Fuck
RIP Ireland
Plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz don’t let it be Portugal for us
Weak group is weak
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
come on england-ireland
omg group A
fix is in
oh shiiiiiiiiii
C’mon...
Hollland Germany Portugal Denmark lol
fuck you van basten
ENGLAND IRELAND COME ON
Balls
fuck england
Hollland Germany Portugal Denmark lol
Group B!
boooooooo
pretty fucking easy group for england
poor eire
jesus even england cd get out of group D
fuck fuck fuck these cunts for seeding ukr/pol
Group A: Poland, Greece, Czech Republic and Russia
fucking shite draw.. when’s the draw for WC 2014?
England’s base is in Poland, right?
krakow iirc
GROUP A
1 Poland
2 Greece
3 Russia
4 Czech Republic
GROUP B
1 Netherlands
2 Denmark
3 Germany
4 Portugal
GROUP C
1 Spain
2 Italy
3 Ireland
4 Croatia
GROUP D
1 Ukraine
2 Sweden
3 France
4 England
rite well that never happeened so let’s go back to talking abt grant holt
Having chosen their base in Poland, England will play all of their matches in Ukraine.
gettting the excuses in early
Group A is a travesty tbh
For what it’s worth, average FIFA ranking of each group: Group A 31.25, Group B 5.75, Group C 9.75, Group D 23.25
Ireland can def come second in that group, come on.
some ppl will prefer the oi! stylings of steve morrison, but for classic, unhurried bigness it’s difficult to look beyond holty
group a group of bore
some ppl will prefer the oi! stylings of steve morrison, but for classic, unhurried bigness it’s difficult to look beyond holty
― nakhchivan, Friday, 2 December 2011 18:06 (35 seconds ago) Bookmark Permalink
we cant pick morison because i will get a headache everytime i see his name spelt, with one r. it is rong.
otm
“I’d have Van Basten shot. I would take him outside and execute him in front of his family.”
Fucking hell at Group A. You’d be pleased with that if you got it in qualifying.
oh fuck lol
Trap out
Nah, he taught Prandelli everything he knows. He’s got this
I suspect Spain might royally fuck this tournament up. Beat Croatia and you’re through imo.
Group A:
Poland—Don’t know anything about them in 2011, guessing they aren’t worth caring about,
Greece—Ninis is the Freddy Adu of Greek football, right?,
Russia—Excited to see Dzagoev but otherwise snore, GROUP WINNER PICK
Czech Republic—Have they produced a talented outfield player in the past ten years?.
Group B:
Netherlands—are they still comedy heels?,
Denmark—will get destroyed,
Germany—Germany v. Holland always a great rivals match; pick to win it all GROUP WINNER PICK,
Portugal—ronaldoseesotherdudespackagecontemplateslife.gif .
Group C:
Spain—snore GROUP WINNER PICK,
Italy—a land of cassano, supermario and berlisconi i want them to have everything,
Republic of Ireland—Trapp could do Italy and Croatia tbh in boring 1–0 wins,
Croatia—Pros: Modders, Cons: Everyone else.
Group D:
Ukraine—lol remember shevchenko? well he’s still the best player in their team,
Sweden—I <3 Zlatan but come on,
France—The 3rd most talented team, on a player by player scale but also LOL France,
England—We’ll do really well, no-one will really notice and then Wayne’ll return GROUP WINNER PICK.
Don’t stop at the group stage, get those hostages to fortune out there.
Ismael says: Germany to win, France 2nd, Holland and fucking Greece make the semis.
Germany Spain final in the best international game in 20 years. You know, the sort of game pundits hate because it ends up 1–0. Germany winners.
Portugal and France semi-finalists.
Balotelli gets arrested.
England look good enough to win it, until the old guard come back in and Wayne decides to get sent off 10 minutes in the 2nd round, we lose 3–1 to Ireland in a bout of LOLs.
