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Time to stick your neck out, even just a little bit if you're opting for one of the favourites... Who do you think will win Euro 2024?

Anyone chucked on any decent bets? @JoshBRFC mainly looking at you . You usually pipe up after the tournament is done with your winnings - what you got on mate? Some I've done so far: Group win acca - Germany, Spain, England, France, Belgium, Portugal - 10/1 Fernandes & Tielemans to score 1+ goal from outside the box 9/1 England, France, Germany & Portugal each to score 10+ goals in the tournament - 6/1 France to win the tournament, Spain top of their group, Kane to score 5+ goals - 25/1 Germany to make semi-finals; Albania & Hungary to finish bottom of their groups; Mbappe to score 6+ goals - 40/1 Fiver on each apart from the bottom two, which have £2 on.

Wow, I know it felt like an age going through COVID but that was a long week.

Labour really shooting themselves in the foot with a) their treatment of Faiza Shaheen, b) the hiring/acceptance of someone like Natalie Elphicke and c) the hiring/acceptance of Luke Akehurst into the party. All they have to do is avoid controversy and they'll keep votes. It's embarrassing seeing them try to fuck this up.

Sounds right up your street to go sign for RB Leeds now Conflicted Coma!

We'll take him as a replacement for Dewsbury-Hall or Ndidi

PLEASE GET ALL PREDICTIONS IN BY FRIDAY 14th JUNE - Topic will be LOCKED at 20.00 (BST) Friday 14th June, 2024 Group A Germany vs Scotland, 20.00 Saturday 15th June, 2024 Group A Hungary vs Switzerland, 14.00 Group B Spain vs Croatia, 17.00 Italy vs Albania, 20.00 Sunday 16th June, 2024 Group C Slovenia vs Denmark, 17.00 Serbia vs England, 20.00 Group D Poland vs Netherlands, 14.00 Monday 17th June, 2024 Group E Romania vs Ukraine, 14.00 Belgium vs Slovakia, 17.00 Group D Austria vs France, 20.00 Tuesday 18th June, 2024 Turkey vs Georgia, 14.00 Portugal vs Czech Republic, 20.00 I will send out a reminder 2-3 days beforehand for anyone that hasn't predicted.

So there's 9 players listed above that meet that criteria, or will soon given their age as some are currently under 21. Plus a quick scour around the internet shows the following are also classed as home-grown, or if currently U21 will be classed as HG if Chelsea keep them by the time they turn 21: Robert Sanchez Jamie Cumming Marcus Bettinelli Ian Maatsen Bashir Humphreys Tino Anjorin Harvey Vale Mason Burstow Granted some might not stick around, but they're not short of homegrown players, or with several players in their academy that could come through the ranks.

Shite. Can't tell it's a football club badge. Looks like a sign for a bottle bank.

Corberan or van Nistelrooy apparently.

Off the top of my head: Chalobah, Colwill, Chilwell, James, Gilchrist, Sterling, Chukwuemeka, Madueke, Palmer. Not even sure what the HG rules are these days but there's enough there I think, plus enough players U21 that don't need to be counted into the squads. As for 'last real asset', just patently not true.

Funny how managers are quick to point the finger at domestic cups for 'fixture congestion' but not heard many, if any, managers shout out at the Champions League expansion...

It's like playing FM for 20 years and seeing who's knocking around at a club you never thought they'd be associated with

Where's that money come from?!

Don't mind players progressing but this stuff annoys me in football. Palace have their hands on a decent player but they don't get enough time (not even 2 seasons?!) out of him because a big club will just pay stupid money even if they slap a massive price tag on him.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cl7725g1xjdo

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Tag colours need changing

Final squad announced

Protecting the big clubs once again.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c9een8l88xko

I didn't need to read the Wiki entry, so no I didn't ignore anything. You haven't seen the videos. No-one knows what the new evidence was. I don't think it's ever been publicised. But what was publicised was Greenwood beating the shit out of his then girlfriend. Clear evidence, not a Wikipedia line. Charges being dropped doesn't equate to not being an abuser.

Sorry but that doesn't absolve who he is or what his behaviour is like towards women. Whether fans know about it or not shouldn't be the decision-maker for Dortmund, and Dortmund themselves would fully know his history (if not, they must be living under a rock). It's not about Dortmund's reputation in the UK, either. There's probably a reason football magazines or media outlets didn't report it. It may be that they didn't want to be open to all kinds of legal minefields on what they can/can't report. Have you seen the videos of when the abuse surfaced? They're not pleasant. He's a vile man and Dortmund would do well to steer clear of signing someone like this, whether his reputation is bad/not known in Germany or not.

It's his domestic abuse history - I wouldn't want him anywhere near us!