Anonymous
Post 06/26/2021 22:49     Subject: Euro Championships
Denmark and Italy will win. That’s my Lock the week!
Anonymous
Post 06/26/2021 20:56     Subject: Euro Championships
Anonymous wrote:Okay let’s talk about the elephant in the room...why England, Wales and Scotland...really? Should be one team for all of them.


It has to do with history and not geopolitics https://sites.duke.edu/wcwp/tournament-guides/european-cup-2016-guide/the-united-kingdom-one-nation-four-teams/. Even as Ted Lasso was famously reminded ("how many countries are in this country?") that four national teams are in one actual country, the only time I can remember a UK unified team was during the 2012 London Olympics (which was an exception rather than the rule). Also it is interesting in club football that while Scottish clubs like Glasgow Rangers and Celtic compete in Scotland's own leagues, major Welsh clubs like Cardiff City and Swansea are part of the English footballing pyramid. It's a by-product of history and the fact that football was invented in England and their FA pre-dates the creation of FIFA and UEFA. And as someone wisely noted, we don't have an issue in these championships now after today as England is the only one left standing (likely that will change after Tuesday).
Anonymous
Post 06/26/2021 19:41     Subject: Euro Championships
Anonymous wrote:Okay let’s talk about the elephant in the room...why England, Wales and Scotland...really? Should be one team for all of them.


After today, there is only one lol
Anonymous
Post 06/26/2021 13:55     Subject: Euro Championships
Okay let’s talk about the elephant in the room...why England, Wales and Scotland...really? Should be one team for all of them.
Anonymous
Post 06/26/2021 09:40     Subject: Euro Championships
Anonymous wrote:The knockout stage of the Euro 2020 tournament begins on Saturday. My picks from the heart (Portugal), head (France) and gut (Italy) are all, no surprise, in the knockout stages.

Here are the 16 teams and their match-ups in the first round of the knockouts:

Wales v. Denmark
Italy v. Austria
Netherlands v. Czechia (or Czech Republic, if you must)
Belgium v. Portugal
Croatia v. Spain
France v. Switzerland
England v. Germany
Sweden v. Ukraine

From this round, I'm really looking forward to Belgium/Portugal and England/Germany.

Incidentally, if anyone doesn't have subscription TV, a few of the games are shown on Univision (in Spanish, of course) local channel 14.1.

Also, there's a free app called PrendeTV that we've been using to stream all the games (they've had all the games except the couple of games that Univision broadcasts, so I think there's relationship between the app and Univision). Again, PrendeTV is in Spanish, but for watching the game who cares. It's a good option if you're away from the TV on game day; or if you can connect your phone to your TV you can just watch it that way.

Força Portugal!


In addition to the 2 you mentioned, I think Italy v Austria could be an entertaining game. Italy has obviously been playing great. Austria has surprised me in the sense that they have shown a willingness to get out into the attack and create...not the park the bus and counter style that I expected to see. I’m hoping we’ll get a fairly wide open game.
Anonymous
Post 06/26/2021 09:15     Subject: Euro Championships
England sucks. Stop buying into the hype.
Anonymous
Post 06/26/2021 09:06     Subject: Euro Championships
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The knockout stage of the Euro 2020 tournament begins on Saturday. My picks from the heart (Portugal), head (France) and gut (Italy) are all, no surprise, in the knockout stages.

Here are the 16 teams and their match-ups in the first round of the knockouts:

Wales v. Denmark
Italy v. Austria
Netherlands v. Czechia (or Czech Republic, if you must)
Belgium v. Portugal
Croatia v. Spain
France v. Switzerland
England v. Germany
Sweden v. Ukraine

From this round, I'm really looking forward to Belgium/Portugal and England/Germany.

Incidentally, if anyone doesn't have subscription TV, a few of the games are shown on Univision (in Spanish, of course) local channel 14.1.

Also, there's a free app called PrendeTV that we've been using to stream all the games (they've had all the games except the couple of games that Univision broadcasts, so I think there's relationship between the app and Univision). Again, PrendeTV is in Spanish, but for watching the game who cares. It's a good option if you're away from the TV on game day; or if you can connect your phone to your TV you can just watch it that way.

Força Portugal!


Picks:
Denmark
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Croatia
France
England
Sweden

Then:

Belgium
France
England
Netherlands

Then:
France
England

Then:
England


England is having problem scoring.
Anonymous
Post 06/25/2021 23:51     Subject: Euro Championships
Anonymous wrote:The knockout stage of the Euro 2020 tournament begins on Saturday. My picks from the heart (Portugal), head (France) and gut (Italy) are all, no surprise, in the knockout stages.

Here are the 16 teams and their match-ups in the first round of the knockouts:

Wales v. Denmark
Italy v. Austria
Netherlands v. Czechia (or Czech Republic, if you must)
Belgium v. Portugal
Croatia v. Spain
France v. Switzerland
England v. Germany
Sweden v. Ukraine

From this round, I'm really looking forward to Belgium/Portugal and England/Germany.

Incidentally, if anyone doesn't have subscription TV, a few of the games are shown on Univision (in Spanish, of course) local channel 14.1.

Also, there's a free app called PrendeTV that we've been using to stream all the games (they've had all the games except the couple of games that Univision broadcasts, so I think there's relationship between the app and Univision). Again, PrendeTV is in Spanish, but for watching the game who cares. It's a good option if you're away from the TV on game day; or if you can connect your phone to your TV you can just watch it that way.

