Anyone else really looking forward to the Euros?

With the domestic season all but done I'm looking at the teams Germany, Belgium, France, England, Spain etc have this year and this is shaping up to be the best International tourney since Euro 08.

The French, German & Belgian teams especially are must watch television.

I love international tournaments and I'm really looking forward to it.

This one especially because Albania takes part in it for the first (and probably the last) time in history.

I'm certainly ready for it. However the games I must watch are España, I'm just a wee bit biased!  

2012 Euros were quite meh. If it's anything like 2008 though we're in for a treat.

All of the teams are crap so disagree tbh.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:All of the teams are crap so disagree tbh.

Spoken by a Brit! I can understand that view when your own country has been so crappy!

The teams being crap is what makes football fun imo. Example: the Premier League.

I'm totally looking forward to the Euros! Will keep my fingers crossed for Switzerland, too

Almost as much as I was looking forward to the WC14

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:All of the teams are crap so disagree tbh.

Great " I couldn't be bothered to care about anything in today's football yet i have more post than anyone in a football forum " Leader Sprucenuce with another buzzkill post .

He does post mostly in hub though

rwo power wrote:I'm totally looking forward to the Euros! Will keep my fingers crossed for Switzerland, too

You mean the other Albania?
Jks aside, I'd give my left liver to go in France and attend all three matches that Albania plays, first ever big tournament for us, it is a big deal to us seeing Albania up there with the best. That is how much am I looking forward to the Euros.

We are going to crash out and I know it but the fact that we are there is big of an achievement.

urbaNRoots wrote:I love international tournaments and I'm really looking forward to it.

This one especially because Albania takes part in it for the first (and probably the last) time in history.

Berisha madness this summer <3.

futbol_bill wrote:I'm certainly ready for it. However the games I must watch are España, I'm just a wee bit biased!  

Spain have an unbelievable squad on paper but haven't looked the same since the decline of Villa/Torres/Xavi. Also feel the rest of the powerhouses have caught up in terms of quality. For 4-6 years you easily had the best European players in the World, that isn't the case anymore.

futbol_bill wrote:

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:All of the teams are crap so disagree tbh.

Spoken by a Brit! I can understand that view when your own country has been so crappy!

Yeah because that prevented me from hyping up other tournaments before

Face it, no one in Europe is any good. None of them would beat the best in South America. Because i'm not deluded doesn't take away from that fact, if it was down to England being shit i wouldn't have watched a tournament in 20 years.

farfan wrote:

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:All of the teams are crap so disagree tbh.

Great " I couldn't be bothered to care about anything in today's football yet i have more post than anyone in a football forum " Leader Sprucenuce with another buzzkill post .

most posts in football forum? Back when i cared maybe i bet if you tallied up the football posts over the last year i would be nowhere close.

Come on now, no one would ever watch international football to see good football

StrugaRock wrote:You mean the other Albania?
Jks aside, I'd give my left liver to go in France and attend all three matches that Albania plays, first ever big tournament for us, it is a big deal to us seeing Albania up there with the best. That is how much am I looking forward to the Euros.

We are going to crash out and I know it but the fact that we are there is big of an achievement.

*g* I guess you should be happy that you can support two national teams there

Honestly I agree with Mole on this one. All the teams in Europe are rather pathetic, and the extra teams this year make it even worse.

The football will likely not even be remotely bearable until the quarter finals. Who wants to take 2 hours out of their day to watch Hungary vs Iceland?

Can't freaking wait!! I just hope i'm back in Europe so i can watch all games. Otherwise I will be missing all the games during the week.

@Cruijf
You know that Iceland almost topped their quali group and only fell to second when Turkey (who were still after the qualifying berth) defeated them while they were already safely in the Euro?

(Oh, and the Netherlands not qualifying probably has something to do with it, too )

rwo power wrote:@Cruijf
You know that Iceland almost topped their quali group and only fell to second when Turkey (who were still after the qualifying berth) defeated them while they were already safely in the Euro?

(Oh, and the Netherlands not qualifying probably has something to do with it, too )

Of course I know, I had to suffer through watching them play Holland twice

And that's why I'm so pessimistic for this Euro. They are utter rubbish. It's more a testament to how bad the Dutch were that they were able to top their group, not to how good they were.

The second they play a decent team (sadly only Germany and France fall into that category) they'll get destroyed.

Not really, even Euro 08 was kinda boring, no team really stands out bar Germany and France maybe but hey i'd love to be wrong

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:

farfan wrote:

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:All of the teams are crap so disagree tbh.

Great   "  I couldn't be bothered to care about anything in today's football yet i have more post than anyone in  a football forum " Leader Sprucenuce with another buzzkill post .

most posts in football forum? Back when i cared maybe i bet if you tallied up the football posts over the last year i would be nowhere close.

Gloryhunter. Newcastle in the relegation zone throughout the season and dear Mole suddenly "lost interest" in footy.


I'm disappointed. And here was I thinking you were a proper people's champion.

There are no perfect teams... which is great. Makes tactics far more important so that managers will be tested.

I'll wait until a week before to get really excited. Want to see everyone get there healthy first lol.

On a side note... security is going to be a nightmare. Going to be tough on both the police and the fans. You're not going to see the rolling street parties in France like you saw for WC 98. It's unfortunate. Never seen anything like it. You walked up and down the Champs Elysees and you had fans from all over the world just having fun. One of the best experiences in my life.