Author Topic: Your Overall EURO 2012 thoughts (Read 8696 times)

SwedenRed · « **on:** June 10, 2012, 10:52:16 AM »

I think it has started fairly open... The only cagey game imo was yesterdays Germany-Portugal match. I was impressed by the Russians (not this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iE3Q3MTqlY&feature=relmfu )...

Slightly disapointed by the Officials...especially in the opening game... The Greek getting sent off was laughable! You could argue neither were fouls.

One thing that strikes me and a Major relief... No Vuvuzela! Nice to hear the fans for a change.

Im off out there on thursday (Kiev)... Looking forward to the atmosphere, meeting new sets of fans, the locals ect... Gonna tuck into local food too...

kopitecrash · « **Reply #1 on:** June 10, 2012, 11:14:00 AM »

I like it. Much, much better games then the ones at the World Cup. Russia look the best side so far - Germany struggled a bit with their new form against Portugal and don't look particularly razer sharp in the attacking sense. They could do with Gotze on the pitch against teams parking the bus - would arguably bring more impact then Ozil in breaking the defence up.

Holland looked good in spite of their defeat, but they're in serious trouble now and their defence is going to concede goals against Germany and Portugal. Can their attack make up the goals? Not if Van Persie's short term form is anything to go by.

LondonRedMan · « **Reply #2 on:** June 10, 2012, 12:39:43 PM »

From what I've seen the football has been good. The mentality of the so called smaller teams has been positive in that they think they can win.

For me the tournament will only get better once our Irish and English boys get going. Both teams should have the belief they can win the thing. There's no outstanding candidate for the tournament so far and two of the more fancied teams in Portugal and Netherlands could get kbnocked out.

Most impressive player so far:

Germany's goalkeeper

Cruiser · « **Reply #3 on:** June 10, 2012, 12:46:32 PM »

Still early days but good so far. The atmosphere has been superb and will be exciting to see this eveinings games.

And tommorow's England-France game has the potential to be a cracker.

lfcmaster · « **Reply #4 on:** June 10, 2012, 04:51:22 PM »

I think we will see a few shock results in the group stages
Some big teams will not go through to the next stage

Camarero25 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 10, 2012, 07:06:22 PM »

Loving it. The Spain - Italy game was very high quality and Iniesta was magic.

lfcmaster · « **Reply #6 on:** June 10, 2012, 07:06:47 PM »

todays spain italy result makes the group interesting

before the game i was thinking a win for spain

DutchRed · « **Reply #7 on:** June 10, 2012, 07:10:59 PM »

Couple of great games. Quality has been more than decent: love it.

lfcmaster · « **Reply #8 on:** June 10, 2012, 07:19:03 PM »

russia have been the best team so far

Billy The Kid. · « **Reply #9 on:** June 10, 2012, 07:21:36 PM »

Not much has changed for me really

I still think Ireland will win it

Hyypia headers · « **Reply #10 on:** June 10, 2012, 08:07:03 PM »

Ref's are even softer than they were in SA.

givemekaliber · « **Reply #11 on:** June 10, 2012, 08:21:42 PM »

Really enjoying it so far. Quite open games and couple of suprise results. Anyways, it's footy on in the summer!!

tbonejones · « **Reply #12 on:** June 10, 2012, 08:39:07 PM »

Absolutely loving it at the moment. Fans are good, generally open games so far and I love watching top players in pretty much every game. Every day there's something to look forward to. It's just a problem that I've got exams on Tuesday and Wednesday and I've done bugger all revision!

John C · « **Reply #13 on:** June 10, 2012, 08:47:05 PM »

Its been brilliant, there's been some shit Euro's and certainly world cups since 1996. This is brilliant and it's early fucking days.

Spain's footy albeit without product was lovely today. Loads more great contests to come.

Sindri · « **Reply #14 on:** June 10, 2012, 09:04:33 PM »

Can some one explain to me why the extra officials behind the goals are always on the same side as the linesman?
Wouldnt it make more sense to have them on the other side of the goal since the linesman has a pretty good view of the near post but not of the far post?

