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Officer Mudkip
05-29-2008, 02:53 PM
Who's excited?

MY country is out, but i still love football so it will be a great spectacle!!

kingofnoland
05-29-2008, 02:54 PM
It'll be great to be able to without the bbc constantly going on about england.
That used to annoy me no end.

BigAndiD
05-29-2008, 03:09 PM
is anyone going?

Officer Mudkip
05-29-2008, 03:39 PM
nah, i love watchin it on tv just =)

codinthepocket
05-29-2008, 04:11 PM
I'm more excited about this one than if England were in it.
I know that England weren't going to win Euro 2008, so the fact that they got knocked out of the qualifiers mean that I don't have any nervousness...
I will be supporting Norway, though. My second country. (I'm a quarter-Norwegian...)
Come on Norway! :thumbsup:

EDIT: Just noticed. 1500 posts...

kingofnoland
05-29-2008, 04:14 PM
I wish I had a second country to support.
English out
Irish out
Latvia out. I'm just very unlucky:tongue:

Dawnathella
05-29-2008, 04:16 PM
I don't know who to support now, nvm ill watch it anyway

SWF Joker
05-29-2008, 04:20 PM
im half italian so

go italy

FakePlasticTree
05-29-2008, 04:23 PM
Northern Ireland never qualifies, so I usually end up cheering for Germany and Holland. However, this year I'm going for Spain. I am a huge beliver in Torres, and I honestly think he will surpass Ronaldo as the greatest player in the world right now within the next three years. If the rest of his team can play with his passion and skill they definitely stand a chance.

Still, it will probably end up being France or Germany winning it in my opinion.

Shane86
05-29-2008, 04:32 PM
My ancestors were French so I'll support them :tongue:

LEGEND
05-29-2008, 05:05 PM
England are out, ****ing McClaren. Wish the scots had got through actually they deserved it more than us tbh.

I'll watch it anyway, i'll probally just root for Brazil or someone.

¬_¬

Infneon
05-29-2008, 05:10 PM
Why do people always blame the manager when their team lose? Surely it's the 11 (and subs) people on the pitch that lost them the game

codinthepocket
05-29-2008, 05:40 PM
I'll watch it anyway, i'll probally just root for Brazil or someone.

¬_¬

??? :undecided:
Brazil are South-American... :lol:

Officer Mudkip
05-29-2008, 05:47 PM
lol I think i'll go for Spain, seeing as Torres and some Liverpool players are there.

Then again, Northern Ireland beat 'em and there horrible :undecided:

Millakilla
05-29-2008, 05:48 PM
??? :undecided:
Brazil are South-American... :lol:

:lol:You beat me to it:P

FakePlasticTree
05-29-2008, 08:37 PM
lol I think i'll go for Spain, seeing as Torres and some Liverpool players are there.

Exactly. I'll be sporting my 2008-2009 Torres Liverpool home shirt I just got during every Spain game. :D

Makelevi
05-29-2008, 08:51 PM
I'm Canadian...but just because I live in North America doesn't mean I can't be a footy fanatic. Can't wait for teh Euro (which is also a surprisingly good 360 game).

Spain needs to win something. xD

FakePlasticTree
06-04-2008, 02:57 PM
I'm running a Euro pool. Here's my pics for the group stage, predictions in brackets....



Match: 1 Grp A Switzerland v Czech Republic (CZECH)
Match: 2 Grp A Portugal v Turkey (POR)

Match: 3 Grp B Austria v Croatia (CRO)
Match: 4 Grp B Germany v Poland (GER)

Match: 5 Grp C Romania v France (FRA)
Match: 6 Grp C Netherlands v Italy (DRAW)

Match: 7 Grp D Spain v Russia (SPA)
Match: 8 Grp D Greece v Sweden (DRAW)

Match: 9 Grp A Czech Republic v Portugal (DRAW)
Match: 10 Grp A Switzerland v Turkey (SWI)

Match: 11 Grp B Croatia v Germany (GER)
Match: 12 Grp B Austria v Poland (AUS)

Match: 13 Grp C Italy v Romania (ITA)
Match: 14 Grp C Netherlands v France (FRA)

Match: 15 Grp D Sweden v Spain (SPA)
Match: 16 Grp D Greece v Russia (RUS)

Match: 17 Grp A Switzerland v Portugal (POR)
Match: 18 Grp A Turkey v Czech Republic (DRAW)

Match: 19 Grp B Poland v Croatia (CRO)
Match: 20 Grp B Austria v Germany (GER)

Match: 21 Grp C Netherlands v Romania (NED)
Match: 22 Grp C France v Italy (FRA)

Match: 23 Grp D Greece v Spain (SPA)
Match: 24 Grp D Russia v Sweden (SWE)

mattyftm
06-04-2008, 03:07 PM
I'm really looking forward to it. More than usual. With England out of it I can actually have some fun watching football, rather than be constantly biting my finger nails, toe nails, hammering nails, and any other kind of nails I can find like I usually am.

So in a way I'm glad England are out. I'd still rather they were in it, but hey, I'll make the most of it either way.

regua
06-04-2008, 03:11 PM
I'm running a Euro pool. Here's my pics for the group stage, predictions in brackets....
I hate you now.

Poland will lose all their matches according to your picks...

FakePlasticTree
06-04-2008, 03:25 PM
Austria/Poland was a bit of a coin toss for me. I was close to picking the draw, but I took Austria because I think the home team support will carry them through. But yeah, I don't thiny're beating Germany or Croatia. The only one I'm not sure about is the Austria game. I'm fairly confident Poland will lose the other two.

kingofnoland
06-04-2008, 03:28 PM
Austria/Poland was a bit of a coin toss for me. I was close to picking the draw. But yeah, I don't thiny're beating Germany or Croatia. The only one I'm not sure about is the Austria game. I'm fairly confident Poland will lose the other two.

but's there always one shock everytime isn't there... :grin:

Officer Mudkip
06-04-2008, 03:28 PM
I hate you now.

Poland will lose all their matches according to your picks...

Boruc will win them for you

VANDER13
06-04-2008, 03:40 PM
I will be following the Dutch

regua
06-04-2008, 03:41 PM
Austria/Poland was a bit of a coin toss for me. I was close to picking the draw, but I took Austria because I think the home team support will carry them through. But yeah, I don't thiny're beating Germany or Croatia. The only one I'm not sure about is the Austria game. I'm fairly confident Poland will lose the other two.
Yeah, and if we beat Croatia, I'll give you a profile infraction for lying to a moderator. Deal? :thumbsup:

Boruc will win them for you
Having a good goalkeeper without good strikers is like feeling the need to shit without having an arse. If we keep a tight defence line, we may prevent the opponents from scoring goals... but then we would have to score them in order to win. And that's nearly impossible.

Makelevi
06-04-2008, 03:42 PM
??? :undecided:
Brazil are South-American... :lol:

lmao! My first thought was "Gotta be American!"

I myself normally would have rooted for England, but, well, you know...:sad:

I'll closely follow Poland (underdogs yay!), Portugal, Spain, France and the Netherlands---allthough I want the Dutch to win the most (Van Der Sar! Nistelrooy!...guess which club I support lol)

Officer Mudkip
06-04-2008, 03:44 PM
lmao! My first thought was "Gotta be American!"

I myself normally would have rooted for England, but, well, you know...:sad:

I'll closely follow Poland (underdogs yay!), Portugal, Spain, France and the Netherlands---allthough I want the Dutch to win the most (Van Der Sar! Nistelrooy!...guess which club I support lol)

A combination of Man United and Real Madrid?

Makelevi
06-04-2008, 03:46 PM
Man United. Just because Ruud went to Real Madrid doesn't mean I hate him :P

Actually, all of the Countries just listed have United players (aside of Spain). I just noticed that 0_0

FakePlasticTree
06-04-2008, 03:54 PM
Yeah, and if we beat Croatia, I'll give you a profile infraction for lying to a moderator. Deal? :thumbsup:
Lol. You got yourself a deal! :cool2:

PopTrogdor
06-04-2008, 03:56 PM
im going to support the crappest team there

kingofnoland
06-04-2008, 03:57 PM
Romainia then.
Not the worst, but the team with the hardest job at least.

Makelevi
06-04-2008, 04:00 PM
I dunno...Austria suck pretty bad (no offence. I mean, they're biggest achievement the Euros is...being the host nation to automatically qualify)

kingofnoland
06-04-2008, 04:02 PM
But with italy, france and netherlands, romainia haven't a chance really.
Although i'd bet on them to at least get a draw..

Makelevi
06-04-2008, 04:04 PM
Oh, I didn't see you say "Not the worst, but the team with the hardest job at least".

Yeah, they got boned pretty bad with that group.

FakePlasticTree
06-04-2008, 04:16 PM
But with italy, france and netherlands, romainia haven't a chance really.
Although i'd bet on them to at least get a draw..

I'd take that against Italy. I honestly don't think Italy is making it out of the group stages. Looking at my pics I see I posted the wrong. I actually have Netherlands to beat Italy.

Officer Mudkip
06-04-2008, 07:49 PM
I'd take that against Italy. I honestly don't think Italy is making it out of the group stages. Looking at my pics I see I posted the wrong. I actually have Netherlands to beat Italy.

Italy will win Euro '08, them or Spain hopefully.

I'm suprised no-one has written a full length essay on how portugal will win and that Ronaldo is the best player in the world.

Plesantly Suprised

FakePlasticTree
06-04-2008, 07:58 PM
I'm suprised no-one has written a full length essay on how portugal will win and that Ronaldo is the best player in the world.

Plesantly SuprisedBecause they know that's not going to last long when Torres surpasses him in the next 2 - 3 years. :D


And Italy...I dunno. Missing Cannavaro is a huge blow to that side IMO.

Officer Mudkip
06-04-2008, 08:00 PM
Because they know that's not going to last long when Torres surpasses him in the next 2 - 3 years. :D


And Italy...I dunno. Missing Cannavaro is a huge blow to that side IMO.

Torress is immense =)

FakePlasticTree
06-04-2008, 08:04 PM
Yes sir.

Apparently he wants to sign a "lifetime" deal with Liverpool. They better do it. I've been supporting this squad through their many recent years of struggles and just not making that extra push for the title. The way Torres and Gerrard play together, it just puts a smile on my face. If they make the right moves in the summer, including giving Torres whatever the f*ck he wants, Liverpool could win the Prem in the next 5 years. And oh God I hope they do it.

Officer Mudkip
06-05-2008, 05:50 AM
Yes sir.

Apparently he wants to sign a "lifetime" deal with Liverpool. They better do it. I've been supporting this squad through their many recent years of struggles and just not making that extra push for the title. The way Torres and Gerrard play together, it just puts a smile on my face. If they make the right moves in the summer, including giving Torres whatever the f*ck he wants, Liverpool could win the Prem in the next 5 years. And oh God I hope they do it.

Yeah, If they weren't so inconsistent, they'd win every year

MightyMutt
06-05-2008, 07:39 AM
I have a few bets on the Euro's to make things interesting - I only ever bet on the major football tournaments every two years.

Four years ago, in the last Euro's I had money on Rooney and Baros to be top scorer. £10 bet won me £635! :w00t: Thats enough to cover my bets for the rest of time!

This year I have, amongst other bets. got money on Italy and France with money on Luca Toni & Benzema to be top scorer.

Will be keeping an eye on and supporting Poland though coz of our friendly sarcastic neighbourhood Regua! Go Zurawski! :grin: (He's like the only Polish player I know!)

VANDER13
06-05-2008, 07:50 AM
Ronaldo > Torres and always will be




i dont want to start an arguement its just my opinion

balaamsafe
06-05-2008, 01:20 PM
Ronaldo > Torres and always will be




i dont want to start an arguement its just my opinion

seconded, and i'm a chelsea fan (please for an orderley line for the abuse:sad:)

My second team is ivory cost, but as we'vealready established, this is the EUROPEAN championships. I'm rooting for netherlands, because i went to amsterdam last year. My prediction is germany win though.

regua
06-08-2008, 03:16 PM
F**king Germans.

Shane86
06-08-2008, 03:32 PM
F**king Germans.:lol: I'm backing them to win the whole thing.

PopTrogdor
06-08-2008, 03:44 PM
never! Ze Germans must not win!

Shane86
06-08-2008, 03:46 PM
never! Ze Germans must not win!An Englishman hating on Germans? How surprising! :grin:

Officer Mudkip
06-08-2008, 05:03 PM
lol England sucks!

FakePlasticTree
06-08-2008, 08:21 PM
^lol

The only team that has won convincingly IMO is Germany. Croatia, Portugal, and the Czechs all looked quite shaky at times I thought. Lets hope the big name countries can make some solid impressions, otherwise Germany has already won. None of the teams I've seen so far would even be able to compete with the Germans.

kingofnoland
06-09-2008, 12:53 PM
But with italy, france and netherlands, romainia haven't a chance really.
Although i'd bet on them to at least get a draw..

I'd like to gloat at my amazingness.. :lol:

VANDER13
06-09-2008, 01:03 PM
that romanina France match had to be the worst football match I have ever seen

Blackswordsman
06-09-2008, 01:07 PM
Ok France are not getting through the group stage, the Dutch and Italians are going through after that awful match. I am not suprised as it seems Domenech (french coach) uses astrology to pick players!, what a freaking moron. He left out a number of great players becuase of this crap!

Eagle Eye
06-09-2008, 01:14 PM
I fell asleep in that game.

Bring on the Dutch

VANDER13
06-09-2008, 01:33 PM
surly the italians vs the Dutch can only be beter

FakePlasticTree
06-09-2008, 02:48 PM
What a goal by Snijder!!!

VANDER13
06-09-2008, 02:53 PM
What a goal by Snijder!!!

was a great goal

God I love the Dutch :D

ShelbyF
06-09-2008, 04:55 PM
I was really fond of the offside goal myself :D





Not that it actually mattered in the end (though I guess it could if it comes down to goal differential).

VANDER13
06-09-2008, 05:26 PM
The last two goals were great counter attacking play and without babel, roben and van persie it was a great performance and result for holland

Definitly the match of the tournament so far

Shane86
06-09-2008, 05:29 PM
Italy didn't even show up.

Blackswordsman
06-09-2008, 05:32 PM
Great match, I ahve always wanted the Dutch to win it all. But i think Germany will get it in the end.

Officer Mudkip
06-09-2008, 06:41 PM
Never seen both of todays results coming!

VANDER13
06-09-2008, 07:03 PM
I never seen Romania getting a draw

I thought holland would beat Italy but not so easily

PopTrogdor
06-09-2008, 07:54 PM
After tonight, im supporting Holland

oh and @BlackSwordsman:

how ****ed up was the ending to Berserk? I had to go back and watch the first episode again. AND I was like, omg he finally shows his love for Cjaskar or how ever her name is spelt, all the subs spelt it differently :P anywho, he finally ****s her, then she gets raped and killed by ****ing demons

pherstothelee
06-09-2008, 11:45 PM
F**king Germans.

Gah, seconded. And what's worse is the sole goal scorer in that game was Polish. Playing for Germany.

Oh well, Sweden vs Greece tonight. :thumbsup:

Blackswordsman
06-10-2008, 03:10 AM
After tonight, im supporting Holland

oh and @BlackSwordsman:

how ****ed up was the ending to Berserk? I had to go back and watch the first episode again. AND I was like, omg he finally shows his love for Cjaskar or how ever her name is spelt, all the subs spelt it differently :P anywho, he finally ****s her, then she gets raped and killed by ****ing demons

Yeah but......

Yeah the first episode is after the last episode, Guts survives with half his left arm and loses his right eye. The story continues in the manga. Thats when he becomes the Blackswordsman and starts f***ing demons up with that huge ass sword. Actually Caska survives aswell, but reverts to a childlike state after all the horrible crap that happens, so he is more her carer than lover after that. After that his mission is to get Griffith for what he's done.

Brave thing to do, to kill off half the cast 13 volumes in! Read the manga, trust me it is even more awesome than the anime. (But i do hope they make a second season to the anime aswell).

PopTrogdor
06-10-2008, 04:48 AM
Yeah but......

Yeah the first episode is after the last episode, Guts survives with half his left arm and loses his right eye. The story continues in the manga. Thats when he becomes the Blackswordsman and starts f***ing demons up with that huge ass sword. Actually Caska survives aswell, but reverts to a childlike state after all the horrible crap that happens, so he is more her carer than lover after that. After that his mission is to get Griffith for what he's done.

Brave thing to do, to kill off half the cast 13 volumes in! Read the manga, trust me it is even more awesome than the anime. (But i do hope they make a second season to the anime aswell).

ahhh, ill go pick up the manga then, as i loved this story so ****ing much. But...

thats so gay she goes into a childlike state, i guess Guts loves her so much that he'd anything for her. I did watch the first episode again and i was like 'oh yeh, forgot this happened, should have seen it all coming' I just got so wrapped up in the story that i forgot about it being a flashback.
And yeh, can't believe they just killed every single person, it was all my faves as well. I did like griffith until he forced himself on the princess, then i was like, bastard. Is that the reason he gets arrested and tortured?

Officer Mudkip
06-10-2008, 06:58 AM
ahhh, ill go pick up the manga then, as i loved this story so ****ing much. But...

thats so gay she goes into a childlike state, i guess Guts loves her so much that he'd anything for her. I did watch the first episode again and i was like 'oh yeh, forgot this happened, should have seen it all coming' I just got so wrapped up in the story that i forgot about it being a flashback.
And yeh, can't believe they just killed every single person, it was all my faves as well. I did like griffith until he forced himself on the princess, then i was like, bastard. Is that the reason he gets arrested and tortured?

Just PM eachother...

Blackswordsman
06-10-2008, 07:00 AM
ahhh, ill go pick up the manga then, as i loved this story so ****ing much. But...

thats so gay she goes into a childlike state, i guess Guts loves her so much that he'd anything for her. I did watch the first episode again and i was like 'oh yeh, forgot this happened, should have seen it all coming' I just got so wrapped up in the story that i forgot about it being a flashback.
And yeh, can't believe they just killed every single person, it was all my faves as well. I did like griffith until he forced himself on the princess, then i was like, bastard. Is that the reason he gets arrested and tortured?

Yeah thats exactly why he got arrested , the manga goes into a lot more detail aswell, in fact there are two major characters that the anime completely excludes, (how do you think guts escapes? :lipssealed:). Also there is a lot more violence and sex in the manga. dont go reading it with kids around. :lol: (However the manga has not finished yet so the story is still going, and new volumes take a long time to come out.)

(sorry for going so far off topic everyone else will PM from now on)

Officer Mudkip
06-10-2008, 08:26 AM
Yeah thats exactly why he got arrested , the manga goes into a lot more detail aswell, in fact there are two major characters that the anime completely excludes, (how do you think guts escapes? :lipssealed:). Also there is a lot more violence and sex in the manga. dont go reading it with kids around. :lol: (However the manga has not finished yet so the story is still going, and new volumes take a long time to come out.)

(sorry for going so far off topic everyone else will PM from now on)

Holland FTW!!

Blackswordsman
06-10-2008, 08:34 AM
Holland FTW!!

Indeed, I hope they do, I want Van Persie to start aswell, to see what he can do.

FakePlasticTree
06-10-2008, 10:52 AM
Torres!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Big win for Spain today (I hope).

I think Greece and Sweden will draw.

Shane86
06-10-2008, 11:25 AM
This is a good game, I have to go to work though so I'll miss the second half :(

edit: Sweet, My favourite Russian players are on, Jerkov and Wankar.

FakePlasticTree
06-10-2008, 01:37 PM
Fantastic play by the Spainards. If Russia keeps playing defence like that they're going to be out of this tournament in a hurry. Russia's goal was really nice, but man, their back line was just brutal.

VANDER13
06-10-2008, 02:20 PM
never got to see the Spain game and i missed the start of the Greece vs Sweden, hopefully I'll see larsson get a couple of goals

blade2k6954
06-10-2008, 02:36 PM
come on portugal!!! spain played great today but where was torres??? figures a liverpool player doesnt show up for the big games :evil: and where were all the chelsea players yesterday??? portugal+tottenham ftw!!! lol

kingofnoland
06-10-2008, 02:40 PM
come on portugal!!! spain played great today but where was torres??? figures a liverpool player doesnt show up for the big games :evil: and where were all the chelsea players yesterday??? portugal+tottenham ftw!!! lol

Erm torres only set up the first goal..

