The Official EURO 2012 thread

[Yossarian]

Who will start in goal for the Dutssch, Vorm or Krul?:-k

 

[WhoopWhoop]

No but I've seen plenty of documentaries on racism in ex soviet countries it's a problem a big problem that's been going on for many many years. Sure the tournament will happen with extra security nothing major will happen and we won't hear much about it again on the likes of panorama

 

[Modric THFC]

Same fears before most tournaments. Huge scare before 2006 for instance.

 

[WhoopWhoop]

And last World cup remember getting told how the locals of Soweto were going to rape and murder fans on a daily basis

 

[COYS]

Cheese Balls are gonna win!!

 

[Leeds Spur]

Hopefully you guys are right. Wouldn't go near Donetsk myself!!

 

[WhoopWhoop]

Went Donetsk in 2009? Admittedly a few people did get picked off when on their own but then that happned in Bremen too. As soon as spurs fans were in group of more then 5/6 people they just didn't want to know and left everyone alone main reason I wouldn't go again not so much the people just the place itself seriously depressing

 

[N10 Yiddo]

Akinfeev (Russia have a tinkle-easy group)

Zhirkov--Pique--Cole

Ox--Ben Arfa--Busquets--Kranjcar

Balotelli--RVP--Ronaldo


Didn't pick any Germany, Holland or Portugal defenders, that group is going to be crazy!

 

[N10 Yiddo]

Who will start in goal for the Dutssch, Vorm or Krul?:-k

Stekelenberg... Shows how good their squad is that Vorm is 3rd-choice keeper!

 

[charlietheyid]

Im in.

---------------------Hart

Abate--------Mexes----------Agger-------Boateng

--------------De Jong------Iniesta-------

Young-------------------------------------Eriksen

-----------Van Persie--------Benzema

 

[SUIYHA]

There are elements of racism and hooliganism in the "developed" footballing nations, but the fact is, if anyone had been wearing the racist clothes or holding the racist banners that were shown on Panorama last night in an English football game, the police would have used CCTV to identify and arrest the culprits immediately.

You can't even call it a vocal minority when you have huge banners being shown in the stadium and entire crowds making Nazi salutes and screaming sieg heil. When those Asian guys were getting the brick kicked out of them, did anyone step in? Nobody did anything about it.

In big cities in Eastern Europe like Warsaw or Moscow, I get the impression that racism, while still more prevalent than in the UK, isn't such a big problem. You have people like Emmanuel Olisadebe who is very popular in Poland. But when you go to these small coal mining Ukrainian towns...well let's just say that the people there don't interact with foreigners very often.

Just take a look at the attitude from one of our ex-players to see what I mean:

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11675_2213776,00.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ant-warns-Pavlyuchenko-dangers-Tottenham.html

 

[chancer]

An interesting and thoughtful piece in the Grauniad about Ukraine's PR problems:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/may/28/euro-2012-ukraine-sol-campbell

 

[alen_cro]

Akinfeev (Russia have a tinkle-easy group)

Zhirkov--Pique--Cole

Ox--Ben Arfa--Busquets--Kranjcar

Balotelli--RVP--Ronaldo


Didn't pick any Germany, Holland or Portugal defenders, that group is going to be crazy!

Kranjčar most likely won't start

 

[WhoopWhoop]

How are holland likely to line up in this tournament? We likely to see much of rafa affelay and hunterlaar

 

[Jordinho]

Frank Lampard suffers a thigh injury in training. Jordan Henderson on standby as the Chelsea midfielder is monitored.

 

[Kingdawson]

How are holland likely to line up in this tournament? We likely to see much of rafa affelay and hunterlaar

---------------De jong/Van bommel----------VDV---------------------------

------------------------------------Sneider-----------------------------------

----RVP---------------------------------------------------------------Robben--

---------------------------------Huntelaar-------------------------------------

 

[markysimmo]

Frank Lampard suffers a thigh injury in training. Jordan Henderson on standby as the Chelsea midfielder is monitored.

How on earth is Henderson anywhere near the squad, its simply ridiculous

 

[indianspur]

How on earth is Henderson anywhere near the squad, its simply ridiculous

the state of English football

 

[spursworm]

This England squad is getting ridiculous. If Lampard pulls out then we are truly struggling. we were struggling anyway but it seems Johnson, Welbeck, Parker and now Lampard arent actually fit

 

[ArcspacE]

welbeck is puss.

Can't believe he's ahead of Sturridge. Amazing what playing a few games for Utd can do to one's career