Euro 2016 General Discussion Thread (11 Viewers)

[Badass J Elkann]

this best 3rd team qualifies is utter bullshit, especially when Italy top their group yet get such a ridiculously hard run to the finals whilst the under achieving sides get an easier run. hope they fucking scrap it and just go back to the normal top 2 qualifies and be done with it.

 

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[Boksic]

All those horrible teams progressing from the groups are making the championship alot less exciting. The knockout stage should be only the very best and maybe one or two suprise teams. The pitches and the draw for this cup is $#@!ed! Cant wait for wales france in the final

i think the expanded tournament has been a mistake.

Ridiculous that half the teams coming 2nd bottom in their group get through to the knockout. If you come 3rd in an easy group, one which you still weren't good enough to come in the top half you can still get through.

 

[il brutto]

Croatia will send them home.

Hope they do, wouldn't mind them winning the whole thing but we all know that you can't win a big tournament with a traditional striker.

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this best 3rd team qualifies is utter bullshit, especially when Italy top their group yet get such a ridiculously hard run to the finals whilst the under achieving sides get an easier run. hope they fucking scrap it and just go back to the normal top 2 qualifies and be done with it.

They need to. Knockout stage table looks ridiculous at the moment.

 

[Badass J Elkann]

Hope they do, wouldn't mind them winning the whole thing but we all know that you can't win a big tournament with a traditional striker.

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They need to. Knockout stage table looks ridiculous at the moment.

it's a fucking travesty and poorly thought out

 

[il brutto]

it's a fucking travesty and poorly thought out

Belgium will likely get to the semis with winning against Ireland, Sweden, Hungary and Northern-Ireland/Wales.

 

[Badass J Elkann]

Belgium will likely get to the semis with winning against Ireland, Sweden, Hungary and Northern-Ireland/Wales.

england finished 2nd and play iceland...fucking iceland! not taking anything away from them but that is an easier game than fucking spain

 

[89man]

First time in the knock-out rounds of a tournament since the 2002 World Cup.

 

[Badass J Elkann]

only because of this bullshit 3rd team qualification rule, ireland would be out as normal otherwise

 

[89man]

only because of this bull$#@! 3rd team qualification rule, ireland would be out as normal otherwise

Don't care, we're there.
Gives the smaller nations a better chance.

 

[Badass J Elkann]

fuck the smaller nations... what next? 4th placed teams fight to the death to qualify too?

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

The only good thing about the result today is that Turkey is knocked out

Sorry @Turk_Bianconero

 

[lgorTudor]

Italian route to final:
Spain, Germany, France


Belgian route to final
Hungary, Wales, Croatia

Italy finished first, Belgium finished second

That's all I want to say about this cancer of a tournament

 

[Alen]

Italian route to final:
Spain, Germany, France


Belgian route to final
Hungary, Wales, Croatia

Italy finished first, Belgium finished second

That's all I want to say about this cancer of a tournament

I wouldn't blame the format when three strong group favorites (or 4 if we include Belgium) failed to win their group. If they did, then Belgium's route to the final would have been Portugal, England, Spain.

Simply, Belgium were extremely lucky that neither of those three, as well as themselves, failed to win their group. Basically, in every format you'd get these matches if more than half of the favorites fail to win their group.
Only Germany (but only on goal difference) and France won their groups from the pre-tournament favorites. 4 failed. Of course we'd get what we got.

 

[Hængebøffer]

I wouldn't blame the format when three strong group favorites (or 4 if we include Belgium) failed to win their group. If they did, then Belgium's route to the final would have been Portugal, England, Spain.

Simply, Belgium were extremely lucky that neither of those three, as well as themselves, failed to win their group. Basically, in every format you'd get these matches if more than half of the favorites fail to win their group.
Only Germany (but only on goal difference) and France won their groups from the pre-tournament favorites. 4 failed. Of course we'd get what we got.

Of course you should. The poor quality is not only down to more poor teams. Almost every team played like it's pre-season games.

 

[il brutto]

These have been the worst EUROS for a while and I can't see that changing. Format has been a total failure, too many bad teams.

 

[Alen]

Here, if the favorites won their groups instead of finishing 2nd or 3rd:

1. Poland-Switzerland
2. Spain - Iceland

3. England-Northern Ireland
4. Portugal-Italy

5. Germany-Slovakia
6. Belgium-Croatia

7. France-Republic of Ireland
8. Wales-Hungary

It would have been muuuuch more balanced

 

[zizinho]

I wouldn't blame the format when three strong group favorites (or 4 if we include Belgium) failed to win their group. If they did, then Belgium's route to the final would have been Portugal, England, Spain.

Simply, Belgium were extremely lucky that neither of those three, as well as themselves, failed to win their group. Basically, in every format you'd get these matches if more than half of the favorites fail to win their group.
Only Germany (but only on goal difference) and France won their groups from the pre-tournament favorites. 4 failed. Of course we'd get what we got.

format still sucks though

 

[Badass J Elkann]

These have been the worst EUROS for a while and I can't see that changing. Format has been a total failure, too many bad teams.

wait till the next one... when teams are travelling across europe to play their matches

 

[Fint]

fuck the smaller nations... what next? 4th placed teams fight to the death to qualify too?

Fuck off you imperialist swine

 

[zizinho]

wait till the next one... when teams are travelling across europe to play their matches

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