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Locke · 06-03-2012, 02:18 PM

As for Ferdinand, who knows, maybe he slept with a teammates wife....

No...that still gets you on the team.

Well, maybe hes got a cocaine addiction....no, that still gets you on the team too.

Maybe hookers? No, pretty sure thats okay too.

Yeah, I wonder what hes done......

The Big Chill · 06-03-2012, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bagor

To be exact ......

“We were advised a few months ago that because of where he was in his career, that he wanted to step back from being called up and sitting on the subs bench. He will help in extreme situations,” confirmed the FA’s Adrian Bevington.

http://euro2012.youwin.com/en/fa-exp...2012-omission/

The question has to be asked though that isn't calling up Jordan freakin Henderson representative of as extreme a situation as you can possibly have?

It's because it makes perfect sense to replace an injured centre-back with a right back.

Jordan Henderson was on the sub list though. Of course he is going to be asked before someone who isn't on that list.

This is all Woy's fault anyway for alienating some of the better players. Glen Johnson is a good RB, and he deserves to be on the team, but I still think that Micah Richards should be starting ahead of him. Carrick also should have been included from the start. If those two things had happened then England wouldn't be getting in to asking these players who are further down their list of options.

Locke · 06-03-2012, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moon

Who said it was Liverpool's fault?

And bossed is a fairly strong word. Neither team looked particularly good. good for Belgium for having that possession to bad they did sweet f all with it.

I watched all 90 minutes of that match and I dont hesitate to use the term 'bossed' one bit.

Possession is irrelevant, but if they play like that against a talented team that could break them down they'd have slaughtered.

moon · 06-03-2012, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Locke

I watched all 90 minutes of that match and I dont hesitate to use the term 'bossed' one bit.

Possession is irrelevant, but if they play like that against a talented team that could break them down they'd have slaughtered.

I don't think England played well by any stretch but don't think Belgium played that well either. The reason I was against the use of bossed is that it gives too much credit to Belgium who basically did nothing that game.

I guess the good thing for England is it appears there are only 3 teams in the tournament that qualify as talented so if they can avoid Germany, Spain and Holland for the first part of the tournament they should be okay against the other crap teams.

devo22 · 06-03-2012, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Locke

Possession is irrelevant, but if they play like that against a talented team that could break them down they'd have slaughtered.

isn't Belgium the definition of a talented squad?! Hazard, Fellaini, Lukaku, Chadli, Dembele, Witsel, Vertonghen, Vermaelen ... a young and talented group. Not great yet, but they could easily qualify for 2014. Not defending England though, the game was pretty weak. But France had a weak game against Iceland too ... will be pretty interesting.

Notorious Honey Badger · 06-03-2012, 04:14 PM

Belgium and Serbia will both qualify for the 2016 euro cup no doubt in my mind.

d_phaneuf · 06-03-2012, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Locke

Whatever you say.....

Yesterday a team comprised of:

3 City players
2 Chelsea players
2 United players
2 Liverpool players
1 Spurs player
1 Arsenal player

And they got bossed by Belgium. Possession was 60/40 and they only had one shot on goal.

Yeah....thats Liverpool's fault.

you say bossed yet England had probably the 4 or 5 best chances in the game on the counter, it's how they wanted (and because of injuries/suspensions) and how they have to play it now

sit back and counter with the front 4

it's what Spain do and it's won them two tournaments, they haven't allowed a goal in the last two knockout rounds and it's not because they attack so much

d_phaneuf · 06-03-2012, 05:50 PM

Supposedly the feed TSN showing is the BBC feed and not the international one, hope they pick up the BBC in studio and now have their own as well

VANFLAMESFAN · 06-04-2012, 12:20 AM

Does this mean we get Martin Tyler? Because that would be awesome. I believe he hasn't been part of whatever Canadian coverage we get since 2004 EURO.

d_phaneuf · 06-04-2012, 07:59 AM

He works for Sky, and they don't have any coverage of the tournament

in the UK it's split between BBC and ITV

If the feed does turn out to be the international one it's probably him

GirlySports · 06-04-2012, 08:31 AM

It's not BBC.

Luke Wileman ‏@LukeWileman
@AndyPereira1986 I don't know Andy. We're taking the UEFA world feed, so likely some of the usual guys that do the big tournaments

Also Darren Anderton will be joining Jason Devos in the TSN studio.

VANFLAMESFAN · 06-04-2012, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

He works for Sky, and they don't have any coverage of the tournament

in the UK it's split between BBC and ITV

If the feed does turn out to be the international one it's probably him

But he hasn't been on the international feed or whatever feed TSN/Sportsnet/CBC have used for the last couple of major tourneys.

Locke · 06-04-2012, 12:57 PM

The real question is: How many games does John Helm get?

I for one believe we should start a petition to have him do every single Greece game.

GirlySports · 06-04-2012, 01:56 PM

Couple of people have asked me to come up with a little picking game for the European Championships... since I seem to be the creator of little picking games

So here's an easy one.

Predict the final standings of the 16 teams qualified for the Euro 2012. Pick the 4 teams that will lose in Quarter-finals, the 2 teams that will lose in Semi-finals, the Runner-Up and Winner.

PM me your picks in the following format:

QF: TeamA, TeamB, TeamC, TeamD
SF: TeamE, TeamF
RU: TeamG
W: TeamH

Points are allocated as follows.

Code:

     1     2   SF   QF
1   500   200   75   20          
2   200   300  100   25   
 
SF   75   100  200   50          
QF   20    25   50  100

How's that sound?

troutman · 06-04-2012, 02:12 PM

McDonald's Fantasy Football
http://en.euro2012fantasy.uefa.com/

troutman · 06-04-2012, 02:21 PM

Group A
1.Czech
2. Russia
3. Poland
4. Greece

Group B
1. Netherlands
2. Germany
3. Portugal
4. Denmark

Group C
1. Ireland
2. Spain
3. Italy
4. Croatia

Group D
1. France
2. Sweden
3. England
4. Ukraine

QF
Germany over Czech
Netherlands over Russia
Ireland over Sweden
Spain over France

SF
Ireland over Germany
Spain over Netherlands

F
Ireland over Spain

Believe it!

GirlySports · 06-04-2012, 02:33 PM

You can PM your picks to me.. to be more discreet

You Need a Thneed · 06-04-2012, 02:52 PM

Group A
1.Czech
2. Russia
3. Greece
4. Poland

Group B
1. Germany
2. Netherlands
3. Denmark
4. Portugal

Group C
1. Spain
2. Croatia
3. Italy
4. Ireland

Group D
1. Sweden
2. England
3. Ukraine
4. France

QF
Netherlands over Czech
Germany over Russia
England over Spain
Sweden over Croatia

SF
Netherlands over England
Germany over Sweden

F
Netherlands over Germany

Cecil Terwilliger · 06-04-2012, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Croatia striker Ivica Olic has been ruled out of Euro 2012 because of a thigh injury.

http://www.canada.com/sports/soccer/...758/story.html

M*A*S*H 4077 · 06-04-2012, 03:58 PM

Group A
1.Czech
2. Russia
3. Greece
4. Poland

Group B
1. Germany
2. Netherlands
3. Portugal
4. Denmark

Group C
1. Spain
2. Croatia
3. Italy
4. Ireland

Group D
1. France
2. Sweden
3. England
4. Ukraine

QF
Netherlands over Czech
Germany over Russia
Spain over Sweden
Croatia over France

SF
Netherlands over Spain
Germany over Croatia

F
Germany over Netherlands