Caligula? · « **Reply #15 on:** June 11, 2012, 12:05:12 AM »

Quote from: Hyypia headers on June 10, 2012, 08:07:03 PM

Ref's are even softer than they were in SA.

That Dutch fellow in the Ireland - Croatia game was pretty solid and let the game flow whenever possible, which I thought was refreshing.

tonysleft · « **Reply #16 on:** June 11, 2012, 12:29:47 AM »

Thank God, it looks to be excellent so far. Some great football been played, and we had a great opening day with that Russia-Czech match. The Spain-Italy game was surprisingly open as well. A far cry from the hoof-fest we saw in 2010 in South Africa.. biggest international disappointment I've ever seen.

RichardM · « **Reply #17 on:** June 11, 2012, 12:32:00 AM »

Spain - Italy game was awesome and Iniesta and Pirlo are both gods with a football (albeit in different ways).

The G in Gerrard · « **Reply #18 on:** June 11, 2012, 09:00:13 AM »

Enjoyable tournament so far. My only gripe is after an "incident", the players are looking for themselves on the big screens which is fucking annoying.

J_Kopite · « **Reply #19 on:** June 11, 2012, 10:34:20 PM »

Another good day, not the best game at 5pm but England got a good point and Shevchenko's brace was great to see

shall78 · « **Reply #20 on:** June 11, 2012, 10:51:05 PM »

Loving it, most games have had something about them Russia looking dangerous, looking forward to watching the rest of it unfold.

Cpt_Reina · « **Reply #21 on:** June 11, 2012, 11:03:27 PM »

No complaints so far. Really enjoying it.

Jellies · « **Reply #22 on:** June 11, 2012, 11:06:15 PM »

Great games this far, but as a whole it bothers me more than it should with the hooliganism, racism and the booing of each other's national anthems and possession.

However, it seems that every group has it's own story that could unfold in thousands of ways. It's truly fantastic to watch when you know every team and how they got there. Been lucky enough to see every game this far, and I hope it'll continue for at least a while longer.

Xxavi · « **Reply #23 on:** June 12, 2012, 06:00:33 AM »

I think it has been better than the last Copa America and World Cup, but I was expecting more to be honest. All of Holland-Denmark, Germany-Portugal, England-France and Spain-Italy matches were a level or two below my expectations. I thought it'd be entertaining ties, when in fact only Spain-Italy had some entertaining quality moments, though even that was a bit below my expectations.

Hopefully though, in the 2nd round, things pick up. I want Holland, Germany and Spain attacking full force.

downtown · « **Reply #24 on:** June 12, 2012, 06:43:57 AM »

-----------Buffon-----------
Debuchy--Agger--Hummels--Poulsen
--------Pirlo---Modric-------
--Dzegaev----Iniesta---Nasri
------------Sheva------------

Team of Round 1 IMO

Zlenpasha · « **Reply #25 on:** June 12, 2012, 06:48:30 AM »

Great tournament so far, much, much better then the shitty World cup.

eirwen · « **Reply #26 on:** June 12, 2012, 06:54:41 AM »

Better than the world cup.

The top teams have been disappointing. Only Italy played really well. The most anticipated strikers all have been average as well.
Many groups are a lot more exciting than previously thought.

kelevra · « **Reply #27 on:** June 12, 2012, 07:40:53 AM »

The best opening round of matches to a tournament I can remember. So far, so good

Ron · « **Reply #28 on:** June 12, 2012, 08:08:21 AM »

Really great so far !
No 0-0 games and everyone went for it, so far.
I always like Euro more then World Cups.

surfer · « **Reply #29 on:** June 12, 2012, 08:32:25 AM »

The coaching / organising gap has really closed now. Gone are the days when one nation had truly superior players and organisation v another. It's great, and this is arguably a tougher tournament than the World cup. Enjoying it so far, even the cagey matches like england v france.

Paris Saint-Germain · « **Reply #30 on:** June 12, 2012, 08:57:25 AM »

Quote from: Ron on June 12, 2012, 08:08:21 AM

Really great so far !
No 0-0 games and everyone went for it, so far.

france and england didn't, but yeah the tournament has been ok so far

Henry Chinaski · « **Reply #31 on:** June 12, 2012, 09:04:58 AM »

Been a while since I loved international football this much.