I can’t think of a less appealing opening fixture ever than Poland v Greece.
+/- on number of pol/greek players referred to by name prior to game on uk tv coverage
More likely to get mention of Boumsong now playing for Panathanikos tbh
ireland vs anyone
it will be all “he once had a spell at west brom” and “villa are interested in him” etc etc etc
group c + d paired together for the quarter-finals yeah?
I hope so—if it’s B&C paired together the other side of the draw could deliver a pub team to the final.
It is C & D
Krakow-to-Donetsk is almost as far as Krakow-to-London
Fantasy update: I still can’t bring myself to get rid of Rooney. I feel sure that he’ll get a hat-trick as soon as I sell him. I’ve got rid of Suarez instead.
Pleased to hear it.
since we have no rolling amazing gol thread
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8hPOQ_4MVGM
Need a “rolling quite good goal” thread for that tbh.
Amazing they’ve managed to squeeze two groups of life from 16 teams for the Euros. Next one will have an extra eight teams o_O
at least it means we’ll finally see bale and ramsey and hazard and lukaku and also lots of games not worth watching
xpost
so leverkusen-hoffenheim was a bit of a non event last night. Leverkusen won 2–0 but looked unimpressive doing it and hoffenheim gave there usual anemic performance away from home, although Babel missed a sitter from 3 yards that would have made it 1–1 in the first half.
dan m, boxall, and any other followers of the US national team might like to know that Daniel Williams did v well as the sitting midfielder in a pretty negative 4–1–4–1 formation—good anticipation, tackling, blocks etc although his use of the ball wasn’t that great. Fabian Johnson started as well but didn’t have much positive impact.
dortmund-gladbach this weekend should be good.
he’s coached real madrid to “championship upon championship” has he?
ha, didn’t read past that line. d’oh to me.
consider the source, dude
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/footballs-hidden-killer-6271406.html
about enke and suicide in football
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2011/1128/1224308220678.html
Collymore actually wrote about his own experience of depression in the week before Gary Speed died. It was one of the most accurate insights into the reality I’ve ever read, tbh.
anyone else gonna watch this? i have a sneaky suspicion it could turn out a classic*
just jinxed this obv
i’m in. trying to decide which team is better off losing from a parochial LFC pov.
present
arsenal,newc,chelsea,lfc straight fite for 4th.
maybe Man U
torres bench warming again
yellow!!!!!!!
FFS
side show bob lucky there
bottled it
I think yellow was probably right, but there were microns in it
HOW THE SHIT IS THJAT ONLY A YELLOW WHAAAAAAAT MUTHAFUCKA
that is about as blatent as there is, fuck a “you dont want to see a sending off this early in the game”
Ba didn’t have the ball yet & might not’ve got there, is how I’d call it. Very very lucky though.
Luiz though. What is he like?
luiz/torres in the january window what a bit of business that was.
i like romeu, looking frwd to seeing him in a ‘big’ game.
Don’t Chelsea have a much more reliable Brazilian defender with some attacking prowess?
luiz to be thanked for taking years off terry’s career/life though
not sure ? oh yes on replay
he was waiting minutes to be fouled there
KRULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
lampard fucking up my fantasy team
Some kind of justice I guess
game already a classic
krul in my other team so
is luiz always this shit?
also why isnt sturridge englands #9?
KRULLLLLLLLLL
What a shit penalty to give away though. Going in with the wrong foot in the most ineffectual manner possible
have boomarked the 2 articles hoy and NV linked but can’t take my eyes off this game to read them yet. sturridge off the post now!
krul must be pretty self effacing, based on the hair cut
Luiz though. What is he like?
― Number None, Saturday, December 3, 2011 7:56 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink
is this a g neville reference? cause i think ilx was down when he said it and didn’t see anyone talk about it here.
I didn’t hear it, something about a kid with a playstation controller was it?
yes. it was great.
Sturridge really doesn’t fancy passing it today