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On June 08 2012 04:41 Pandemona wrote:Poll: Game of Group Stage?Holland vs Germany (20) 47% Portugal vs Holland (8) 19% Portugal vs Germany (5) 12% France vs England (4) 9% Spain vs Italy (3) 7% England vs Sweden (2) 5% France vs Sweden (1) 2% 43 total votes Your vote: Game of Group Stage? (Vote): France vs England
(Vote): England vs Sweden
(Vote): France vs Sweden
(Vote): Portugal vs Germany
(Vote): Portugal vs Holland
(Vote): Holland vs Germany
(Vote): Spain vs Italy
Portugal Holland is going to decide that group.
Germany should be first and either holland or portugal will be second. It will all come down to who wins that match
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France vs England, beginning of England's tragedy.They are not advancing from their group.
Allez Les Bleus~~
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51485 Posts
On June 08 2012 05:54 PaleRider09 wrote:
Question: Are there gonna be match threads? I always love reading these.
Yeah, Im going to do tomorrows if no one has any problems with it ^_^ will do as much information as i can. Spoilers for results and real time updates if i can. 16:00 GMT (+00:00) kick off for first game and 18:45 GMT (+00:00) kick off for game 2
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I'm cheering for Poland beside Germany, because of their "BVB-Big3" Lewa, Kuba and Piszczek. I hope they will at least make the Quarter-Finals.
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I cant believe its only HOURS before it starts! I remember the day the EURO2012 was granted to Poland&Ukraine. It was sooo big news here everyone in Poland was talking about for about 2 weeks. It was insane. Every polish tv channel was filled with discussion. Will we organize it well? Will stadiums/hotels/highways be ready in time? Will our police deal with fans well? And how much money politicians will steal with this ocasion? And now the stadiums are ready, highways are partly ready (:<) and whole nation is waiting... will it be a succes? Will Poland be remembered as serious country which can organize really big stuff and run it well? Will our bad national team get out of group play? We will find out soon! Im so excited about this. Good night 
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On June 08 2012 06:23 Pandemona wrote:Show nested quote +On June 08 2012 05:54 PaleRider09 wrote:
Question: Are there gonna be match threads? I always love reading these. Yeah, Im going to do tomorrows if no one has any problems with it ^_^ will do as much information as i can. Spoilers for results and real time updates if i can. 16:00 GMT (+00:00) kick off for first game and 18:45 GMT (+00:00) kick off for game 2
It will be better if we have group threads. Since the matches won't overlap each other. It will be easier to check results and stuff as well.
So we need 4 LR threads.
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On June 08 2012 06:16 Itachii wrote:
France vs England, beginning of England's tragedy.They are not advancing from their group.
Allez Les Bleus~~
That group has the potential to be nerve wrecking!
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I wouldnt agree with greece being lowly rated, they arent a attractive attacking team but their reliable and dont let many goals in.
Poland -
Greece
Russia
Czech Republic
poland are reliable, but russia should overpower the rest of the teams in this group, I would put them first, then any other team could take 2nd or even squeeze first if their on form at the time. all the three teams are good, not flashy but dependable.
Netherlands
Denmark
Germany
Portugal
Germany + netherlands to get out, portugal if ronaldo is on fire but i feel like although nani etc are so good, the entire portugal team rests on if he is hot or not. Its a team of good players carried by him I feel.. On the flipside if they get out of the group they are in with a real chance to win it, having got rid of at least 1 of the favourites to win. Denmark i just feel bad for, any other group they would have a clear shot at qualifying. This group is a hundred times harder, such a group of death
Spain
Italy
Republic of Ireland
Croatia
Spain to go first, then anyone really, I dont rate italy all the high anymore, and ROI are on a huge unbeaten streak, solid team under the new manager. I dont know much about croatia though. So i would say any of the 3 to get through but i dont see spain having too much trouble.
Ukraine
Sweden
France
England
simple, England to shit on everyone in the group, not concede a goal and smash everyone by 10 goals.
lol but seriously, I think they will qualify, if they beat France I would put them first, Sweden are a good team and Ukraine are alright too, but France is certainly the biggest team to challenge England in the group.
