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harmonium.ro 
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 Topic: The Football ThreadPosted: February 03 2010 at 18:37 |
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 Sunday at noon we'll have the preliminary groups. I hope this is going to be a nice one; 2008 was very good.  The EURO 2012 anticipation thread has now become The Football Thread. Edited by harmonium.ro - July 30 2011 at 16:48 |
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: February 07 2010 at 06:34 |
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Here's the draw result: http://www.uefa.com/live/draw/euro/2012.qr/index.html
England has an easy group I think, while the toughest seem to be Group C (Italy, Serbia, Slovenia - all qualified at the World Cup this summer) and H (Portugal, Denmark, Norway). My bets for the first and second places in the other groups are: A - Germany & Turkey B - Russia & Ireland D - France & Romania E - Netherlands & Sweden F - Croatia & Greece G - England & Bulgaria I - Spain & Czech Republic |
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Tony R
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Posted: February 07 2010 at 07:31 |
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 Fifty-one countries participated in the draw, which was conducted by four famous names from Polish and Ukrainian football: Andriy Shevchenko, Andrzej Szarmach, Oleg Blokhin and Zbigniew Boniek. The groups will be contested according to a league system on a home-and-away basis, with games scheduled between September 2010 and October 2011. The nine winners and the runner-up with the best record against the top five sides in their pool qualify directly for the final tournament, the last before the championship is expanded to 24 teams. The eight remaining runners-up go into play-off matches in November 2011 to decide the final four sides to join co-hosts Poland and Ukraine. Only the top teams qualify outright with 4 other places going to the 4 winners from the runners up playoff. Could be a few big name casualties. |
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Diaby
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Posted: February 07 2010 at 07:58 |
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Sweden again...though without Ibra this time. If we do well (the first thing is that we can't lose points against Moldova and San Marino) and have some luck, the team could reach the second place. Koeman has to include some youngsters of the U20 team that finished third in the World Cup last year.
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: February 08 2010 at 05:35 |
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England always get a bloody easy group
 whereas the navy blue midgets (Scotland) have drawn the reigning champions Spain (scary) and the Czech Republic (not as scary but still very good)Another thing, why do UEFA pander to the ridiculous whims of the ex Soviet block countries who refuse to play one another ? (e.g. Georgia and Russia) If they refuse to fulfil the drawn fixture for non-sporting reasons, ban them outright from the competition. Can we refuse to play Spain because it's likely their climate will blister our deathly pale and delicate milky white skin ? Edited by ExittheLemming - February 08 2010 at 16:50 |
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: May 27 2010 at 18:23 |
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Apparently tomorrow the location for Euro 2016 will be chosen. The candidates are France, Turkey and Italy (in the order of chances).
BTW I'm not going to be a great fan of that Euro, since they're going to accommodate 24 teams  |
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 06:48 |
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And FRANCE it is. |
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crimson87
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 20:15 |
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Cant they invite Argentina & Brazil?? There ll be no need for World cups then
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jampa17
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Posted: May 29 2010 at 11:19 |
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I wonder if that decission will hurt the status of the Euro... I mean, it's evident that there are 12 or 14 good teams in Europe, no offense to anyone but that's why almost the same countries classify to both Euro and World Cup... I think to increase the cuantity of teams will hurt the competition, just like the World Cup now that there are 32 teams... most games of the first fase are really boring... but well, more money and more happiness for small countries...
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seventhsojourn
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Posted: May 29 2010 at 16:48 |
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Juan,
This is the problem with FIFA/UEFA... it's all about money and favouring the big clubs and national teams. Personally I think they should do away with all seedings, but that will never happen. In (fairly) recent years smaller countries like Denmark and Greece have won the Euro championship... good luck to them and other small countries. I doubt if I'll ever get the chance to see Scotland at another major tournament in my lifetime... mind you, if they increase it to 24 teams... nah, probably not, we're
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jampa17
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Posted: May 31 2010 at 09:48 |
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I know... and I get it... I live in Guatemala! the only football country in Central America that has not pass to the World Cup ever...!!! so I was pleased when they gave CONCACAF three and a half tickets and even like that we are far away from getting it...
Greece was an awful winner... but Denmark played great then... More teams =/= better football... but well, at the end we know that we will buy the bloody tickets right....?  Edited by jampa17 - May 31 2010 at 09:48 |
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: September 02 2010 at 19:12 |
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As agreed with Guigo in the 2010 World Cup thread, I'll make this the "new" football thread, dedicated to all competitions and to any football related chat. The World Cup thread will sink into oblivion, as it has grown very, very large, and the topic is completely exhausted anyway.
BTW, the run for Euro 2012 has started today, and Israel won over Malta by 3-1. Let's hope for a great tournament! Main matches tomorrow, along with my forecast: Belgium - Germany (1-2) Slovakia - Macedonia (2-1) France - Belarus (1-0) Sweden - Hungary (2-0) England - Bulgaria (1-1) Portugal - Cyprus (2-0) Lithuania - Scotland (2-1) |
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manofmystery
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Posted: September 02 2010 at 19:15 |
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hey, false advertising!
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 Time always wins. |
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: September 02 2010 at 19:18 |
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Importing some necessary info from the World Cup thread:
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: September 02 2010 at 19:19 |
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JJLehto
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Posted: September 02 2010 at 20:08 |
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The 49ers are going to be a sleeper team this year I think
NFC West is weak and they have all the pieces to make a surprise run in the NFL IMHO |
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: September 02 2010 at 20:14 |
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JJ, you're welcome to discuss football here. There is a handegg thread already if I'm not wrong. For educational purposes I have posted an explicit picture in the OP.
 Of all the people, you should know. Edited by harmonium.ro - September 02 2010 at 20:16 |
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: September 07 2010 at 15:00 |
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Anyone looking at tonight's matches? No? You're not missing much
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Did anyone see England - Bulgaria? I am quite curious how that was. Also, despite the quality of the young talent recruited by Laurent Blanc for the new French team, 11 good players don't necessarily make a good team. They are right now playing a bit better with Bosnia than they did with Belarus, but I am not optimistic about a win. Romania drew 1-1 with Albania and, tonight, 0-0 with Belarus. We are doomed, most likely. Some interesting results this evening: Russia - Slovakia 0-1 (!) Turkey - Belgium 3-2 (this one seems to have been a thriller) Serbia - Slovenia 1-0 (now at 68') Switzerland - England 0-1 ('53) Czech Rep. - Lithuania 0-1 ('83) Norway - Portugal 1-0 ('72; if it ends like this, Norway will have 6 points and Portugal just 1) Also, Argentina - Spain starts right now! |
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b4usleep
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Posted: September 07 2010 at 15:14 |
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What's wrong with Portugal?
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Really don't mind if you sit this one out.
My words but a whisper, your deafness a shout. |
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: September 07 2010 at 15:37 |
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Honestly I have no idea. How is it possible for such a talented bunch to accomplish so little is beyond me. It's probably something related to their mentality, but what?
Also, it's already 3-0 for Argentina. I was listening to the Opeth teaser and missed the first goals. And the third was, like, LOL. Maybe now that Maradona is gone the Argentinians will show their true value? |
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