Euro 2008

[bubber27 0]

They keep playing those little snippets on TSN & Sportsnet up north here almost every 20 minutes and every single one I see, I get more pumped for this tournament.

Anybody have any favourites? I'm of Slovenian descent, so I'm not rooting for anyone. But the French and the Croatians will do some damage here.

Phil

[RadioGaGa 162]

I work with a writer of Portuguese decent and a Producer that will be hanging his Italian flag in the doorway of the studio and chanting "Forza Azurri" (sp?) for the duration of the tourney...so I am NOT really looking forward to it.

*L*

But, I like promos they are running.

[acollette49 0]

allez les bleus!

i dont know how much ill be able to watch, but i always pull for france.

as an arsenal supporter, ill be interested to see how samir nasri does.

[RadioGaGa 162]

I said to Mr. Italy the other day...when Canada has a team in it, I'll care about it.

He goes: "It's EURO Cup"

I thought it was called that because the tourney is always HELD in Europe..."d'oh!"

Guess I don't follow "footy" as well as I follow hockey.

[JR Boucicaut 3802]

Of course I'll watch, but it's gonna suck not seeing England in it.

[adam14 182]

every game :P being in europe has some advantages. im not expecting anything from the swiss, but i think the germans and the spanish can be real good this year

[Fredrik 0]

I'm pretty excited and looking forward to it, and I'll probably (I know I will)spend a lot of time watching...

[xdcx 0]

Looking forward to it. Scotland didn't qualify and neither did England, so I can't even back every team that England plays :lol:

I'm gonna back Russia :D

[Allsmokenopancake 0]

Of course I'll watch, but it's gonna suck not seeing England in it.

No it's not, not even a little bit :lol:

It will however suck not seeing Ireland in it

[JR Boucicaut 3802]

Ok, I get it, you're Irish.

[J_MART 0]

very excited for this!

even more excited that i start work at 3pm everyday and the late games start at 2:45pm, so i'm going to get paid to sit in the office and watch soccer for a couple weeks!

[Allsmokenopancake 0]

Italy are my crash and burn team.

I was saying over on the caps boards

Every tourney there is a potential winner who flames out. Italy is my pick for that flameout this year.

2006 WC it was Ghana getting the 2nd spot ahead of the Czech Rep

2004 it was, well, take your pick, spain or germany

2002 it was france. If I remember right, they were in one of the weakest groups too, but could be misremembering

So on and so forth

Of course I'll watch, but it's gonna suck not seeing England in it.

here is what I actually said about England...

England make the same mistake every tournament, and have done since 1990. They put the big names on the team and hope talent will win it all, instead of putting the right players on the team.

Rooney, Beckham, Terry, Gerrard are all great players, but as a unit, they have always underperformed.

Thats because of a couple of things, one being coaching, but also squad selection too .

You look back to the 1990 teams, or the 86 teams with Pearce, Walker, butcher, stevens, hately etc. They had the big name players, the superstars, the dominant players, but they also had the glue, they fearless win at all costs types.

To put it in hockey terms, they had the gretzky players, but also the mcsorleys. Those tournaments minus england lessened the competition, but the recent outings have just been a bunch of players wearing the same jersey, not a team

[Sven 1]

Germany will rule. At least i hope so.

[pantherfan 0]

Of course I'll watch, but it's gonna suck not seeing England in it.

No it's not, not even a little bit :lol:

It will however suck not seeing Ireland in it

Looking forward to it. Scotland didn't qualify and neither did England, so I can't even back every team that England plays :lol:

I'm gonna back Russia

Gonna be weird not having my team in it this year for sure...

What do you guys normally do? :P

[xdcx 0]

Of course I'll watch, but it's gonna suck not seeing England in it.

No it's not, not even a little bit :lol:

It will however suck not seeing Ireland in it

Looking forward to it. Scotland didn't qualify and neither did England, so I can't even back every team that England plays :lol:

I'm gonna back Russia

Gonna be weird not having my team in it this year for sure...

What do you guys normally do? :P

HEY, watch it now haha.

I am being deadly serious here, usually England qualify when Scotland don't, so I usually support any team that England plays and hope for England to be knocked out quickly and painfully haha. But I can't even do that for Euro 2008....

[JR Boucicaut 3802]

Italy are my crash and burn team.

I was saying over on the caps boards

Every tourney there is a potential winner who flames out. Italy is my pick for that flameout this year.

2006 WC it was Ghana getting the 2nd spot ahead of the Czech Rep

2004 it was, well, take your pick, spain or germany

2002 it was france. If I remember right, they were in one of the weakest groups too, but could be misremembering

So on and so forth

Of course I'll watch, but it's gonna suck not seeing England in it.

here is what I actually said about England...

England make the same mistake every tournament, and have done since 1990. They put the big names on the team and hope talent will win it all, instead of putting the right players on the team.

Rooney, Beckham, Terry, Gerrard are all great players, but as a unit, they have always underperformed.

Thats because of a couple of things, one being coaching, but also squad selection too .

You look back to the 1990 teams, or the 86 teams with Pearce, Walker, butcher, stevens, hately etc. They had the big name players, the superstars, the dominant players, but they also had the glue, they fearless win at all costs types.

To put it in hockey terms, they had the gretzky players, but also the mcsorleys. Those tournaments minus england lessened the competition, but the recent outings have just been a bunch of players wearing the same jersey, not a team

Oh I know, they always find a way to screw up...LOL

[hehatemefrisbee 0]

There are many reasons that England under perform year after year. I think that maybe the FA are waking up and hopefully changing some things. The lack of a national academy is criminal. Even the US has one.

Anyway, enough about England. As an England fan, im actually almost glad we arent in this one. I can watch the games without having that gut wrenching feeling. I personally think this is going to be a great tournament. I think Spain, Holland, Germany, Italy and France all have very strong teams. Group C is such a tough group. Probably the toughest of all time. All of the teams have a legitimate shot at the title. Should be fun to watch.

[daca 0]

Stoked for it, big futbol tourneys are always great.

[Allsmokenopancake 0]

I'm hoping with Trapattoni in the fold as Irish coach, I'm hoping this is the start of Ireland making the big competitions again, back to the 88/90 days of glory

[dcdot377 0]

ill be watching. its good because there isnt alot of soccor on tv if you dont buy the soccor channel (i dont have it)

[masterpeice_patrice 4]

its cristiano ronaldo's time to shine. i will be glued everytime portugal plays this guy has some mesmerizing moves. joga bonito!!

[pantherfan 0]

He pulled off some decent moves against Turkey but he attracted too much attention to really put things together and some of his shots seemed pretty weak, once he moves to Madrid though I hope he crashes and burns and realises what a good thing he had a ManU.

[masterpeice_patrice 4]

he was coverd for most of the game and the goals resulted in passes from him. he draws alot of attention on the pitch that the game opens up natrualy for his temates and it reveals the depth portugal really has. i dont think he signed with madrid he claimed he wants to play there but nothing is official yet. i hope he chooses to stay with the red devils.

[TheBert 0]

FINALLY Netherlands is playing up to form.

[daca 0]

FINALLY Netherlands is playing up to form.

As a long time admirer, I'm waiting for their eventual collapse.