat them in a penatly shoot out 4 years ago. They had a bad WC 2 years ago, so therefor the expectations aren't as high as usual. That's not a bad thing for them.
As far as France is concerned everybody knows that they have great individual players, but they had those great players in the past as well and couldn't deliver, mainly because they weren't a team and had too many big egos. As of late they seem to have become more of a unit and if that's the case they will be one of the contenders for the title. Löw for example already stated that France could very well win this EC in his opinion.
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i think italy and france are severely underrated, i would bet that one of the 2 will be in the final
I bet both aren't gonna make it out of their groups! They're so overrated! Italy has no worldclass player and France is Ribery+Benzema and some sidekicks.
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On June 01 2012 21:32 Malaz wrote:Show nested quote +On June 01 2012 20:23 iMonAhorsE wrote:
i think italy and france are severely underrated, i would bet that one of the 2 will be in the final I think they are a little bit underrated in the media, but the other coaches and teams rate them quite highly. I bet no one wants to face Italy in the ko-phase, they are solid team that most of the times performs well at big tournaments and are hard to beat. Spain for example only beat them in a penatly shoot out 4 years ago. They had a bad WC 2 years ago, so therefor the expectations aren't as high as usual. That's not a bad thing for them. As far as France is concerned everybody knows that they have great individual players, but they had those great players in the past as well and couldn't deliver, mainly because they weren't a team and had too many big egos. As of late they seem to have become more of a unit and if that's the case they will be one of the contenders for the title. Löw for example already stated that France could very well win this EC in his opinion.
But Laurent Blanc said few days ago : "This team is not ready".
I wouldn't expect much from France. Spain or Germany for the win imo.
BTW nobody expected Greece in 2004. It's football, everything is possible and it's why we love this sport ^^. .
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On June 01 2012 21:48 Agathon wrote:Show nested quote +On June 01 2012 21:32 Malaz wrote:On June 01 2012 20:23 iMonAhorsE wrote:
i think italy and france are severely underrated, i would bet that one of the 2 will be in the final I think they are a little bit underrated in the media, but the other coaches and teams rate them quite highly. I bet no one wants to face Italy in the ko-phase, they are solid team that most of the times performs well at big tournaments and are hard to beat. Spain for example only beat them in a penatly shoot out 4 years ago. They had a bad WC 2 years ago, so therefor the expectations aren't as high as usual. That's not a bad thing for them. As far as France is concerned everybody knows that they have great individual players, but they had those great players in the past as well and couldn't deliver, mainly because they weren't a team and had too many big egos. As of late they seem to have become more of a unit and if that's the case they will be one of the contenders for the title. Löw for example already stated that France could very well win this EC in his opinion. But Laurent Blanc said few days ago : "This team is not ready". I wouldn't expect much from France. Spain or Germany for the win imo. BTW nobody expected Greece in 2004. It's football, everything is possible and it's why we love this sport ^^. .
That's exactly what I would say in his position, it's always easier going into a tournament with the expectations beeing low as you can only win in such a situation 
On June 01 2012 21:41 Hadley_ wrote:Show nested quote +i think italy and france are severely underrated, i would bet that one of the 2 will be in the final I bet both aren't gonna make it out of their groups! They're so overrated! Italy has no worldclass player and France is Ribery+Benzema and some sidekicks.
Italy has quite a hard group with Spain and Croatia, so there is the possibility of them not making it out of the group. But if they make it out of the group they will once again be a hard opponent to beat.
And France is in a Group with England, Sweden and the Ukraine. Ukraine is on of the worst teams at this EC in my opinion. Sweden is an ok team I guess and Englands team doesn't look very scary either, especially with Lampard/Wilshere missing the EC and Rooney out for the first two games. I would really be suprised if France didn't manage to make it out of this group.
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On June 01 2012 21:48 Agathon wrote:Show nested quote +On June 01 2012 21:32 Malaz wrote:On June 01 2012 20:23 iMonAhorsE wrote:
i think italy and france are severely underrated, i would bet that one of the 2 will be in the final I think they are a little bit underrated in the media, but the other coaches and teams rate them quite highly. I bet no one wants to face Italy in the ko-phase, they are solid team that most of the times performs well at big tournaments and are hard to beat. Spain for example only beat them in a penatly shoot out 4 years ago. They had a bad WC 2 years ago, so therefor the expectations aren't as high as usual. That's not a bad thing for them. As far as France is concerned everybody knows that they have great individual players, but they had those great players in the past as well and couldn't deliver, mainly because they weren't a team and had too many big egos. As of late they seem to have become more of a unit and if that's the case they will be one of the contenders for the title. Löw for example already stated that France could very well win this EC in his opinion. But Laurent Blanc said few days ago : "This team is not ready". I wouldn't expect much from France. Spain or Germany for the win imo. BTW nobody expected Greece in 2004. It's football, everything is possible and it's why we love this sport ^^. .
With a squad like the one France has they should at the least be considered contenders. You don't have to necessarily be favorites to win it.
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On June 01 2012 03:55 AgentChaos wrote:
henderson? really?
England may as well roll up in a mini and they all can pile out of it!
Clowns 
i think we may loose to france .. at least our expectations are low this year
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Is Sneijder out for the whole tournament?
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On June 01 2012 22:08 Riskr wrote:
Is Sneijder out for the whole tournament?
No he only skipped a training as precaution there's no real injury
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