Euro 2024

[Tommy]

Posters for the host cities:

 

[Stan]

I'm so glad it's reverting back to a single-host country. Germany will do it properly as well. 

[Dave]

Just in time for Germany to have a new wave of talent to come through and crush us.

The multi-host continent idea may be a good model for when Fifa eventually get there way and we have a 128 team World Cup every six months but even with limited attendances you could see the advantage it gave hosting nations and in a tournament of this size it did feel unessecary. 

[Tommy]

Five games will be played in Düsseldorf. Obviously mainly to show the world our state of the art retractable roof. 

[Azeem]

Unless it has highly precise sensors that retract the roof itself if its about to rain or too hot then yawn

[Tommy]

[Stan]

3 minutes ago, Tommy said:

I like the look of Group C's fixtures. 

[Rucksackfranzose]

St.Pauli were concratually guaranteed to be grant right to make decisions, which national teams may train at their Millerntor stadiums during Euro 24 and which ones may not. They insisted on the stance only teams of nations that are compatible to the club's values and aims were allowed to train there. Some may say it's positive a football club is prepared to stand for their own principles, personally I'm furious they're granted the right to act as an attitude police.

[Whiskey]

Germany is such a boring choice, as if 2006 wasn't dull enough.

[Azeem]

2006 was the last World Cup that had quality sides and entertainment, either one has been missing since then. 

[Lucas]

On 22/06/2022 at 14:05, Whiskey said:

Germany is such a boring choice, as if 2006 wasn't dull enough.

I think Germany will be a great Euro's. Easy to get to, some great spots, every game will sell out, and I think it adds to the tournament when the host country can go far and genuinely even win it.

I would like to see another big tournament in Spain soon though, they are due to host something.

[Danny]

Would be cool to go over and just go to some of the fan parks.

[Stan]

Qualifier Group Stage Draw takes places on 9th October in Frankfurt. Rankings are based on how teams fared in the Nations League group stages:

 

 

*Germany automatically qualify as they are hosts

**Russia, ranked 32, are banned. 

Teams that don't qualify through this group stage will compete in a play-off based on their Nations League ranking.

[Azeem]

Germany tends to win tournaments that happen in years which end with 4 - 1954, 1974, 2014

[Stan]

Germany don't usually win in tournaments when the year ends in '4':

1934 - 3rd

1964 - didn't qualify

1984 - lost in final

1994 - quarter-finals

2004 - 3rd in Group D

[Gunnersaurus]

4 hours ago, Stan said:

Qualifier Group Stage Draw takes places on 9th October in Frankfurt. Rankings are based on how teams fared in the Nations League group stages:

 

 

*Germany automatically qualify as they are hosts

**Russia, ranked 32, are banned. 

Teams that don't qualify through this group stage will compete in a play-off based on their Nations League ranking.

It could be quite a hard qulifying campaign for England. Am abit pissed of at being in pot after reaching the last final but thats the way it is. I think we would have a good chance if getting in the play offs if we dont get in the top 2 in out group. Which considering we could get spain and Belgium is possible.  I remember when we didn't qualify in 2008 it was horrible 

[Gunnersaurus]

2 hours ago, Stan said:

Germany don't usually win in tournaments when the year ends in '4':

1934 - 3rd

1964 - didn't qualify

1984 - lost in final

1994 - quarter-finals

2004 - 3rd in Group D

England don't tend to win tournaments that end in any number 

[Dan+]

England should keep Southgate until the draw has been done as that guarantees our pot one side will be Poland or Switzerland then sack him.

[Rucksackfranzose]

28 minutes ago, Dan said:

England should keep Southgate until the draw has been done as that guarantees our pot one side will be Poland or Switzerland then sack him.

Thought the experience England made with Hungary would prevent them from underrating Poland and Switzerland. Was that assumption premature?

Edited September 28, 2022 by Rucksackfranzose

[Tommy]

3 hours ago, Beelzebub said:

Germany tends to win tournaments that happen in years which end with 4 - 1954, 1974, 2014

 

3 hours ago, Stan said:

Germany don't usually win in tournaments when the year ends in '4':

1934 - 3rd

1964 - didn't qualify

1984 - lost in final

1994 - quarter-finals

2004 - 3rd in Group D

[Dan+]

1 hour ago, Rucksackfranzose said:

Thought the experience England made with Hungary would prevent them from underrating Poland and Switzerland. Was that assumption premature?

There's a reason I specifically didn't say Hungary. We seem to always get Poland/Switzerland and I can't ever recall losing to either of them.

[Devil-Dick Willie]

3 hours ago, Dan said:

There's a reason I specifically didn't say Hungary. We seem to always get Poland/Switzerland and I can't ever recall losing to either of them.

You lost to Switzerland in euro 2012 qualifying because James Milner is a donkey and always was. IIRC

[Devil-Dick Willie]

When I think of teams England always seem to end up playing I think of Germany and Sweden. 

[Dan+]

Nah drew at home but beat them away. I don't think either side are rubbish but they're just the obviously kinder teams from pot one. It'd be Southgate like draw luck to avoid France or Spain to get a side we usually beat.

It's actually possible to have Faroe Islands, Malta and San Marino in the same group. I think if anybody can do it it's Southgate.

[Spike]

2 hours ago, Dan said:

Nah drew at home but beat them away. I don't think either side are rubbish but they're just the obviously kinder teams from pot one. It'd be Southgate like draw luck to avoid France or Spain to get a side we usually beat.

It's actually possible to have Faroe Islands, Malta and San Marino in the same group. I think if anybody can do it it's Southgate.

England would draw every game