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Official Euro 2012 Thread

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Fun_dip
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Official Discussion Thread for the Euro this Summer.
I for one am stoked since I feel the Euro is the best International competition "trimming the fat" if you will.

Predicitions.
Group A: Russia- 1, Poland- 2(a toss up between them and Czech)
Group B: Germany- 1, Netherlands- 2.... wish Portugal could surprise someone, but I doubt it
Group C: Spain-1, Croatia- 2... Croatia partially because I hate Italy, but I think Croatia can actually take Italy
Group D: France- 1, England- 2


France wins it all by beating England for a second time.. more of a hope than a prediction, but oh well. Hope Spain doesn't win and I'd love to see Ireland be competitive.
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Good Times.

Post whatever Euro Tournament stuff you want.
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Corin
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Fett. I guess I have a nice effect through the TV.
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Laurent.
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VIKING POWER!!!

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Bar_Down
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Beautiful free kick, horrible coverage. Shit just got real.
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Fun_dip
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What a turnaround
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Jane6
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my throat is sore now, fuckyeah.jpg. If England scores now I will jump off my balcony.
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theBearJew
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Is it just me.. or have I not been watching enough soccer lately, but has there been alot of set piece goals in this tournament?
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Corin
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Well, it's not that boring anymore.
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Jane6
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oh well, I guess this is goodbye. Ns, we had a good run.
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lorax
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FUCK THAT WALCOTT, quite a nice shot tho.
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Bar_Down
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Woooowww this game is fuckin intense
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lorax
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seriously, what a game, that save by isakson right before walcott's goal was incredible.
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Loco-Deer-Slayer
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Ibrahimovic is beast! Come on Sweden!!!
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Corin
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That was cool as fuck
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Corin
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That was cool as fuck
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Jane6
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fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck. I think we just lost?
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lorax
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well if sweden is going to lose, a tleast 2 of england's goals were scored by cool players.
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aloha.
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best game of the euros so far, great action.
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Bar_Down
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Ehhh i dunno if Id call it the best game. sure it was back and forth and there were lots of goals, but from what i saw, as far as the level of play goes it wasnt anything special. lots of mistakes, turnovers, etc. just a lot of slopiness from both sides. thats just my opinion though.
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.Roockley.
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what a goal by welbeck, that was pure class

england are doing way better than a lot of people thought they would, just gotta avoid defeat against ukraine
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Bogs
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oh, sorry. my powers of inference must be failing me. i agree. if anything spain's biggest weakness is that their short passing game is too good. teams know that they are going to do one thing and one thing only: try to pass the ball around them so they know that they can at least make that as hard as possible by putting 9 or 10 guys in the box at all times and spain wont try and do anything different to beat them
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fujarome
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i wouldn't say a lot better, they're doing what they should do, just people usually have such high or low expectations that this is mind blowing for them.
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*SNO*
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Fuck Yeah!
Fuck you Sweden!

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fitzcarraldo
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football like this makes for the most entertaining games... goals... errors... the whole shebang. Not necessarily the highest quality football, but entertaining.
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Fun_dip
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Goddamn Welbeck's goal was nice. Him and Rooney are going to be unstoppable.
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pastysmasher
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Get in England!
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fitzcarraldo
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Was a class finish. Good old Man U duo up front, anything to keep Andy "I injured myself falling of a barstool whilst ordering 37 Jagerbombs" Carroll out of the team. (He was poor tonight bar his goal)
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.Roockley.
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weakest team in years now most of the old guard have been dropped, building nicely for the future though
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Bar_Down
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^fitzcarraldo, in my opiniona game is more entertaining when its two good teams playing their best, but i dunno thats just me
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fitzcarraldo
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Yeah, you are right, it can be. Just a different kind isn't it, more appreciation than seat of your pants action. Still fun though.
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Laurent.
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I feel sorry for Ibrahimovich, he is so much better then all of his teammates.
He just effortlessly passes 1/2 English players before giving a nice pass.
And he had so much drive and commitment.


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The storm that suspended play during the France, Ukraine match:

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pastysmasher
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On paper, yes. But I can't remember the last time they showed that sort of determination.
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Laurent.
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Dammit forgot the rest of the pics:

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ONTerriible
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fingers crossed. Today is the day Poland advances.

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*SNO*
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I really want Poland to win!

They're like Turkey at the last tournament, the sort of suprise team.
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fitzcarraldo
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As long as Lewandoski scores! Pre-tournament he was my bet for golden boot.
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GPO
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I'm glad that belgium is long long gone

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Mike-O
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Are both matches seriously airing at the same time? What the fuck?
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PacificRimJob
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That's how the final group round works in most tournaments like this.
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Fun_dip
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It's retarded. I woke up early ran to my TV and looked for like 5 minutes wondering if I was retarted or what.
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miroz
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Where the fuck are they playing? I can't find them.
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Mike-O
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So I\m guessing Chech and Poland is the more feasible match to watch out of these two.
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Fun_dip
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ESPN and ESPN2 broadvast starts at 11:30
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PacificRimJob
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neither starts for 30 mins.
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miroz
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11:30 pacific time I assume. Damn, I suck.

#clueless.
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PacificRimJob
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Poland - Czech Rep. is awesome so far... least if you want poland to win - they've been all over the Czechs
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Mike-O
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Id love to hear a real passionate commentation of this. The Finnish one is snarky and sarcastic but not very high/spirited.
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PacificRimJob
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http://www.thefirstrow.eu/

^there should be a link to a good english lang. one in there.
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Loco-Deer-Slayer
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Greece v. Russia is where it's at.
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fujarome
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poland are pretty much going to need a miracle now.
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Mike-O
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Listening to both games at the same time, nice.
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