Euro 2024 - Germany

[1903Fitba]

Few Germans at my place of work. 
 

Fucking buzzing man. 

[caledonia]

On the positive Great Draw and first game and good group.

cant really think of a negative unless Refs/VAR wants the host nation to win.

 

[johnstrac]

3 minutes ago, caledonia said:

On the positive Great Draw and first game and good group.

cant really think of a negative unless Refs/VAR wants the host nation to win.

 

They will, all football is for "big" teams these days. Play Off "C" would have been better but I'm reasonably happy.

[aberdeen1970]

Every group would have been tough for us. This one will be no different. 

 

 

 

[BitWait]

Germans usually start off poor in tournaments , getting better as it goes on and peaking in the last two games. Hopefully this is the case and we can follow on behind them ? 

[Dons79]

Group draw gives us a chance, Germany are not great any more(you never know), Switzerland and Hungary are definitely comparable to us, Switzerland being a smidgen better. Chance to get out the groups for the first time, buzzing 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[WesthillWanderersFC]

Draw could’ve been better, could’ve been worse.

Germany aren’t great but will probably be better with home advantage. Would’ve preferred Belgium. 

Hungary - could’ve been worse. 

Switzerland. Second hardest draw from pot 4 probably other than Italy, so that was a wee sting at the end. 

England have an easy draw. 

Group B & E the toughest.

France v England final. 

 

[Frank Grimes]

5 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

France v England final. 

They’re due to meet in the semi if they both win their groups 

[Ohjimmyjimmy]

57 minutes ago, Frank Grimes said:

The porn prankster  

I thought I could hear some lassie getting pumped in the background, 

[Simply Red]

Sehr gut

Last 16 nailed on. 
 

[Frank Grimes]

Can’t believe Jane Lewis is the BBC rep on the ground 

She’s atrocious 

[donswin1983]

4 points is likely to be plenty to gut us out the group..Shirley we can manage that..

utopia;

we will sneak a win against the goose steppers, draw with the neutrals and beat Hungry by a couple in the last game. 7 points and second in the group on goal difference.

usual;

 Narrow loss to Germany having been plucky and competed very well. Beat Switzerland in game 2. Need a point against hungry and concede a controversial var penalty in the 95th minute and don’t qualify. 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

46 minutes ago, Frank Grimes said:

They’re due to meet in the semi if they both win their groups 

Ah right. 

Which they both will, at a canter.

I hadn’t looked that far ahead. Just picked them out as the 2 best teams 

As much as it pains me, Bellingham, Rice, Saka, Kane, Foden are as good as it gets. 
 

[GAME OF BILLIONS]

1 hour ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

Draw could’ve been better, could’ve been worse.

Germany aren’t great but will probably be better with home advantage. Would’ve preferred Belgium. 

Hungary - could’ve been worse. 

Switzerland. Second hardest draw from pot 4 probably other than Italy, so that was a wee sting at the end. 

England have an easy draw. 

Group B & E the toughest.

France v England final. 

 

I don't think the tournament will play out as obvious as that, the Euros never have. Portugal will be hard to out-score and Belgium have been chasing glory for years, with De Bruyne they are a devastating team.  Turkey seem to be back to a much stronger side these day, too. Unlucky for Austria getting such a tough group, they have became a very good side in the past two years. They might upset the Dutch, though.

[muttonhumper]

Excellent group.
Curtain raiser as well.
Brilliant cities.
Beatable opposition.
Could nae have been much better.

Rooms booked.
4 nights Munich
5 nights Cologne
4 nights Stuttgart

Flights booked.

Larnaca direct Munich 12th.

Stuttgart direct to Larnaca 25th.

Direct to Larnaca hospital for liver transplant 26th.

