European Soccer Part XIII

[Terrierbyassociation]

Originally posted by Nathan
Oh, Hargreaves and Cole are on the squad.

I don't remember the entire midfield, but here's what I can remember:

Beckham
Lampard
Gerrard
Scholes
Dyer
Parker
Macmanaman
Hargreaves
Jenas
Cole
Hargreaves
Murphy


And while the French starting 4 might be superior to Beckham, Lampard, Gerrard and Scholes (playing a 1-2-1 in MF with Gerrard at DM, Becks and Lampard at CM and Scholes as AM), nobody has nearly the depth of the Brits.

I agree about that, and frankly, I believe that this game is set up that players are better on their natural wing/foot.

They're going to be playing a 4-4-2. Not the diamond.

[Nathan]

Originally posted by Terrierbyassociation
They're going to be playing a 4-4-2. Not the diamond. Are you certain? I thought Sven Goren had decided to play Scholes as an attacking middie. Hmm, lord knows that the number of rumors floating around have to have some fact, some fiction.

[MavrckMngr]

What a load of garbage out of the Football League. Apparently, the Nationwide Division 1 will now be known as 'The Championship'. Also, Divisions 1 and 2 will now be known as League 1 and League 2, respectively.

Sorry, boys, but you can't polish a (s-bomb).

[3W]

Euro 2004 opener coming up at noon ET. Who does everyone like in the tournament?

[MavrckMngr]

Originally posted by Wildcat Willy Wannabe
Euro 2004 opener coming up at noon ET. Who does everyone like in the tournament?

France over Portugal in the final. England will fall out in the quarters.

[3W]

This is a hardcore shot in the dark, but here goes from the quarters on:

England over Portugal on PKs
Italy over Czech Republic
France over Spain
Netherlands over Sweden

Italy over England
Netherlands over France on PKs

Italy over Netherlands in a big clash of styles final. Probably totally off base, but if Japorea taught us anything, these sort of predictions are rarely successful.

[Bob Gray]

Originally posted by MavrckMngr
What a load of garbage out of the Football League. Apparently, the Nationwide Division 1 will now be known as 'The Championship'. Also, Divisions 1 and 2 will now be known as League 1 and League 2, respectively.

Sorry, boys, but you can't polish a (s-bomb).
The Championship? Ha! That's a silly name for what used to be the 2nd division. I liked it better when they didn't mess with the league names. Divisions 1-4 was much more straightforward.

[JF_Gophers]

I picked Portugal to win it all.

Biggest early upset is Italy not making it to the Quarterfinals!

[Nathan]

England will win it all, and Portugal will win at least one match 1-0 or 2-1 on a cheap *** penalty based upon simulation.

[JF_Gophers]

Nathan I emailed you but then realized it was your work Email heh.

Are you going to the pub to watch them?

[Nathan]

Not Saturday, but I'm going on Sunday.

http://www.britspub.com/europop.html

[Don King]

There's some chance I'll be at Brit's on Sunday. I'll be in town and I'd like to see England v. France; not sure if I can get it via PPV or not. If I can't figure out any other way, I might go down there. (However, it's likely to be packed beyond belief for any England match, so I'd like to avoid it if at all possible. :p)

[Nathan]

Originally posted by Don King
There's some chance I'll be at Brit's on Sunday. I'll be in town and I'd like to see England v. France; not sure if I can get it via PPV or not. If I can't figure out any other way, I might go down there. (However, it's likely to be packed beyond belief for any England match, so I'd like to avoid it if at all possible. :p) No, there's not another chance I don't think.

$20 cover, get there before the Croatia-Switzerland match instead of England-France.

[JF_Gophers]

I'll be at Brit's today rooting for France! :D

Good Times!

[Terrierbyassociation]

Premiership Fixtures have been posted.

Liverpool:
at Tottenham
Man City
Portsmouth
@Bolton
West Brom
@Man U
Norwich
@Chelski
@Fulham
Charlton
@Blackburn
Birmingham
Crystal Palace
@Middlesbrough
Arsenal

Charlton:
@Bolton
Portsmouth
Aston Villa
@Man City
Southampton
@Birmingham
Blackburn
@Arsenal
Newcastle
@Liverpool
Middlesbrough
@Tottenham
Norwich
@Man U
Chelski


Those are my two teams, up until the end of November.

[Bob Gray]

Nice to see Arsenal haven't been set up with a Murderer's Row schedule again. They actually have a pretty easy early schedule, which ought to be helpful for them to extend their unbeaten string a bit further (maybe another season? :) ).

[FerrisLives]

This should make you happy TBA. Charlton have signed PSV Eindhoven winger Dennis Rommedahl. This is a nice move. Rommedahl has played really well in EURO 2004 for the Danes. He was great in the game against Italy,

[Nathan]

EPL opener is United at Chelsea, right?

[USAFA Bulldog]

Originally posted by FerrisLives
This should make you happy TBA. Charlton have signed PSV Eindhoven winger Dennis Rommedahl. This is a nice move. Rommedahl has played really well in EURO 2004 for the Danes. He was great in the game against Italy,

Great pickup, Rommedahl is class. Glad Charlton got him. Score one of the small teams.

[BigPieps]

This just in:

me and filterban are (tentitively) planning on going to ManU/Munich match in Chicago....

Glory, Glory Man United.

:D :D :D