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I see -- the pessimist's strategy. Always expect the worst and you'll never be disappointed. Fortunately the team didn't follow that strategy, or they would have never made it to the elimination rounds.

And here I was coaching you to raise your expectations for Greece in Euro 2004 after they beat Portugal the first time. ;)

Oh, for certain -- sports is entertainment. It certainly has more in common with the movie listings than the front page headlines in the papers. As a business built upon entertainment, spectacular free kicks and incredible goals won't hurt. But you're missing the primary ingredient to the...

Greece came into the Czech semi-final and the Portugal final with their gameplan clear as day -- with not a single surprise. And yet still the opposite coaches and teams could do nothing to knock their gameplan off track. How in-your-face is that? It's like a 10-year-old street thug who comes...

In the continued discussion of what it means to be a champion NT in this day and age... One of the more irritating things about sportscasters in general is that they perpetuate this perception that underdogs, particularly ones with great defenses, don't deserve the credit for winning as much...

Congrats to the Greeks. While I was pulling for Portugal since the start of this tournament, they went out there and proved it throughout the tournament -- defeating every quality opponent that can be thrown at them. Well done, indeed. I figured before this match that the result was going to...

This sort of reaction I'd file under the denial category in the 12 stages of grief. It's past shock and disbelief, but not quite on its way into anger and depression just yet. Let's face it, there's a lot of people who wish to go on believing that Les Blues are the kings of the world, Italy...

But 90+% of the supporters of favorite teams at any given Euro or WC are going to go home the losers. That's the nature and purpose of the tournament ... unless Blather does something idiotic like allow 16-way ties (and I wouldn't put it past him). Therefore, under this logic, all Euro and WC...

Would you say it's the season and the tournament that have been disappointing? Or more has it been the usual favorite teams and/our your personal favorites that have been disappointing? There's a big difference between the two. If anything, I've found this season and this Euro quite...

"I hope both teams lose."... "don't care anymore"... "A stupid final..." I hate to say this, but these attitudes only confirm all the criticisms given about Euro-centric WC 2002 whining. With attitudes like these, I hope the usual favorites lose big in WC 2006 and every tournament...