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Euro 2008 Predictions

This is how I reckon Euro 2008 would pan out. (Final group positions in bold.)
Group Stages
Group A

Portugal (1)
Czech Republic (3)
Switzerland (4)
Turkey (2)

Group B

Germany (2)
Croatia (1)
Poland (4)
Austria (3)

Group C

Netherlands (1)
Italy (2)
France (4)
Romania (3)

Group D

Spain (1)
Russia (2)
Sweden (3)
Greece (4)

Knock-out Stages
Quarter Final

Portugal beats Germany
Croatia beats Turkey
Netherlands beats Russia
Italy beats Spain

Semi Final

Croatia beats Portugal
Netherlands beats Italy

Final

Croatia beats Netherlands

I am [...]

Jolly Green Giant

Weiran alerted me to an article about David James yesterday, published earlier this month. It is really a short biography of the England goalkeeper’s professional career, and his opinion on football’s role in preserving the environment.
Yet while most will look upon his conversion of a gas-guzzler to a green machine as the most interesting product [...]

Playing Away

Just look back, for example, at Wembley and everyone celebrated the Americans playing an American Football game at Wembley.
Arsène Wenger — Source: BBC Sport
Arsène Wenger has pledged his support to the Premier League’s proposals to play a round of Premier League matches abroad. To support his favour for such a move, he made reference to [...]

Amazing The Money

How far would you go for the prospect of more money? Would you work longer hours? Would you work in a place you’ve never been before? Would you leave everything you know behind? And would you do all this for the sake of money alone?
This is what the Premier League proposes. After dwindling attendances at [...]

Newcastle United v England

This would be a very interesting match. Over the past week, I have witnessed (endured, despaired, …) England’s dismal performance followed by Newcastle’s dismal performance. To be honest, there wasn’t much different between the performances.
My opinion of the Football Association was greatly improved this week. It’s not the fact that they sacked Steve McClaren, but [...]

Theatre of Screams

Picture the scenario: you pay a lot of money to watch a piece in a theatre in London say. Depending on the seat you could be spending upwards of £30 to watch an operatic performance. You take your seats and the show begins. You are astounded by the debacle on view. The actors forget their [...]

So…

What shall we do next summer?
Furthermore, what will the England players do next summer? According to The Sun (via BBC’s Gossip Column), England’s players will receive £150,000 for not reaching the finals. That’s performance related pay for you. I suspect many will be spending their holidays as far away from the British tourists as possible.
Wouldn’t [...]

What About Us?

Perhaps the biggest debate going on in the football world at the moment is ‘should there be a winter break?’. There are contributors from just about everyone to all sides of the story… that is, except for the fans.
I am in support of the winter break, and there is a simple reason. Supporters seem to [...]

Stripping Differences

Alistair Devine, the nude photographer of his own project Stripped Naked, is using his chosen medium and taboo subject matter to highlight the sectarian differences between Glasgow Celtic and Glasgow Rangers football clubs. In an article on BBC News, is asking for hundreds of willing volunteers to pose naked to show Celtic and Rangers fans [...]

For The Love Of The Game

I was watching Sevilla v Getafe: the first La Liga game of the season shown on Sky Sports this season (Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid was not shown due to contractual disputes). This was just the first farce of the night - the referee made his first sending off just 22 minutes into the game, [...]