*portugal 2004*

[al_birkett]

I am open to opinions from different nations but really I see only two teams in this tournament... England and france , as an england fan I am of the opinion that we can win this tournament and the only team standing in our way is France , and because they are hosting the tournament portugal aswell . I hav this opinion mainly because of our performance in Japan , we did well in Japan , only needing to beat brazil I believe to win the tournament ,this we did not do obviously . but admitted by the coach (sven goran errikson) we did hav a young , inexperienced team in Japan and even he didnt expect us to get that far in the tournament and I believe that by 2004 our team will be more experienced and will be able to beat the best teams in europe , but as I said at the start I am open to all opinions !!!!

[Ron]

Japan is in no way a measure to compare teams.
That championship was a disgrace!!!!
I've never seen so many f*ck ups in my life.
I heard several of those referees will never whistle on a pro football match again, and with good reason.
I'm not saying Belgium would have made it to the finals, but the referees made damn good sure of that.
Same goes for Spain btw. Italy too.
The only good thing about Japan, was that Holland wasn't there.
<ducking for cover>

PS, don&#39;t think I&#39;m a football fan now. In fact, I hate it&#33; Bad for business. Everybody stays home on important match nights..

[puremindmatters]

Since the German team is at best mediocre at the moment, they are bound to stop an (probably better) English team in the customary penalty shootout and stumble on to win the cup.
Anything else would be a big surprise for me, unless it&#39;s time for some underdogs again - the Czech team certainly has potential.

[tilen76]

Originally posted by Ron@10 March 2003 - 14:28
PS, don&#39;t think I&#39;m a football fan now. In fact, I hate it&#33; Bad for business. Everybody stays home on important match nights..

Try putting a TV screen in your bar Ron. You&#39;ll have plenty of thirsty football fans spending their money.


Anyway, here are my candidates for the champion:

Portugal (host)
Spain (almost host)
Slovenia/Ireland (well they are my favorite teams)

But don&#39;t mind my opinion, it&#39;s biased. I come from Slovenia and I love Guinness, can&#39;t help myself.

[Ron]

Originally posted by tilen76@10 March 2003 - 15:43
Try putting a TV screen in your bar Ron. You&#39;ll have plenty of thirsty football fans spending their money.

Errr, that would mean the attention would be drawn away from the girls tilen.
I don&#39;t think they&#39;d appreciate that.
Besides, the only balls they care about, aren&#39;t the football kind.

[DataMore]

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>PORTUGAL</span>

[tilen76]

I love the top of your picture DataMore.

[DataMore]

Originally posted by tilen76@10 March 2003 - 15:13
I love the top of your picture DataMore.

I think that says it all about the Irish&#33;

[tilen76]

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I think that says it all about the Irish&#33;

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Well, you gotta admit it, they were awesome in Japan. It was one of the best matches I&#39;ve seen in a long time (Spain : Ireland).

[DataMore]

Please, I don&#39;t want to talk about the World Cup. :&#39;(
:&#39;( It brings back so many bad memories&#33; :&#39;(
That South Korea vs Portugal game was too dramatic for me&#33; :&#39;(
I only liked the World Cup because Brazil won&#33;

Now, we shall seek revenge in Euro 2004&#33;
I just wish the USA and South Korea could participate&#33;

Euro 2004 is ours.