[GAME OF BILLIONS]

1 hour ago, donswin1983 said:

4 points is likely to be plenty to gut us out the group..Shirley we can manage that..

utopia;

we will sneak a win against the goose steppers, draw with the neutrals and beat Hungry by a couple in the last game. 7 points and second in the group on goal difference.

usual;

 Narrow loss to Germany having been plucky and competed very well. Beat Switzerland in game 2. Need a point against hungry and concede a controversial var penalty in the 95th minute and don’t qualify. 

Portugal drew all their group games in 2016, got through on 3 pts, 0 goal diff:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2016#Group_F

They then went on to win the Final against France thanks to that great 117th minute winner by Eder.

Northern Ireland also got through on 3 pts, O goal diff:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2016#Group_C

 

We are very good even great at defending, so that's a bonus, but we need to bang in goals against those three and that's doable, judging by how many goals Germany and Switzerland have let in this year.

 

[thurso]

Not a bad draw. Could have been a lot worse. First game against Germany could be a good time to play them. Don’t think we should be fearing Hungary or Switzerland 

[strachanmcgheegoal]

Right how do we manufacture a situation where a draw with Hungary puts us both through?

[GAME OF BILLIONS]

29 minutes ago, thurso said:

Not a bad draw. Could have been a lot worse. First game against Germany could be a good time to play them. Don’t think we should be fearing Hungary or Switzerland 

Not really. Switzerland struggled at times in their qualifiers...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2024_qualifying_Group_I#Matches

I watched a few of their games highlights and they struggled against Kosovo, Belarus, even Andorra. It's a rabble of a team, they shat it in Qatar, totally fell apart.

Definitely doable to get at least 5 points.

We should play Austria in a friendly. 

[Dynamo]

Hungary have a good side just now and will be underestimated by Scottish fans/press. Switzerland always qualify and are usually a complete bore at the tournament. Germany can be got at. 

#analysis

[Tord31]

Yea I reckon Hungary are very decent the last few years

[GAME OF BILLIONS]

17 minutes ago, strachanmcgheegoal said:

Right how do we manufacture a situation where a draw with Hungary puts us both through?

I'd like to see Germany, Scotland and Hungary go through. Switzerland can gtf. As can Albania, glad they got a group of death. Their fans are animals, what even IS that country? Muslim gyppo bandits.

[GAME OF BILLIONS]

17 minutes ago, Tord31 said:

Yea I reckon Hungary are very decent the last few years

Yeah, they outplayed England in the Nations League, but not in the World Cup qualifiers...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_–_UEFA_Group_I#Standings

Losing to Albania fucked them. Hungary were once a great footballing nation from the 1930s-1960s, they like us want to be back on the big stage.

[GAME OF BILLIONS]

10 minutes ago, Dynamo said:

Hungary have a good side just now and will be underestimated by Scottish fans/press. Switzerland always qualify and are usually a complete bore at the tournament. Germany can be got at. 

#analysis

They are on the UK press radar after they gubbed England 4-0 at Wembley in Nations League. England reversed thhat score in World Cup qualifiers in Budapest, and the other match at Wembley was a 1-1 draw. But yeah, Hungary get underestimated. 

It's too early to make any real predictions. Gay gestures are a given. Steve Clarke in a rainbow gimp suit singing, "The Teddybears Picnic" at the opening ceremony has been rumoured...

[sooth_stander]

2 hours ago, Frank Grimes said:

Can’t believe Jane Lewis is the BBC rep on the ground 

She’s atrocious 

She’s a box ticker, nothing more. 

Put it this way, if this was the 70s……

[Parklife]

11 days accommodation + flights booked. 

Circa £700. 

See you guys in Munich 🍺🍺

[Dons79]

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[thurso]

18 minutes ago, Dons79 said:

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Driving to it as well. Fuck staying in a hotel always a good fans campsite which is brilliant banter. Was at euro 96 and there seemed to be a game of football that lasted 6 days. 

[Zeus]

Winning it.

 

[HaarDon]

How the fuck did England get that group?

The easiest by a fucking mile.