The ONLY After Hours thread about the European Championships.

kfallon · 08-06-2012 11:22AM

Super-Rush wrote: »

Would we get knocked out after beating the English?

No we just go home happy

Nothing more we need to achieve so we forfeit and pack our bags

Fratton Fred · 08-06-2012 11:25AM

beco2010 wrote: »

Ireland 2-1 Croatia

Ireland 1-1 Spain

Ireland 3-2 Italy

Ireland 2-1 England

as far as we go

up the alamo

I'll have a pint of whatever you're drinking :P

Padkir · 08-06-2012 11:41AM

That_Guy wrote: »

Anyways... the football side of things.

My bets.. Only two.

Germany outright: 3/1 (Paddy Power)

Lewandowski top goalscorer: 20/1 (Paddy Power though might have shortened since then)

Was tempted to go for Huntelaar as top goalscorer but I'm not sure if he'll start or not for Holland. In the warm up games Van Persie has been the lone striker. They could easily change formation and go with two strikers but it's hard to know.

Spain to win, Gomez top scorer double, it's foolproof!!:D

kfallon · 08-06-2012 11:53AM

Just seen on PP's Aertel page that if your 4 Fold on all group winners is let down by one leg/team then Power's will refund your bet....think it's only to phone customers tho

Padkir · 08-06-2012 11:56AM

beco2010 wrote: »

Ireland 2-1 Croatia

Ireland 1-1 Spain

Ireland 3-2 Italy

Ireland 2-1 England

as far as we go

up the alamo

That's a lot of goals...!!:pac: Might be a bit optimistic!

I'd say we'll be lucky to get a draw out of Croatia, think they're better than people give them credit for, although missing Olic will be a help for us! Let's just hope Jelavic doesn't bring his Everton form and Modric does bring his Spurs form of late!!:D

Loss against Spain, depending on the mood they're in it could be anywhere between 1 and 3-0. If they get an early goal it's curtains. If still level at half time, could be a chance of a draw but still would back Spain to not be held for 90 mins!

If we head into the Italy game with still a chance of qualifying I'd be happy and think we could take them, 2-1, Balotelli sent off!! :rolleyes:

Sorry if this is too much analysis for After Hours!!:p:p

TeddyTedson · 08-06-2012 11:59AM

Sooo excited now. I think we will be doing amazingly well to get out of the group but if we were to be Croatia its looking good. Then you never know.

Can you imagine playing England.for the first time since 95!!

Mc Eddy will be the star for Ireland I reckon.

Ill go for draw, draw, win

Shame so.my.people have become anti football though.

TeddyTedson · 08-06-2012 12:02PM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Sooo excited now. I think we will be doing amazingly well to get out of the group but if we were to be Croatia its looking good. Then you never know.

Can you imagine playing England.for the first time since 95!!

Mc Eddy will be the star for Ireland I reckon.

Ill go for draw, draw, win

Shame so.my.people have become anti football though.

Ireland will be underdogs in every game so we shouldn't be expecting too much. Just hope they play well as they always have in big competitions.

kfallon · 08-06-2012 12:03PM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Sooo excited now. I think we will be doing amazingly well to get out of the group but if we were to be Croatia its looking good. Then you never know.

Can you imagine playing England.for the first time since 95!!

Mc Eddy will be the star for Ireland I reckon.

Ill go for draw, draw, win

Shame so.my.people have become anti football though.

We won't be playing them, at best we can both hope to come second in our respective groups imo!

Anyone know if Apres Match is on after both games today or just the one tonight?

Sunnyisland · 08-06-2012 12:06PM

Looking forward to it :-)

That_Guy · 08-06-2012 12:08PM

Getting very excited now.

