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Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 2:48:42 PM   
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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 2:50:35 PM   
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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 2:52:25 PM   
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Well, Euro 2008 starts today and I suppose our European forumers would be busy for 3 weeks. England will win!


I suspect that German efficiency will win out against Portugal in the final. I would prefer Holland to win though, or Croatia as I'd win £180 if they did

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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 3:59:36 PM   
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Well, Euro 2008 starts today and I suppose our European forumers would be busy for 3 weeks.






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England will win!


Sorry mate... but that's impossible... we took care of that few months ago...


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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 5:19:16 PM   
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Also got a double on Portugal to win and the slime that is Ronaldo to finish top scorer

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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 5:37:34 PM   
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In order to win we would have had to qualify, which we didn't. I suspect it will therefore be of marginal distraction to all but the most die hard fan.

Roger

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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 5:45:20 PM   
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In order to win we would have had to qualify, which we didn't. I suspect it will therefore be of marginal distraction to all but the most die hard fan.

Roger

"Ohne England, fahr'n wir zur EM, ohne England fahr'n wir zur EM" *sing*





At least with the Germans there, it gives us three teams to support in the group stages - Austria, Croatia and Poland!!

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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 5:56:49 PM   
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At least with the Germans there, it gives us three teams to support in the group stages - Austria, Croatia and Poland!!


"Soccer is a game for 22 people that run around, play the ball, and one referee who makes a slew of mistakes, and in the end Germany wins." Gary Lineker



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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 6:15:09 PM   
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Well, Euro 2008 starts today and I suppose our European forumers would be busy for 3 weeks. England will win!


Whats Euro 2008?

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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 6:18:57 PM   
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Well, Euro 2008 starts today and I suppose our European forumers would be busy for 3 weeks. England will win!


Whats Euro 2008?

Whipple




Is that a serious question???????????????//

The Gary Lineker comment is spot on except it should end "and Germany wins ON PENALTIES"

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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 6:27:34 PM   
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Well, Euro 2008 starts today and I suppose our European forumers would be busy for 3 weeks. England will win!


Whats Euro 2008?

Whipple




Is that a serious question???????????????//

The Gary Lineker comment is spot on except it should end "and Germany wins ON PENALTIES"



Ayup, twas a serious question.

Soccer? pfft.

Rugby's the game for men.

I'd rather loose at rugby, than win at soccer.

Whipple


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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 6:28:35 PM   
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At least with the Germans there, it gives us three teams to support in the group stages - Austria, Croatia and Poland!!


"Soccer is a game for 22 people that run around, play the ball, and one referee who makes a slew of mistakes, and in the end Germany wins." Gary Lineker






Wasn't it Michel Platini who said once:
If Germany plays good, they'll be the world champion. If they play bad, the'll come into the finale"

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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 6:36:18 PM   
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Anyway, we are ready to do it again. Don't know if Rinus meant this though.....



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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 6:40:31 PM   
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Well, one can't be a german soccer fan without hateing both the teams of the Netherlands and of England. This musn't be questioned like shaving your legs and wearing white socks while riding a race bike


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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 7:01:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		I think Euro 2008 will be better than past because England isn't in it.  Every year you hear they'll win, and every year they seem to disappoint.  I wanted Walcott to get the experience though.  After what Croatia did to them in the qualifiers, I'm pulling for them.  Don't know if they can do it without Eduardo.

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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 7:15:21 PM   
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I think Euro 2008 will be better than past because England isn't in it.  Every year you hear they'll win, and every year they seem to disappoint.  I wanted Walcott to get the experience though.  After what Croatia did to them in the qualifiers, I'm pulling for them.  Don't know if they can do it without Eduardo.




Whoa, whoa, WHOa!!!!!!!!!!!! Better without England in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Surely we will be missed - if only for our misplaced conceit and unreasonable smugness.

