EURO 2004

[Barcelona]

Not too many hours left, but we can still make some predictions.
 
 Group A
 
 Portugal  
 Greece
 Spain  
 Russia
 
 Group B
 
 France
 England
 Switzerland
 Croatia
 
 
 Group C
 
 Sweden
 Bulgaria
 Denmark  
 Italy
 
 Group D
 
 Czech Republic
 Latvia
 Germany
 Netherlands
 
 Quarterfinals
 
 1 - First Group A - Second Group B
 2 - Second Group A - First Group B
 3 - First Group C - Second Group D
 4 - Second Group C - First Group D
 
 Semifinals
 
 1 - 3
 2 - 4
 
 
 My Quarterfinals
 1 - Portugal beats England
 2 - France beats Spain
 3 - Italy beats Czech Republic
 4 - Netherlands beats Denmark
 
 Semifinals
 Portugal loses to Italy
 France loses to the Netherlands
 
 Champions - The Netherlands
 
 I did it pretty fast, hope didn't mess around with the quarterfinals and semifinals.

[myuman]

The Dutch will be winless... no one will stop the French... The England match will be scoreless however.

[bungle bud]

eff the french, watch out for spain.

[Dethroned Emperor]

hahaha, portugal lost to greece 2-1! could this be the year a host nation goes crashing out in the first round?

[mankie]

I second bungle bud..EFF THE FRENCH!
 
 England's tournament this time....I feel it in me blood I tell ya!
 
 England will beat Spain 2-1 in the final

[sparklygirl]

will any of the matches be shown on tv here?

[Barcelona]

Originally posted by Dethroned Emperor:
  hahaha, portugal lost to greece 2-1! could this be the year a host nation goes crashing out in the first round?

I think Belgium didn't make it to the quarter finals when they hosted the Euro 2000 with Holland, not sure though.
 
 Happy to see Figo lose at home. It's going to be tough for Portugal now.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Bollocks:
  I second bungle bud..EFF THE FRENCH!
 
 England's tournament this time....I feel it in me blood I tell ya!

Any comments on yesterdays abysmal collapse, there Mank?
 
 Totally outplayed them for 89 minutes.  Too bad they play 90 plus stoppage time.
 
 Either one of two things happens from this:  Engerland realizes they can beat anybody if they play their best or they collapse.  There's no middle ground after yesterday.

[mankie]

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by Bollocks:
  I second bungle bud..EFF THE FRENCH!
 
 England's tournament this time....I feel it in me blood I tell ya!

Any comments on yesterdays abysmal collapse, there Mank?
 
 Totally outplayed them for 89 minutes.  Too bad they play 90 plus stoppage time.
 
 Either one of two things happens from this:  Engerland realizes they can beat anybody if they play their best or they collapse.  There's no middle ground after yesterday. [/b]

The England players have already said they hope they can meet the frogs in the final, because there's no way they could get that lucky twice....I think it will make the team stronger personally, but do admit I drank myself to a drunken heap last night after that result, and the way we lost.
 
 I also read that Henry was taunting the England fans after the game....that shit will come back to haunt him next season. TWAT needs to remember what country his paycheck comes from.

[mankie]

BTW....Becks should never have taken that penalty with Barthez in goal, he knows him too well. Either Rooney or Owen should've taken it and it would've been 2-0. Silvestre gets a red (which he should have) and it's game over. The only reason James didn't go off is because Silvestre didn't...let's just play the fucking rules here refs. Had the frogs been 2-0 and a man down, you could've had 20 minutes of injury time and we would've won.

[vansmack]

I agree with you on the Becks thing.
 
 How much is United going to go out and spend for Ledley King now?
 
 What in the hell was Gerrard thinking?
 
 And but for Zenadine, the frogs would have quit.  He makes that team so different than the usual group of french guys who quit in the face of adversity (dating all the way back to the 1600's).

[Barcelona]

Originally posted by Bollocks:
  BTW....Becks should never have taken that penalty with Barthez in goal, he knows him too well. Either Rooney or Owen should've taken it and it would've been 2-0. Silvestre gets a red (which he should have) and it's game over. The only reason James didn't go off is because Silvestre didn't...let's just play the fucking rules here refs. Had the frogs been 2-0 and a man down, you could've had 20 minutes of injury time and we would've won.

I think your goalkeeper should have gotten the red card. Henry was the last player. As for Silvestre, you still had Barthez. I think it was a stupid play by Silvestre, but to get him a red card? not sure. I am sorry for England, but to see a Madrid player miss a penalty kick sounds good to me (better if Zidane hadn't scored any goal though).

[poorlulu]

hey smackie
 
 where were you on sunday, markie went to the lucky bar looking for you at kickoff with no smackie in sight............he saw yer fat dj mate there though and he informed markie you were in san francisco.....................
 
 bad smackie

[vansmack]

Originally posted by poorlulu:
  hey smackie
 
 where were you on sunday, markie went to the lucky bar looking for you at kickoff with no smackie in sight............he saw yer fat dj mate there though and he informed markie you were in san francisco.....................
 
 bad smackie

Hangs head in shame........
 
 I wasn't able to change my flight.  The Reagan funeral business left flights out on Sunday at a premium.  I tried all week to change the flight to a later flight, but there were no other flights on Sunday. When I called the airlines on Sunday for one last shot, they told me that if I wasn't there an hour before my flight on Sunday, that I would likely lose my seat.  That made my 4:15 flight a bad time for me to watch the first half as I had planned and then get over to the airport.  Tell him I'm sorry.  
 
 It's truly my fault because I bought the original ticket thinking I was in the clear because the match was at 11:45 - one problem - the match was 11:45 Pacific Time.  It was 2:45 ET and I was screwed so I had smackette set the Tivo and I paid for the game, watched when I got back home in SF.
 
 Bad bad smackie.

[bungle bud]

france beat england
 james toseland, a very good looking british motorcycle racer who is one of the fittest men on the planet (he beat beckham and others in a fitness test) lost the superbike championship lead to regis laconi....a frenchman.
 randy depuniet won his first ever gp, another frenchman.
 sunday was a good day to be a frog.