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Euro 2008 thread

Poll: who'll win it? (59 member(s) have cast votes)

who'll win it?

  1. Romania (1 votes [1.69%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.69%

  2. France (3 votes [5.08%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.08%

  3. Germany (11 votes [18.64%])

    Percentage of vote: 18.64%

  4. Czech Republic (1 votes [1.69%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.69%

  5. Italy (11 votes [18.64%])

    Percentage of vote: 18.64%

  6. Poland (2 votes [3.39%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.39%

  7. Sweden (2 votes [3.39%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.39%

  8. Turkey (1 votes [1.69%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.69%

  9. Switzerland (1 votes [1.69%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.69%

  10. Austria (1 votes [1.69%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.69%

  11. Russia (4 votes [6.78%])

    Percentage of vote: 6.78%

  12. Spain (1 votes [1.69%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.69%

  13. Portugal (4 votes [6.78%])

    Percentage of vote: 6.78%

  14. Croatia (3 votes [5.08%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.08%

  15. Greece (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  16. someone else (13 votes [22.03%])

    Percentage of vote: 22.03%

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#41 User is offline   P_Marlowe 

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Posted 2008-June-09, 08:35

gwnn, on Jun 9 2008, 09:02 AM, said:

P_Marlowe, on Jun 9 2008, 02:24 PM, said:

han, on Jun 9 2008, 06:11 AM, said:

Somewhat surprising to me that Spain received 0 votes.

Similar surprising is, that the defending champion did
not get any single vote at all.

With kind regards
Marlowe

because they have a crap team?

Maybe they have a crappy team, but they qualified fairly
comfortable, winning 10 out of 12, with one draw.
http://soccerlens.co...-08-squad/7621/

As someone else stated, the "german formula" is not
too bad, because it highlights one important aspect:
Soccer is a team game, and you have to run and fight.

If you dont run and fight, you will loose.

With kind regards
Marlowe
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Posted 2008-June-09, 13:20

what a performance by team Oranje vs World Champions in the first half! 2-0 :P
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Posted 2008-June-09, 13:28

what a game !
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Posted 2008-June-09, 14:42

Italy did not perform like a champion, congratulation to the Netherlands.
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Posted 2008-June-09, 14:47

Walddk, on Jun 9 2008, 06:04 AM, said:

Codo, on Jun 9 2008, 01:50 PM, said:

All Germans are unhappy about the way their heros play, we know that our technical resources are limited. But we reach the final more often then any other european nation.

Last night, as an exception to the rule, Germany actually played attractive football, but somehow they always manage to reach the knockout stages of European and World Championships - often semi-finals and final.

However, the win yesterday was Germany's first in European Championships since 1996.

Roland

Hmm. In the world cup 2006 Germany did play attractive football, so the list of exceptions is becoming longer :)
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Posted 2008-June-09, 14:52

P_Marlowe, on Jun 9 2008, 07:10 AM, said:

han, on Jun 9 2008, 08:04 AM, said:

Marlowe, were you seriously expecting votes for Greece?

I think Spain actually has a decent chance this time, about as good as Russia.

Not seriously, but they did win the last championship not with pure
luck alone, they won as a team ... and their coach is pretty good
in making things happen again, a german coach with lots of
experience.

And I would say Greece is as good as Spain, they may not be as
good with regards to technique, but they can fight, something that
Spain and other teams are not able.

With kind regards
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If you really think Greece has as good a chance to win as Spain, then you should go to betfair.com, you can back Greece and get 1:55 odds, and bet against Spain and get 6.8:1.
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Posted 2008-June-09, 15:45

Congrats Netherlands; what a joy to watch! Romania v France was excruciatingly bad, but NL v Italy had all a football fan could hope for.

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Posted 2008-June-09, 15:55

ORANJE BOVEN!!!

Italy's best scene was when Gattuso was flirting with the ref :)

What surprised me about the Germany game was that on right side as seen from the German keeper, there was some trash on the field and no official took it off.
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Posted 2008-June-09, 16:04

Gerben42, on Jun 9 2008, 04:55 PM, said:

ORANJE BOVEN!!!

Italy's best scene was when Gattuso was flirting with the ref :)

What surprised me about the Germany game was that on right side as seen from the German keeper, there was some trash on the field and no official took it off.

that wasn't trash... that was the polish team...
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Posted 2008-June-10, 01:37

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that wasn't trash... that was the polish team...


Nonsense, they didn't play badly. It was just that the German team played better. I think Poland still has a good chance.
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Posted 2008-June-10, 04:55

I'm rooting for Poland to become second in their group, the situation is certainly not hopeless.

The Netherlands played strong with very attractive soccer obviously, but great soccer in one of the early matches is not a guarantee for success. We will see if they can keep it up.

Germany made a solid impression, Portugal played well but not great. Hard to predict what will happen.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-June-10, 04:57

cherdano, on Jun 9 2008, 03:47 PM, said:

Hmm. In the world cup 2006 Germany did play attractive football, so the list of exceptions is becoming longer :(

Indeed.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-June-10, 11:55

Wow Spain :)
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Posted 2008-June-10, 12:04

Now we have seen impressive performances from Portugal, Germany, Netherlands and Spain.
We will see how Greece and Sweden will introduce themselves.
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Posted 2008-June-10, 12:33

Spain were indeed very solid!

edit: told you Uwe :)
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Posted 2008-June-11, 07:17

Go Engl.... :(
Still decidedly intermediate - don't take my guesses as authoritative.

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Posted 2008-June-13, 09:21

Very disappointing performance by Germany yesterday, although it also seemed that Croatia played much better than in their first match.

Tonight Italy-Romania and Netherlands-France. I predict that the first match will be a boring 1-0 for Italy, and the second match will be a dramatic victory for one of the two teams. I have no idea which team though.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-June-13, 09:34

Croatia played arguably the best match in their football history. And Romania is very hard to beat. I agree, it doesn't seem they will actually win a game :P
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Posted 2008-June-13, 09:44

OK I made a bet with Csaba, he says Romania will not lose tonight, I say they will. I hope he is right.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-June-13, 10:55

han, on Jun 13 2008, 05:44 PM, said:

OK I made a bet with Csaba, he says Romania will not lose tonight, I say they will. I hope he is right.

that was not offside. and it was offside in the quali game Romania-Holland. finally we're getting mistakes in our favor :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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