Euro 2012

[Jim05]

Playoff Draw
Turkey v Croatia
Estonia v Rep Ireland
Czech Rep v Montenegro
Bosnia/Herzegovina v Portugal

[devilsadvocate]

So Fabio, to take wayne or leave him home?

I say.....leave him home as you won't progress from the group

[RoosterMarty]

Fabio will probably take him, depends how the appeal goes I guess.

I'm happy though as it means Rooney gets a rest over summer.

Ireland would be rather pleased with that draw I think.

[Jim05]

Playoffs
2nd Leg
Croatia 0-0 Turkey. Croatia win 3-0
Montenegro 0-1 Czech Rep. Czech Rep win 3-0
Rep Ireland 1-1 Estonia. Rep Ireland win 5-1
Portugal 6-2 Bosnia/Herzegovina. Portugal win 6-2

[Il Duce]

The draw for the tournament has been done

Group A
Poland
Greece
Russia
Czech Republic

Group B
Netherlands
Denmark
Germany
Portugal

Group C
Spain
Italy
Ireland
Croatia

Group D
Ukraine
Sweden
France
England

[RoosterMarty]

The Euro is a brutal tournament, some tough groups there. Group A is weak as piss though.

[Il Duce]

The Euro is a brutal tournament, some tough groups there. Group A is weak as piss though.

Agreed but it does seem all the teams in group a are at each others skill level, so should still be a good group, but the winner wouldn't come from there u would think.

[Jim05]

England wont get through their group.

[Jim05]

John Terry stripped of England captaincy until his court hearing which is a few days after Euro 2012 is completed.

[Jim05]

Capello has quit as England manager.
Harry Redknapp looks the favourite to take over

[Dirko]

My guesses for the 2 to go through;

Group A
Poland
Greece
Russia
Czech Republic

Group B
Netherlands
Denmark
Germany
Portugal

Group C
Spain
Italy
Ireland
Croatia

Group D
Ukraine
Sweden
France
England

[devilsadvocate]

BBC's Panorama special on the Facism and Racism in Polish and Ukrainian football:
(It's 28 mins. If you're short on time, at least have a look at the bit from 25:45 onwards)



Platini, you are a ******* disgrace. I agree with Sol Campbell - there's no way UEFA should have awarded such a prestigious event to 2 countries who's FA's are 100% tolerant of blatant anti-semitism and racism.

I'm honestly shocked that this shit goes on on such a large scale in 2012 and the authorities do nothing about it.

[JK]

Bloody hell, that's sickening!!

Platini has never done anything other than further his own interests, run he game to suit his tastes and biases and line his own pocket .. How he maintains such a lofty status among luminaries of the game is beyond me!!

[Il Duce]

BBC's Panorama special on the Facism and Racism in Polish and Ukrainian football:
(It's 28 mins. If you're short on time, at least have a look at the bit from 25:45 onwards)



Platini, you are a ******* disgrace. I agree with Sol Campbell - there's no way UEFA should have awarded such a prestigious event to 2 countries who's FA's are 100% tolerant of blatant anti-semitism and racism.

I'm honestly shocked that this shit goes on on such a large scale in 2012 and the authorities do nothing about it.

I haven't watched the video yet so I will comment on that when I do.

Without watching it I can tell you Poland and Ukraine got to host it because Platini is repaying eastern Europe members who voted him to head of UEFA so look for a lot of thing to be in Eastern Europe. Moscow hosting the 08 champions league, Russia hosting the world cup, this tournament. Looking to scrap the Europa league (cup winners cup would come back in its place but just be pure 2 leg knockouts except the final) making the Champions league 64 teams and having no country have more spots than 4, so it means he can spread them amongst eastern Europe.

[fish]

Here is the current market for the tournament winner:

SPAIN $3.65
GERMANY $4.00
NETHERLANDS $7.00
ENGLAND $12.00
FRANCE $13.00
ITALY $13.00
PORTUGAL $19.00
RUSSIA $21.00
CROATIA $41.00
UKRAINE $41.00
POLAND $51.00
CZECH REPUBLIC $67.00
GREECE $67.00
SWEDEN $67.00
DENMARK $81.00
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND $81.00

[Jim05]

Talk that Italy will witdraw from the comp.
The Italian President wants all football suspended in Italy whilst investigations into match fixing go on.

[Il Duce]

they wont, they will play the tournament then suspend all football

[overloaded]

What are your thoughts on euro, i want a preview on each group and your expected ladder in thiose groups.

[Il Duce]

Is that directed at anyone or everyone in general?

[overloaded]

anyone and everyone