MichaelA · « **Reply #32 on:** June 12, 2012, 09:08:17 AM »

Quote from: Henry Chinaski on June 12, 2012, 09:04:58 AM

Been a while since I loved international football this much.

Same here. I've already watched more games in this tournament than the last three of four combined. I've adopted the Ukraine.

conman · « **Reply #33 on:** June 12, 2012, 09:20:07 AM »

Quote from: MichaelA on June 12, 2012, 09:08:17 AM

Same here. I've already watched more games in this tournament than the last three of four combined. I've adopted the Ukraine.

that's how i feel too. Ukraine is my team now (with the exception of the almighty Ireland)

Snej · « **Reply #34 on:** June 12, 2012, 09:47:50 AM »

I remember looking forward to the WC 2010 for eternities but feeling disappointed once it began. The only thing I remember from the two opening matches is Tshabalala's goal and celebration.

With this Euro it's the other way around, I wasn't expecting much from the opener but it turned out as a real thriller, and my own country surprised me against Holland. Also, I'd figured Spain-Italy would be too tactical and defensive but both teams were really going at it

thereader · « **Reply #35 on:** June 12, 2012, 09:52:58 AM »

Why are they expanding the Euros?

kelevra · « **Reply #36 on:** June 12, 2012, 10:05:06 AM »

Quote from: thereader on June 12, 2012, 09:52:58 AM

Why are they expanding the Euros?

£££££££

rowan_d · « **Reply #37 on:** June 12, 2012, 10:05:49 AM »

You know what's great. Every team still has a decent chance chance of qualifying except for Ireland, and perhaps Sweden. Often a team will be down and out, but look at where they stand:

Czechs: Got battered first match, but have Greece and Poland to come, could easily qualify go through
Poland & Greece: Got a point on the board, anyhting could happen against Czechs and Russia
Russia: Not assured of going through by any means

Denmark: Great start, 2 points or a win would see them through, could get something from Portugal
Portugal: Spirited performance against Germany, could easily beat Denmark and anything could happen against Holland
Holland: Not down and out yet, put the shooting boots on and they can beat anyone
Germany: Probably through

Italy: Good against Spain, came through the hardest fixture with a valuable point. Could well win other 2
Spain: Fully expect them to beat Ireland and Croatia
Croatia: Got 3 massive points on the board, given themselves a decent chance at qualifying with one unexpected result
Ireland: Stranger things have happened

Ukraine: Did what they had to do, put pressure on England and France who haven't exactly dealt well with pressure recently.
France: Will fancy their chances of winning other 2 games
England: Ditto
Sweden: Will be aware that a win against England and a draw against France or vice versa could see them through. Think they're out to be honest, even if England go with them.

Hopefully the positions are still intriguing after round 2, but its nice to see that Denmark and Ukraine are right in there, and Group A is a toss-up as far as I can tell, at least for 2nd place. Holland are gonna have to come out all guns blazing in their other group games, as are Ireland (lol,) Denmark will be fighting tooth and nail to capitalise on their Dutch win, and Sweden will be looking at the England match and seeing signs of promise for their matches against us and France.

I think Germany and Spain are the only 2 who'll walk through the group stages

Roger Federer · « **Reply #38 on:** June 12, 2012, 10:12:16 AM »

Quote from: downtown on June 12, 2012, 06:43:57 AM

-----------Buffon-----------
Debuchy--Agger--Hummels--Poulsen
--------Pirlo---Modric-------
--Dzegaev----Iniesta---Nasri
------------Sheva------------

Team of Round 1 IMO

Mine would be Buffon - Johnson, Hummels, Agger, Poulsen - Pirlo, Tymoschuk - Yarmolenko, Arshavin, Iniesta - Shevchenko

redmark · « **Reply #39 on:** June 12, 2012, 10:16:41 AM »

Might stick a few quid on Italy, though still expect Germany to win it.