A -
Switzerland
Czech Republic
Portugal
Turkey
B -
Austria
Croatia
Germany
Poland
C -
Romania
France
Holland
Italy
D -
Spain
Russia
Sweden
Greece
Second round -
1. Portugal (winner A) v Germany (runner-up B)
2. Croatia (winner B) v Turkey (runer-up A)
3. Italy (winner C) v Sweden (runner-up D)
4. Spain (winner D) v Holland (runner-up C)
Semis -
Portugal (winner 1) v Croatia (winner 2)
Italy (winner 3) v Spain (winner 4)
Final -
Portugal v Italy
Winner -
Portugal
Croatia 3rd place
Portugal?
megalolz
Yeah
They're nothing without Ronald, much like a popular EPL team...
Germany would beat Portugal
I'm predicting France
Germany as the main threat.
Maybe Switzerland as dark horses. Italy rarely have two good tournaments in a row and Spain and Holland implode too many times for me to predict them.
They don't do third place playoffs in the Euros as far as I remember
Ghana!
The Flying Banannana Squad!
^ a little bit racist?
youve got turkey comign ahead of the czech rep?
surely no
Only three teams can win it really.
France, Italy or Portugal. I agree it'll probably be Portugal, though i've not seen them play in a while and have never been sure about their forwards. I wish people would stop spouting this Spain or Germany nonsense. I'll be supporting Croatia & Czech Republic, because they're the two best footballing teams.
Portugal/Croatia
Germany/Czech R
France/Russia
Spain/Italy
Portugal/Czech R
France/Italy
Portugal/France
Winner: Portugal
Now that Spurs have Modric...
i'm Croatia all the way. I've alswya a bit of a soft-spot form them anyways so all's good. Bilic FTFW.
^this
as much as I yearn to live in Spain, I can't stand the Spanish national side, same goes for Portugal. So Bilic and Modric FTW
poland
poland poland poland
^
Can someone pick the team I can pretend to cheer on please?
Questions will be answered, if you have some sort of criteria.
Romania
'cause who else will?
I'm supporting the Czech Republic
You can support them too
Sounds like a plan
HI FIVE, FELLOW CZECHREP BUDDY!
^5
Final - Spain vs Portugal
winner Spain - 3-2
runner up Croatia
I'm sticking my shirt on
Austria conceding > 10 goals
Anybody
but Portugal and I will be happy.
Spain
All the way, the ultimate underachievers.
:
1. Czech Republic (winner A) v Croatia (runner-up B)
2. Germany (winner B) v Portugal (runner-up A)
3. Italy (winner C) v Russia (runner-up D)
4. Spain (winner D) v Holland (runner-up C)
Semis -
Croatia (winner 1) v Germany (winner 2)
Italy (winner 3) v Spain (winner 4)
Final -
Germany v Spain
Winner -
Germany
Italy 3rd place
Are people really backing
the same Portugal who struggled to second in a qualification group which contained such footballing powerhouses Poland, Serbia, Finland and Belgium.
Hmmm one man, no matter how good he maybe, does not make a major tournament winning team.
For the record I want Spain to win...or Croatia as I've got a fiver on them at 28/1
In rebuttal of your second paragraph:
Maradona 1986?
10 points
Ahhh, good point.
Cristiano ain't no Maradona though, is he? IS HE? I hope so...then we all can look forward to the hideous weight gain, crippling cocaine addiction and him shooting at the press with an air rifle.
I can't wait.
we are supporting holland
and by we, i mean anyone who wants to join me and my mates.
and by supporting, i mean we are all wearing orange and painting dutch flags on our cheeks
^ this will be happening at a pub in london
go orange
Can I defect from Czech Rep?
I've been supporting them for a colossal 3 minutes
you can.
orange holland shirt is NOT optional tho. flags on cheeks are NOT optional. you ARE hollsnd
Can I wear my bright orange
Domino Records 10th anniversary t-shirt? It's the same orange. I do own some clogs of that helps.
hmm.
ok. do you know how to be really loud and drunk but at the same time very happy and non-threatening?
can you schpeek with a lishp?
