UEFA Euro 2012

Anyone Irish on here? Go to hell!

GO IRISH!

shabbs wrote:GO IRISH!

The went... and now they're gone.

Big Ev wrote:Anyone Irish on here? Go to hell!

I have Irish, Scottish and English roots, but I don't care about soccer/football.

Sweden vs France and England vs Ukraine today.

England needs a tie to get through. A loss and they go home. Sweden is done, so France is playing to win the Pool. It will come down to goal differential if both England and France win today.

Is this Youeefa thing still going on?

The mighty Portuguese continue their successful Euro 2012 run.

More to come.

czech

Spain vs France on Saturday.
England vs Italy on Sunday.

Hope those English bastards get their arses beaten down on Sunday by the Azzurri

(okay I guess I'm English too...)

Big Ev wrote:Hope those English bastards get their arses beaten down on Sunday by the Azzurri

(okay I guess I'm English too...)

I prefer the English side to get as far as possible before the inevitable collapse and heartbreak.

That's who I cheer for internationally too.

Germany vs Greece today.

Oh... and GO ENGLAND!!!

When does this god forsaken "football" tournament end?

tim1_2 wrote:When does this god forsaken "football" tournament end?

When the mighty Portuguese win.

I think hockey fans just have a hard time with soccer. The game moves, comparatively, at a snail's pace, getting from one zone to another looks like a Herculean effort, goals are so rare, and the flopping can be rampant at times.

rooneypoo wrote:I think hockey fans just have a hard time with soccer. The game moves, comparatively, at a snail's pace, getting from one zone to another looks like a Herculean effort, goals are so rare, and the flopping can be rampant at times.

If you have a rooting interest it goes fast. Think of hockey, let's say Ottawa is down by a goal for the whole game the minutes tick away faster and faster due to the urgency to tie it up. A tie game has the same effect if you're anxious for the win. That's how I see it anyway because I find that these matches just fly by.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

rooneypoo wrote:I think hockey fans just have a hard time with soccer. The game moves, comparatively, at a snail's pace, getting from one zone to another looks like a Herculean effort, goals are so rare, and the flopping can be rampant at times.

If you have a rooting interest it goes fast. Think of hockey, let's say Ottawa is down by a goal for the whole game the minutes tick away faster and faster due to the urgency to tie it up. A tie game has the same effect if you're anxious for the win. That's how I see it anyway because I find that these matches just fly by.

I should have prefaced that statement with "I think many/some hockey fans..."

For me, the game moves so incredibly slow on the field. The pace of hockey has created a relish for a game at a very different speed, for me.