European Championship Qualifying

[tHuG $TyLe]

Albania v Slovenia
Croatia v FYR Macedonia
Cyprus v Slovakia
Czech Republic v Germany
Estonia v Russia
Faroe Islands v Ukraine
Greece v Turkey
Israel v England
Kazakhstan v Serbia
Liechtenstein v Northern Ireland
Lithuania v France
Luxembourg v Belarus
Moldova v Malta
Netherlands v Romania
Norway v Bosnia-Herzegovina
Poland v Azerbaijan
Portugal v Belgium
Rep of Ireland v Wales
Scotland v Georgia
Spain v Denmark

Any predictions?

I know Spain need a win badly. Greece Turkey should be fun lol
Czech v Germany is probably the best game on paper. Also wonder if Belgium will break C.Ronaldos legs

 

[Sebastian]

I'd like to see England lose, of course. And Spain. We should win. The Czech Republic is shit, we are the best..2:1 win.

 

[Illuminattile]

Come on the Czechs...

Results from the early games:

Faroe Islands 0 - 2 Ukraine
Kazakhstan 2 - 1 Serbia
Rep of Ireland 1 - 0 Wales
Scotland 2 - 1 Georgia

 

[stefanwzyga]

I'd like to see England lose, of course.

Goes without saying.



Scotland are on a roll!!

 

[Bobby Sands]

Kazakhstan beating Serbia is a shock.That guy Shatskikh who play for Dinamo Kiev is from Kazakhstan isnt he.He is a good player.

Ireland beat Wales 1-0.The performance was shit again.Hopeless football.Wales are a very poor side.Apart from Giggs,Bellamy,Davies and Bale they have nothing.and Giggs didnt try a leg.The Irish team selection was shocking again.He plays Finnan left back and O Shea right back.O Shea has played left back for Man Utd in the past and Finnan is one of the best right backs in England.Johnathan Douglas who plays for Leeds(bottom of championship) gets on in central midfield and the likes of Kevin Doyle,Stephen Hunt(both Reading first team) and Aidan McGeady(played in champs league with celtic.)are subs.Its always so fucking negative.He plays 2 defensive midfielders(carsley and douglas) when we are the home team and should be set up to attack.Stephen Ireland is shoved out on the right even though he never plays there.I think Slovakia will beat us on Wednesday.Wales are shit and were missing 3 of their best player and we can only beat them 1-0 at home.It was one the worst games of soccer i have ever seen in my life.Every thing about Irish football sucks.There are no football academies or schools like they have in other countries.The leagues are shit.Big awkward muckers usually make underage instead of smaller more skillful and creative players.Its crap from the top down.

 

[Illuminattile]

Scotland's 2-1 win over Georgia makes them Unofficial World Champions.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

Borat must be pleased today.

*high 5*

 

[Flipmo]

Euro 2008 - Group A (qualifiers)

FT Kazakhstan 2 - 1 Serbia (lmao)
FT Poland 5 - 0 Azerbaijan
FT Portugal 4 - 0 Belgium

Euro 2008 - Group B (qualifiers)

FT Faroe Islands 0 - 2 Ukraine
FT Scotland 2 - 1 Georgia
FT Lithuania 0 - 1 France

Euro 2008 - Group C (qualifiers)

FT Moldova 1 - 1 Malta
FT Norway 1 - 2 Bosnia-Herzegovina thumb: :thumb: )
FT Greece 1 - 4 Turkey

Euro 2008 - Group D (qualifiers)

FT Ireland 1 - 0 Wales
FT Cyprus 1 - 3 Slovakia
FT Czech Republic 1 - 2 Germany

Euro 2008 - Group E (qualifiers)

FT Estonia 0 - 2 Russia
FT Israel 0 - 0 England laugh: )
FT Croatia 2 - 1 Rep. of Macedonia D)

Euro 2008 - Group F (qualifiers)

FT Liechtenstein 1 - 4 Northern Ireland
FT Spain 2 - 1 Denmark

Euro 2008 - Group G (qualifiers)

FT Albania 0 - 0 Slovenia
FT Luxembourg 1 - 2 Belarus
FT Holland 0 - 0 Romania

 

[Bobby Sands]

So much for Belgium injuring Cristiano Ronaldo.He scored twice and Portugal won 4-0.LOL.

Germany won 2-1.Thats a good result for us i suppose.Germany are a very good team.I thought they should have won by more.

