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Ok, none of the home nations are in it :(

Regardless, unless you're into the Olympics (or cycling), it's the main sporting event this summer, and it kicks off in slightly over 2 weeks.

What (if any) team will you support? Or will you just not bother as none of the home teams are in it?

I'm supporting Holland (as usual) but have planned for several changes of underwear as we face France, Italy and Romania in the group phase. :erm:

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I will be supporting Portugal. For obvious reasons... :D

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Think I'll go for Germany

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Like being great at taking penalties? :D

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Properly France

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Did it matter in the end? ;) :D

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I'm going for a team that looks fantastic on paper but always underachieves in competitions so I'll feel right at home.

Spain for me..

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No. Congratulations btw :)

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Or you could always pick Portugal... the nearly rans lol. Vamos Portooooooooogaaaaaal!!!!!

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I'm going for Italy, only because some of my family are from there, not because of the style of football they play. I will also be hoping Portugal do well.

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Its sad that footy supporters here will have to adopt a team for the Euros lol. I will be supporting Portugal for very same reason... lots of family in Portugal, as wel as being born Portuguese.

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Im supporting holland since i was born there :D

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France

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Holland all the way....but yes as Daniel has said I'll need a stack of underwear...

<--- is looking forward to the games but I will be bricking it.

if we beat Italy then we will go through.

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Think I'd rather support these tbh

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which of the lot...there are some lookers in there :D (ohhh bugger..mrs just spotted me)

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All of them!!!

Bable out of comp btw

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ds/7429356.stm

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yeah I heard not happy with that....
van Persie not match fit (or at least not yet)
ARGGGGGHHHH

ps. its babel ;)

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You say babel, I say bable successfully resisted the urge to burst into song :)

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you nasty bugger I got it in me head now !!!!! :@

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im supporting Croatia but it will be hard without eddie.

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Aslong as Ruud is fit i think the Dutch will be okay, also you have Huntelaar, who is supposed to be excellent and Kuyt, well, the less we say about him the better :)

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well if van Basten is going to be brave then I quite fancy the following line up

v/d Sar
(defence leaks more then a sif)
van persie/van der vaart/robben
kuijt
van Nistelrooij and Huntelaar

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okay have to be fair.... defence:
de Cler/Mathijsen/Afellay/van Bronckhorst

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We'll just have to take the Brazilian approach. Just make sure we score more than we let in... :)

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You can add Boulahrouz if if you want. (He's been called up to replace Babel).

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Beckham to get england captaincy

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Sorry to break the news to you, but, England didn't qualify for Euro 2008.......

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oh must've been for world cup or something else :p:

lol b.t.w im for holland and spain :D

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Holland.

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Mmm not up on Dutch football as much as I should be but aren't 3 of them left backs :shocked:

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Holland vs wales today :D

cmon holland

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well it wasnt a case of lambs to the slaughter but hey a win is a win :)

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I suppose they could have scored a couple more, but given that Wales kept 11 men behind the ball, they did allright imo. Bring on Italy...

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Its got to be France for me.

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cmon holland we beat wales where i basically live :p:

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Says the 'frogstamper' :D

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after holland performance tonight they might not might definetly have a chance of winning euro 2008 :D

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Mouqeet we just have to get passed the FRENCH and ITALIANS which is going to be veryyy hard.

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yepp lol van persie injured babel unfit :( but this season for holland very tough docdutch you think we'll win ?

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ermmm Van Persie is unfit, and Babel is off to the Olympics probably.

(link only for those that understand dutch)
http://sport.fok.nl/voetbal/nieuws/49242

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nice 1 aint red dutch in agez where abouts were you born

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do you no the link you posted docdutch this is my reply in dutch
Ik hoop voor em dat ie dat red, echt zo lullig dat je een week voor zo'n groot toernooi een blessure oploopt die tot net een week naar het toernooi nodig heeft om te herstellen... moet je weer vier jaar wachten voor het zelfde toernooi...

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yeah I know the feeling, and its only 2 years Mouqeet ;) WK preps start as well straight after the EURO's :)

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yep definatley we are the champion and always will be

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What. You had to pull out of a major tournament due to injury as well? :shocked: :D

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als dat mogelijk was geweest Daniel denk je dat ik dan in de UK aan't wonen was?

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Kweenie. Korfbal lijkt me wel iets voor jou? :p:

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klootzak ;)

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:redcard: Any more of that and you'll get a swift kick somewhere ;)

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I know its ironic isn't it;)

Well said DocDutch

I see.

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No, no, it's a term of Endearment. Particularly in the city DocDutch is from :D

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hey dont forget me i come from there :p:

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Thought you came from Pakistan :confused:

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well i was born there so i basically am i dutch :D

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And here he is also from Spain?? lol

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/34564483-post27.html

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Waarom heb je dan een reactie van foksport gekopieerd, en niet zelf wat geschreven?

Now if you can respond to that sensibly, I'll believe you. If not...

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welke hep ik kopierd

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im not from spain im for spain

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Deze, de eerste reactie op de link die DocDutch poste:
Oh, guys, I can confirm Mouqeet has some rudimentary grasp of Dutch. It's worse than his grasp of English :)

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Oh that was in Dutch, sorry my mistake. :D

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Derek 1st of all that word is an endearment for Daniel....

and please dont kick me there.... the mrs has already threatened them with 2 bricks of late...

and Daniel... I cant help it that I'm from a proper city instead of a farmers village ;)

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Proper city? It doesn't even have a University...

