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Euro 2016 - The Football Thread

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  • IA said:

    1StevieG said:

    Got England, Slovakia and Slovenia in betting comps at work.

    I've got Finland, San Marino and the Faroe Islands in mine. I'm feeling confident.
    Is Steve Jones running your sweepstake?
  • IA said:

    1StevieG said:

    Got England, Slovakia and Slovenia in betting comps at work.

    I've got Finland, San Marino and the Faroe Islands in mine. I'm feeling confident.
    Is Steve Jones running your sweepstake?
    He said if I pay double, he'll rig the draw so I get Argentina too.
  • Rumours spreading that Spain have just lost De Gea from their squad.
  • JohnBoyUK said:

    Rumours spreading that Spain have just lost De Gea from their squad.

    Now be careful with this one for the sake of CL and lawyers...
  • edited June 2016
    https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/1262770/david-de-gea-sent-home-from-spains-squad-for-euro-2016-say-reports/

    Sounds more like he's been chucked out of the squad rather than being lost... Although it is the Sun
  • http://www.managingmadrid.com/2016/6/10/11902172/breaking-isco-de-gea-and-muniain-allegedly-involved-in-sexual-assault

    Guillem Balague ‏@GuillemBalague 4m4 minutes ago
    De Gea has not been sent home. He is in the hotel with the national team. There is a court case on the way. Innocent till proven guilty
  • Now if there was one man that would know, its Guillem Balague. Glad to hear its a rumour rather than fact.
  • JohnBoyUK said:

    Now if there was one man that would know, its Guillem Balague. Glad to hear its a rumour rather than fact.

  • JohnBoyUK said:

    Now if there was one man that would know, its Guillem Balague. Glad to hear its a rumour rather than fact.

    lol!... Yet to be fair, Guillem does concentrate on the Spanish Leagues rather than anywhere else
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  • Like this article explaining why Russia are arguably football's biggest underachievers.

    http://gu.com/p/4kqah

    Hope we turn them over thoroughly.
  • So who is getting out of the Groups then?

    Group A... France ... Switzerland
    Group B... England ... Russia ... Wales
    Group C... Germany ... Poland
    Group D... Spain ... Turkey ... Croatia
    Group E... Italy ... Belgium ... Sweden
    Group F... Portugal ... Iceland ... Austria

    Blimey mate, so you think both the Czechs and Slovaks will finish bottom of their respective groups? I' m not a betting man but I'll have money with you on that scenario.
  • So who is getting out of the Groups then?

    Group A... France ... Switzerland
    Group B... England ... Russia ... Wales
    Group C... Germany ... Poland
    Group D... Spain ... Turkey ... Croatia
    Group E... Italy ... Belgium ... Sweden
    Group F... Portugal ... Iceland ... Austria

    Blimey mate, so you think both the Czechs and Slovaks will finish bottom of their respective groups? I' m not a betting man but I'll have money with you on that scenario.
    See the other teams in their groups being a bit too strong...

    Reckon it'll be tight between 3rd spot for both Wales / Slovakia and Turkey / Croatia / Czech Republic
  • ^ In conclusion, 4 points will almost certainly guarantee qualification, while 3 points with a decent goal difference also means we're as good as qualified.
  • edited June 2016

    ^ In conclusion, 4 points will almost certainly guarantee qualification, while 3 points with a decent goal difference also means we're as good as qualified.

    Three draws will probably do, I hope that doesn't make teams too negative in the groups.

    Watching the Thierry Henry documentary, one of the things that stood out the most for me was the run of games that Denmark had to play in winning in 1992:

    England (World Cup semi finalists 2 years earlier).
    Sweden (host nation)
    France (pre-tournament favourites)
    Netherlands (reigning champs)
    Germany (reigning world champs).

    Very impressive for a team that technically didn't qualify. I'm not against having more matches to watch, but the old days of just eight qualifiers did make for a really high quality field and this new format has watered that down a lot.


  • I see Roly is playing left back for Romania
  • was going to make some gypsy gag but self censored. Wouldn't want to offend any locals with Romanian ancestry.

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    This is interesting.
    Where'd you get that from mate?
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  • Yay! Some tennis player and Louis Saha shouting at me from the fan park. Thanks ITV, that's really got me up for it.

    Annoying that they have 2 of Englands 3 group games
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    This is interesting.
    Where'd you get that from mate?
  • Looks like they've hired Latrien's DJ for the evening
  • Yay! Some tennis player and Louis Saha shouting at me from the fan park. Thanks ITV, that's really got me up for it.

    Thought exactly the same. Not quite sure how ITV continue to get it so wrong.


  • Can't be too many sides with a better midfield duo than Kante and Pogba. You're not going to be outrunning them that's for sure.
  • Katrien has been frantically taking notes.
  • Where is George Tucudean?
  • Going to be impressive clearing the pitch. Would prefer that to the ad break.
  • red_murph said:

    Yay! Some tennis player and Louis Saha shouting at me from the fan park. Thanks ITV, that's really got me up for it.

    Thought exactly the same. Not quite sure how ITV continue to get it so wrong.


    I would love to know what their focus groups tell them! Anyway, we're off!
  • Hoddle picked Lloris MOM already.
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