NEW.ERA Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I figure since all of the major European domestic leagues are done. City winning the EPL, Real Madrid winning La Liga, Juventus wins Serie A, Borussia Dortmund wins Bundesliga, etc. We can start talking about the crown jewel of the Summer. The UEFA European Championships.This thing creeps up on you, less than a month way. Can Spain go for an unprecedented three straight national titles? (08 Euro, 10 WC, 12 Euro?) The last team that tried doing that was humiliated at the 2002 World Cup. Group A Czech RepublicGreecePolandRussiaGroup B - Group of Death 1ADenmarkGermanyNetherlandsPortugalGroup C - Group of Death 1BCroatiaItalyRepublic of IrelandSpainGroup DEnglandFranceSwedenUkraineI'm looking at all of these groups and maybe with exception of Group A, and even it's pretty decent. This is maybe the hardest European Championship to predict. And that's what makes this tournament my favourite. So have at it, jump on your country of decent, or just pick someone with wicked uniforms. Time for 15 other nations to stop La Furia Roja's reign of terror! JETS|PACK|JAYS|NUFC|BAMA|BOMBERS|RAPS|ORANJE| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Group ACzech Republic &PolandGroup BGermany & NetherlandsGroup CSpain & CroatiaGroup DFrance & EnglandCzech vs GermanyNetherlands vs PolandSpain vs EnglandCroatia vs FranceCzechs beat Germany, Netherlands destroy PolandSpain 3-1 EnglandCroatia 2-0 FranceCzech 0-4 NetherlandsSpain 2-0 CroatiaSpain 2-4 Netherlands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maz Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 #TeamAnyoneButSpain#SpecificallyDeutschland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy B Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Pulling for Poland and I think they've got a decent chance at getting out of Group A. They got pretty lucky and got placed in probably the easiest group. Ireland is my #2 for this tournament, but their chances of advancing are pretty close to none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEW.ERA Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 Hopefully the Oranje can shake off 2010. They absolutely torched the competition in Qualifying, and most of their stars had tremendous domestic seasons.Looking for Robin Van Persie to officially step it up at the national team level. JETS|PACK|JAYS|NUFC|BAMA|BOMBERS|RAPS|ORANJE| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbean24 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Got to go with Germany since I'm going to be in Germany during the games. I hope to find some good bars to watch the games. St. Paul Pioneers(GHA) Minnesota Skeeters(CL) Minnesota Lake Monsters(UFL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Rooting for England. One half English, one quarter Irish, one quarter Penn-Dutch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 As much as i'd like to see it, I dont see Spain going very far in this competition. Puyol and Pique havent been at their best and I dont think Pique will be ready anyways. Villa has been injured and out of form, hopefully Mata/Llorente/Torres starts finding the back of the net or they will be hurting for goals. I can see Germany winning the whole thing. "I don't understand where you got this idea so deeply ingrained in your head (that this world) is something that you must impress, cause I couldn't care less"http://keepdcunited.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltere Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 The England squad just got named 1 hour ago, BringBackTheVet said: sorry sweetie, but I don't suck minor-league d CCSLC Post of the day September 3rd 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlin Wall Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Got to go with Germany since I'm going to be in Germany during the games. I hope to find some good bars to watch the games.Thats pretty nice. You will like it here during tournament. WCs and ECs are the only times where germans can show some kinds of national pride and patriotism. I'm a simple person, I have a pixelated David Beckham as profile photo since 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEW.ERA Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 The England squad just got namedThat's a solid squad right there.I mean the English are never happy with anything until they win, but I'm looking at this one paper and it should be considered a very dangerous squad. I'm scared looking at it. JETS|PACK|JAYS|NUFC|BAMA|BOMBERS|RAPS|ORANJE| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSox44 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Rooting for Ireland and Germany. I don't think IRL stands much of a chance in the Group of Death 1B, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltere Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 The England squad just got namedThat's a solid squad right there.I mean the English are never happy with anything until they win, but I'm looking at this one paper and it should be considered a very dangerous squad. I'm scared looking at it.As a Liverpool fan, I saw a lot of Downing this season, unfortunately. He's been consistently terrible & I have no idea why he's been picked; 6 weeks ago I'd have said the same about Carroll, but he's been absolutely brilliant for the last few weeks, still a risk though.Apart from that I agree, pretty good squad. 