Officer Mudkip
06-10-2008, 02:58 PM
come on portugal!!! spain played great today but where was torres??? figures a liverpool player doesnt show up for the big games :evil: and where were all the chelsea players yesterday??? portugal+tottenham ftw!!! lol

Did you watch the match? Torres was sensational

VANDER13
06-10-2008, 03:14 PM
yea I heard torres was candidate for man of the match

Btw great gol from one the most over rated players in the world, zlatan ibrahimovic

blade2k6954
06-10-2008, 05:41 PM
Erm torres only set up the first goal..

oh i didnt see the first goal so i retract my previous statement lol

blade2k6954
06-10-2008, 05:43 PM
Did you watch the match? Torres was sensational

i dont know people said the same about ronaldo and modric in their matches and i just dont think they played super amazing i thought villa was out of his skin and inesta played well though

Shane86
06-10-2008, 06:36 PM
oh i didnt see the first goal so i retract my previous statement lolA Tottenham fan from Florida? WTF? :D

PopTrogdor
06-10-2008, 06:51 PM
A Tottenham fan? WTF? :D

fixed!

Shane86
06-10-2008, 06:56 PM
fixed!
LMAO :lol:

FakePlasticTree
06-11-2008, 12:04 PM
This game is going as I hoped. I picked draws in both of today's matches.

VANDER13
06-11-2008, 12:58 PM
well that ain't happening

Shane86
06-11-2008, 01:02 PM
This game is going as I hoped. I picked draws in both of today's matches.lol fail :grin: Ronaldo played great, Madrid will want him even more.

blade2k6954
06-11-2008, 02:39 PM
A Tottenham fan from Florida? WTF? :D

the yid army knows no bounds lol there is actually a pretty big tottenham following where i'm from.

FakePlasticTree
06-11-2008, 02:48 PM
lol fail :grin: Ronaldo played great, Madrid will want him even more.
Indeed. I don't thnik United is going to let him go though, no matter the cost.

So far not so good. Portugal wins and now Switzerland is up 1-0 on Turkey. No points for me today. :(

VANDER13
06-11-2008, 04:58 PM
Indeed. I don't thnik United is going to let him go though, no matter the cost.

So far not so good. Portugal wins and now Switzerland is up 1-0 on Turkey. No points for me today. :(

I'm a united fan and i think if ronaldo wants to go let him go

But I dont understand why he would want to go to Madrid, he is never gonna have the success he had at united at Madrid

FakePlasticTree
06-12-2008, 12:25 PM
I'm a united fan and i think if ronaldo wants to go let him go

But I dont understand why he would want to go to Madrid, he is never gonna have the success he had at united at MadridI don't think he wants to leave United. Like you say, why would he? He's a God in Manchester.

If it's simply about the money, then United are stupid to not at least match Madrid's offer. As much as I dislike him, this isn't the kind of player you just let go.


In other news, Germany is f*cking the dog. Down 2-0 to Croatia is not a good thing. And the way Germany has been playing, I'll be surprised if they can claw back.

VANDER13
06-12-2008, 12:32 PM
I don't think he wants to leave United. Like you say, why would he? He's a God in Manchester.

If it's simply about the money, then United are stupid to not at least match Madrid's offer. As much as I dislike him, this isn't the kind of player you just let go.


In other news, Germany is f*cking the dog. Down 2-0 to Croatia is not a good thing. And the way Germany has been playing, I'll be surprised if they can claw back.

yea I think he is trying to force united to pay him more as if he isn't getting enough

As for the match I thought croatia could beat the Germans but I didn't think it would be 2-0, can't see them coming back, ballack is losing his head

[EDIT] now it just got intresting LOL

DarkVidard
06-13-2008, 03:49 PM
MAN!!
We just got whipped by Holland, and we deserved it...
For m, this year, Spain or Holland will be champion. I don't see any other team.
And I will be happy if France actually makes it out of the qualifiers.

VANDER13
06-13-2008, 04:48 PM
unlucky but holland where just a different class :D

DarkVidard
06-13-2008, 04:50 PM
True, very true, I cannot say anything else, Holland was just WAY out there

ShelbyF
06-13-2008, 05:19 PM
The Dutch are beastly

balaamsafe
06-13-2008, 05:23 PM
yessss, i've been supporting holland all tournament, and i had a spite against the french because i screwed up my french language exam, no offence meant to darkvidard
4-1, what a game, and robben's goal, GASP
I'm a chelsea fan and have laways regreted selling him

VANDER13
06-14-2008, 06:33 PM
yea robben was most definitly one of your best players

OT: is anyone here a west brom fan??

