The Official Euro 2004 Thread
Posted by: matthewr on 08 June 2004
This Summer's Festival of Football is nearly upon us so, after a few false starts, it's about time for a thread.
To kick us off lets have some predictions on winners, and so on.
Winner : France
Runners Up : England
How Well Will Ing-er-lund Do? : Runners Up
Dark Horses : The Netherlands (15/2)
Top Scorer : Van Nistelrooy
Emerging Superstar : Wesley Sneijder
The more committed can enter the Euro 2004 Predictions competition at
http://en.predictor.euro2004.com/ I have created a private league called "The Padded Cell" which you can join with the code number 1199739@_193631
Matthew
Posted on: 14 June 2004 by P
I'd be the first to admit to not wanting to see players fall over over and make a meal of the slightest challenge but so far I can't help feeling that the refs have been a bit too eager to show a yellow for diving where sometimes a penalty might not have been too out of order?
Hope it doesn't spoil the competion too much.
P
And I really hope Calamity James was watching the Denmark game. Goal Keeping doesn't get much better.
Posted on: 14 June 2004 by Bhoyo
quote:
Originally posted by Vuk's son:
Was Larsson such a scorer in the Celtics - or is he only a tournament player ?
Omer.
You're kidding, right?
Davie
Posted on: 14 June 2004 by Bhoyo
Omer:
We Celts, who will be mourning Henrik's departure for years to come, call him the King of Kings. The forces of darkness (who have one or two representatives on the forum) call him something much ruder!
Regards,
Davie
Posted on: 14 June 2004 by John C
"That was a sublime header - of a like not seen since Andy Gray was in his pomp."
Mick Jones run to the byeline and cross followed by Alan "sniffer" Clarke's sublime finish (Wembley 1972) stands out as the greatest of all diving headers.
John
Posted on: 14 June 2004 by long-time-dead
Davie
From the Dark Side I have to admit that I doubt we will ever see again such an all-round talent such as Henrik's in Scottish League football.
Talented, reserved in public and a complete ambassador to the game.
Posted on: 14 June 2004 by John C
Nick, in keeping with ITV house style, while Denmark's little kickabout with Italy was diverting... Laursen looks a nice signing for the Villa.
John
Posted on: 14 June 2004 by TomK
quote:
Originally posted by Bhoyo:
Omer:
We Celts, who will be mourning Henrik's departure for years to come, call him the King of Kings. The forces of darkness (who have one or two representatives on the forum) call him something much ruder!
Regards,
Davie
Davie, I call him one of the very best ever to play in Scotland and I wish he had been a Bear. That's not too rude is it? TF he's gone! Comparisons with Slim Jim, Coop, and King Brian are pointless as they were such different players. What a team it would have been with all four, and I'll be generous here, plus a couple of your own favourites!
Posted on: 14 June 2004 by Bhoyo
l-t-d & tom:
Aye, you say that now!
All the best,
Davie
Posted on: 14 June 2004 by Steve G
quote:
Originally posted by TomK:
TF he's gone!
Amen to that.
His goals last night (and his making of one of the others) must have fulfilled his reason for being at the tournament and put him in the shop window in no uncertain fashion. The diving header was clean out of the textbook.
What about the Bulgarian marking though - oh dear me. You'd have thought Stillian Petrov might have had a word...
Posted on: 15 June 2004 by Two-Sheds
quote:
Errr, well, I wasn't. Had a search, Larsson scored between 28 to 34 goals each season 2000 to 2004. Errrr..
[We don't get much of the Scot league here, and many players of this caliber end up in the premierleague/la liga/Serie A.]
I'm sure at some point some clubs tried to get him away from Celtic, but he never budged. I would have loved to see him at Liverpool, more so seeing what striker(s) we've been enduring the last few seasons. It's rare to get that level of commitment and loyalty from players nowadays especially considering it isn't his home town club or anything, plus as mentioned by long-time-dead a perfect gentleman to boot as well.
Posted on: 15 June 2004 by Steve G
quote:
Originally posted by Two-Sheds:
I'm sure at some point some clubs tried to get him away from Celtic, but he never budged.
£1.5million loyalty clause in his contract
Posted on: 15 June 2004 by bjorne
It's not exactly painful being swedish today...
Watch out England,you have not managed defeating Sweden since 1966 iirc
Posted on: 15 June 2004 by Steve G
quote:
Originally posted by bjorne:
It's not exactly painful being swedish today...
Watch out England,you have not managed defeating Sweden since 1966 iirc
Setting yourself up for a fall their mate. The Swedish strikers took their chances very well but I don't think you'll see many defences marking quite as badly as the Bulgarians did. The probably had the better of the play in the 1st half, looked like they were going to equalize (deservedly) just before the 1st Larsson goal and only really collapsed after that.
The Denmark v Sweden game should be a good one.
Posted on: 15 June 2004 by JonR
Well, tonight is, by all accounts, a really big game - Holland vs Germany. I had no idea of the emnity between these two sides until I read the papers this morning.
I wonder what German and Dutch Forum members think?
Regards,
JonR
Posted on: 15 June 2004 by Steve G
quote:
Originally posted by JonR:
Well, tonight is, by all accounts, a really big game - Holland vs Germany. I had no idea of the emnity between these two sides until I read the papers this morning.
I've lived in Germany and Holland and was well aware of it. Tip - don't make the mistake of asking a Dutchman if he's German.
Posted on: 15 June 2004 by JonR
quote:
Originally posted by Steve G:
Tip - don't make the mistake of asking a Dutchman if he's German.
I hope you're not speaking from experience, are you...?!
JonR
Posted on: 15 June 2004 by bjorne
Steve G. True the bulgarian defence was a joke and they played quite well in the beginning.
Alex, 1966 was the last time England managed a result worth rememberring, right?
Anyway good luck to everyone and let's hope we get to see some really nice soccer.
Posted on: 15 June 2004 by Steve G
quote:
Originally posted by JonR:
I hope you're not speaking from experience, are you...?!
No, but I have Dutch friends and they detailed the consequences!
Posted on: 15 June 2004 by count.d
quote:
Alex, 1966 was the last time England managed a result worth rememberring, right
Argentina, 2002 World Cup was worth remembering to me!
Posted on: 15 June 2004 by bjorne
quote:
Originally posted by count.d:
Argentina, 2002 World Cup was worth remembering to me!
The "group of death" as the papers called it in Sweden. Sweden, Argentina, England and Nigeria. Sweden won that group...
Posted on: 15 June 2004 by Robbie
We've learned from hard experience not to underestimate the german team. They've proven in the past that they can win matches by playing the ugliest football one has ever seen.And they have "kampfgeist" ,something the dutch simply don't have.
My guess is a 1-1 draw tonight.
Rob.
Posted on: 15 June 2004 by count.d
If Kampfgeist can draw enough flem, it may go to 2:1.
Posted on: 15 June 2004 by matthewr
The Dutch had good players, something the Germans simply don't have.
Hurrah!
Matthew
Posted on: 15 June 2004 by JonR
quote:
Originally posted by Matthew Robinson:
The Dutch had good players, something the Germans simply don't have.
Hurrah!
Matthew
Hmm...I too will be supporting the Dutch tonight.
Why is that?
JonR
Posted on: 15 June 2004 by ErikL
How did Germany look up to the 81st minute? I wanted to stream the audio but things pulled me away from my desk.
