Poll: Euro Championships 2008
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Perhaps. But then they would probably play either Portugal or the Czech's.
Who else voted for Russia?
I did
I don't think they will have any troubles beating Sweden & Greece to get past the group stages and I think they will quietly fancy their chances since there is no pressure on them.
I think they will win the Ice Hockey World Championships too (against Canada in the final but that's another story).
French 30 man provisional squad:
Goalkeepers: Gregory Coupet (Olympique Lyon), Sebastien Frey (Fiorentina), Mickael Landreau (Paris St Germain), Steve Mandanda (Olympique Marseille).
Defenders: Eric Abidal (Barcelona), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Lyon), Francois Clerc (Lyon), Sebastien Squillaci (Lyon), William Gallas (Arsenal), Julien Escude (Sevilla), Patrice Evra (Manchester United), Philippe Mexes (AS Roma), Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich), Lilian Thuram (Barcelona).
Midfielders: Alou Diarra (Girondins Bordeaux), Lassana Diarra (Portsmouth), Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal), Claude Makelele (Chelsea), Jeremy Toulalan (Lyon), Patrick Vieira (Inter Milan).
Forwards: Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea), Hatem Ben Arfa (Lyon), Karim Benzema (Lyon), Sidney Govou (Lyon), Djibril Cisse (Marseille), Samir Nasri (Marseille), Bafetimbi Gomis (St Etienne), Thierry Henry (Barcelona), Florent Malouda (Chelsea), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich).
On paper they have arguably a squad as good as Spain's.
Goalkeepers: Gregory Coupet (Olympique Lyon), Sebastien Frey (Fiorentina), Mickael Landreau (Paris St Germain), Steve Mandanda (Olympique Marseille).
Defenders: Eric Abidal (Barcelona), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Lyon), Francois Clerc (Lyon), Sebastien Squillaci (Lyon), William Gallas (Arsenal), Julien Escude (Sevilla), Patrice Evra (Manchester United), Philippe Mexes (AS Roma), Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich), Lilian Thuram (Barcelona).
Midfielders: Alou Diarra (Girondins Bordeaux), Lassana Diarra (Portsmouth), Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal), Claude Makelele (Chelsea), Jeremy Toulalan (Lyon), Patrick Vieira (Inter Milan).
Forwards: Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea), Hatem Ben Arfa (Lyon), Karim Benzema (Lyon), Sidney Govou (Lyon), Djibril Cisse (Marseille), Samir Nasri (Marseille), Bafetimbi Gomis (St Etienne), Thierry Henry (Barcelona), Florent Malouda (Chelsea), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich).
On paper they have arguably a squad as good as Spain's.
As long as you're fine doing the honours with the post allocations I don't mind
Sort it out then JG
What was the format last time as I can neither remember or find the thread
Edit: It's coming back to me now.
Something like 16 players each pick a team which costs them 200 posts giving 3200 posts total, then winner gets 2000 posts, runner up 1000 and 3rd gets his posts back?
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England have as much chance of winning this tournament as they usually do!
Spain wont win it, they're worse than england I reckon, in terms of the players they've got and how well they do, biggest bottlers in Europe with England a close second. Argentina must be the biggest bottlers in the world though.
Reckon France will once again grind out a bunch of results not playin well and then make it at least to the semis, my vote goes on them but I reckon Portugal will be the team to beat, if not just because of Ronaldo.
Final 4 will consist of France Italy Germany and Portugal I reckon, maybe Netherlands will squeeze one of them out.
Personally I'm well lookin forward to it again, I hate england's team now, watching them play is like havin teeth pulled, its so agonising. Plus as already mentioned 90% of english people seem to think we have a god given right to win each time round and we always disappoint.
Reckon France will once again grind out a bunch of results not playin well and then make it at least to the semis, my vote goes on them but I reckon Portugal will be the team to beat, if not just because of Ronaldo.
Final 4 will consist of France Italy Germany and Portugal I reckon, maybe Netherlands will squeeze one of them out.
Personally I'm well lookin forward to it again, I hate england's team now, watching them play is like havin teeth pulled, its so agonising. Plus as already mentioned 90% of english people seem to think we have a god given right to win each time round and we always disappoint.
Sounds about right. Im in and want Spain
Didnt we randomly pick the teams last time? I distinctly remember being Ghana and i am certain i wouldnt have chosen them.
Either way i'm in.
I bet every person that has voted for Spain is a Liverpool fan
Guilty.
Having a further look there's no 3rd place so it'll be a 2000/1200 split and I'm sure you want Spain but it's a sweepstake
Edit: In 2 sweeps too I think Marv
You said we pick a team
Im still in though.
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Count me in for the sweepie too, at least if I get someone like Austria I won't feel the loss of Scotland so much since I'm used to going out in the first round anyway.
You said we pick a team
Im still in though.
I meant pick a random undisclosed team as last time
I'll start a new thread soon to sort out who wants in and the picking etc. then we can move it all in this thread so as to not have too many spoilers going on. It'll have to be first come first served so you, Marv, SWP and Gaymp are in and Lonewolf can have a place too if he wants
Edit: And ripper.