Lets Talk Football

Excellent. I hope they enjoy it. I'm sure that won't be problem. Here's hoping they get more than three games. *fingers crossed*

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I'm not going to sit here and say we'll be hard to beat, but we'll definitely be hard to beat easily.

Form team in Europe, dontcha know?

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"Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how the Tatty 100 is done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves." - Brendan Behan

I bet they'll have a great time Tatty. You should've gone too!

With my feet?

I've spent the last month following that bloody van around when it's gone from mechanic to mechanic, getting kitted out for the journey. I don't ever want to see it again!

Your feet? And there was me thinking you weren't going because of your back.

I was channelling Norman Stanley Fletcher.

Euro 2016 starts tomorrow with France and Romania. I think France will kick the tournament off with a routine win. Should be an exciting month of football!

Yep, it'll be a shock if it's anything other than a win.

My bets on the first group matches are down - hope you all have an enjoyable, and where pertinent profitable, tournament

Made a casual bet for Portugal to win Euro (best profit - risk team). Supporting Italy, sadly they have never been this bad but as always they know how to play on the result, so if they can go through the groups I think they will go far.

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“By definition, you have to live until you die. Better to make that life as complete and enjoyable an experience as possible, in case death is shite, which I suspect it will be.”

I wish european football was more popular in the United States. It really is ALOT more exciting than the NFL, and the fans? Fugedaboudit, the fans are nuts! Even more than you see at a college football game in the states.

Got my beer and chips ready! Lets go

Italy's best chance is their defence which, unlike most of the other main favourites, is actually pretty good and, depending on injuries, can play as a 3 or a 5, allowing for flexibility depending on the form of their attacking players.

I don't think there's much danger of any of the 'big' teams not getting through the groups. You'd have to be truly terrible to not make it or ridiculously unlucky. Unlucky almost to the point of negligence. So with England, it's possible.

Sad this is way how France gets the goal, obvious foul.

I disagree. It was outside goal area. It was a huge mistake by the GK!!

But hey, GOAL OF ROMENIA!!!!!!!!!!

And suddenly my 3-1 to France looks just a little more possible than it did at half-time

France is not playing like they're at home. Which is great cause it's the national team I hate the most!

You can't go dueling gk body to body when in area, it's a foul. But that penalty for Romania was also meh so yea, guess they are even now.

You can't go dueling gk body to body when in GOAL area, and they were outside goal area!

What a cracker of a goal!!