Ultimate Football (Soccer) Thread (2011-2012)

by **Valanora** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:58 pm

This Euro is going to be fun with all the traditional powers in a bit of a rut. I'm hoping someone like Ireland sneaks away with the title, but my money is on the Dutchies to rise to the occasion.

by **TaQud** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:30 pm

Valanora wrote:I'm hoping someone like Ireland sneaks away with the title,

Its Disserbia's twin :rofl:

by **Disserbia** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:35 pm

TaQud wrote:
Valanora wrote:I'm hoping someone like Ireland sneaks away with the title,

Its Disserbia's twin

Ireland to win it! BELIEVE!

by **Nazis in Space** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:27 pm

Okay. With all the injuries and shit, I'm going to slightly revise my predictions from last december.

Group A
Poland 7 pts (First on goal difference)
Greece 7 pts
Russia 3 pts
Czech Republic 0 pts

Group B
Germany 9 pts
Netherlands 4 pts (Through on goal difference)
Denmark 4 pts
Portugal 0 pts

Group C
Spain 9 pts
Italy 4 pts
Ireland 2 pts
Croatia 1 pts

Group D
France 7 pts (First on goal difference)
Sweden 7 pts
England 1 pts
Ukraine 1 pts

Quarterfinals
Poland def. Netherlands (Chokers gonna choke)
Germany def. Greece
Spain def. Sweden (Penalties)
France def. Italy

Semifinals
Spain def. Poland
France def. Germany (Overtime)

Final
Spain def. France (Penalties)

A pity. I fucking hate the present French squad and wouldn't mind to see Sweden come far. Alas...

Actually, for that reason... The way I'd like to see the EC play out, regardless of how unrealistic it is:

Group A
Poland 9 pts
Greece 6 pts
Russia 1 pts
Czech Republic 1 pts

Group B
Germany 9 pts
Denmark 6 pts
Netherlands 3 pts (:D)
Portugal 0 pts

Group C
Italy 7 pts (First on goal difference)
Spain 7 pts
Ireland 1 pts
Croatia 1 pts

Group D
Sweden 9 pts
England 6 pts (Favouring England reaching the quarterfinal... I really don't like this group when I want England of all teams to get far)
France 3 pts
Ukraine 0 pts

Quarterfinals
Denmark def. Poland (Penalties)
Germany def. Greece
England def. Italy (Penalties) (Jesus fuck what's wrong with me :()
Sweden def. Spain

Semifinals
Denmark def. England (FINALLY!)
Germany def. Sweden (Penalties)

Final
Germany def. Denmark (Penalties) (REVENGEEEEEE FOR 1992!)

Oh, yeah. Kicking out two scandinavians in a row should be worth a SatW comic, too~

by **Miasto Lodz** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:48 am

Disserbia wrote:Why is group A such a joke compared to all the others. Ireland to win it!

For Poland it's a group of death. Seriously. It would be still a group of death even if we had the national teams of Care Bears, Moomins and Teletubbies to play.

by **Disserbia** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:53 am

Miasto Lodz wrote:
Disserbia wrote:Why is group A such a joke compared to all the others. Ireland to win it!

For Poland it's a group of death. Seriously. It would be still a group of death even if we had the national teams of Care Bears, Moomins and Teletubbies to play.

No its not. Poland would have less of a chance in any other group.

Nazis in Space wrote:Okay. With all the injuries and shit, I'm going to slightly revise my predictions from last december.

Group A
Poland 7 pts (First on goal difference)
Greece 7 pts
Russia 3 pts
Czech Republic 0 pts

Group B
Germany 9 pts
Netherlands 4 pts (Through on goal difference)
Denmark 4 pts
Portugal 0 pts

Group C
Spain 9 pts
Italy 4 pts
Ireland 2 pts
Croatia 1 pts

Group D
France 7 pts (First on goal difference)
Sweden 7 pts
England 1 pts
Ukraine 1 pts

Quarterfinals
Poland def. Netherlands (Chokers gonna choke)
Germany def. Greece
Spain def. Sweden (Penalties)
France def. Italy

Semifinals
Spain def. Poland
France def. Germany (Overtime)

Final
Spain def. France (Penalties)

A pity. I fucking hate the present French squad and wouldn't mind to see Sweden come far. Alas...