Força Portugal!


Picks:
Denmark
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Croatia
France
England
Sweden

Then:

Belgium
France
England
Netherlands

Then:
France
England

Then:
England
Anonymous
Post 06/25/2021 11:36     Subject: Euro Championships
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe Erickson would play (or be allowed to) with a pacemaker.


Why not ? Others do

Anthony van loo did it and it saved his life in a game

Watch Netherlands play this week, Daley Blind is playing with an ICD

Christian will make his own choice






Daley Blind's ICD went off erroneously in a game once and had to be substituted. He wasn't actually having a heart issue at the time it was determined. On a side note, I thought his name was Danny Blind for years just hearing the announcers say his name, then towards the end of his ManU career I happened to look at lineup sheet and saw "Daley". Dumb Amercian here.



You're not completely wrong- Danny Blind is Daley's father!
Anonymous
Post 06/25/2021 10:55     Subject: Euro Championships
The knockout stage of the Euro 2020 tournament begins on Saturday. My picks from the heart (Portugal), head (France) and gut (Italy) are all, no surprise, in the knockout stages.

Here are the 16 teams and their match-ups in the first round of the knockouts:

Wales v. Denmark
Italy v. Austria
Netherlands v. Czechia (or Czech Republic, if you must)
Belgium v. Portugal
Croatia v. Spain
France v. Switzerland
England v. Germany
Sweden v. Ukraine

From this round, I'm really looking forward to Belgium/Portugal and England/Germany.

Incidentally, if anyone doesn't have subscription TV, a few of the games are shown on Univision (in Spanish, of course) local channel 14.1.

Also, there's a free app called PrendeTV that we've been using to stream all the games (they've had all the games except the couple of games that Univision broadcasts, so I think there's relationship between the app and Univision). Again, PrendeTV is in Spanish, but for watching the game who cares. It's a good option if you're away from the TV on game day; or if you can connect your phone to your TV you can just watch it that way.

Força Portugal!
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2021 22:39     Subject: Euro Championships
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe Erickson would play (or be allowed to) with a pacemaker.


Why not ? Others do

Anthony van loo did it and it saved his life in a game

Watch Netherlands play this week, Daley Blind is playing with an ICD

Christian will make his own choice






Daley Blind's ICD went off erroneously in a game once and had to be substituted. He wasn't actually having a heart issue at the time it was determined. On a side note, I thought his name was Danny Blind for years just hearing the announcers say his name, then towards the end of his ManU career I happened to look at lineup sheet and saw "Daley". Dumb Amercian here.
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2021 22:20     Subject: Euro Championships
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Denmark-Finland should have been rescheduled. I know Denmark requested to continue but after what they witnessed there is no way they were thinking straight. And the camera operators should be severely reprimanded for those close-ups; yes, the player was eventually revived but they didn't know that would be the outcome.


Agreed. I loved Erikson at Tottenham and never understood why he wanted to leave. I read the rumours about his girlfriend and Vertongen but I think the issue was more likely Vertongen acted like a bully. I noticed in the Amazon show about the team, JV seemed to go out of his way to bully players he didn't think were manly enough. Gross JV. I'm glad he's gone.


Ericksen left, because he wasn't rated by Mourinho. Jose thought Ericksen was too inconsistent and would not defend the way he needed him to. He just wasn't the right player for the system.


In the end Eriksen came out of that laughing with a Scudetto medal and Mourinho being sacked a week leading up to the one piece of silverware he could have won at Spurs. But whether ERiksen has a future after this horrific heart attack is the question. Reminds me of Marco Van Basten's ankle injury ending his blossoming career so early and that's what may happen to Eriksen (personally I hope not).


It was nothing personal between Ericksen and Mourinho. Mourniho has said many times how great a player he think Ericksen is, before what happened last week. It was a combination of price tag and where he fit in. It was a business decision, nothing more.
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2021 21:11     Subject: Euro Championships
Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe Erickson would play (or be allowed to) with a pacemaker.


Why not ? Others do

Anthony van loo did it and it saved his life in a game

Watch Netherlands play this week, Daley Blind is playing with an ICD

Christian will make his own choice




Anonymous
Post 06/19/2021 19:11     Subject: Euro Championships
I cannot believe Erickson would play (or be allowed to) with a pacemaker.
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2021 16:02     Subject: Euro Championships
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Denmark-Finland should have been rescheduled. I know Denmark requested to continue but after what they witnessed there is no way they were thinking straight. And the camera operators should be severely reprimanded for those close-ups; yes, the player was eventually revived but they didn't know that would be the outcome.


Agreed. I loved Erikson at Tottenham and never understood why he wanted to leave. I read the rumours about his girlfriend and Vertongen but I think the issue was more likely Vertongen acted like a bully. I noticed in the Amazon show about the team, JV seemed to go out of his way to bully players he didn't think were manly enough. Gross JV. I'm glad he's gone.


Ericksen left, because he wasn't rated by Mourinho. Jose thought Ericksen was too inconsistent and would not defend the way he needed him to. He just wasn't the right player for the system.


In the end Eriksen came out of that laughing with a Scudetto medal and Mourinho being sacked a week leading up to the one piece of silverware he could have won at Spurs. But whether ERiksen has a future after this horrific heart attack is the question. Reminds me of Marco Van Basten's ankle injury ending his blossoming career so early and that's what may happen to Eriksen (personally I hope not).