Overall predictions, germany to go out in a shock defeat after qualifying, portugal to not make it out, netherlands + spain in finals, england being beaten by netherlands in semis
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[QUOTE]On June 07 2012 10:28 NuclearJudas wrote:
[QUOTE]On June 07 2012 09:57 Wakerius wrote:
[QUOTE]On June 06 2012 03:00 NuclearJudas wrote:
Aight, time for a little run-down on Sweden, bros:
[spoiler=text and images inside][center]
Some chill music for you, lads:
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8MzHqkNBwo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8MzHqkNBwo[/url]
Now let's get started.
Sweden
I agreed with a lot of what you say, Sweden are heavily underrated but i do think england will qualify over them that said. I think the reason why their so underrated they have very few really well known players at least not in the EPL like England have Rooney, Ronaldo for Portugal etc. Though the obvious exception is the player everrrrryone who watches football knows. but past that i can name very few.
I dont agree with the bit about england having a weak defence, Id say our strength is our defence and our bigger weaknesses is no rooney for the first two games and with IMO at least kinda substandard strikers, defoe is unavailable atm for personal issues, Carroll is kinda bad, welbeck is good but very young.
agreed about portugal though and lololol the last bit made me laugh so hard, its so true, its gonna be a absolute bloodbath. [/b
I have a pretty good feeling heading into the championship, albeit with a question mark over our defence. Zlatan and Elmander should get great chances against Ukraine and a fairly weak England defence. France will probably stomp us pretty bad, unfortunately.
I don't see Portugal reaching the knock-out stage at all. They have a pretty solid and technical team, but who's going to be their main goal scorer? Postiga and Almeida have good records in the national team, but I don't see them scoring against giants like Netherlands and Germany. Ronaldo will have to bring the fucking pain for Portugal to even have a chance. Also Pepe and Bruno Alves, lol. Somebody will get killed receive a red card for sure.[/QUOTE]
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On June 08 2012 07:33 kyllinghest wrote:Show nested quote +On June 08 2012 06:16 Itachii wrote:
France vs England, beginning of England's tragedy.They are not advancing from their group.
Allez Les Bleus~~ That group has the potential to be nerve wrecking!
its England, we always have to make it nerve wrecking and awfully depressing.
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I'm not sure that I would call England's defence the strongest part of their team. Hart is a great keeper, for sure, but the back four shows weakness to me. Cole is obviously the safest card. Terry is a damn good defender but has shown that he can do some extremely stupid shit sometimes. Lescott is usually solid, but has made some mind-boggling mistakes (he was shit against QPR, imo). Having Cahill get injured set them back so badly, since Cahill and Terry were really finding a good rhythm together. The right back position is such a huge question mark, with Johnson (the master of over-extending) and Kelly (while a good talent, not at all ready for a championship like this, imo).
For me, the midfield is a bigger threat. Young has had an amazing season and is so hard to stop. The Ox is a beast, and has shown during the season that he is ready for some damn big matches. Walcott is good (come at me, haters), although his defending leaves a lot to be desired. Gerrard has seen better days but is still a crazy good midfielder and a strong leader for a team with big egos. Milner is damn good, and has some sick crossing if needed. Parker is a very hard worker and just a great all-round player. Downing (L O L) and Henderson (who I still believe has a good future to be had) are novelty picks, but might surprise.
England's forward selection looks great. Carrol had a good run to close out the season and can give some aerial power up front. Jermaine Defoe brings the pain. The man just knows how to score again and again. Welbeck is looking great and will be very hard to deal with (especially for Sweden), and you guys know that Rooney will score against Ukraine, right? Because he will. England's whole group play is decided against France. If they take a point, they have a great chance. If they lose, I think they bomb out pretty hard.
omg, only fifteen hours left to the first match, hype hype hype hype hype hype hype
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Its like 12 hours till the tournament start? Gonna get some beers and snack for to night and hope that I don't get drunk and asleep before the matches start  .
