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UEFA EURO 2024 (8 Viewers)

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CCFCSteve

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,731
Alkhen said:
So if both games end in a draw in group E and either Czechia or Georgia win we play 3rd in E?

This stuff fries my brain. Just expand the tournament to 32 teams FFS,ight as well, gives 8 shit nations a go and avoids this 3rd place bollocks
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I think so. Have to keep referring back to the screen shot …I’m a simple man and this is confusing
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,732
Alkhen said:
gives 8 shit nations a go
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I mean even Scotland made this one to be fair
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,733
None of the top teams are doing well apart from Germany and maybe Portugal.

I think it’s the groups allowing third place teams through. None of them are putting top effort in cos they know they can bimble through on minimum effort.

Hopefully that’s what England have done and will turn it on in knockouts. Doesn’t look like it though.
 
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oscillatewildly

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,734
What an absolutely mad group - Somebody is likely to be eliminated on 4 pts.
 

Alkhen

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,735
Liquid Gold said:
None of the top teams are doing well apart from Germany and maybe Portugal.

I think it’s the groups allowing third place teams through. None of them are putting top effort in cos they know they can bimble through on minimum effort.

Hopefully that’s what England have done and will turn it on in knockouts. Doesn’t look like it though.
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Southgate master plan to lull teams into a false sense of security
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,736
Cheeky shot from the corner. Nearly caught the keeper out.
 

Mucca Mad Boys

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,737
Alkhen said:
So if both games end in a draw in group E and either Czechia or Georgia win we play 3rd in E?

This stuff fries my brain. Just expand the tournament to 32 teams FFS,ight as well, gives 8 shit nations a go and avoids this 3rd place bollocks
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I honestly think it’s ruining the group stages at the Euros. To reflect on last nights game, but this applies elsewhere too, Slovenia were happy for a draw even if they finished 3rd place.

In this round of games, Romania and Slovakia both know they’re through irrespective of that happens in the other game.

Ironically, Belgium’s coach is highly regarded and they’re likely to finish second in the only group ranked lower than ours.
 

Evo1883

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,738
Mucca Mad Boys said:
I honestly think it’s ruining the group stages at the Euros. To reflect on last nights game, but this applies elsewhere too, Slovenia were happy for a draw even if they finished 3rd place.

In this round of games, Romania and Slovakia both know they’re through irrespective of that happens in the other game.

Ironically, Belgium’s coach is highly regarded and they’re likely to finish second in the only group ranked lower than ours.
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They need to go back to 4 groups( tough competition ) , or it has to be 8 (weaker competition )..

Can't have 3rd placed failures going through it's stupid
 
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oscillatewildly

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,739
Bottom straight to top gone in that chance.
 

robbiekeane

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,740
Mucca Mad Boys said:
honestly think it’s ruining the group stages at the Euros. To reflect on last nights game, but this applies elsewhere too, Slovenia were happy for a draw even if they finished 3rd place.
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I agree. Get rid of the 3rd placed teams nonsense. Top two go through again. Will make teams stop playing chess and actually play attacking football trying to win games
 
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Tommo1993

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,741
oscillatewildly said:
Bottom straight to top gone in that chance.
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Thought it was Kasey Palmer, had to rub my eyes. Straight at the keeper.
 

Evo1883

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,742
Belgium are also not very good
 
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oscillatewildly

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,743
Evo1883 said:
Belgium are also not very good
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We genuinely are in very good company.
 

Evo1883

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,744
oscillatewildly said:
We genuinely are in very good company.
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How they are 3rd in the world is beyond me
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,745
oscillatewildly said:
We genuinely are in very good company.
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Kompany?
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,746
That game was boring.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,747
Think it's been a competition without much quality at all this year ... really is a poor tournament compared to years ago
 

Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,748
robbiekeane said:
I agree. Get rid of the 3rd placed teams nonsense. Top two go through again. Will make teams stop playing chess and actually play attacking football trying to win games
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Evo1883 said:
They need to go back to 4 groups( tough competition ) , or it has to be 8 (weaker competition )..

Can't have 3rd placed failures going through it's stupid
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Realistically, UEFA will only expand it and I’m not against that, but let’s reduce the qualification process because I agree the competition would be weaker.

It’s fundamentally unfair, for example, that the teams in the later groups know exactly what they need to progress so it becomes like a chess match and not in a good way.

It really irritates me that all the weaker teams are happy to have 20-30% possession to force draws. Compare to the World Cup where we battered Wales because they needed a result against us.
 
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Deleted member 9744

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,749
So it seems to me we will play the Netherlands unless Czechia beat Portugal by 2 and Turkey win.
 

Evo1883

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,750
 
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xcraigx

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,751
Georgia need to beat Portugal by 2 or more and Czechia need to beat Turkey. I think it's fair to say we will be playing the Dutch.
 
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oscillatewildly

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,752
Evo1883 said:
How they are 3rd in the world is beyond me
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Who is?
 

Evo1883

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,753
oscillatewildly said:
Who is?
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Belgium
 
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oscillatewildly

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,754
Evo1883 said:
Belgium
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I didn't know that. Then again, we were constantly in the top 5 for so long, for god knows what reason.
 

jimmyhillsfanclub

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,755
xcraigx said:
Georgia need to beat Portugal by 2 or more and Czechia need to beat Turkey. I think it's fair to say we will be playing the Dutch.
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I reckon the Czech Republic beat Turkey.....
 
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jimmyhillsfanclub

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,756
oscillatewildly said:
I didn't know that. Then again, we were constantly in the top 5 for so long, for god knows what reason.
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England were fifa ranked 4th at start of the tournament....they're 5th now
 
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oscillatewildly

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,757
jimmyhillsfanclub said:
England were fifa ranked 4th at start of the tournament....they're 5th now
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oscillatewildly

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,758
For anybody who doesn't know (I didn't) Czech v Turkey is on Dave.
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,759
if we play holland we lose
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,760
Come on Czechia. Give us a piss easy route.
 
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,761
Ccfcisparks said:
if we play holland we lose
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They aren't very good at all and figuratively we should win quite easily.

It's more about us playing ourselves. Put in a performance like yesterday and we will indeed lose.
 
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SeaSeeEffCee

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,762
To be honest I’d rather we play the Netherlands as opposed to Slovakia at this point. We need a proper test to see whether we’ll sink or swim. Play Slovakia and we’ll probably just scab our way past them playing like we have done and then get whacked by Italy or the Swiss in the quarters.
 
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CCFCSteve

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,763
Evo1883 said:
Think it's been a competition without much quality at all this year ... really is a poor tournament compared to years ago
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I think it’s only fair to judge when the tournaments over. The set up has encouraged a pretty flat third round of games. Having said that I thought the first round of games was better than usual, when everyones usually just trying not to be beaten

The real tournament begins at the knock outs
 
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Evo1883

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  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,764
Straight forward goal
 

Alkhen

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 26, 2024
  • #2,765
Comms just said that Eng would play Slovenia if Georgia win... I have zero idea if that is true
 
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