The Official Euro 2012 Thread

[DeeGun]

england won't win but i can see us beating italy just about then losing to the germans in the semis

I´d rather lose to England on Sunday than to Germany in a semi final cause this makes living here even more horrible than it is.
Won´t happen anyway..just like Germany does England have negative stats against us on tournament level..4-1-1..and the one victory was a pointless one in 1978

[Jwood27]

like scotty said we seem to be doing a bit of a chelsea and defending deep and getting the luck.

italy looked a bit out of sorts for a while against the irish, especially before they got the 1st goal and the pressure was on.
England are underdogs from here onwards so the pressure will always be with the opposition imo.
Plus i have a feeling that for once it won't be rooney getting wound up, lescott and terry will wind balotelli up to boiling point should he play..

hopefully tonights game will be more entertaining than last nights!

[DeeGun]

like scotty said we seem to be doing a bit of a chelsea and defending deep and getting the luck.

Yeah but Italy would pretty much do the same then after realizing there is not really a game going on What we will see then is a shit match and penaltys..I heard Hodgson was already practising them? I mean everybody knows that penaltys are not english

italy looked a bit out of sorts for a while against the irish, especially before they got the 1st goal and the pressure was on.

That was because of the change to 4-3-2-1..in the first games they played a 3-5-2 which is very popular in the italian league and the players feel comfortable with it. Now against Ireland they had to score so they changed the system. It worked somehow against Ireland but I strongly suggest to carry on with the 3-5-2 by now..especially if they go to the semi final cause the arrogant germans will bite their teeth off.

Plus i have a feeling that for once it won't be rooney getting wound up, lescott and terry will wind balotelli up to boiling point should he play..

Well if Terry calls Balotelli a black cunt he will be sent off aswell

hopefully tonights game will be more entertaining than last nights!

With every fibre of my body I hope that Greece will stuff Monty Merkel Burns´s mouth.

[mikey-bizzle-08]

I kinda fancy our chances against Italy but think Germany will smash us off if we do get to the semi's coz as much as i want it i can't see Greece beating them tonight

[DeeGun]

May I introduce you to something the germans find incredibly funny..the greek team for tonight



Don´t think I have to translate all the words..they all go off on the crisis..no euro, broke, no money..blabla.

Imagine the Sun giving the german team for today: Himmler - Göring - Heydrich - Bormann - Streicher - Mengele - Goebbels - Keitel - Heß - Rosenberg - Hitler..they wouldn´t laugh..fagets.

[$pyto]

So no one thinks Karagounis, Samaras & Papadopalopalopadopalopadopoulous are gonna cause an upset?

GO ON THE GREEKS!

May you all dink Mythos & Alpha whilst munching on slowly roasted goat

[DeeGun]

Karagounis

Isn´t he out for this game?

[$pyto]

Yea he is actually, one match ban

The yellow card rule can be a good touch, if the referees at these things were actually any good (bar Howard Webb, who's had a great tournament so far)

[Sc0tty]

Yeah but Italy would pretty much do the same then after realizing there is not really a game going on What we will see then is a shit match and penaltys..I heard Hodgson was already practising them? I mean everybody knows that penaltys are not english

With Jo Hart in net, I don't mind how many games go to penalties!

[DeeGun]

You need to score them aswell..ask Gareth Southgate

[Sc0tty]

You need to score them aswell..ask Gareth Southgate

Rooney, Young, Gerrard.

That's three

[bongo90]

dunno what will happen against italy, will need to play better than in our previous games but nothing to be scared of. i only seen them play against spain and i thought they did well defensively against their no strikers and a million passes, because of this reckon we should start with carroll although he cost us a goal against sweden as well as scoring one. think im right saying we have never played italy in a big game before so heres hoping we are their bogey team and then its greece in the semis hopefully.

[$pyto]

Anyone remember Kygiakros? I didn't know he was in Ice Age...

[Jwood27]

With every fibre of my body I hope that Greece will stuff Monty Merkel Burns´s mouth.

agreed

can't see it happening though

[DeeGun]

Rooney, Young, Gerrard.

That's three

And the other two?