euro 2012

trigs

nobody interested in soccer around here?

here are my picks for the first round:

Group A: Russia, Poland (i think home advantage will help them)
Group B: Netherlands, Germany (i think i might pick netherlands to win it all)
Group C: Spain, Croatia (sorry Italy)
Group D: Sweden, England (boo France!)

trigs

trigs;319470 wrotenobody interested in soccer around here?

...guess not.

jdAA88

I like your picks a lot, watched both games, Russia looks very good

Macke

Go Germany

Milo

A - Russia, and Poland as the second best of a bad lot.
B - Netherlands, Germany. Denmark my squeak in if the Dutch immolate themselves, as they are wont to do on occasion.
C - Spain, Italy.
D - France, Sweden.

Richard~

sweden is not advancing

Milo

Neither is England without a hell of a lot of luck.

SuitedPair

I take france over england but other than that I agree.

fucking poland goal keeping might put a crimp in group A though

And really all that mattered today was Canada beat Cuba in WC2014 qualifying facing an unmowed pitch and a goalie sending off of their own.

trigs

SuitedPair;319543 wroteI take france over england but other than that I agree.

fucking poland goal keeping might put a crimp in group A though

And really all that mattered today was Canada beat Cuba in WC2014 qualifying facing an unmowed pitch and a goalie sending off of their own.

i can't believe poland didn't win the opening game after being up a goal and a man. they are so lucky to end with a draw after goalie got red carded.

when's the last time canada even made it into the world cup?

trigs

Milo;319513 wroteNeither is England without a hell of a lot of luck.

england isn't supposed to be too good this year. and i think rooney is serving a two game suspension.

trigs

Richard~;319511 wrotesweden is not advancing

this group is pretty open. any of those teams could make it though i think.

Richard~

trigs;319577 wrotethis group is pretty open. any of those teams could make it though i think.

I hope you're right :P

I've been a bit disappointed in our team, our national league simple havn't been tough enough compared to others imo

SuitedPair

trigs;319575 wrote when's the last time canada even made it into the world cup?

'86. far too long.

Milo

Worst Dutch performance it has been my displeasure to watch. No finish whatsoever . . .

trigs

Milo;319626 wroteWorst Dutch performance it has been my displeasure to watch. No finish whatsoever . . .

yup. they sucked

Milo

Although, there were two BLATANT penalties for them that were overlooked by the Ref. Might have changed the result. But the Danes were very solid in their structure and play, despite Bendtner looking lost at many points in the match.

jdAA88

yeah too much FPS by the Dutch around the box, but I agree about the missed calls: don't know how the ref missed the double-hand ball by the Danish defender very late in the game.

Milo

To be equally fair to the Danes, the first half of that should NOT have been a penalty (ball to hand). The second portion DEFINITELY was a penalty though as the player moved his arm away from his body, resulting in contact with the ball. Ref screwed the pooch. Still and all, the Dutch SHOULD have buried at least two of their many chances before that point.

SuitedPair

Milo;319626 wroteWorst Dutch performance it has been my displeasure to watch. No finish whatsoever . . .

I thought I saw RVP on the pitch....I must have been mistaken. He didn't show up

Milo

He created, and was provided, several chances . . . the one who annoyed me was Robben. As soon as things start to get urgent, he becomes a one man band. shooting from everywhere, challenging three defenders . . . I would start van der Vaart against the Germans on Tuesday.