i'm in two minds about all of the big hitters, france starting to look attractive purely out of unpredictability
fwiw poland gave germany a damn good game they were unlucky not to win in a recent friendly
― r|t|c, Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
i don't want to know what savage and cruel god of efficiency germany are worshipping if mertesacker is a better fit than hummels (per zm)
― r|t|c, Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i read that with disbelief too! Surely there's no way.
― pandemic, Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
so many of the teams have major questions at the back, no?bruno alves and pepe & terry and lescott might be among the best center back pairings in the tournament.and whoever plays for italy i guess.
― mizzell, Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
I'm betting on a red card for either bruno alves or pepe.
― pandemic, Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
QF: NED def POL, ENG def SPA, GER def ???, FRA ?omg? IRE
SF: NED def ENG, GER ??? ???
F: NED def GER or FRA def NED
― r|t|c, Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
feel the fuckin vibe
alternatively and quite possibly, SPA def SWE in the QF and sail through to win it
― r|t|c, Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
inglund av it in um ta goo all tha way.
― Merdeyeux, Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
bloody hell could it be that mizzel's right about cb pairings??
errr cos that would then also mean that jagielka-lescott would undisputably be the best
kjaer - agger? heitinga - mathijsen? maybe it's the greeks. has shakira really ruined pique that badly?
― r|t|c, Thursday, 7 June 2012 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
didn't see much serie a this season but italy's two juventus guys are presumably no bad.
― Merdeyeux, Thursday, 7 June 2012 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
kjaer seems to blow hot and cold. certainly not the dutch.pique ramos certainly has the potential to be the best, but it's not certain.
― mizzell, Thursday, 7 June 2012 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
true Bonucci- Chiellini both from Juve should be the best pair.
― mizzell, Thursday, 7 June 2012 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
i looked them up
― mizzell, Thursday, 7 June 2012 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
Chiellini was awesome at the last Euros, especially in the knock-out game vs Spain. He's a terrible one for faking tho.
― pandemic, Thursday, 7 June 2012 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
an italian faking?????????!!!!!?
― mizzell, Thursday, 7 June 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
ha, i know, but even by those standards he's the king.
― pandemic, Thursday, 7 June 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
ZM guy pointed out today that bad CBs = DMs camping deep = goalless tournament ahoy.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 7 June 2012 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
yeah he can be frustrating to watch. he's no pepe though. xp
― sonderangerbot, Thursday, 7 June 2012 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
joined the league too btw.
starting to think france will do well this year, they'll definitely walk the group stage and should manage italy in the qf.
― sonderangerbot, Thursday, 7 June 2012 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
who's this Polanski who's been selected in 36.3% of the fantasy teams?
― Merdeyeux, Thursday, 7 June 2012 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
mm barzagli-chiellini as a duo would probably be the tournament best, bonucci is the iffy one of the juve 3
― r|t|c, Thursday, 7 June 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
eugen polanski, german dmc playing for poland who before the reality of his career sank in once said he'd support germany over poland
― r|t|c, Thursday, 7 June 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
Euro 2012 was plunged into its first racism controversy after the black players in the Holland squad were subjected to monkey chants during an open practice session in the same city where England will also invite the public to watch them train on Friday.Several hundred people targeted players such as Nigel de Jong and Gregory van der Wiel when 25,000 spectators attended the Dutch practice session at the Stadion Miejski, the home of Wisla Krakow.
Several hundred people targeted players such as Nigel de Jong and Gregory van der Wiel when 25,000 spectators attended the Dutch practice session at the Stadion Miejski, the home of Wisla Krakow.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jun/07/euro-2012-holland-racist-abuse
― Number None, Thursday, 7 June 2012 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
Wisla hooligans are amongst the worst. I'd hope that the practice matches had a higher percentage of ultras who'd turn up for anything and the proper matches have a more balanced, normal crowd.
I have a feeling this might be a bigger issue in Poland than Ukraine.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Thursday, 7 June 2012 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
Man oh man I can't wait for this to start. Even though I won't be able to see games since the first ones start at midnight for me. Also, all of you picking France to do well in this tournament, i'll repeat what i said on the other thread iirc: you're all crazy. As much as I want to believe I still fully expect them to do something stupid, like maybe fight with each other on the pitch while the opposing team scores goals like there's no tomorrow. Or ben arfa menez and ribéry having an on-pitch contest to see who can keep the ball for longest without losing it/who will play the longest while refusing to pass the ball, ever.