England drew 0-0.The way they are playing they might struggle to qualify with Russia and Croatia.Still though,0-0 away to Israel isnt all that bad.Ireland wouldve qualified automatically for the last World Cup if it wasnt for those poxxy basterds and their late equalisers in the home and away matches.Englands problem is similar to Irelands.They lack creativity in midfield.Paul Scholes would make a massive difference to Englands midfield if he was still playing.He is the world class midfield player they need.Gerrard and Lampard are capable of great things but neither are your natural creative midfield player like Scholes is.Im not sure how England lined up tonight though.Id imagine it was Lampard and Hargreaves in the centre and Gerrard shoved out on the right with Lennon left on the bench..

 

[Sebastian]

. We should win. The Czech Republic is shit, we are the best..2:1 win.

I'm good.

 

[DPG iz all I C]

Scotland's 2-1 win over Georgia makes them Unofficial World Champions.

i seen that on Soccer Am yesterday

Go Scotland

On a serious note Steve McLaren must be getting worried about his job, if the poor results continue the media will hound him out.

 

[Illuminattile]

Im not sure how England lined up tonight though.Id imagine it was Lampard and Hargreaves in the centre and Gerrard shoved out on the right with Lennon left on the bench..

Lennon played on the left wing, and did well. Unlike pretty much everyone else.

It's baffling how a team of such good players can be so mediocre. The FA need to bring in a manager who'll get the best out of his players and instill some passion. I don't know who it should be.

 

[Sebastian]

^
If you dont know who it could be...then there is no hope for England.

 

[stefanwzyga]

It's baffling how a team of such good players can be so mediocre. The FA need to bring in a manager who'll get the best out of his players and instill some passion. I don't know who it should be.

It aint that baffling, they brought in a dud coach who has achieved fuck all in management. I have to admit to laughing my ass off when mclaren became the england boss! Infact im sure i started a thread about it.:laugh:

 

[Illuminattile]

McClaren's not a good manager, but I don't understand how so many good players can perform so poorly. Surely it doesn't matter how bad the manager is when you've got World Class players representing their country and trying to qualify for a major tournament?

^
If you dont know who it could be...then there is no hope for England.

Well I didn't want to be all big-headed and suggest that I should be England manager...

Though I'm pretty good at Football Manager :thumb:

 

[stefanwzyga]

McClaren's not a good manager, but I don't understand how so many good players can perform so poorly. Surely it doesn't matter how bad the manager is when you've got World Class players representing their country and trying to qualify for a major tournament?

Offcourse they should be doing better with the quality they have in there side, but without direction they can be, and are a very average team imo. Not tham saying scotland are world beaters .

I watched the england team last night, and i really was bored to tears.

 

[Sebastian]

McClaren's not a good manager, but I don't understand how so many good players can perform so poorly. Surely it doesn't matter how bad the manager is when you've got World Class players representing their country and trying to qualify for a major tournament?


Well I didn't want to be all big-headed and suggest that I should be England manager...

Though I'm pretty good at Football Manager :thumb:

I bet you would be a good manager.

But there is still no hope for England.

 

[hizzle?]

lol bosnia won 2-1... i predicted a 5-0 win for norway...


Anyways... I think that it was a little stupid what happened before the game...

If you guys wondered why the hell...here's why..

our Footy federation is practicaly a mafia organisation that launders money they won by selling illegal weapons, food, etc during the war.

The fan organisation (named the BH Fanaticos) decided to start manifestations and the whole country actually mobilised against the 3 Presidents (one bosnian, one croat and one serb...) and asked them to leave.

After about two years of protests, 13 players decided to boycott the national team. The fans were also sick and tired of how things went and they warned the Footy federation that during next games, they will create chaos so the federation has to pay the dommages that they create during away and home games. So that way, the federation can't win any money.

So yeah...that's why it all hapened yesterday huhu...

(Btw, that torch that hit the goalie wasnt ment to hit him, i actually have no idea why he didnt run away lol)


But yeah... LOL SERBIA! :lol:

 

[hizzle?]

I bet you would be a good manager.

But there is still no hope for England.

there's no way in hell that UEFA will let that happen...

Imagine the fall of financial revenues of the UEFA tournement if England is not part of it...

I mean, UEFA is the cleanest it can be, but when the team that gets you the most revenes is not part of your major tournement, you are dumb not to do anything so that doesn't happen

 

[Bobby Sands]

Well England didnt qualify for the World Cup in 94 and nothing was done about it.

I watched the england team last night, and i really was bored to tears.

Just as well you didnt watch the Ireland and Wales game then isnt.It was the worst match ever.

I dunno if u know this but the game was played in Croke Park which is home to Irish GAA sports(hurling and gaelic football).The rugby and soccer team are playing there on a temporary basis until the new stadium is built.This game on Saturday was about a hundred times worse than the worst game of hurling played at Croke Park.It was an insult to this great stadium.