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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 7:21:37 PM   
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I think Euro 2008 will be better than past because England isn't in it. Every year you hear they'll win, and every year they seem to disappoint. I wanted Walcott to get the experience though. After what Croatia did to them in the qualifiers, I'm pulling for them. Don't know if they can do it without Eduardo.




Whoa, whoa, WHOa!!!!!!!!!!!! Better without England in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Surely we will be missed - if only for our misplaced conceit and unreasonable smugness.


And the unexplainable belief that we will win it as we are better than every other team there including world cup winners Whilst I'm a bit miffed that England won't be there, it could be the catalyst that makes them sort themselves out (but probably not). It'll also be an interesting feeling not really minding who wins

Come on Holland! (and not just for the comedy Dutch accents in the poost match interviews )

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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 7:32:30 PM   
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You're dutch?

Well, one can't be a german soccer fan without hateing both the teams of the Netherlands and of England. This musn't be questioned like shaving your legs and wearing white socks while riding a race bike




Reminds me of an excellent joke:

A German boy goes shopping on his birthday. His sister asks him what he would like and he picks up an England shirt - she hits him over the head and tells him to go to talk to his mother. His mother sees the shirt, hits him over the head and tells him to go to see his father. He shows his father the shirt - he gets another whack over the head and is told to wait in the car until the rest of the family have done their shopping.
The family drive home in silence. At home the father sits his son down and says, "Well Hans, what have you learnt today?"
The boy answers "Well, Dad, I've only been an England fan for an hour and I hate you f~@~@~@~ German B~@&*&*s already!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

(no offence intended, Historiker)

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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 7:56:24 PM   
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You're dutch?

Well, one can't be a german soccer fan without hateing both the teams of the Netherlands and of England. This musn't be questioned like shaving your legs and wearing white socks while riding a race bike




Yeah, we Germans hate the Dutch and English soccer teams even when we don't even care about soccer!

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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 8:24:32 PM   
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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 8:50:56 PM   
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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 8:51:32 PM   
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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 8:59:54 PM   
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You're dutch?

Well, one can't be a german soccer fan without hateing both the teams of the Netherlands and of England. This musn't be questioned like shaving your legs and wearing white socks while riding a race bike




Reminds me of an excellent joke:

A German boy goes shopping on his birthday. His sister asks him what he would like and he picks up an England shirt - she hits him over the head and tells him to go to talk to his mother. His mother sees the shirt, hits him over the head and tells him to go to see his father. He shows his father the shirt - he gets another whack over the head and is told to wait in the car until the rest of the family have done their shopping.
The family drive home in silence. At home the father sits his son down and says, "Well Hans, what have you learnt today?"
The boy answers "Well, Dad, I've only been an England fan for an hour and I hate you f~@~@~@~ German B~@&*&*s already!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

(no offence intended, Historiker)


That's no offense - we ourselfes tell this joke (while I remember it to be told about wearing a Dutch shirt)

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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 9:00:02 PM   
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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 9:00:34 PM   
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Poland will beat Germany

let's talk again tomorrow night

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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 9:48:59 PM   
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And coming to the rivalry with the dutch

The classic Vid http://www.myvideo.de/watch/1508853/deutschland_vs_holland   from the las Euro ;)



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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 9:58:23 PM   
ird

 

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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 10:06:43 PM   
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But both teams were very poor - should be Turkey and Portugal going thru from that group


But when the refs realy do punish diving as hard as it is told, then portugal, espc. Ronaldo will have a big problem.

And I didn`t see Switzerland that bad, they only missed their opportunities.

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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/7/2008 10:51:21 PM   
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RE: Very OT : Euro 2008 - 6/8/2008 12:08:08 AM   
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But both teams were very poor - should be Turkey and Portugal going thru from that group


The group winners IMO will be:

Group A: Portugal & Czech Republic
Group B: Germany & Croatia
Group C: Italy & Holland (the only group I'm not sure of...)
Group D: Spain & Russia

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