― Jibe, Friday, 8 June 2012 04:35 (twelve years ago) link
― Merdeyeux, Thursday, 7 June 2012 23:04 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this will be thrown off by some players being rlly cheap sub options so ppl can try and fit in ronny, rvi and ozil or whatever
― Smothered, Covered and Chunked!!! (a hoy hoy), Friday, 8 June 2012 05:18 (twelve years ago) link
i only managed to fit two of those three :'(. paul mcshane, you're seemingly no polanski.
― Merdeyeux, Friday, 8 June 2012 05:21 (twelve years ago) link
i am in this league. jelkino breus
― toandos, Friday, 8 June 2012 05:55 (twelve years ago) link
http://i49.tinypic.com/35iugdx.jpg
― toandos, Friday, 8 June 2012 05:59 (twelve years ago) link
Beautiful. I don't know why I always spend time designing the kit, I get nothing out of it. At least you can see it, unlike my carefully-selected avatar.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 8 June 2012 06:13 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2012/06/08/3157385/xavi-mourinho-will-not-go-down-in-footballing-history
do you ever get the feeling this truce might not be 100% for realsies
― r|t|c, Friday, 8 June 2012 11:32 (twelve years ago) link
"great set of lads though the madrid boys," he said balling his fists so tightly they bled
― r|t|c, Friday, 8 June 2012 11:35 (twelve years ago) link
That's it, Muller has to start ahead of him
Mike Helms (via Facebook): Who would you like to swap places with, just for a day?
Götze: Justin Bieber. I mean there’s quite a lot of hype surrounding us players, but that’s small beer when you look at this guy. I’d just love to be in his shoes for a day, see what it’s like being on stage as a singer or actor.
― pandemic, Friday, 8 June 2012 11:55 (twelve years ago) link
That's the hubristic setup that was missing for a Spanish disaster here, good work Xavi
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 8 June 2012 11:55 (twelve years ago) link
@TheRealEboueEnjoy your holiday @rioferdy5 . Roy is gonna regret that decision. Licking John terry's salty balls. I hope he chokes on it.
@TheRealEboueJust bcuz @rioferdy5 stood up 4 his brother that was racially abused by Mr JT. U disrespect d guy & drop him. Mr Roy shud shit & eat it
― Matt DC, Friday, 8 June 2012 11:56 (twelve years ago) link
What, is Müller not starting? I've a fantasy team depends on him.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 8 June 2012 11:56 (twelve years ago) link
He'll be starting IK, don't worry.
― pandemic, Friday, 8 June 2012 11:57 (twelve years ago) link
Van Bommel OTM
When it was put to Van Bommel on Thursday that the chanting was a protest against Euro 2012 organisers, he said: "Open your ears. If you did hear it and don't want to hear it, that is even worse."
― a permanent embarrassment and an occasional disgrace (onimo), Friday, 8 June 2012 12:05 (twelve years ago) link
Muller's been a bit pony this year hasn't he? I'd worry about building a team around him.
― Matt DC, Friday, 8 June 2012 12:06 (twelve years ago) link
i thought he had been dropped more because he was criticizing heynckes and the other players than for playing poorly
― sonderangerbot, Friday, 8 June 2012 12:13 (twelve years ago) link
three goals and seven assists in the ten qualifying games
― Number None, Friday, 8 June 2012 12:14 (twelve years ago) link
has the fantasy league site crashed for everyone?
― second only to popcorn (or something), Friday, 8 June 2012 12:23 (twelve years ago) link
never mind. i wouldn't dilly dally if you want to get a team in though.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Friday, 8 June 2012 12:53 (twelve years ago) link
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Football/Pix/pictures/2012/6/8/1339163180625/Philipp-Lahm-leaves-a-new-001.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 8 June 2012 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
michael ballack as an analyst alongside alexi lolas? lol
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Friday, 8 June 2012 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
Eh hold on, the early kickoffs are at five o'clock, not six? I'm not going to be home in time ffs.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 8 June 2012 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
Is that his expression upon hearing that Loew is considering Sven Bender at full-back?xpSo stoked for this btw. Looking forward to the Piszczek/Kuba right wing axis this afternoon. Oh good an opening ceremony, at least it isn't 4 hours long.
― pandemic, Friday, 8 June 2012 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
12 minutes long apparently, ALL OF WHICH I WILL BE MISSING
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 8 June 2012 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
There's a dj on a bedazzled gold shirt. And charlie adam in a tuxedo print tee shirt!
― pandemic, Friday, 8 June 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link