UEFA European Championship 2008!

[Croyles]

Euro 2008 is about a week and a half away (June 7th) so I think its ok to make this thread now.
Who do you think will win?
Decide in the poll! Poll will close on the 19th June, the start of the knock-out rounds.

Also, who do you think will succeed/fail in the group stages?

Group A:
Czech Republic
Portugal
Switzerland
Turkey

Group B:
Austria
Croatia
Germany
Poland

Group C:
France
Italy
Netherlands
Romania

Group D:
Greece
Russia
Spain
Sweden


Also, what are England gonna do during the summer?

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[Old Manus]

Where's the fantasy Euro 2008? There's no way I can do as badly as I did during the World Cup.

[Croyles]

Ah I want the fantasy Euro 2008 as well, but I havnt found a place to do that yet. If anyone wants to set one up, go ahead.
I remember missing first place on the final game by like 1 point grrrrrr!

[White Raven]

Hooray for The Euro! Woo!

Going to be cheering on my only non-Canadian heritage, Germany!

As for who will succeed:

Group A:
Czech Republic
Portugal

Group B:
Croatia
Germany

Group C:
France
Italy

Group D:
Russia
Spain

But really you never know who will get upset, will be a nice change from the North American sports! And I'd totally be up for a fantasy tourney!

[DK]

England aren't in it for me to laugh at when they inevitably fail so I don't care

[Rocket Edge]

Spain, Portugal & France have such strong squads, that I think it will be between these three, unless someone else does a Greece. *cough*


I'm going for Spain though.

[Psychotic]

Switzerland will do well. I hope Spain win though. Dunno if they will, but they've got my moral support for obvious Torres/Reina/Arbeloa/Alonso related reasons.

[Jess]

Oh, England. You make me sad.

I want Greece to win, purely because I like the country.

[Heath]

Provided Russia don't win, I'm not that bothered. I'm frankly sick of Russian LJ users spamming the Premiership community telling us that they're going to behead the Queen with their bears and vodka because they beat us in qualifying. Having said that, when I mentioned that their glorious UEFA Cup winners (Zenit St. Petersburg) managed to get beat by an English team (Everton), they were oddly quiet.

Sweden or Germany'd do. We seem to always get drawn with Sweden in competitions these days and they're a generally good team so I'd like them to do well. They've got quite a tough group though. I don't think Everton have any European internationals going to play; unless Nuno Valente is in the Portugese squad.

[Croyles]

I think Germany will win this one. They have been playing really really well. Other favourites such as France and Italy have been playing bad ever since 2006. Austria and Switzerland have been playing poorly even for their standards and the atmosphere down there is extremely bad for a championship.

[Cz]

I think Spain will finally get the job done, for reasons that I don't entirely understand. I'll be supporting the Netherlands, though, because they've got the winning combination of talent and not being jerks.

[charliepanayi]

Spain? Ha! I'll believe it when I see it (a bit like with England really).

I'm going to go for France, which is admittedly stickingmy neck out a little considering the evil group they are in. But I think they have a strong team and I've discounted the other teams for the following reasons:

Spain and Holland - always implode
Italy - often implode, rarely have two good tournaments in a row.
Portugal - don't think they're quite strong enough overall
Czech Republic - good but I think their best chance was four year ago where they were probably unlucky against Greece
Germany - possibly the strongest threat to France, and have the easier half of the draw. One concern is I'd like to see how they do on foreign soil this time, being hosts in 2006 would have boosted them a bit. I think they're a good bet though.


Switzerland could be dark horses for me. I'll be just happy for Greece if they can make it to the quarters this time. Defend your title with honour guys! There could be another surprise a la Denmark in 1992 or Greece in 2004 but I'll go for France.

Frankly I can't wait. Bring it on!

[Croyles]

The Netherlands team not being jerks??? Nothing to do with dutch people but the team itself has the most arrogant players in the world of football!
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[Old Manus]

Spain and Holland, always tipped to do well, always fail. Neither will win. My money's on Portugal.

[Chunk]

Cheering for the Netherlands and Czech republic to somehow make the finals =) (My dream final)

But I voted for the Italians. Who will either choke and not make it out of the group stages or go all the way.

Group C = group of death?

Note: Don't have too much knowledge in Euro's but always a joy to watch

Cheers!