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Ok, I'm gonna sleep now and hopefully wake up a couple hours before the game.
Here's hoping we will knock up the polish.
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On June 08 2012 10:51 NuclearJudas wrote:
I'm not sure that I would call England's defence the strongest part of their team. Hart is a great keeper, for sure, but the back four shows weakness to me. Cole is obviously the safest card. Terry is a damn good defender but has shown that he can do some extremely stupid shit sometimes. Lescott is usually solid, but has made some mind-boggling mistakes (he was shit against QPR, imo). Having Cahill get injured set them back so badly, since Cahill and Terry were really finding a good rhythm together. The right back position is such a huge question mark, with Johnson (the master of over-extending) and Kelly (while a good talent, not at all ready for a championship like this, imo).
For me, the midfield is a bigger threat. Young has had an amazing season and is so hard to stop. The Ox is a beast, and has shown during the season that he is ready for some damn big matches. Walcott is good (come at me, haters), although his defending leaves a lot to be desired. Gerrard has seen better days but is still a crazy good midfielder and a strong leader for a team with big egos. Milner is damn good, and has some sick crossing if needed. Parker is a very hard worker and just a great all-round player. Downing (L O L) and Henderson (who I still believe has a good future to be had) are novelty picks, but might surprise.
England's forward selection looks great. Carrol had a good run to close out the season and can give some aerial power up front. Jermaine Defoe brings the pain. The man just knows how to score again and again. Welbeck is looking great and will be very hard to deal with (especially for Sweden), and you guys know that Rooney will score against Ukraine, right? Because he will. England's whole group play is decided against France. If they take a point, they have a great chance. If they lose, I think they bomb out pretty hard.
omg, only fifteen hours left to the first match, hype hype hype hype hype hype hype
so in summary, those defenders are awesome. But they MIGHT make mistakes. like that ONE time there or that OTHER time there.
That midfield is ok and some of them are trash but they MIGHT suprise. Because why not ? Walctott and Ox running rings around bitches yo.. just like when that 1 game against Chelsea and that other game against.. and uhh uhhhh nevermind. (I like Young though. That bender cutting in is mean. Wouldnt call his season amazing. That would be the case if you stopped watching the PL at the Arsenal game.)
Theyre forward line without Rooney is mismaster Welbeck (believe he was on my fantasy team I watched him very closely) and the donkey who managed to pull some weight for 4 games. THat must mean the odds are on.
Following this logic Englands defenders are not their strongest point.
I dont mind the opinion but the grounds you have for saying their defenders arent far and away their best players is more hopeful than logical. You may well be right but a betting man would stay away.
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man 9 hours to go!
we we we so excited.
we so excited
we gonna watch euro todaaaay
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On June 08 2012 12:54 Steveling wrote:
Here's hoping we will knock up the polish.
You're going to make them pregnant?
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51485 Posts
On June 08 2012 07:09 Steveling wrote:Show nested quote +On June 08 2012 06:23 Pandemona wrote:On June 08 2012 05:54 PaleRider09 wrote:
Question: Are there gonna be match threads? I always love reading these. Yeah, Im going to do tomorrows if no one has any problems with it ^_^ will do as much information as i can. Spoilers for results and real time updates if i can. 16:00 GMT (+00:00) kick off for first game and 18:45 GMT (+00:00) kick off for game 2 It will be better if we have group threads. Since the matches won't overlap each other. It will be easier to check results and stuff as well. So we need 4 LR threads.
I think personally it be better to just do LR for each game, one we have a sub forum so we might as well abuse that fact, and 2 because you can put all the information about previous games (once completed) as well, plus ill set up a template with my first one people can copy in with if they want.
TODAYS THE DAY EURO 2012
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but C not as far behind a most seem to think. which croatia will show up? same with italy, will they be legit contenders? they could be
@sharkie france will find a way to screw it up
my picks:
Group A: Russia, Greece
Group B: Netherlands, Portugal
Group C: Spain, Croatia
Group D: Sweden, England
Winner: Netherlands
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