DarkVidard
06-14-2008, 08:29 PM
Sorry mate, I like Lille, Lyon (trying to support the French teams a bit :)) but mostly Arsenal, ever since Arsen Wenger arrived there, that man is a genius, HE should be our national team coach, not that Domenech guy.

FakePlasticTree
06-16-2008, 12:03 PM
Tell me you guys watched the Turkey/Czech match yesterday...


Wow, definitely the best match of the tournament so far. The third goal for Turkey was a thing of brilliance. A candidate for goal of the tournament for sure, right up there with Sneidjer's first goal and Ibrahimovic's goal against the Greeks.

So it looks like we'll have Portugal playing Germany and Turkey playing Croatia, unless either of those teams lose today, but they shouldn't.

Wednesday will be great though. Who's going to get stuck with the Netherlands? I think Sweden will win, but who knows, the Russians have played pretty well so far.

Officer Mudkip
06-16-2008, 02:25 PM
Tell me you guys watched the Turkey/Czech match yesterday...


Wow, definitely the best match of the tournament so far. The third goal for Turkey was a thing of brilliance. A candidate for goal of the tournament for sure, right up there with Sneidjer's first goal and Ibrahimovic's goal against the Greeks.

So it looks like we'll have Portugal playing Germany and Turkey playing Croatia, unless either of those teams lose today, but they shouldn't.

Wednesday will be great though. Who's going to get stuck with the Netherlands? I think Sweden will win, but who knows, the Russians have played pretty well so far.

t'was great to watch

Shane86
06-16-2008, 03:53 PM
Two good goals tonight. Both games were poor though.

FakePlasticTree
06-16-2008, 03:55 PM
I hope Germany just destroys Portugal.

regua
06-16-2008, 04:01 PM
F**king Croatians. And f**king Poles, they can't even play.

FakePlasticTree
06-16-2008, 04:05 PM
Still hate me?

:p

regua
06-16-2008, 04:09 PM
Still hate me?

:p
Yes. Now even more. You caused this all to happen!

And I'm really upset I can't give you the infraction I've promised.

FakePlasticTree
06-16-2008, 04:11 PM
Ah well. The Dutch are still in it, you can cheer for them now. I don't imagine too many Pols cheering for Germany, what whith...you know...history and all...


And I remain infraction free! I win again!

blade2k6954
06-17-2008, 12:36 AM
you can always root for portugal!

Officer Mudkip
06-18-2008, 04:01 PM
Russia!!! :O

FakePlasticTree
06-18-2008, 04:10 PM
Good performance by the Russians. Can they beat Holland though?

I'm thinking Netherlands/Croatia final, with Netherlands winning. I might take Spain in my pool though because everyone is picking the Netherlands.

regua
06-19-2008, 04:04 PM
F**king Germans on their way to win.

kingofnoland
06-19-2008, 04:05 PM
F**king Germans on their way to win.

are you going to be ok?
I wouldn't want to be near you if they win the final..

regua
06-19-2008, 04:14 PM
are you going to be ok?
I wouldn't want to be near you if they win the final..
I will make sure I'll be watching the final in Doncaster, then.

FakePlasticTree
06-19-2008, 04:26 PM
Excellent performance by Germany. It was a great match to open up the final eight.

I still think the Netherlands are going to win it all, but I couldn't go that route with my pool because I need the points to try and take hom that $500 first place prize.

My Picks:
OF1: Germany over Portugal
QF2: Croatia over Turkey
OF3: Netherlands over Russia
OF4: Spain over Italy

SF1: Croatia over Germany
SF2: Spain over Netherlands

F: Croatia over Spain

SmellmyFace
06-19-2008, 05:05 PM
DEUTSCHLAND HAT GEWONNEN WOOWOWOWOWWOWOWO!!!

seriously though... that was some tense stopping time, especially after the goal at '87.

also, i think netherlands will win

blade2k6954
06-20-2008, 09:10 AM
CHEATING GERMAN DEUTSCHBAGS!!! I hope Croatia whoops their ass like they did in the group game.

