That's right bitches, Euro 2012 is coming up! The second most important sport event in the world (after the world cup obviously) and this is the official thread!
For those of you who don't know, first we have a group stage coming up. You can basically skip all the matches in Group A cause they all suck anyway. The other groups however are quite interesting! Specially the matches between England and France, Italy and Spain and of course Netherlands and Germany.
Group stage:
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After the group stage comes the knock-out stage, but that's not for another two weeks orso so we'll cross that bridge when we get there.
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germany gonna win
Quote from: DWARFINATORclock;1909014germany gonna win
Germany is overrated.
you're overrated
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Well that was bad.
I always make a few bets during these big international tournaments to make it more interesting since supporting England is fucking soul destroying.
I got Ã,£10 on Holland at 9/1 and I got Ã,£10 on Italy at 14/1.
Edit - Well fuck, this is starting off great.
jesus fucking christ.
Well that's Holland out.
Unlucky.
I also think germany will be champion
Quote from: MonsterMunch;1909495Well that's Holland out.
Unlucky.
We can still advance by beating Portugal with a difference of two goals, but only if Germany beats Denmark. :zoom:
Quote from: GreyClock;1909534We can still advance by beating Portugal with a difference of two goals, but only if Germany beats Denmark. :zoom:
doubt it will happen but yeah they could
3-2
COME ON ENGLAND!!
There's only one Danny Welbeck! There's only one Danny Weeeeeeeeeelbeeeeeeeeeeeck!
Quote from: MonsterMunch;19096483-2
COME ON ENGLAND!!
There's only one Danny Welbeck! There's only one Danny Weeeeeeeeeelbeeeeeeeeeeeck!
ukraine will destroy england
I still don't get why the UK's parts get their own team, they're not the only nation made up of a bunch of former nations. Why doesn't Bavaria or Bohemia or Naples get their own team or somethin'?
Quote from: Marlin Clock;1909677I still don't get why the UK's parts get their own team, they're not the only nation made up of a bunch of former nations. Why doesn't Bavaria or Bohemia or Naples get their own team or somethin'?
because england, northern ireland, scotland and wales are still countries.
ireland is not part of the uk fyi
bavaria is just a state of germany and naples is a city in italy, bohemia is a region in the czech republic
@Holland
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I know I had money on them but Pirate's misery is so worth it.
Quote from: DWARFINATORclock;1909696because england, northern ireland, scotland and wales are still countries.
ireland is not part of the uk fyi
I know Ireland is not part of the UK what do you take me for. Also, no. They are not countries. They do not run autonomously. There is no independent government for each member of the UK. They are not countries. Individual states have more autonomy than them.
Quotebavaria is just a state of germany and naples is a city in italy, bohemia is a region in the czech republic
Bavaria and Bohemia used to be powerful members of the HRE. Naples is not just a city, it was a full fledged kingdom for a long time until the Italian Unification of Piedmont-Sardenia.
Point is, all of them used to be powerful nations until unifying into another country, just like the UK member states, and they also have no regional autonomous rights, just like UK member states.
Quote from: Marlin Clock;1909868I know Ireland is not part of the UK what do you take me for. Also, no. They are not countries. They do not run autonomously. There is no independent government for each member of the UK. They are not countries. Individual states have more autonomy than them.
Bavaria and Bohemia used to be powerful members of the HRE. Naples is not just a city, it was a full fledged kingdom for a long time until the Italian Unification of Piedmont-Sardenia.
Point is, all of them used to be powerful nations until unifying into another country, just like the UK member states, and they also have no regional autonomous rights, just like UK member states.
all the member states of the united kingdom actually are independent states (or countries, as you dummies call them) by all but the most stringent definitions of the term, so i actually would question what roel takes you for
also you should be able to logically separate an entity being a state and being able to have a governing body for a soccer team since that's a pretty common thing
boy guys does the netherlands suck at football! wawa weewa what a bunch of dummies.
Quote from: Biggskoo;1909875boy guys does the netherlands suck at football! wawa weewa what a bunch of dummies.
When we scored the first goal against portugal I was like oh wow maybe. But almost instantly afterwards we starting to suck really hard. I dont even know.
Also this never happened in the history of the netherlands losing all 3 first matches. its so fucking bad
edit: also Ronaldo was playing very well. And hes basically carrying the team on his shoulders now. I think some other team might injure him on purpose so portugal wont be able to advance anymore if portugal happens to get too far. What do you guys think?
Quote from: AstronautClock;1909918When we scored the first goal against portugal I was like oh wow maybe. But almost instantly afterwards we starting to suck really hard. I dont even know.
Also this never happened in the history of the netherlands losing all 3 first matches. its so fucking bad
edit: also Ronaldo was playing very well. And hes basically carrying the team on his shoulders now. I think some other team might injure him on purpose so portugal wont be able to advance anymore if portugal happens to get too far. What do you guys think?
maybe van persie will be practicing in another stadium and he'll miss a shot so badly that it flies all the way to kharkiv or whatever and hits ronaldo right in the face and puts him into a coma
Quote from: Biggskoo;1909923maybe van persie will be practicing in another stadium and he'll miss a shot so badly that it flies all the way to kharkiv or whatever and hits ronaldo right in the face and puts him into a coma
that would mean hed have to actually hit the ball and we all know he has trouble with that
Quote from: DWARFINATORclock;1909924that would mean hed have to actually hit the ball and we all know he has trouble with that
yep
Quote from: DWARFINATORclock;1909924that would mean hed have to actually hit the ball and we all know he has trouble with that
ahaha
I hope Ukraine makes it, it'd be kinda depressing to have neither of the host countries get out of the first round. Never been a huge fan of the English, anyway.
Quote from: clammo;1909917come on man... even the most rudimentary of searches will tell you that the united kingdom is comprised of 4 countries (england, northern ireland, scotland, wales) they are literally countries within a country. (google that term for more information if you want to waah waah wikipedia me)
Tell me how that makes any sense. I know of autonomous territories, like Greenland is to Denmark and the such, and I'll accept that I guess, but that's because those countries have autonomous governments separate from the central country. This is not the case with the UK, and thus it makes no sense to classify them in the same space. Have you ever heard of a state within a state, or a county within a county etc etc? What makes something a country other than an autonomously run government? I really don't get the logic.
no offense, but maybe you can't logically process it because your knowledge on the subject seems rooted at an elementary level
the best example of the idea might be the one that's been right in front of your face the entire time: think of it like individual states in regards to the united states (read: the federal government of the united states)
the ivy league brotherhood is a federal state and the clock crew factions are individual states within it
Quote from: clammo;1909976I've heard of a state within a state, because the United States is a federal state and within it there are 50 states.
babelfish doesnt translate the united states so it doesnt exist
sorry guys, the dream's over
England vs Italy Quarter final
My team vs My bet.
You could argue it's a win-win but if Italy beat England then lose in the semi-final I will be gutted.
Quote from: AstronautClock;1909659ukraine will destroy england
Nice prediction there fuckface.
Quote from: DWARFINATORclock;1909993babelfish doesnt translate the united states so it doesnt exist
I still can't believe you took that so seriously.
Quote from: Marlin Clock;1910083I still can't believe you took that so seriously.
i cant believe all the things you said in this thread
i find many things you say hard to believe actually