COME ON YOU BOYS IN GREEN!!!

kfallon · 08-06-2012 12:38PM

As well as our own, I'm looking forward to these during the Championships:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfzZdSxkzMw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwVSTXn5ghw

Copper_pipe · 08-06-2012 12:43PM

Elmer Blooker · 08-06-2012 12:53PM

55 hours to go and I'm already getting nervous. I wish we were playing Italy or Spain in the opener. We're crap against east Europeans, we even made a s*** team like Slovakia look good when we were lucky to get a 0-0 in Dublin.
Funny ol' game innit? ( 'arry Rednapp accent) when I am more afraid of Croatia then the current World and Euro champions.

cournioni · 08-06-2012 01:06PM

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Whats with the Celtic jerseys? We are Ireland, not Celtic.

Pherekydes · 08-06-2012 01:10PM

The following results would see Ireland qualify without scoring any goals:

Spain 2-0 Italy
Ireland 0-0 Croatia
Croatia 1-1 Italy
Ireland 0-0 Spain
Spain 2-0 Croatia
Ireland 0-0 Italy

Ireland 0-0 France (Ireland win 4-3 on pens)
Ireland 0-0 Netherlands (Ireland win 4-1 on pens)

Ireland 0-5 Spain.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 08-06-2012 01:24PM

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

55 hours to go and I'm already getting nervous. I wish we were playing Italy or Spain in the opener. We're crap against east Europeans, we even made a s*** team like Slovakia look good when we were lucky to get a 0-0 in Dublin.
Funny ol' game innit? ( 'arry Rednapp accent) when I am more afraid of Croatia then the current World and Euro champions.

I always fancy our chances of getting a result against a power house, we raise our game and revel in our underdog status. Its when we play a team in or around our own level that we tend to struggle at times.

cournioni · 08-06-2012 01:27PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I always fancy our chances of getting a result against a power house, we raise our game and revel in our underdog status. Its when we play a team in or around our own level that we tend to struggle at times.

Very true. It's the likes of the Swiss and Denmark that we'd struggle against the most IMO.

Will be on my way to Poland this time tomorrow, can't wait!

mackg · 08-06-2012 03:57PM

kfallon wrote: »

I like your optimisim but a free scoring Ireland :eek: You must know something we don't!

If Poland can't win tonight they may as well go home.....oh, wait, they are home already :pac:

I think a Cech inspired Czechs might get a point off the Russians

Russians have so many players of capable of scoring it will be hard for the Czechs to keep them out.

Fratton Fred wrote: »

I'll have a pint of whatever you're drinking :P

Me too, England to make it out of the group lol

smallerthanyou · 08-06-2012 04:38PM

My euro excitement is building. Finished work early for the first game which should be pretty awful stuff then flying to Poznan on Sunday. 55 flights leaving Dublin Sunday morning for Poland! That's a lot of Irish fans.

electrobanana · 08-06-2012 04:44PM

smallerthanyou wrote: »

My euro excitement is building. Finished work early for the first game which should be pretty awful stuff then flying to Poznan on Sunday. 55 flights leaving Dublin Sunday morning for Poland! That's a lot of Irish fans.

20,000 Irish heading over in the next few day apparently :eek:

Brain Stroking · 08-06-2012 04:46PM

electrobanana wrote: »

20,000 Irish heading over in the next few day apparently :eek:

Including me

Super-Rush · 08-06-2012 04:46PM

Jaysus this DJ is really getting into the groove.

electrobanana · 08-06-2012 04:47PM

^^^
jammy git have a good 1

Elmer Blooker · 08-06-2012 04:49PM

I really feel sorry for those camera men (I presume they're men !!) who's job it is the spot the babes in crowd, what a s*** job !

Joko · 08-06-2012 04:50PM

Opening cermony sucked.

Micky Dolenz · 08-06-2012 04:53PM

When does it start?

Super-Rush · 08-06-2012 04:56PM

First match kicks off in 4 minutes.

Elmer Blooker · 08-06-2012 04:58PM

I can remember Ireland, Scotland and Wales made a joint bid for the Euros but lost out to Poland/Ukraine - just as well, it would have been more like the euro swimming championship!

electrobanana · 08-06-2012 04:58PM

What an atmosphere..

Super-Rush · 08-06-2012 05:01PM

Have a bet on Lewandowski to score first.

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