Bobby Skidmarks Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 France will Hibs it. They fall out with each other almost as much as the Dutch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Wales will do it for Richey Edwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 That was about a quarter century ago; most of them won't even have heard of the fucker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominique Malonga Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 I've got a funny feeling France will win this. If not them then Germany will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 I've got a funny feeling France will win this. If not them then Germany will. Funny feeling? They're the two favourites with by far the strongest squads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco30 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Out on a limb and say the Belgians to at least make the final , lot of people tipping France but think they will hibs it. Outsiders al go with Croatia , modric and rakitic are a match for anyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QosLoyal Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Out on a limb and say the Belgians to at least make the final , lot of people tipping France but think they will hibs it. Outsiders al go with Croatia , modric and rakitic are a match for anyone Yeah the croatians are a great outside bet. I think it will be a France - Belgium final. Cant wait only three weeks to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco30 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Yeah the croatians are a great outside bet. I think it will be a France - Belgium final. Cant wait only three weeks to go. Only 2 things letting the croatians down is they don't have a prolific goalscorer or a too class keeper defence and midfield are pretty strong though , really hope Iceland do well to great spirit in their squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melany Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 I hope It will be Spain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_dog Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 After Iniesta's performance in the Copa del Rey Final last night, I sorta hope Spain win it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microdave Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 France to beat Spain in the final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum-ayr Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Backed Spain to win with Morata top scorer at 40/1 with Austria as an outside bet, also at 40/1. Got Austria and Sweden in our own sweep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Fancy Italy this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 And I see they are 16/1. £5 on that I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 If you break down the candidates into groups: Favourites: France, Germany, Spain France have the best squad they've had since they last won it, although losing Varane is a massive blow. You also have to take into account them being France and having an impressive ability to f**k things up. We'll see. Germany & Spain also have an outrageous amount of talent at their disposal, but Germany were gubbins during qualifying and it'll be interesting to see how Spain bounce back from their humiliation at the World Cup. Other top tier nations: Italy, England, Portugal Are England and Portugal worthy of being considered top tier nations? f**k it, may as well. If we still had a 16 team, top two go through system I reckon we'd see Portugal eliminated in the group stage here - they aren't very good. As it is they've ended up with the worst team at the tournament in their group so they've pretty much got progression guaranteed with just a draw from Austria or Iceland needed prior to the inevitable pumping of Hungary in the last game. Fully expect elimination as soon as they meet a semi-competent side in the knockout stage, but if they end up lucky enough to get a tie against fucking Wales they'll shitfest their way to the quarters. Italy and England's squads are far weaker than the three favourites but you'd call them both solid sides who you expect to make the quarter final as a minimum requirement. When you're that standard of side, it's really not a great leap to be imagining either of them making the final courtesy of favourable quarter-final draw and one great performance in the semi. England have the bonus of a simple group too, with a third placed team as their opponents provided they don't make a mess of winning the group. If they do get as far as the semi their bottle will inevitably crash though. Other contenders: Austria - excellent in qualifying and should win their group here, but that'll probably give them a harder draw in the last 16 than being runners-up would. Group F winners get the runners-up of Italy/Belgium/Sweden/ROI whereas the runners-up get the runner-up of England/Russia/Slovakia/Wales. Could see Austria v Belgium or Italy being an excellent game, but they'd dispose of Russia/Slovakia/Wales comfortably. If they do defeat Belgium or Italy no one'll want to be playing them. Belgium - easy to say they didn't live up to the hype in 2014, but regardless of their performances they had a 100% record in the group, struggled to score v the US but battered them for 120 minutes, then were edged out by Argentina in extra-time. They're clearly capable of grinding out results on that evidence, but at the same time were unconvincing in qualifying from one of the easiest groups - winning it is all well and good, but taking only one point from Wales is piss poor. Should certainly be looking for a quarter final place at least, although avoiding Austria in the last 16 will be crucial to that. Wales - Sit down. Teams that need late goals to scrape past Andorra aren't going to challenge for tournaments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Don't forget that the Portuguese do like to drop an absolute stinker of a result against bigger diddies than they'll play at the finals. It would be no surprise if they don't turn up against Hungary or Iceland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Germany Dundeeing it 3-1 at home to Slovakia in this evening's friendly. Which could be written off if their qualification efforts weren't so routinely hapless as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 France or Spain for me. Germany have been so... "meh" since the World Cup. Belgium have a good chance and England may well make their first semi-final for 20 years. Someone mentioned Austria earlier in the thread - I don't think they'll win it, but I do fancy them to beat Portugal to the top of their group. They'll likely play Italy or Belgium in the first knockout round, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beermonkey Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 i cant see past germany winning it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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