euro 2012

[itszamora]

And I believe we're better than them teams, although they aren't pushovers.

I'd be very surprised if we finish our group above the French. Croatia are handy too.

 

[Easy 10]

We'll do well to get out of the group. Then we're going to need some long-overdue LUCK, but unfortunately I think Chelsea have just used it all up.

 

[Marc1901]

I'd be very surprised if we finish our group above the French. Croatia are handy too.

I don't think we have much to worry about when it comes to the French. I'm more worried about Ukraine and Sweden to be honest.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

I don't think we have much to worry about when it comes to the French. I'm more worried about Ukraine and Sweden to be honest.

Ukraine are 50th in the FIFA rankings - France are 16th. You can't really believe them though, they have us as 7th.

 

[Albion Rob]

In a funny way, the lack of belief and expectation fills me with a bit of hope. Expectations haven't been this realistic since World Cup 2002 when we got to the quarters and a lot of people said: "That's about right."

I believe that before WC90 the players were derided as hopeless donkeys and there was genuine debate (in sections of the media) as to whether we should bother sending a team at all. Obviously on that occasion we had the current Golden Boot holder and an emerging midfield superstar playing for us but you get the point.

My view on Euro 2012 is that if we try to play like Spain or holland we'll get slaughtered because we simply don't have the players. I feel we're going to need to play a bit of 'lump it' and going to need to defend desperately at times - and yes, we'll need a big slice of luck.

You just never know I guess. If five or six of the players really hit form for the tournament then we could have a chance of making the semis but we could quite easily be looking at anouther Euro88, Euro92 or Euro2000.

I'm enjoying this lack of expectation and will just enjoy the England games for what they are knowing that we could quite easily go out in the first round but with a bit of luck we could make it as far as the semis!

 

[SausageTree]

France have some bloody good young players coming through. It wouldn't surprise me to see M'Vila, Giroud and Yanga Mbiwa moving to a big Prem club in the summer. Ukraine don't have that player that can make the difference IMO, home advantage can only do so much. Sweden are too reliant on Ibrahimovic (although saying that us and Rooney...). I feel the group will finish.

France 7
England 4
Sweden 3
Ukraine 3

Which would see us with the (potential) following run to the final.

Spain - Holland/Germany - Germany/Holland.

Nightmare run.

 

[Deleted member 18477]

Bayern would have given up 10 of those goals if Gomez had stuck that great chance away against Chelsea.

It's all well and good scoring three against Freiburg or Hoffenheim but he didn't do it when it mattered. He has taken over from Pauleta as the Graham Hick of international football.

No footballer can do it in every game! Christ! Gomez did well against Madrid, another strong strong team! Give him a break! Jeeeez. I hope he doesn't do it in the euros though obviously, like any other Englishman, I was simply stating that for most of the seasons he's been fantastic! Messi scores a lot of goals against shite teams but he's still the best player in the world. 9 times out of 10 he turns up for the big ones, like Ronaldo, like van Persie and like Gomez! Would I rather have Gomez in the England team over Defoe, Welbeck or Carroll? Errrrr please!

 

[Triggaaar]

And the comma's Edna, don't forget the comma's

Why have you put inverted commas in your commas?

 

[StonehamPark]

Spain or Germany this year.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Why have you put inverted commas in your commas?

It's an apostrophe catastrophe by someone who fears turning words ending in vowels into plurals.

 

[albionalan]

I know people get pissed of with the grammar police... But I honestly read that as if a 5 year old said it.

i went out to the park and then i played football and i liked football and then i ated dinner because it was nice what is for pudding

sorry i was just startin a topic no need 2 b like that is ther

 

[albionalan]

i think england have a good chance becos we have a younger sqad with less pressure than in last time and hodgson can speak english unlike fabio lol

 

[darters74]

If not England, hopefully Portugal. As much as I detest the winker, I've got them in my GIANT sweepstake! Shame they're in with Germany & Holland though!

 

[Scoffers]

I can see getting out of group d as a real problem for us, we are an average side at best. Having said that, as Chelsea and Greece have proved, you don't need to be the best side to win a major competition, just organised and very lucky!

 

[Muzzy]

Joe Hart will be the key to any success we might have IMO.

RH needs to select his team on merit and not tabloid pressure!

And a bloody good slice of fortune will have to come our way!

Germany will take some stopping as always! Then there is usually a surprise team in the Euro's.. Croatia are my dark horses this year.

 

[Storer 68]

I'll remember the commas, if you forget the apostrophes

We won't talk about the question marks. Or the full stops.

 

[Mellotron]

We won't talk about the question marks. Or the full stops.

Why not

 

[Storer 68]

In a funny way, the lack of belief and expectation fills me with a bit of hope. Expectations haven't been this realistic since World Cup 2002 when we got to the quarters and a lot of people said: "That's about right."

I believe that before WC90 the players were derided as hopeless donkeys and there was genuine debate (in sections of the media) as to whether we should bother sending a team at all. Obviously on that occasion we had the current Golden Boot holder and an emerging midfield superstar playing for us but you get the point.

My view on Euro 2012 is that if we try to play like Spain or holland we'll get slaughtered because we simply don't have the players. I feel we're going to need to play a bit of 'lump it' and going to need to defend desperately at times - and yes, we'll need a big slice of luck.

You just never know I guess. If five or six of the players really hit form for the tournament then we could have a chance of making the semis but we could quite easily be looking at anouther Euro88, Euro92 or Euro2000.

I'm enjoying this lack of expectation and will just enjoy the England games for what they are knowing that we could quite easily go out in the first round but with a bit of luck we could make it as far as the semis!

The lack of expectation before WC90 was based purely on experience. England were a SPECTACULAR flop in Germany in 1988 and the WC qualifying had hardly set any houses on fire.

 

[Storer 68]

Why not

Would it not be rude?

 

[Gullflyinghigh]

who do u think will win i think england will win

Germany for me; young, quick, technically gifted...yeah, that's the smart money.

Dark horse; France