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EURO 2016?
« on: June 07, 2016, 12:16:57 pm »
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So who else is excited for the EURO Championship starting this Friday?

Also, what are the teams to look out for? Besides the usual suspects like Germany, Spain and Italy? Switzerland and Belgium are probably the teams that may cause some upsets, although that has been said for several years now, maybe they'll finally show up. I've heard that La Grande Nation is supposed to be a secret favourite aswell, after getting rid of all their morally dubiuos players.

Besides rooting for my home country and waiting for Wales to beat England, I'm really looking forward to seeing Iceland play after their great qualifier. Speaking of Iceland, shoutout to my Dutch neighbours, I hope you will have an enjoyable Championship aswell from the couch :P

So what are your thoughts? Other teams you'll be lookng forward to seeing?
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Re: EURO 2016?
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2016, 12:28:40 pm »
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I'm not interested in Tennis at all.
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Re: EURO 2016?
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2016, 12:29:46 pm »
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I for one am happy that Scotland got the Independence they wanted- the rest of Britain is going to the Euros, and they're not.
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Re: EURO 2016?
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2016, 12:57:52 pm »
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I am a great soccer (and even greater football) fan and very excited for the world cup. Though coming from Germany I'm supporting Belgium and England this summer since I don't like the German team at all.



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Re: EURO 2016?
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2016, 01:02:16 pm »
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Seeing Russia-Slovakia live  ;D ;D
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Re: EURO 2016?
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2016, 01:08:41 pm »
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I recently filled in a bracket at work for the Euros, using a refined statistical model to work out the scores. Since I've already submitted, I'll share the model here: Each team scores =floor(4.5*rand()^2,1) goals.

As a result of this analysis, I'm really excited to see Switzerland win in the final against Russia.
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Re: EURO 2016?
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2016, 01:09:44 pm »
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Sad that they diluted the tournament to 24 participants. I am not hailing the glory days of a EURO 1976 with four participants, but in the 16 teams format every game counted from the get-go. At least they could have left four groups with two teams advancing each, would have been just one more round to play.
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Re: EURO 2016?
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2016, 07:54:53 pm »
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Is anyone here interested in Euro 2016 Twatball? Like fantasy football, but you try to pick players who will get sent off, concede penalties, score own goals and so on.

My Twatball team:

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Juanfran Spain (0) Bruno Alves Portugal (0) Ricardo Carvalho Portugal (0) Pepe Portugal (0)

Mesut Özil Germany (0) Dele Alli England (0) Raheem Sterling England (0) Daniele De Rossi Italy (0)

Mario Gomez Germany (0) Antoine Griezmann France (0)
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Re: EURO 2016?
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2016, 10:28:51 pm »
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Quote from: Jack Rudd on June 07, 2016, 07:54:53 pm
Is anyone here interested in Euro 2016 Twatball? Like fantasy football, but you try to pick players who will get sent off, concede penalties, score own goals and so on.

My Twatball team:

 Petr Čech Czech Republic (0)

Juanfran Spain (0) Bruno Alves Portugal (0) Ricardo Carvalho Portugal (0) Pepe Portugal (0)

Mesut Özil Germany (0) Dele Alli England (0) Raheem Sterling England (0) Daniele De Rossi Italy (0)

Mario Gomez Germany (0) Antoine Griezmann France (0)

Unless you get points for moping around, not sure why you have Özil on your team; he isn't particularly likely to attempt a tackle, let alone concede a penalty or get sent off.


As for the actual tournament, I'm interested to see if some of the bigger nations can shake off some of the poor form they've had in the friendlies. That said, France has looked absolutely fantastic every time I've seen them recently. If they can avoid host pressure (still laughing at Brazil two years later), they're my pick. My dark horse pick? Croatia or Poland.
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Re: EURO 2016?
« Reply #9 on: June 08, 2016, 02:59:10 am »
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The Netherlands isn't participating, that's sad. We're among 3 or 4 countries in Europe who didn't make it; among San Marino and Andorra I think.

So who to root for now?

Belgium has a fine squad (although dearly missing Kompany), but always choke in big tournaments.
Germany always has a strong showing in tournaments.
Spain seems a little over the top, I'm not a fan of either Costa or Torres.
France has a good team with Pogba and Griezmann, certainly a candidate.

Surprises might come from Croatia, Austria, Switzerland, all with some of the best squads they've had in years.
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Re: EURO 2016?
« Reply #10 on: June 08, 2016, 03:38:27 am »
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Quote from: Davio on June 08, 2016, 02:59:10 am
So who to root for now?

Belgium has a fine squad (although dearly missing Kompany), but always choke in big tournaments.
Germany always has a strong showing in tournaments.
Spain seems a little over the top, I'm not a fan of either Costa or Torres.
France has a good team with Pogba and Griezmann, certainly a candidate.

Surprises might come from Croatia, Austria, Switzerland, all with some of the best squads they've had in years.

