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FraDonaghy	Date: June 14, 2008 @ 10:09 AM Anyone else enjoying the European Football Championships so far? With neither of the Irish teams taking part this year I adopted Holland as my team, I have to say they have been outstanding so far. Is it even big news in the US?
ShadowMom	Date: June 14, 2008 @ 5:48 PM I seldom even follow the NFL anymore... but in Miami, I hear nothing, Fra! Wait, this is football or soccer?
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: June 14, 2008 @ 7:18 PM No England, but that's OK because they only lead you to disappointment anyway. As a soccer freak and coach I'm just enjoying the quality play and being that I work in a Catholic school, I am hoping Portugal and Italy do well as the students are happy.
FraDonaghy	Date: June 14, 2008 @ 10:38 PM On 14th Jun 2009, ShadowMom said: Wait, this is football or soccer? We call it football, you guys call it soccer. Martin, I hope the Italians can get through to the quarter finals too, but they have made it more than difficult for themselves! Portugal are playing well, but they don't seem too happy about losing their manager to Chelsea after the tournament. Overall (apart from the Greece matches) the quality of football has been great, very refreshing.
GeneHilbert	Date: June 15, 2008 @ 4:29 AM I like it in person, but I can't watch it on the tube.
SimonWaldram	Date: June 15, 2008 @ 5:12 AM Holland really have been superb so far. I like Spain too, but I don't think they have quite enough to go all the way.
DaveWL	Date: June 15, 2008 @ 10:50 PM Great drama yesterday with Turkey coming back from 2-0 down to beat The Swiss in the last few minutes to qualify. I ‘ve a feeling Holland are going to run out of steam and Spain always underachieve when it comes to the crunch (just like England). Having England missing is somewhat a relief really without having to endure all the usual baggage and media expection on the road to the inevitable let down, just enjoying the football without them
FraDonaghy	Date: June 16, 2008 @ 2:19 AM Based on past teams Dave I can see why you might think that about the Dutch, but there seems to be a real hunger and a genuine camaraderie about this current squad. I love the way that they all run to the manager to celebrate each goal together. I guess having one of the finest players ever as your manager does help generate a degree of respect. We get English TV over here and are often annoyed by the slanted coverage when the English are involved so it is great to get a year off.
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: June 16, 2008 @ 2:08 PM it's good as a fan to not have the stress of England promising so much and delivering so little too ! this year's competition has been pretty good so far, any one of 3 or 4 teams could still win it and the knock out stages should be awesome. As we have large communities of Portuguese and Italians here, it is good if they do well (happy students), but crunch time for Italy who might not make it, but to be fair, they were drawn in the group of death, world cup winners 2 years ago or not.
DaveWL	Date: June 17, 2008 @ 1:18 AM Ironically the Dutch could make sure Italy (or France) don’t progress by losing to the Romanians – interesting to see what their attitude to that game will be now they have already qualified. Nobody’s mentioned the Croatians as contenders yet, 100% record so far, similar team spirit to the Dutch, and by far a long way have the most Rock n Roll Manager in Slaven Bilic who played guitar on the Team record.
FraDonaghy	Date: June 21, 2008 @ 11:52 AM Ah those unpredictable Russians destroyed the Dutch hopes tonight! I'm beginning to think that Germany are looking good to grab the title now. I think it's fair to say Euro 2008 has been the best major tournament in a long time.
DaveWL	Date: June 25, 2008 @ 5:21 AM Fran i'd agree that the football has been really good with lots of drama and late twists in the games. With the semis starting tonight I say it very hard to see the Turks get past Germany given that they are missing about 9 players.. In the other semi I’ve a sneaking feeling Russia will avenge their earlier defeat to Spain as they seem to be in a bit better form.
FraDonaghy	Date: June 28, 2008 @ 11:38 AM Should be a good final tomorrow night. v
sinai	Date: June 28, 2008 @ 3:31 PM why is Russia playing in a tourney called the European Championships?
FraDonaghy	Date: June 28, 2008 @ 11:09 PM I believe Russia is a transcontinental country that is part of both Europe and Asia. I have always considered it a European Nation, even though it is not a member state of the EU, due to its omnipresence in sporting competitions based here and its crucial involvement in World War 2 etc (which I wasn't alive for.. but grew up learning about ) They even won the Eurovision song contest this year! If that doesn't make them European, then what does?
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: June 29, 2008 @ 9:45 AM Congratulations to , worthy winners and this tournament was great. England should crap out in qualifying more often !!
FraDonaghy	Date: June 29, 2008 @ 12:13 PM Yes indeed, a great match to finish the tournament off and I don't think anyone can say the best team didn't win in the end. Roll on 2012!
FraDonaghy	Date: July 25, 2008 @ 7:00 AM For those of you wondering what all the fuss was about, here's a short compilation video I found featuring some nice moments from the tournament. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF73a_41ix4 Watch it in high quality if you can.
SimonWaldram	Date: July 25, 2008 @ 10:34 PM On 15th Jun 2009, SimonWaldram said: Holland really have been superb so far. I like Spain too, but I don't think they have quite enough to go all the way. Curse the inability to edit our posts! I made a couple of typos on the one quoted above. What I meant to say was: "Holland have been superb so far, but I don't think they have quite enough to go all the way. I like Spain too, and they're obviously going to end up lifting the trophy. I'm writing this way before the tournament has finished. Honest!"
guest	Date: April 30, 2009 @ 5:54 AM Guest Raid
guest	Date: April 30, 2009 @ 12:57 PM Funny, I never saw this thread Well all I can say about the Euro 2008 is, I was effin pleased to see the city clean for once !! There were no cigarette buds nor papers anywhere !! Geneva is usually not THAT clean ... even my boyfriend noticed the difference (he was visiting from June to September) . They even repainted the walls (ofcourse, only in the stadium's area) and had some football (or soccer for you non-Europeans) graffiti done under the bridges ! (The graffiti is still there ) Borty Oh, N.B: I join in with the Guest Raid!

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