It's finally here, with the first two games (POL-GRE & RUS-CZE) kicking off later today.
Who are you supporting?
Who do you think will win?
Who's your sneaky pick to do far better than others expect?
For those who haven't been paying attention, your choices are: CRO, CZE, DEN, ENG, FRA, GER, GRE, ITA, NED (Holland), POL, POR, IRL, RUS, ESP (Spain), SWE, UKR.
Obviously I'm supporting England, but I'd be putting my money on Germany. The Czech Republic are my pick of team to come out of nowhere and do really well.
Spain are overrated, and I wouldn't be remotely surprised if they fail to even make it out of the group stage, á la France in WC'02 (Italy are always contenders, and Croatia certainly have the potential to pull off an upset). Having said that, steroids and HGH are pretty good stuff...
I'm English so of course i'm supporting England. But it would be nice to see Holland finally win something. Although I think they have won the Euros once before.
So long as it's not one of the regulars ie, Germany, Spain, Italy and i'll be quite happy.
Originally Posted by AndyUK I'm English so of course i'm supporting England. But it would be nice to see Holland finally win something. Although I think they have won the Euros once before.
So long as it's not one of the regulars ie, Germany, Spain, Italy and i'll be quite happy.
Could be worse - I tipped Czech Republic, and look what happened to them
At least Holland played alright, apart from the fact they couldn't hit a barn door...
Being English, I remember a news item that stood out to me.
I think it was England vs Poland in one of the semi-finals of one of the stupid over-rated football tournaments (as you can probably tell, I'm not an advocate of football). Our beloved team lost.
A little later that night, somewhere in Norfolk or Suffolk, a Polish-run pub was attacked by football hooligans. The landlord was beaten to a pulp, the occupants inside were assaulted, windows were smashed and I believe there was an arson attack on it too.
I sincerely hope England do not win. Thanks in a large part to obnoxious hooligans, our country has a nasty smear on it. When the world thinks of England, they think of riots and football thugs.
It also pisses me off that footballers are paid weekly salaries that most of us fail to earn in five years while working our backsides off just to provide a roof over our heads, and to provide food for the table. But that's another moan for another time.
Germany to win, and either France and Italy to be one of the (surprise) finalists. England seems more stable than ever but appointing a new coach a month before the tournament (and on top of it not a particularly great one, Redknapp is a lot better imo) only makes a hard task even harder. Holland so far is my biggest disappointment. Holland and Ronaldo, I'm portuguese and I can't stand the guy. The czech republic played really well against russia before they suffered the first two goals, and they had a great match against greece too.
I'm routing for Portugal but ever since the carvalho and bosingwa debacles Bento lost a lot of his credibility and the team has been rather unstable since then, going from winning 10 or something games in a row (including a 4-0 against the world champions spain) to drawing against macedonia and losing against turkey at home. Once we are eliminated and since switzerland failed to qualify, I'm routing for germany. For whatever reason I just enjoy watching them play.
Also I have no idea why, but I really want Ireland and Poland to do well.
All in all, I'm really enjoying this euro. Some really exciting matches already and lots of interesting teams. So far, it's much, much better than the 2010 world cup.
Originally Posted by Hayo Wake me up when it's over
Couldn't agree more. Can't stand what football does to people. Not just the fights it causes, but the boring bastards who think its interesting to discuss the managerial side of it.
And Sketchy Hayo's actually pretty athletic, you're saying he's sport-phobic because he doesn't watch a sport?
I checked out The Sun newspaper's website after England played Sweden and within 2 seconds there were 190 new comments!
Why do some people choose to support the team their country is playing? And my god people do like to bitch. (Thats not aimed at Hayo or Adam btw!)
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