Euro 2008

[MrBen]

Ahem...yes anyway you are right the ground was pants.

[snorky]

My trip was sadly interrupted by a killer virus that wiped me out for the trip - fly to belgade, sleeper train to Podgirica, into Skhodra Albania, ferry from Bar to bari on the day of the game, vomiting, crying and a 1AM coach to Ancona to get the next mornings ryanscare flight back to Blighty.

we lost the coach at a desterted service station near to lecce and then walked for 4 hours through to the train station to get the train that got us to Ancona with minutes to spare.

Every single step was agony

I cant remember much of the game as I was lying down on the crumbling terraces

I have to admit that my worst Italian experiences as detailed above were Champions league games v Inter & Juve - unpleasant, if only for the final result- hence my tainted viewpoint

now last months game in Prag was another matter...

[snorky]

Mr B - just sent a "pm"

rgds

[mockney piers]

Did it give me my dinner?

[MrBen]

According to paper they are showing the Swiss game tonight? Hope this is an error as surely the Turkish Czech game is more important!

[snorky]

on now. koller is a monster

[snorky]

and a goalscorer to boot!

[lozzyloz]

snorky Wrote:

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> lozzyloz Wrote:

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> > Well snorky, coming from somebody who's country

> > doesn't have a football team, I guess I'd be

> > bitter too.

> >

> > a) Obviously

> > b) I'm part South American so that works for me

> in

> > the World Cup

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>

> eh ?

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> so my country of origin doesnt have a football

> team ? where do you think I from - Monaco ? The "

> Nazi" Channel islands ? Antarctica ? Lilliput ?

I didn't expect you to want me to spell out that Scotland have never got past Round 1 (assuming they'd entered or not withdrawn) of the EC or WC.

Having said that, I'm not feeling particularly big in my pants about Italy's position in their group.

[Annasfield]

MrBen Wrote:

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> Ahem...yes anyway you are right the ground was

> pants.

Were you wearing any? ;-)

[snorky]

lozzyloz Wrote:

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> snorky Wrote:

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> > lozzyloz Wrote:

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> > -----

> > > Well snorky, coming from somebody who's

> country

> > > doesn't have a football team, I guess I'd be

> > > bitter too.

> > >

> > > a) Obviously

> > > b) I'm part South American so that works for

> me

> > in

> > > the World Cup

> >

> >

> > eh ?

> >

> > so my country of origin doesnt have a football

> > team ? where do you think I from - Monaco ? The

> "

> > Nazi" Channel islands ? Antarctica ? Lilliput ?

>

> I didn't expect you to want me to spell out that

> Scotland have never got past Round 1 (assuming

> they'd entered or not withdrawn) of the EC or WC.

>

> Having said that, I'm not feeling particularly big

> in my pants about Italy's position in their group.

maybe, but we won the Kirin cup the other year.

now thats not something the likes of Pele or maradona can boast about

[lozzyloz]

Argentina won it in 1992 (beat Wales). I don't know if Maradona played although officially he was in the team.

[snorky]

bugger

the world of google is once again my downfall

[snorky]

what a game .....

[fish]

The Turks were top class. :)-D

[atila the gooner]

Check out Turkey, we are bouncing!! (Pun intended);-)

[atila the gooner]

Wouldn't you just know it, Germany win via a free kick, scored by my favourite German player Mr.Gonad, aka Bollock. They were so average last night it was painful. I really hope they don't progress any further because the quality and standard of their play is woeful.

[Keef]

Come on Romania tonight!!!! I hope Holland just field a weak team and Romania get the result, would laugh if Italy and France both went out!

Spain Portugal final maybe... They and Holland are looking the best.

[atila the gooner]

I have a nasty feeling both Spain and Holland will run true to form and collapse miserably in the coming stages allowing the mediocre Germans to go on and win the bloody thing!!! :(

[mockney piers]

I do to, but fingers crossed they don't.

Holland should field a strong team, it's more important to maintain momentum and winning ways than to rest players There will only be 3 more games after all!!

[monica]

errm just to remind all the cynics italy are through with holland mm 2-0 to the belle azzure

[Annasfield]

By the skin of their teeth.

[jimbo1964]

I think Italy might win now. As someone said, Holland and Spain likely to implode.

[SeanMacGabhann]

nothing about the Dutch performance suggests they are about to implode.

And France were lame oppsition so I don't think Italy have been tested yet

[Ted Max]

Re: Euro 2008

Posted by: Ted Max June 11, 11:05AM

I think Italy and Holland will both come through from that group.

France = England if they'd qualified. Meaning the prevailing assumption that by just scraping through a poor group, they'll be fine once they get to the real thing, because they have so many world class players.

Ahem....

[SeanMacGabhann]

Kudos to the Max