Originally posted by Yojimbo:
What about France?
They looked very impressive against Germany, recently
And Nasri will be buoyed up by his Premier League medal

Originally posted by Yojimbo:
What about France?
They looked very impressive against Germany, recently
And Nasri will be buoyed up by his Premier League medal

Originally posted by murraymarmalade:
For those of us living in England I couldnt start to imagine what it would be like if England went on to win it and as always Im hoping it never happens. However this time something tells me things might be different and would agree with the 5 points of the opening poster. The Chelsea thing will give them a huge lift and they will start with 3 of the back four that knocked out Barcelona.

Originally posted by carryharry:
Croatia would be my outside pick, after that it is very hard to look past the Germans imo.I think teams will have copped onto Spain at this stage and will be very negative against them. I fancy Ireland to draw their 3 games in the group stage, whether that will be enough to qualify remains to be seen.

Originally posted by murraymarmalade:
Blanco will be along soon and then we will know where to put our money.

Originally posted by Keanes Road:
Jayus Harry, I don’t know what youre on but it must be from a good harvest.Croatia good enough to win it but not good enough to beat Ireland. Ireland and Croatia to get out of the group. That would mean that Spain Italy and Ireland would not win a single game in the tournament if Ireland happened to get 3 draws and get qualify.
For that to happen Croatia would have to draw with Ireland and beat both Italy and Spain, who in turn both draw with each other.What odds would you get on that? Could you even bet on such a scenario?

Originally posted by carryharry:
I can't see us beating teams Keane but i can also see us being very hard to break down, so i think we may draw our games yeah. I don't think Spain are as strong as many believe right now, Puyol and Villa are massive losses to them and hunger will be an issue too i think.Fancy Croatia to win the group.

Originally posted by BroMontana:
Spain have injuries,Holland have passengers,Portugal are a 1 trick pony, Germany are a good bet however.....England1.Always hyped to the t***s.. Not much hype this time around.The media are not expecting a whole pile and the pressure is off a little.
2.Roy Hodgson.Good manager,Good at the tactics and he has expierience at international level.
3.Chelsea.Winning the champions league(albeit with only 4 english men starting the final) will do not only the english chelsea players but the english panel a serious lift before the euros.Especially after beating germans in a shootout.
4.Past touraments. A double edged sword but i think the previous screw ups will stand to this bunch.Terry,Gerrard,Lampard,Rooney,Hart,Lescott are all big game players.
5.Rooney.He's had a great season and the rest will do him the world of good. He' be like a caged animal if they are in good position after the first 2 games.I know it will be a very difficult thing to do but to back them at 10/1 they are a very good price.Ireland will not win the euros because they havnt got the players.And you need a huge amount of luck to do a Greece.I just have a feeling the ould enemy will pull it off this time.

Originally posted by Fintan Franks:
A bloke at work was on recently about British Bulldog spirit, I asked what Britsh Bulldog spirit was and his answer was long winded and lacking in clarity, to be perfectly honest I fear he was talking rubbish.Can anyone here tell me what British Bulldog spirit is supposed to mean?
I'd love to be able to ram it down that --------s throat.
Absolutely love it.I think Italy will have a good euros, don't know why just have a feeling for them.
Wouldn't it be gas if they eon it out.
Would be awful Craic

Originally posted by BroMontana:
Spain have injuries,Holland have passengers,Portugal are a 1 trick pony, Germany are a good bet however.....England1.Always hyped to the t***s.. Not much hype this time around.The media are not expecting a whole pile and the pressure is off a little.
2.Roy Hodgson.Good manager,Good at the tactics and he has expierience at international level.
3.Chelsea.Winning the champions league(albeit with only 4 english men starting the final) will do not only the english chelsea players but the english panel a serious lift before the euros.Especially after beating germans in a shootout.
4.Past touraments. A double edged sword but i think the previous screw ups will stand to this bunch.Terry,Gerrard,Lampard,Rooney,Hart,Lescott are all big game players.
5.Rooney.He's had a great season and the rest will do him the world of good. He' be like a caged animal if they are in good position after the first 2 games.I know it will be a very difficult thing to do but to back them at 10/1 they are a very good price.Ireland will not win the euros because they havnt got the players.And you need a huge amount of luck to do a Greece.I just have a feeling the ould enemy will pull it off this time.

Originally posted by BroMontana:
England to win the Euros.. 5 reasons why
1) I'm on drugs.
2) I'm on drugs.
3) I'm on drugs.
4) I'm on drugs.
5) Seriously, I'm on incredibly heavy drugs!!!!!!!

Originally posted by rebelrebel30:
Lads..lads...lads..has history not thought ye anything..
1980 W Germany
1984 France
1988 Holland
1992 Denmark ( exception)
1996 Germany
2000 France
2004 Greece ( exception)
2008 Spain
Going back 32 years...the winner in my book will come from 1 of Spain, Germany, Holland, France and Italy..big names, big countries, big time mentality for tournaments.