I am not getting it. Are you suggesting to root for the team which has best chances to win?

That being said, I think you left out England. I think no team from the British Isles will do better.
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Re: EURO 2016?
« Reply #11 on: June 08, 2016, 03:45:05 am »
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Quote from: Davio on June 08, 2016, 02:59:10 am
The Netherlands isn't participating, that's sad. We're among 3 or 4 countries in Europe who didn't make it; among San Marino and Andorra I think.

Afaik, (and I don't follow football all that much) Greece and Finland didn't make it either, which sounds a bit better than being just among San Marino and Andorra.  ;)

I'll be patriotically rooting for Italy, as usual. Norway didn't make it (also as usual), and I'd root for Sweden if we weren't competing for second place in the same group.  ;D
(of course, getting 1st and 2nd would be great, but that doesn't account for Belgium)
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Re: EURO 2016?
« Reply #12 on: June 08, 2016, 04:59:14 am »
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Quote from: Davio on June 08, 2016, 02:59:10 am
So who to root for now?

Belgium has a fine squad (although dearly missing Kompany), but always choke in big tournaments.
Germany always has a strong showing in tournaments.
Spain seems a little over the top, I'm not a fan of either Costa or Torres.
France has a good team with Pogba and Griezmann, certainly a candidate.

Surprises might come from Croatia, Austria, Switzerland, all with some of the best squads they've had in years.

I am not getting it. Are you suggesting to root for the team which has best chances to win?

That being said, I think you left out England. I think no team from the British Isles will do better.
England is a bit of a dark horse, they have a nice squad, but also suffered some Euro and WC dramas in the past.

I think I will root for Belgium, with this generation it's basically now or never for them.
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Re: EURO 2016?
« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2016, 06:24:30 am »
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Quote from: Infthitbox on June 07, 2016, 10:28:51 pm
Quote from: Jack Rudd on June 07, 2016, 07:54:53 pm
Is anyone here interested in Euro 2016 Twatball? Like fantasy football, but you try to pick players who will get sent off, concede penalties, score own goals and so on.

My Twatball team:

 Petr Čech Czech Republic (0)

Juanfran Spain (0) Bruno Alves Portugal (0) Ricardo Carvalho Portugal (0) Pepe Portugal (0)

Mesut Özil Germany (0) Dele Alli England (0) Raheem Sterling England (0) Daniele De Rossi Italy (0)

Mario Gomez Germany (0) Antoine Griezmann France (0)

Unless you get points for moping around, not sure why you have Özil on your team; he isn't particularly likely to attempt a tackle, let alone concede a penalty or get sent off.
He sometimes gets booked, and he frequently gets substituted.
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Re: EURO 2016?
« Reply #14 on: June 08, 2016, 06:26:58 am »
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Croatia has been thoroughly disappointing during the last world cup, I don't know if they've improved since. It would be fun to see them play well again. Their group looks like one of the two toughest ones, next to the group with Belgium and Italy.
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« Reply #15 on: June 08, 2016, 08:25:09 am »
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Well, they have Modric, Rakitic, Mandzukic and trusty Srna. Pretty good squad.
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« Reply #16 on: June 08, 2016, 08:28:18 am »
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Indeed, they have one of the top midfields in the tournament, and a striker capable of taking chances.
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Re: EURO 2016?
« Reply #17 on: June 10, 2016, 03:51:04 pm »
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A good half for Romania. France has been the better side, and I get the feeling the are really close to breaking through, but Romania would love a draw here
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« Reply #18 on: June 10, 2016, 04:50:14 pm »
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Oh man. That second goal from France.
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Re: EURO 2016?
« Reply #19 on: June 11, 2016, 07:45:28 am »
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The love for Belgium is nice, but we'll never get anywhere with the current coach.
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« Reply #20 on: June 11, 2016, 11:33:10 am »
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My mother and her partner were visiting Versailles yesterday.  They and about 20 other cars were broken into, everything going stolen.  Yay for police being at the the soccer matches and not anywhere else.
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Re: EURO 2016?
« Reply #21 on: June 11, 2016, 12:02:11 pm »
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Go Wales, Albania, Belgium, Ireland and Iceland :D

Also, the Netherlands not being there, really does make the tournament a bit more boring, but on the good side: no chauvinism this summer, and no horrible supermarket commercials with "juichpakken" (lit. cheering suits).
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« Reply #22 on: June 11, 2016, 12:27:32 pm »
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My mother and her partner were visiting Versailles yesterday.  They and about 20 other cars were broken into, everything going stolen.  Yay for police being at the the soccer matches and not anywhere else.

That sucks. I hope they didn't lose anything of value.  :(
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Re: EURO 2016?
« Reply #23 on: June 11, 2016, 01:54:26 pm »
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Bales makes it through, I would have liked to see a tie after seeing the second half.
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« Reply #24 on: June 11, 2016, 04:28:43 pm »
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