I can do a GREAT Goldmember impression
hmm.
whos our best player?
RvP potentially
But Edwin van der Sar and Wes Sneijder are probably up there too.
you're in
:D
I've already got an official Dutch top but it's blue with an orange logo
oh dear
They had no oranje left :(
I think I got it in 2002 maybe, it's pretty old.
^ clearly not a real supporter
:(
I nominate Rafael van der Vaart
Free-kick specialist and sicknote expert. If he can overcome his niggling knee injuries and inject an extra bit of pace into his game, he can truly dominate his position leading van Basten to build the team around him across the middle.
*nods sagely*
Surely RvP is Netherlands sicknote expert?
Always injured for Arsenal!
I shall comment no further
Until meths accepts/rejects my proposal.
...which always gets me in trouble
when oM and others play Amshterdam, yesh.
I'm of Dutch heritage and live in London
so count me in!
brilliant.
do you like orangeboom?
Ohmygodifuckingloveoranjeboom
I'm in!
are you ok with the cheek flags?
HECK YES!
well
Czech vs Croatia --> Czech
Germany vs Portugal --> Germany
Italy vs Sweden --> Italy
Holland vs Spain --> Holland
Is it really winner of QF1 against QF2? They normally like to make it so you can't play teams who were in your starter group for a second time until the final
anyways
Czech vs Germany --> Czech
Italy vs Holland --> Holland
Czech vs Holland --> Holland, er, 3-2
Austria all the way
we up until the end of the group stage, when we're bottom, with no points.
Do you know that not that long ago, in a friendly, we were 3-0 at half time against Holland?
Granted, they did score four in the second half but that's beside the point!
I wish Russia to do well, only if Arshavin wasn't banned for the first two games.
Romania because they were ace in qualifying.
Holland to choke as usual.
France to do rubbish because they picked a rubbish squad.
Italy to die because I know they will be the masters of the 1-0 win when it comes to the knockout stages.
that's quite harsh on them
they were excellent in the world cup
i meant Italy
ItLOLy
or something
Was that during
assaulting players and cheating?
Actually I'm not sure on my Italy hate, they've never done anything to my national team.
They just have so many quality players but yet only seem to perform when they need to, don't seem to get along and as I said before, master the art of the one goal and sit back win.
Attack! attack with your Italian stallion flair!
that's what i mean
they were great in the world cup, them and Germany CLEARLY hadn't brushed up on their stereotype history, they both kept playing 'entertaining' and 'attacking' football.
Their semi was brilliant (even though it was, er, 1-0 to italy)
I'm going to put some bets on
If Turkey beat Portugal in the opening game, then I'm putting money on Turkey to win the whole thing.
I hate to say this but for the first time in a few tournaments, I can't see the Czechs doing too well without Nedved and Rosicky.
Even though they won 3-1
they didn't look good today. Can see Turkey getting out of that group with relative ease.
Why is neraly everyone thinking
France will lose in the first round ?
I thought I was the only one with this opinion...
It'll be like 2002 all over again
Except this time you'll have a bit of an excuse.
an excuse ?
There are two other good
sides in your group. Rather than Denmark, Senegal and Uruguay.
I thought it would be
Thuram and Makelele are now grandpas...
I'm going to have a cheeky
punt on Portugal 8's and Russia and Switzerland who are both 30's on betfair
PORTUGAL!!!!!!!
A chance to wear my Holland 1974 retro shirt
WEY-HEY!
well on paper
its hard to look past spain, a solid back four and great midfield/attack. They probably have a better chance now than in recent tournaments.
People seem to be looking past france now but if they beat Holland then i wouldnt put it past them to do something in this tournament.
Gomez or Torres for top scorer.
I think
Portugal v Croatia
Germany v Turkey
Italy v Spain
Russia v France
Portugal v Germany
Spain v France
Germany v Spain
Winners - Germany (on penalties)
Meh
This tournament bores me tbh.
I think it's going to be great
Especially the group stages. They're always great.
i fancy spain winning.
because their time is loooooong overdue.
Alternatively,
it could just be that their national mentality is even less likely to win them things than ours.