Starts friday.

Nice to note England have already made their excuse for not doing well this time. It was the gaffers fault for dropping Ferdinand.

Looking forward to some good matches over the next few weeks and I predict a Spain v Germany final with the Germans winning it.

Spain for me, the commitment of their players is second to none and their style of play, one/two touch passing free flowing especilly in attack looks a modern version of football in the fifties. With two wingers up and inside forwards cutting up defences they are a joy to watch .............Viva Espania!.............. playig like that they deserve to win

Not a bad start to the tournament at all.

First game i expected Poland to win it, or rather Dortmund to win it as Polands 3 most influencial players play for them. They started very brightly and after 30 mins i thought they were comfortably looking like qualifying. 2nd half and everything changed, Greece down to 10 men after 2 crazy yellow cards but they never gave up and after getting the equaliser actually looked the better side. Unlucky to miss a penalty to win the match.

2nd game i expected Russia to comfortably win it and they did, 4-1! I have high hopes for Russia in this tournament and i can see them doing well. Not 100% sure how the next stage pans out so not sure who they will end up against but i if they continue to do well and win their group they might be a good shout at the bookies for a quarter final upset.

Not this time mate

Greece have just auctioned off their Quarter Final place for 950,000,000 Euros. Bailout!

Greece have just auctioned off their Quarter Final place for 950,000,000 Euros. Bailout!

Football-wise and financially I think the Germans will put them in their place

I can't believe this! It should be us for pete sakes. Fecking cheated out. I hope they win it now if they do I'm gonna run around Inverness naked shouting "Scotland are unofficial European champions" the fecking cheating scallywags!!!!

*extra exclamation marks to show my anger* !!!!!!!!!

scallywags scallywags scallywags.

Edited June 17, 201213 yr by tm4tj
change of words, not a word we like to use on the forums

After the dismal football in the last World Cup, this tournament has been really good so far, the best for a long time.

The Spain side of recent years has been the best football team the world has ever known. With Villa (their all time top scorer) out injured they have lost a bit upfront, which gives other teams a slight chance. Still favourites in my book, but I really like the look of Germany too.

Maybe on paper, but give me the Brazil teams of the 70s and 80s to watch anytime ahead of Spain

Exactly, Brazil 1970. Or Brazil with Pele and Garrincha playing.

"Garrincha played 50 international matches for Brazil between 1955 and 1966, and was a starter for the national team in the 1958, 1962 and 1966 World Cups. Brazil only lost one match with him on the pitch, against Hungary at the 1966 World Cup. Pel

I can't believe this! It should be us for pete sakes. Fecking cheated out. I hope they win it now if they do I'm gonna run around Inverness naked shouting "Scotland are unofficial European champions" the fecking cheating scallywags!!!!

*extra exclamation marks to show my anger* !!!!!!!!!

scallywags scallywags scallywags

Obviously it was their fault as well that Levein decided not to play any strikers in Prague?

Edited June 17, 201213 yr by tm4tj

Spain thought it would be a good idea to do that against Portugal. Maybe the no strikers formation is gonna become popular and used all over the world, levein your a genius!

Edited June 17, 201213 yr by tm4tj

I can't believe this! It should be us for pete sakes. Fecking cheated out. I hope they win it now if they do I'm gonna run around Inverness naked shouting "Scotland are unofficial European champions" the fecking cheating scallywag!!!!

*extra exclamation marks to show my anger* !!!!!!!!!

Obviously it was their fault as well that Levein decided not to play any strikers in Prague?

If they hadn't cheated to win that penalty then that result would've been irrelevant. I see it as we done enough and had it snatched away from us by a cheating scallywag

Edited June 17, 201213 yr by tm4tj

Germans, although not getting past 3rd gear, were pretty damn lucky to beat Denmark. Bentner should have had a penalty late in the second half when he was getting pulled away from getting his shot in. Just because he made contact with the ball didnt mean it wasnt. Blatant penalty. Still, a penalty doesnt mean you score, but Germans would have still had 20 minutes to come back.

Suprised at the Dutch getting nil point, 3 rd ranked team

Germany v Greece should make for an interesting evening in the Windsor household.

LETS ALL LAUGH AT ENGLAND HAHAHAHAHAHA

Engurland oot !

Italy, Portugal, Germany and Spain all left. I'm going for the wildcards here an saying portugal are gonna win it.

Germany v Spain Final

Never mind becks..... ha ha ha ha ha ohhhhhh hah hah!!!!!

Now we can seriously enjoy the tournament, wasnt Pirlo just so cool with the penalty

Germany v Spain Final

May I draw your attention to post 1.

England, rather than bleat on about how heartbreaking and unlucky it is to go out on penalties, why not try playing a bit of football in the 90/120 minutes and at least go out with a fight?

That was never going to happen though. Any team set up under Hodgson, certainly in recent memory, is not geared towards that type of football. They are well drilled, resolute and defensive. England were always going to play like this at this tournament.

Pirlo was magnificent and Mark Lawrenson is a complete walloper.

Portugal v Germany final IMO.

Funny feeling Portugal will win this but I always support the Germans if Scotland are not there.

So I always support the Germans in other words!

Edited June 25, 201213 yr by KingBeastie

Mark Lawrenson is a complete walloper.

True, never really bothered me as much as Tyldesley but he was a walloper last night.

The English media are unreal. They were seeded top in their group so you would expect them to reach the last 8. Yet the fuss that was made when they actually did was over the top, as if they had expected them NOT to qualify from a group including Ukraine and Sweden (mind you I thought they were lucky against both).

So then they switch back to jingoistic mode which is just nauseating. Bad enough when it's Tyldesley on ITV but you really expect better from the BBC. And as for old Sir Bob Charlton ("if they beat Italy I think they'll win it"), this is one of English football's most respected statesmen.

Almost felt sorry for the squad, not the most talented bunch ever, but they could do without the pressure. Oh well, saves us listening to tired old stereotypes about WW2 I suppose

Edited June 25, 201213 yr by TheMantis

After the dismal football in the last World Cup, this tournament has been really good so far, the best for a long time.

The Spain side of recent years has been the best football team the world has ever known. With Villa (their all time top scorer) out injured they have lost a bit upfront, which gives other teams a slight chance. Still favourites in my book, but I really like the look of Germany too.

Maybe on paper, but give me the Brazil teams of the 70s and 80s to watch anytime ahead of Spain

Aye poor Yngwie's just a youngster

I would maybe have agreed with him last year but I never actually thought you could get tired of watching a team passing it to death. Brazil 1970 was the benchmark for me. Attack all the time, just like ICT under Pele!