Actually, for that reason... The way I'd like to see the EC play out, regardless of how unrealistic it is:

Group A
Poland 9 pts
Greece 6 pts
Russia 1 pts
Czech Republic 1 pts

Group B
Germany 9 pts
Denmark 6 pts
Netherlands 3 pts (:D)
Portugal 0 pts

Group C
Italy 7 pts (First on goal difference)
Spain 7 pts
Ireland 1 pts
Croatia 1 pts

Group D
Sweden 9 pts
England 6 pts (Favouring England reaching the quarterfinal... I really don't like this group when I want England of all teams to get far)
France 3 pts
Ukraine 0 pts

Quarterfinals
Denmark def. Poland (Penalties)
Germany def. Greece
England def. Italy (Penalties) (Jesus fuck what's wrong with me )
Sweden def. Spain

Semifinals
Denmark def. England (FINALLY!)
Germany def. Sweden (Penalties)

Final
Germany def. Denmark (Penalties) (REVENGEEEEEE FOR 1992!)

Oh, yeah. Kicking out two scandinavians in a row should be worth a SatW comic, too~

I don't agree with a single group prediction of yours. At all. JS.

by **Miasto Lodz** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:55 am

A nice website containing the proper pronunciation of players' names in order to have some lulz of your local commentator.

by **Neu Leonstein** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:16 am

Disserbia wrote:
TaQud wrote:Its Disserbia's twin

Ireland to win it! BELIEVE!

Winning it would go a bit far. But at these tournaments you just have to be really hard to beat. And of all the teams that are going to try playing like Chelsea (Ireland, Greece, England, maybe others) Ireland have been training the hardest for it, have the best coach for it and seem most likely to pull it off. So I think if Italy do have an off day (and I think they will), Ireland might just sneak out of their group.

By the way, I read something today suggesting that Spain's current likely setup (with Iniesta and Silva in front of Xavi) looks vulnerable to get into the same situation as their first game against Switzerland at the last World Cup. Because both 'wingers' try to go into the centre, they end up standing on each others' toes and can be defended against fairly effectively. Until Del Bosque gives up on Silva and replaces him with Pedro, or Navas, or some other proper wide player, that gives sides a decent chance to keep them out. It's like Barca, but without Messi.

by **TaQud** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:15 am

Neu Leonstein wrote:
Disserbia wrote:Ireland to win it! BELIEVE!

Winning it would go a bit far. But at these tournaments you just have to be really hard to beat. And of all the teams that are going to try playing like Chelsea (Ireland, Greece, England, maybe others) Ireland have been training the hardest for it, have the best coach for it and seem most likely to pull it off. So I think if Italy do have an off day (and I think they will), Ireland might just sneak out of their group.

By the way, I read something today suggesting that Spain's current likely setup (with Iniesta and Silva in front of Xavi) looks vulnerable to get into the same situation as their first game against Switzerland at the last World Cup. Because both 'wingers' try to go into the centre, they end up standing on each others' toes and can be defended against fairly effectively. Until Del Bosque gives up on Silva and replaces him with Pedro, or Navas, or some other proper wide player, that gives sides a decent chance to keep them out. It's like Barca, but without Messi.

Thus Germany or Sweden will win then

by **Nazis in Space** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 7:33 am

Disserbia wrote:I don't agree with a single group prediction of yours. At all. JS.

That's okay. Not everyone can have the awesome footballing competence and Nostradaemus-esque ability to predict results that I have

by **Serrland** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:25 am

Stewart Downing wrote:"We are confident we can get a result. We don't fear them.

...

"We know they are a good team but so are we. We know their strength and weaknesses."

Hmmmm. Seems to me like he's whistling past the graveyard...

by **Rubiconic Crossings V2 rev 1f** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:09 am

Serrland wrote:
Stewart Downing wrote:"We are confident we can get a result. We don't fear them.

...

"We know they are a good team but so are we. We know their strength and weaknesses."

Hmmmm. Seems to me like he's whistling past the graveyard...

I miss Psycho...

by **Central Lothian** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:26 pm

Nazis in Space wrote:England def. Italy (Penalties) (Jesus fuck what's wrong with me )

That ain't ever gonna happen - after all, have England ever won a penalty shoot-out?

*Rebecca searches*

Ah, I see they have. Once. Before Jessica was born (that was September 1996).

by **Disserbia** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:39 pm

Nazis in Space wrote:
Disserbia wrote:I don't agree with a single group prediction of yours. At all. JS.
That's okay. Not everyone can have the awesome footballing competence and Nostradaemus-esque ability to predict results that I have

I'm usually pretty spot on. We shall see though.

by **Disserbia** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:41 pm

Neu Leonstein wrote:
Disserbia wrote:Ireland to win it! BELIEVE!