Shane86
06-20-2008, 09:19 AM
There's been too many terrible referee decisions in this tournament. I can think of at least 5 times where goals where either wrongly given or wrongly not allowed...

Pepe had a wrongly disallowed goal against Turkey

Luca Toni had a wrongly disallowed goal against Romania

Roger had a goal wrongly given to him for Poland against Austria

Ooijer got away with a save on the goal line against France, it should have been a penalty and a red card.

Metzelder got away with a blatant penalty against Austria

And last night Ballack just shoves Paulo Ferreira out of the way and scores :undecided:

Cyberspectre
06-20-2008, 12:57 PM
i've been on holdiay and didn't realise we were already at the semi finals

Shane86
06-20-2008, 12:58 PM
i've been on holdiay and didn't realise we were already at the semi finalsQuarter Finals.

Cyberspectre
06-20-2008, 01:00 PM
i've been on holiday...but i was close

bman5000
06-20-2008, 01:20 PM
I believe it's time for the Netherlands to win this instead of Germans or God Forbid Italy...

Shane86
06-20-2008, 01:26 PM
I believe it's time for the Netherlands to win this instead of Germans or God Forbid Italy...Yeah but I'd rather some underdog team like Croatia won.

VANDER13
06-20-2008, 05:29 PM
that was quite an end to the turkey vs croatia match

viatrophy
06-20-2008, 07:52 PM
that was quite an end to the turkey vs croatia match

What happened?
I completely missed the match, wasn't impressed. :angry:

Shane86
06-20-2008, 08:12 PM
2 goals in the last two minutes of extra time and Turkey won on penalties

n00bhunter
06-20-2008, 11:15 PM
Who's excited?

MY country is out, but i still love football so it will be a great spectacle!!

I wouldn't say I'm "Excited" i watch the news most mornings to check overnight scores aswell

i like calling it "Soccer" they are trying to get people to call it "Football" like the rest of the world

But we have Australian rules football and rugby which can also be called football

Btw I'm going for Spain

my favorite player is Iker Cassilas or however you spell it

He is awesome.

SolidBrix
06-21-2008, 12:55 PM
If I were Germany, I'd be incredibly nervous for the next round. Even with half (:roll:) of Turkey's team out they are so unpredictable. But it doesn't really matter if Germany wins or not, because Spain is taking the cup. Viva Espana!

bman5000
06-21-2008, 07:02 PM
Netherlands lost NO!! but hey i guess they gave their all...but not at that throw in...jeez!

Shane86
06-22-2008, 04:16 PM
0-0 draw, Italy were just defending the entire match, penalties now.

Officer Mudkip
06-22-2008, 07:48 PM
Fabregas =)

Shane86
06-25-2008, 07:21 PM
Soooo Germany in the final, Regua must be pretty pissed right about now.

FakePlasticTree
06-25-2008, 07:40 PM
Kudos to the Turks. They played well and deserved to get as far as they did. Hope to see a Spain/Germany final!

regua
06-26-2008, 06:17 AM
Soooo Germany in the final, Regua must be pretty pissed right about now.
They've lost the First World War, they lost the Second one, and now they'll lose Euro. At least I hope so.

viatrophy
06-26-2008, 09:10 AM
They've lost the First World War, they lost the Second one, and now they'll lose Euro. At least I hope so.

Haha, Cold dude, cold.
I hope Germany win now, just to annoy you.
Anyone up for taking bets? :lol:

Officer Mudkip
06-26-2008, 11:54 AM
My Prediction.

Russia Win whole thing

kingofnoland
06-26-2008, 12:05 PM
My Prediction.

Russia Win whole thing

That's what I want t happen, not sure why just will find it funny.:lol:

Yes I know I'm odd..

FakePlasticTree
06-26-2008, 12:56 PM
I'd like Spain to win today, but I can't say with confidence that they will. Russia is playing very well. Spain will get destroyed if they play that slow boring style they played against the Italians. Either way, I've got my Torres shirt on. I'm ready for El Nino!

Shane86
06-26-2008, 05:02 PM
So Germany and Spain in the final, I was in work tonight so I missed Russia getting hammered (and sickled).

EDIT: "Ronaldo Leaves United" Warning: Bad Language

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