Euro 2008: Group A

I too am interested to see how Ronaldo does; I think his mindset will rest heavily on whether or not United win the CL final, though. Hoping to see Nani impress as well.

quote The Eclipse

I would have chosen Carvalho tbh, it'll just put more pressure on Ronaldo and I don't believe that having a player who is prone to hissy fits as the source of leadership is a very good idea.

Yeah, ask Arsene Wenger

Interesting ...replace his goal with...Petit...then

He's class....on FM Seen some champions league clips and he looked good mind, not sure on consistency or international form.

quote 1111

Slightly off topic but I just bet £3 on Portugal, Croatia, Germany, Romania, Italy, Spain, Greece to win their first games & Switzerland and Czech Rep to draw at odds of 910/1.

Unlikely but it could happen.

I got into a habit of doing that on multiple prem games in the second half of the season. Frequently I missed out on up to a grand by one or two games, kept telling myself I'd get it one day but it just...doesn't...happen

Haven't learned my lesson tho.

Don't think Sky has any of the matches. It's even between BBC and ITV. BBC has most of Germany's group, ITV has most of Spain's group, the other two are even and the quarters and beyond yet to be determined.

Same here on that last one, hopefully it sets the premise for a successful tourney on our part

Swiss were extremely unlucky. First pen shout shoulda been given, the stoppage time one not at all though.

Ref was shit all round, so inconsistent. First half he's afraid to book players even Gelson after that horrible challenge, second half he even books Vonlanthen for a slight nick which was his first tackle. Daunted by the occassion perhaps?

BBC coverage is just awful, I lol'd at the bloke who isn't motson saying Vonlanthen shoulda just kept it down when he hit the bar...did he see how high the ball was and that it was still rising?

Oh and Cech looked awfully suspect at times. The ball didn't seem to move much but I think he's got it fixed in his mind that it does, hence a Van der saar-esque flap at Frei's early shot giving a chance but for offside, and dealing poorly with crosses later on.

quote Mycon

Bosingwa was great, wish we'd signed him now.

same here alves gone too...who's gonna be the right back? surely we need another.

quote arsenal all da way

Also from what i saw of the Portugal game, their defence looks abit shakey, Pepe especially. I can't see them winning it, once they come up against Germany they will be out imo.

Portugal to beat the Germans on penalties

Difficult to predict today so I'd just had a pot-shot of sorts, £2 a-piece on Portugal 2-0 with Nani first scorer and Turkey/Czechs 1-1 with Nihat scoring first.

It's hardly stupid...for example take group b, if it was goal difference not head to head then germany could win it by simply stuffing austria despite having been beaten by croatia, which means they deserve to come ahead of them.

quote DjedwardSmith

I dunno. I think the rule would have worked better if the fixtures had been better arrange. The way it was done with most of them, the two strongest teams before the tournament played each other in the second game, meaning that first place would already be virtually assured. The only exemption is France Italy, which Holland ruined

They're arranged randomly I think though..

stefan that's confirmed now.

quote anluan04

Cech's thoughts on the official ball have clearly played on his mind way too much.

I said that after the first game, he'd let it get to him.