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Post by Tarry on May 24, 2012 13:38:34 GMT -5
  Croatia (Angelwings) Czech Republic (B Fizzle) Denmark (B Fizzle) England (Tiarnán) France (Burke) Germany (Angelwings) Greece (Jayzero) Italy (Mutant Couch) The Netherlands (Tarry) Poland [co-hosts] (Big Faker) Portugal (Malfunkshun) Republic of Ireland (Burke) Russia (Mutant Couch) Spain [defending champions] (Astro) Sweden (Zino) Ukraine [co-hosts] (World's Strongest Man)
Just like the FA Cup competition, you pick a team, and if that team wins the tournament, you win the competition. There's a lot of teams, so I'll sign people up who don't choose teams anyway. You'll probably end up with a second (possibly a third) team chosen at random. Because I chose first last time, I'll let somebody else go first this time. |
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Post by Burke on May 24, 2012 14:11:34 GMT -5
I'll take France, s'il vous plaît.
I have a feeling this is their year. And I think Karim Benzema could be the top scorer at the tournament.
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Post by Mutant Couch on May 24, 2012 14:12:18 GMT -5
Italy
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Post by Brandon on May 24, 2012 14:27:31 GMT -5
I'll take Czech Republic, plz.
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Post by Angelwings on May 24, 2012 16:09:17 GMT -5
Eh, Germany
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Post by jayzero42690 on May 24, 2012 16:15:00 GMT -5
Greece. Cause their flag looks the most like ours. And it's Blue and White which is kinda my thing.
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Post by Tarry on May 24, 2012 17:15:14 GMT -5
I'll go ahead and reserve Portugal/Team Cristiano for Mal.
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Post by Astrozombie on May 24, 2012 23:25:46 GMT -5
I don't know what this is, but can I have Spain?
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Post by Mutant Couch on May 25, 2012 1:50:22 GMT -5
This seemed pertinent to this thread and relevant to about half of us. undiesboyssoccer.blogspot.com/I so clearly made the best pick given the number of photos for Italian players vs. everyone else. Also, I finally figured out the real problem with MLS, it's that they refuse to drop their shorts. Seriously, way more people would watch if they did. Oh, and lol @ the Portuguese ones being mostly Ronaldo. |
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Post by Tarry on May 25, 2012 9:04:51 GMT -5
Using a random number generator, I've drawn teams for the four posters who haven't selected a team, and I've drawn a second team for the first four posters that signed up. Sweden - ZinoRussia - Mutant CouchRepublic of Ireland - BurkeUkraine - World's Strongest ManPoland - Big FakerEngland - TiarnánDenmark - B FizzleCroatia - Angelwings |
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Post by Tarry on May 25, 2012 9:17:23 GMT -5
Group A Poland [co-hosts] (Big Faker) Greece (Jayzero) Russia (Mutant Couch) Czech Republic (B Fizzle)Group B The Netherlands (Tarry) Denmark (B Fizzle) Germany (Angelwings) Portugal (Malfunkshun)Group C Spain [defending champions] (Astro) Italy (Mutant Couch) Republic of Ireland (Burke) Croatia (Angelwings)Group D Ukraine [co-hosts] (World's Strongest Man) Sweden (Zino) France (Burke) England (Tiarnán) The tournament kicks off on the 8th of June. I'll post the fixtures sometime before then. |
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Post by Tarry on May 28, 2012 15:12:38 GMT -5
Matches to be played from the 8th until the 12th of June: Group APoland (Big Faker) vs. Greece (Jayzero)Russia (Mutant Couch) vs.  Czech Republic (B Fizzle)Group BThe Netherlands (Tarry) vs. Denmark (B Fizzle)Germany (Angelwings) vs. Portugal (Malfunkshun)Group CSpain (Astro) vs. Italy (Mutant Couch)Republic of Ireland (Burke) vs. Croatia (Angelwings)Group DFrance (Burke) vs. England (Tiarnán)Ukraine (World's Strongest Man) vs. Sweden (Zino) |
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Post by Tarry on Jun 9, 2012 12:26:51 GMT -5
I was stupid to select The Netherlands with the assumption that Robin Van Persie could carry the whole team  |
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Post by jayzero42690 on Jun 9, 2012 19:19:26 GMT -5
lol my game ended in 1-1 tie? Ain't these guys have like 90 minutes to score? This is why I just can't get into football. (I called it football to semi-distract from and make up for my nagging)
So how does this work? Is it like the NFL playoffs where it's just 1 game eliminations or is it a best of series?
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Post by Tarry on Jun 9, 2012 19:24:23 GMT -5
So how does this work? Is it like the NFL playoffs where it's just 1 game eliminations or is it a best of series? It starts off with 4 groups of 4 teams. The teams face with the other teams in their group once. The two teams at the top of the group table go through to the next round. The next round is the knockout stage AKA the good bit. |
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