1 hour ago, BringBackTheVet said: sorry sweetie, but I don't suck minor-league d CCSLC Post of the day September 3rd 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportstar1212 Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 I would like to see Italy do well but I don't have much faith in them. However, I'm rooting for Germany to win it all. It's going to be a tough, but awesome tournament. I can't wait for June 8th to come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEW.ERA Posted May 18, 2012 Author Share Posted May 18, 2012 Provisional Dutch squadSo much for me thinking Elerjo Elia would be the next big thing. Not even included, but I do still like Van Marwijk's selections. Good to see Tim Krul come in and be a backup keeper. JETS|PACK|JAYS|NUFC|BAMA|BOMBERS|RAPS|ORANJE| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattwswfc Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 I can't believe we must rely on Andy Carroll and Stewart Downing for this tournament.Firstly Downing hasn't had an assist all season, and for a natural winger that is unheard of these days.And it seems Andy Carroll has unfortunately come good at the right time, clouding Roy Hodgson's judgement on whether to take him or not.Meaning that more than likely we will have to rely on Rooney to be 100% for us to at least make it to the Quarters.On the plus side I'm glad to see Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Only 18 btw) in the side, a great prospect with bags of talent, one for the future!And it's going to take a lot for us to overcome the likes of Spain, Holland and Germany (remember 4-1 in SA in 2010).I'm even worried about getting past France in the group stage!Anyway, Come on England!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintsfan Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 I can't believe we must rely on Andy Carroll and Stewart Downing for this tournament.Firstly Downing hasn't had an assist all season, and for a natural winger that is unheard of these days.And it seems Andy Carroll has unfortunately come good at the right time, clouding Roy Hodgson's judgement on whether to take him or not.Meaning that more than likely we will have to rely on Rooney to be 100% for us to at least make it to the Quarters.On the plus side I'm glad to see Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Only 18 btw) in the side, a great prospect with bags of talent, one for the future!And it's going to take a lot for us to overcome the likes of Spain, Holland and Germany (remember 4-1 in SA in 2010).I'm even worried about getting past France in the group stage!Anyway, Come on England!!I don't think it's true to say that England rely on Carroll and Downing. But Downing is about as good a left sided player England has got right now. Carroll will before important in the group stages than later on in the competition, what with Rooney being out through the early games. Overall I think it's interesting that Hodgson appears to have decided that now is the time to Ely on younger players. I think guys like Cahill and Jones will have an important role to play. 2011/12 WFL Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattwswfc Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 I can't believe we must rely on Andy Carroll and Stewart Downing for this tournament.Firstly Downing hasn't had an assist all season, and for a natural winger that is unheard of these days.And it seems Andy Carroll has unfortunately come good at the right time, clouding Roy Hodgson's judgement on whether to take him or not.Meaning that more than likely we will have to rely on Rooney to be 100% for us to at least make it to the Quarters.On the plus side I'm glad to see Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Only 18 btw) in the side, a great prospect with bags of talent, one for the future!And it's going to take a lot for us to overcome the likes of Spain, Holland and Germany (remember 4-1 in SA in 2010).I'm even worried about getting past France in the group stage!Anyway, Come on England!!I don't think it's true to say that England rely on Carroll and Downing. But Downing is about as good a left sided player England has got right now. Carroll will before important in the group stages than later on in the competition, what with Rooney being out through the early games. Overall I think it's interesting that Hodgson appears to have decided that now is the time to Ely on younger players. I think guys like Cahill and Jones will have an important role to play.I totally forgot about Rooney being banned, gonna make it a lot harder.I think its good that we're taking some of the young players, hopefully they can step up to the mark! I don't think many England fans comprehend how difficult our group games are going to be, even though France haven't been top notch in recent times, they are still a dangerous and talented team, as for playing Ukraine in there home country, well that one is going to be very hard!All the best for Gary Cahill, he's a Sheffield boy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbean24 Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Since I'm not the type of person to do this, I was thinking one of you guys could make a CCSLC, private, Euro 2012 Bracket game on ESPN.com:http://games.espn.go.com/euro-bracket-predictor/en/ St. Paul Pioneers(GHA) Minnesota Skeeters(CL) Minnesota Lake Monsters(UFL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashcarson15 Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Not sure I can buy Defoe or Welbeck ahead of Darren Bent, but whatever Hodgson wants. Understand the injury concerns, but Bent's England's most natural goal scorer.Also, Downing sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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