Comments on: Euro 2008 Group B preview

By: Darren

Darren — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:44:49 +0000

oh yeah, I remember now, well I was only 11 at the time!

Games being played simultaneously has improved the comps no end.

By: Al

Al — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:27:24 +0000

Darren you got that completely wrong. In Spain 1982 West Germany needed to win and Austria not to lose by more than 1-0, for both to go through. Germany attacked the game for 10 minutes, scoring in the process. Then the farce followed as both teams just knocked the ball about without any attempt at goal, or tackling. Algeria were rightly outraged at the match fix but gutless FIFA refused to punish West Germany or Austria. They did however chnage the rules for subsequent World Cups, so that the final 2 group games were played similtaneously. This hardly helped Algeria though.

By: Darren

Darren — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:29:16 +0000

A Croatia v Holland final would be class, although I’m sure Spain will have something to say about it.

Don’t write the Germans off, they will have the last laugh. Mark my words!

By: rajkorale

rajkorale — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:32:41 +0000

jea wright.. hehehehe german will win.. NOT…
for me favs from the start are: CROATIA AND NETHERLANDS…
croatia is strong don’t fool your self.. one of these are winners ….mark my words…
croatia is boiling.. and with “vatreni” players and bilić.. hmm croatia is winner 4 shure..
ZA DOM..

…SPREMNI..
U BOJ, U BOJ ZA NAROD SVOJ..
AJMO BRAĆO HRVATI PODRŽITE NAM HRVATSKU KAO ŠTO STE TO DO SADA RADILI..
NAVIJAJUĆI ZA NAŠU ZEMLJU UJEDNO SLAVIMO I NJEZINO OSAMOSTALJENJE..
STOGA SLAVIMO BRAĆO…

By: micky444

micky444 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:28:33 +0000

Some well made points there Dexy.
The Romanians do appear to be giving The Italians some problems, this could end up being a draw. I still think Holland will get through but think the Romanians could beat them if the dutch field a weak team in the last game.

PS: Rats, what a excellent name.

By: dexylongshot

dexylongshot — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:10:54 +0000

how poor were Croatia?
how good were Ze Germans! Liquid football, they just looked different gravy on the attack, klose, gomez and poldolski pulling the Poland defenders all over the park. Good-looking Schweinsteiger played well when he got on. I bet Gomez is gutted he didn’t get on the end of that ball early doors, it could have a been a mauling. That’s not to say Poland didn’t have shots, it’s just that most of them were from 30 yards. The smolerek offside was close and lehmans fingertip save near the end could have made it an exciting finish. Brilliant game, and i had a germany to win by two goals, the same as portugal, I’m flying!!!!

By: Darren

Darren — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:57:59 +0000

how poor were Croatia? Average in every department with nothing up front. Austria deserved something out of that game.

Germany 4-1 favourites dark horses, what u banging on about Aslan? Man United fan all day long! Ie: u know nothing about anyone outside of Old Trafford!!

I don’t get why they have done the tournament in two halves, Germany always get the easy route, they woun’t have to play anyone decent until the final. Typical bloody German, dark horses to win I’d say!

By: dexylongshot

dexylongshot — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:00:54 +0000

Hardly dark horses, they are 4-1 favourites with a p*ss easy route to the latter stages. I’m getting on them for top goalscorer. Klose has done twice in the 2 world cups and is favourite, although i might have a shufti at Gomez if he’s a starter. The longshot is Ballak, he’s gonna be taking the pens and i might lump on him at a cheeky each way.

By: Aslan

Aslan — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:20:07 +0000

This group should be an easy one for the croats and the germans to get through. The other two teams are beyond poor to say the least…..Germany could pip it this year ….mark my words…dark horses of euro 2008

By: Dexy Longshot

Dexy Longshot — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:39:05 +0000

Remember , there’s only a few more hours to join up the UKFF dreamteam comp.
Ideally you wanna get your team in by 5 Friday arvo. He’s the gumph.

Log onto:
http://eurofantasyfootball.metro.co.uk/

Hit the “register here” button half way down on the left,
then fill in all your details and put the screen-code in at the bottom.

This takes you to the main team page.
There is a tab for joining an existing league. This is where you put in the league name and password which is;
League name is: ukfootballfinder Euro2008 League
Password is: noengland
It will then send your details to the administrator which is moi, this takes a bit of time but you can still register your team anyway and make changes up till the first game on sat.

It’s dead simple to play, each player has a value but instead of Millions, they use stars and you have to make a team with 11 players using 75 stars. All the instructions are on the site.