Winning it would go a bit far. But at these tournaments you just have to be really hard to beat. And of all the teams that are going to try playing like Chelsea (Ireland, Greece, England, maybe others) Ireland have been training the hardest for it, have the best coach for it and seem most likely to pull it off. So I think if Italy do have an off day (and I think they will), Ireland might just sneak out of their group.

By the way, I read something today suggesting that Spain's current likely setup (with Iniesta and Silva in front of Xavi) looks vulnerable to get into the same situation as their first game against Switzerland at the last World Cup. Because both 'wingers' try to go into the centre, they end up standing on each others' toes and can be defended against fairly effectively. Until Del Bosque gives up on Silva and replaces him with Pedro, or Navas, or some other proper wide player, that gives sides a decent chance to keep them out. It's like Barca, but without Messi.

Ireland will pull a Greece. lol In all honesty I would rather that a team that parks the bus in front of the goal not win I would rather have it be an exciting game.

by **Forsher** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:46 pm

Stupid All Whites...

Here's to a New Caledonian appearance in the Confederation's Cup.

by **Utopia FTW** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 2:55 am

Forsher wrote:Stupid All Whites...

Here's to a New Caledonian appearance in the Confederation's Cup.

Here's to Tahiti!

by **Phoenigetuzstha** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 2:56 am

Utopia FTW wrote:
Forsher wrote:Stupid All Whites...

Here's to a New Caledonian appearance in the Confederation's Cup.

Here's to Tahiti!

I wanted the Solomon Islands to win, but, GO NEW CALEDONIA!

by **Cosmopoles** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 3:24 am

The deadline for joining the NSG fantasy football league is 17.45 CET tonight so sign up soon if you want to take part!

http://en.euro2012fantasy.uefa.com/

The code to join is 32766-61506.

by **Utopia FTW** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 3:27 am

Cosmopoles wrote:The deadline for joining the NSG fantasy football league is 17.45 CET tonight so sign up soon if you want to take part!

http://en.euro2012fantasy.uefa.com/

The code to join is 32766-61506.

Thanks, but no thanks.
About 6 more hours though, bring it on!

by **TaQud** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:02 am

Cosmopoles wrote:The deadline for joining the NSG fantasy football league is 17.45 CET tonight so sign up soon if you want to take part!

http://en.euro2012fantasy.uefa.com/

The code to join is 32766-61506.

nah Im doing the espn version

by **Voerdeland** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 5:35 am

OK, my predictions:

Group A:
1. Czech Republic
2. Russia
3. Poland
4. Greece
Group B:
1. Netherlands
2. Germany
3. Denmark
4. Portugal
Group C:
1. Spain
2. Croatia
3. Italy
4. Ireland
Group D:
1. England
2. Sweden
3. France
4. Ukraine

Quarter-finals:
Germany beats the Czech Republic
Spain beats Sweden
Netherlands beat Russia
England beats Croatia
Semi-finals:
Germany beats Spain
Netherlands beat England
Final:
Germany wins.

by **Krytenia** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:03 am

PREDICT-O-MATIC!

Group A
The "Group of Life", home advantage might help the Poles. Then again, they are also the worst team in the group, so...

1 Czech Rep
2 Russia
3 Poland
4 Greece

Group B
Germany v Netherlands decides the group...and I've going for the "Tournament Team" to nudge it. Denmark will get third, mainly because the Portuguese are a shadow of their former selves.

1 Germany
2 Netherlands
3 Denmark
4 Portugal

Group C
Spain win the group, with carnage in their wake. I'm tipping Ireland to do the biz over Italy, simply because the Azzurri don't like it up 'em.

1 Spain
2 Rep Ireland
3 Italy
4 Croatia

Group D
If Hodgson pulls off escaping this group, the FA will be forgiven. Can't see it happening though.

1 Sweden
2 France
3 England
4 Ukraine

Quarter-Finals
Russia v Germany - German ruthlessness trumps Russian flair.
Spain v France - Au revoir and bon riddance.
Czech Rep v Netherlands - The Czechs' reward for a group win is being Oranje purée.
Sweden v Ireland - Suffocate Zlatan, and the Swedes will fall.

Semi-Finals
Spain v Germany - Ze Germans. On penalties.
Netherlands v Ireland - Dutch RAWRCRUSH.

THE FINAL
Netherlands v Germany - I'll go for the Dutch second time around.

by **Rubiconic Crossings V2 rev 1f** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:47 am

43 minutes in and we have the first big ref decision...unlucky Greece.

Get in there Poland!

by **Miasto Lodz** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:47 am

Somebody take this referee off the pitch, please. It's not fuckin' La Liga.

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