Krijg een endeldarmverkleving man :D

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I'm going to put my neck out and go for the Germans this summer. I like Holland and I would like to see them do well too

Looks like I need to get stocked up with German beer then :D

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I'm going for the Poles because I've been to some of their dancing clubs. I was hoping Lapland would make it because I've also...:D

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Why didnt I think of that ;)

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Just drawn holland in the office sweepstake..... wanted Portugal but chuffed that I got one of the favourites.... can someone teach me some good old Dutch chants lol.

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I've got a sneaking suspicion that Spain might actually, finally, do something this time...

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They might do but I still dont trust them :)

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http://www.ringtonio.nl/play/?id=644...x=1&rtlo=11595

http://www.thenewshop.eu/ringtone/?p...&ringtone=2727 :)

Edit: This one's not bad either :D

http://www.thenewshop.eu/ringtone/?p...&ringtone=4577

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Well, it's official now. The Brits (well, the sensible part of them that reads the Guardian) support Holland.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...08.netherlands

:D

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Typical Dutch cheats :p:

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lol :p: your jelouse were better than you :rofl:

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Looking forward to Germany/Poland on Sunday and Holland/Italy on Monday.

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I'm not looking forward to the Holland game that much....bit scared :(

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it all kicks of today:D

italy ----> grose padose :P

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Particularly with Robben being injured (he's out for the Italy game) :(

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and van Persie daniel....not looking too great now.... ARGHHHHH or hopefully Marco will think "why not play kuyt on either of those places"

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You think Huntelaar (sp?) will start a game?

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Van Basten has hardely played him so far, so it seems unlikely. Unless Van Nistelrooy gets injured that is, which with the present rate of injuries may well happen :erm:

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Nope, I'm not exactly looking forward to the Italy game now...

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nor next friday tbh nor the following tuesday :( I am looking forward to after van Basten has quit Oranje so we can rebuild and get some of the older hands back again :D

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Ah, a fellow Ajax supporter? :D

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yeah just wonder what good Marco can do at Ajakkus...but looking at the dutch team 90% is old Ajax anyways....hardly any Feyenoorders, PSV'er or any other team really.

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erm, 7(?) out of 24. Hardly 90%...

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And Let The Games Begin !!!!!!

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but if you look at the clubs the others have played quite a few come from Amsterdam ;)

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ROBEN INJURED :mad: VAN PERSIE INJURE :mad:

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so 1st game done and 1st yellow card handed... now bets please if the 1st red card goes to Turkey or cheating portugal

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Cheating Portugal? I would say classy Portugal with their excellent win today....

Vamos Portooooogaaaaal!!!!!!!!

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yeah but normally they cheat Saaf ;)

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No we dont.... well Ronaldo used to, and I thought he was going to be up to his old tricks today when he fell over in the first 10 mins. Disappointed with Deco, but Boswinga looks very good, cant wait to see him in the Chelsea shirt. Both goals were classy tho, nice one two for the first a a great turn to set up the second.

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Hit the woodwork three times, scored twice. Can't argue with it. A good win for Portugal. Firm favourites for the top spot in the group now. I'm not sure about Turkey/Czech Republic. Watching Switzerland - Czech Republic I was wondering: are Switzerland better than I thought they would be, or are the Czechs worse. Czechs v Turkey will be the decider for second spot.

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Is it just me who thinks this or do ITV has their nose up Ronaldos bottom 24/7.

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From that match it's quite clear who the cheats are, two ridiculous dives in the penalty area from Turkish players with no cards given by the ref for some reason. Some of the fouls by Turkish players were horendus, especially in the second half.

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it is a fact that Turkey plays like that....but then so are portugal normally as soon as a player gets near them they hit the ground like they been shot by a 40mm cannon

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WW3 about to start on BBC1.

A gem from Stubbsy: "There's a bit of rivalry between these two countries..." (Germany v Poland).

Kudos to Lineker for having the guts to say the old joke: "If this were a game of scrabble, Poland would win easily"

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very brave of him.... but I can see where he's coming from.....

now lets see whos going to win this

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looks like Don Leo has been teaching them the football of the dutch in the 70's and 80's ... total football

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Germany look a bit tasty.

It looks ominous for the rest. :erm:

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it does.... but hey they would have to play portugal/czech/turkey dont think the swiss will make it out of that group.

and tbh I would prefer the germans then cheating portugal

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ow ffs it aint looking good for Holland now.... Robben is going to be out at least for 10 days....

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Van Persie is not ruled out for the Italy game though. :)

Germany looked alright, if a bit weak at the back. Croatia were disappointing imo (apart from a half hour spell). Austria were unlucky to not get a draw. I've not written off Poland yet. I can see them beating Croatia, and Croatia will struggle against Germany.

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I'm looking forward to tonights matches, the first matches in the tournament that could go either way and not have an obvious favourite. I think Romania will cause an upset and beat the French and then Italy will beat the Dutch :)

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Certainly looks ominous for the Poles. They sent out a search party for Smolarek at half time and found nothing. Rumour has it he may have been on his way back to Rotterdam for coffee and cakes ;)

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I fancy Romania as well but I still think Holland can do Italy

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Mutu to nick a goal or two.

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I just noticed that Holland - Italy is played in the Wankdorf Stadium :rofl: