The *ONLY* After Hours thread about the European Championships.

Super-Rush

So after ten long years we finally made it to a major international tournament. Lets hope that we can forget the state the country is in for two weeks.

We've been drawn in a very tough group with Spain, Italy and Croatia.

Schedule is as folllows.

June 8th - Opening ceremony, followed by Poland V Greece KO @ 17:00

Czech Rep v Russia @ 19:45

We kick off our campaign on Sunday 10th against Croatia. KO @ 19:45.

Next game is against current World and European champions Spain on Thurdsay the 14th @ 19:45.

Final group game sees us take on Trap's homeland Italy on Monday the 18th, also kicking off at 19:45.

Full schedule can be found on http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/index.html.

This thread is for a light hearted outlook on the finals. Serious discussion on the matches/players etc can be had over on the soccer forum. The usual After Hours rules apply for everything else.

Heres hoping we can make it out of the group stages and we can have a couple of evenings where the country goes a bit mad. I'll most likely watch most of the games at home with a slab of cans(€24 in Tesco) I hate watching football in pubs.

I'll also be looking forward to Uncle Woy getting the sack after Engerland get dumped out at the group stages and Fernando "Ladyboy" Torres failing to kick the ball in a straight line for the entire tournament.

Will you be watching?

Do you care?

Will Dunphy lose it on live tv again?

The women won't like the soaps being all over the place for two weeks.

stimpson

Did you see that ludicrous display last night?

chin_grin

Super-Rush wrote: »

Do you care?

Nope.

admiralofthefleet

soccer forum ftw :pac:

Xavi6

Super-Rush wrote: »

The women won't like the soaps being all over the place for two weeks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izpAVt_qIUI

franklyon

Super-Rush wrote: »

The women won't like the soaps being all over the place for two weeks.

Don't worry they won't have time for them seeing as they will be making round trips to the fridge to get me beer. Come on Ireland!

Hande hoche!

stimpson wrote: »

Did you see that ludicrous display last night?

The problem with arsenal is that they always try to walk it in.

Private Joker

At Last a tournament ireland is in where the matches are on at a reasonable time. I have very little interest in soccer, but i'll jump on the bandwagon for a couple of weeks, if it means a bit of craic in the pubs.

Nothingbetter2d

its ok we've paid italy to lose

admiralofthefleet

ill be in the UK for the England vs french pigs match, COME ON ENGLANNND

chin_grin

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

its ok we've paid italy to lose

It's the "Shut your Trap-atoni" clause. :pac:

Wow! Look at me! I made a footie pun...I'm all grown up!

Nothingbetter2d

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

ill be in the UK for the England vs french pigs match, COME ON ENGLANNND

watch out for the handballing

GLaDOS

Super-Rush wrote: »

The women won't like the soaps being all over the place for two weeks.

Well that's no issue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIdP6eb6ppo

JerryHandbag

You can never write off the Germans

admiralofthefleet

JerryHandbag wrote: »

You can never write off the Germans

i reckon the germans couls go all the way and for that reason ive stuck a nice few quid on them

mikemac1

I predict jingoistic and tbh xenophobic comments from the English media about the superiority of their team and their nation

England vs France, roll out the Agincourt and "band of brothers" and Henry V headlines already :rolleyes:

I will constantly read about 1966

And when they fail I will read the same journalists rip the team and management to shreds with the most vicious criticism you'll ever read


The Irish media will hope for the best

the groutch

title is a lie, we're all part of Merkel's army

chin_grin

the groutch wrote: »

title is a lie, we're all part of Merkel's army

Oooooooh <sharp inhalation> topical!

St.Spodo

Ireland to get to the quarter finals and Germany to beat England in the final. Be grand.

Pherekydes

Super-Rush wrote: »

Will you be watching?

Some.

Do you care?

No.

The women won't like the soaps being all over the place for two weeks.

What about the wimminz who can't stand soaps?

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

its ok we've paid italy to lose

So have Croatia. :pac:

St.Spodo wrote: »

Ireland to get to the quarter finals and Germany to beat England in the final. Be grand.

Poland beat Ukraine in the final. England and Ireland share the flight home after failing to score a single goal between them.

Expect lots of tabloid headlines about German invasions of Poland and Ukraine.

2/1 Terry gets sent off.
5/4 Rooney gets sent off.

Dyr

tbh after the legendary 90-94 era I gave up on Ireland, the FAI are all gangsters, the sports media are all c**ts and a lot of the players are just there for the ride/mitsubishi black diamonds/ghostwritten autobiographies.

summerskin

mikemac1 wrote: »

I predict jingoistic and tbh xenophobic comments from the English media about the superiority of their team and their nation

England vs France, roll out the Agincourt and "band of brothers" and Henry V headlines already :rolleyes:

I will constantly read about 1966

And when they fail I will read the same journalists rip the team and management to shreds with the most vicious criticism you'll ever read


The Irish media will hope for the best

Yet you won't see or hear any of that from
any normal English man. We expect to go
home after the group games. The team is poor, Hodgson had nothing to lose and should have taken an experimental squad but stuck with lampard, gerrard and terry.


Still, remember 66?

Nah, me neither and I fcuking hate Geoff hurst.

"so what did you eat today Geoff?"

"well in 66 I had egg on toast before scoring a hat-trick to beat the Germans"

"great Geoff, you're a cnut"

Balmed Out

Got my bag pretty much packed already, counting down the days but dont rate our chances of getting out of the group. Croatia are better then people seem to think.

HappyBalance

Cannot wait. Will be a great time.

Even if you don't like football, it will be a great party.

Come On You Boys in Green

Wompa1

stimpson wrote: »

Did you see that ludicrous display last night?

Hande hoche! wrote: »

The problem with arsenal is that they always try to walk it in.

What was Wenger thinking bringing Walcott on that early?

Zebra3

Brazil have no chance of winning this one.

John Doe1

My predictions:

V. Croatia-lose 0-2
v. Italy-lose 0-3
v. Spain-lose 0-16

Mass suicide of football fans cleansing the gene pool. 25 years later we become a hyper-intelligent super race who control most of the world.

Ghandee

The Polish national team are to leave Ireland for the whole two weeks of the tournament I believe.

HappyBalance

Where are people watching Ireland's matches?

Home?
Pub?
3 on the Quay?
Other?

DEFTLEFTHAND

For the first time in years I'd like to see England perform well, not win it outright though.

I'm a huge fan of Roy Hodgson, a pure gent of a man who deserves every good thing that comes his way.

kfallon

Deutschland, Deutschland Uberalles, c'mon the Gerries

Should be great buzz on Sunday week tho, some craic, an elephant's fanny

Skid

Super-Rush wrote: »

I'll also be looking forward to Uncle Woy getting the sack after Engerland get dumped out at the group stages

You really need to get over this anti-English sentiment. And the having a go at their manager for having a slight speech impediment.

DebDynamite

Looking forward to it. The last Euros were excellent, whereas the last World Cup was quite poor. There's a better standard of teams in the Euros as we don't have the whipping boys from other continents taking the places of better European teams. Even better with Ireland in it now

yermandan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO1o8hvhG_o&feature=youtube_gdata_player

cml387

mikemac1 wrote: »

I predict jingoistic and tbh xenophobic comments from the English media about the superiority of their team and their nation

England vs France, roll out the Agincourt and "band of brothers" and Henry V headlines already :rolleyes:

I will constantly read about 1966

And when they fail I will read the same journalists rip the team and management to shreds with the most vicious criticism you'll ever read


The Irish media will hope for the best

Then if it upsets you so much why bloody read the Sun or The Daily fail or whatever rag you're reading.

Sindri

Wompa1 wrote: »

What was Wenger thinking bringing Walcott on that early?

'Typical Arsenal always trying to walk it into the net'.










Quick kiss me.

mikom

Go... On.....My....Son....

Super-Rush

Skid wrote: »

You really need to get over this anti-English sentiment. And the having a go at their manager for having a slight speech impediment.

No.

keith16

This tournament...I just cannot wait! Ireland are there! we have a big result in us, mark my words! We will draw against the Croats, but we will beat either Spain or Italy. Probably Spain.

K-9

Skid wrote: »

You really need to get over this anti-English sentiment. And the having a go at their manager for having a slight speech impediment.

We're all part of Roy's army.

steelcityblues

A few cliches that commentators and print journalists, will spout:

German efficiency
French flair
Dutch Courage

Marcin_diy

As for some reason my threads cannot be viewed until approved by modedaror in Soccer Section of boards, ( and they nevere appeared online so far) I decided to open thread here about Irish team in Poland.
From what I can see in Irish media - lot of information is simply missing.

1) Official welcome in Sopot

2)

3) pictures

MagicMarker

You obviously don't have access to the soccer forum

biko

Marcin_diy, you need to apply for access to Soccer here
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=451

I've merged the vids into the AH Euro '12 thread.

Nodin

Super-Rush wrote: »

..............
We kick off our campaign on Sunday 10th against Croatia. KO @ 19:45.
.

Win or draw not impossible.

Super-Rush wrote: »

..............
Next game is against current World and European champions Spain on Thurdsay the 14th @ 19:45..

...they might rise to the occassion. It's more likely to resemble what would happen Justin Bieber in prison though.

Super-Rush wrote: »

...
Final group game sees us take on Trap's homeland Italy on Monday the 18th, also kicking off at 19:45...

.....oddly, due to off-field events, theres a slim chance there.

Marcin_diy

Is it possible to display pictures in afterhours so everyone can view them straight away?

I'm missing picture graph in menu.

Super-Rush

Nodin wrote: »

Win or draw not impossible.



...they might rise to the occassion. It's more likely to resemble what would happen Justin Bieber in prison though.



.....oddly, due to off-field events, theres a slim chance there.

I think theres more than a slim chance of beating the Italians.

Marcin_diy wrote: »

Is it possible to display pictures in afterhours so everyone can view them straight away?

I'm missing picture graph in menu.

No theres not.

Nodin

Marcin_diy wrote: »

Is it possible to display pictures in afterhours so everyone can view them straight away?

..........

No. Theres the distinct possibility that you'd see Things That Cannot Be Unseen otherwise.

beco2010

were gona put em under pressure








thats how we will win. when in doubt boot it out

IrishAm

216 days since Italy last scored a goal or won a game.

No way should we fear them.

Spain should easily beat us, but you never know. A 0-0 bore fest is feasible. We are a very difficult team to break down. But if they score early it could be a bit of a blood bath.

Croatia, they are beatable and missing one of their best players in Olic.

Second place is certainly a possibility.

Ireland are at 80/1. Tempted to put down a score.....

connundrum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4xl_FgEwrg