StatesideToffee14 Posted December 2, 2023 Report Share Posted December 2, 2023 Starting this thread with the draw having just been completed moments ago. Here is how the groups ended up after the draw: Here are the 4 different playoff paths and the countries that will go through them: Path A Wales vs. Finland Poland vs. Estonia Path B Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Ukraine Israel vs. Iceland Path C Georgia vs. Luxembourg Greece vs. Kazakhstan The playoff matches will take place in March 2024. Euro 2024 opens in Munich on June 14 with Germany vs. Scotland. MikeO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 2, 2023 Report Share Posted December 2, 2023 Another chance for us to get to the semi, possibly even the final....before Southgate bottles it Romey 1878 and Sev 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted December 3, 2023 Report Share Posted December 3, 2023 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67606049 Romey 1878 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67646135 The games being shown on ITV and BBC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatesideToffee14 Posted February 10 Author Report Share Posted February 10 Saw a story earlier this week that UEFA will allow the Tartan Army to play bagpipes in stadiums during the Scots' Euro matches this summer so long as the bagpipes are registered with the Scottish Football Association. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwlad Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 Vuvuzelas were not regulated in 2010 SA WC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatesideToffee14 Posted February 11 Author Report Share Posted February 11 3 hours ago, Gwlad said: Vuvuzelas were not regulated in 2010 SA WC. True. And that's why UEFA decided to loosen the restrictions in regards to the bagpipes and what they have called other "mechanical sound-emitting devices". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatesideToffee14 Posted March 22 Author Report Share Posted March 22 Scores from today's Euro qualifying playoffs: Poland 5:1 Estonia Wales 4:1 Finland Wales vs. Poland on Tuesday in Cardiff. Israel 1:4 Iceland Bosnia & Herzegovina 1:2 Ukraine Ukraine vs. Iceland on Tuesday in Wroclaw, Poland. Georgia 2:0 Luxembourg Greece 5:0 Kazakhstan Georgia vs. Greece on Tuesday in Tbilisi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatesideToffee14 Posted March 27 Author Report Share Posted March 27 Today's play-off final scores: Wales 0:0 Poland (Poland advances on PKs 5-4) Ukraine 2:1 Iceland Georgia 0:0 Greece (Georgia advances on PKs 4-2) Poland goes into Group D and will play the Netherlands on June 16 in Hamburg. Ukraine goes into Group E and will play Romania on June 17 in Munich. Georgia goes into Group F and will play Turkey on June 18 in Dortmund. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatesideToffee14 Posted March 27 Author Report Share Posted March 27 Amazing scenes from Tblisi after Georgia qualified for Euro 2024, their first tournament finals: Georgia nearly qualified for Euro 2020, losing in a play-off final in Tblisi to North Macedonia 0:1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatesideToffee14 Posted June 7 Author Report Share Posted June 7 This promo from Scotland is pretty good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4JEFd5CZlQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunlopp9987 Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 England riding off to the Euros on a high!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 26 minutes ago, dunlopp9987 said: England riding off to the Euros on a high!! I thoroughly enjoyed it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatesideToffee14 Posted June 8 Author Report Share Posted June 8 Recent poll done by German public broadcaster ARD found that 27% of Germans have no interest in the upcoming tournament, 43% are very interested, and 28% are less interested. Organizers of the tournament were hoping to get enthusiasm from their population similar to what they experienced for the World Cup in 2006, which became known as "the summer fairy tale" in that country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 11 hours ago, StatesideToffee14 said: Recent poll done by German public broadcaster ARD found that 27% of Germans have no interest in the upcoming tournament, 43% are very interested, and 28% are less interested. Organizers of the tournament were hoping to get enthusiasm from their population similar to what they experienced for the World Cup in 2006, which became known as "the summer fairy tale" in that country. I wonder how many questioned were naturalised Germans, let’s not forget Germany probably as the largest amount of migrants in their country than any other country in Europe. Auf wierdersehen, pet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 32 minutes ago, Palfy said: I wonder how many questioned were naturalised Germans, let’s not forget Germany probably as the largest amount of migrants in their country than any other country in Europe. Auf wierdersehen, pet. Why would it matter? I did find out that the Germans find our obsession with the rivalry rather amusing. They see the Dutch as their old enemies apparently, England is just another country to them in football terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 39 minutes ago, Matt said: Why would it matter? I did find out that the Germans find our obsession with the rivalry rather amusing. They see the Dutch as their old enemies apparently, England is just another country to them in football terms. Well because we don’t know how or what questions were asked, and if they focused on Germany in the competition and they asked some people who had no real allegiance to Germany, that could help account for the 27% who have no interest, now I can’t prove that it may of contributed to the 27%, just as people can’t prove it didn’t, it was just a theory as to why that figure was so high. Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 30 minutes ago, Palfy said: Well because we don’t know how or what questions were asked, and if they focused on Germany in the competition and they asked some people who had no real allegiance to Germany, that could help account for the 27% who have no interest, now I can’t prove that it may of contributed to the 27%, just as people can’t prove it didn’t, it was just a theory as to why that figure was so high. I think 27% having no interest is an extremely low figure, whether native born or not. Loads of people have absolutely fuck all interest in football of any kind, if you polled my kids you'd have 80% of them not giving a shit for example. Immigration a big red herring...as per usual....73% having some level of interest represents massive engagement in my view, not sure why it'd be spun otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatesideToffee14 Posted June 8 Author Report Share Posted June 8 1 hour ago, Palfy said: I wonder how many questioned were naturalised Germans, let’s not forget Germany probably as the largest amount of migrants in their country than any other country in Europe. Auf wierdersehen, pet. Not sure where naturalized or not would play a role but okay. You be you apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 27 minutes ago, MikeO said: I think 27% having no interest is an extremely low figure, whether native born or not. Loads of people have absolutely fuck all interest in football of any kind, if you polled my kids you'd have 80% of them not giving a shit for example. Immigration a big red herring...as per usual....73% having some level of interest represents massive engagement in my view, not sure why it'd be spun otherwise. Well I’m assuming that the people who run the poll consider 27% high because they make some form of reference to the how the country felt back in 2006 compared to now. But like I said we don’t know how questions were phrased, because it was a poll in Germany who are hosting the Euro’s, so the question may have revolved around the German team and why wouldn’t it, so if people were asked are you interested in Germany's participation in the tournament held here a percentage of those asked who are not naturalised Germans may have said no, so not trying to throw in a big red herring as usual, just trying to come up with a reasonable explanation as to why 27% was considered high by the people who carried out the poll compared to 2006 and maybe because the countries immigration has increased significantly since 2006 it may possibly of had a bearing on the result. And the fact you haven’t raised your kids to like football is not a mitigating factor MikeO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 45 minutes ago, StatesideToffee14 said: Not sure where naturalized or not would play a role but okay. You be you apparently. Well you obviously didn’t read my response to that question to Matt or you wouldn’t of asked that question, and if you still don’t understand you can now look at my response to Mike to help clarify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sev Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 2 hours ago, Matt said: I did find out that the Germans find our obsession with the rivalry rather amusing. They see the Dutch as their old enemies apparently, England is just another country to them in football terms. That is absolutely correct, Matt. I speak with germans every day ... and drink their beer Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatesideToffee14 Posted June 8 Author Report Share Posted June 8 5 minutes ago, Palfy said: Well you obviously didn’t read my response to that question to Matt or you wouldn’t of asked that question, and if you still don’t understand you can now look at my response to Mike to help clarify. Right but you're bringing naturalization, and more specifically, immigration into the discussion when that should have zero relevance to who answered the polling question. (And yes I did read your response to Matt and Mike) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sev Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 That poll was actually done by WDR (Westdeutschen Rundfunk) via Infratest Dimap (https://www.infratest-dimap.de/) for ARD https://www.sportschau.de/fussball/uefa-euro-2024/ein-drittel-der-deutschen-fans-glaubt-an-finaleinzug,umfrage-140.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 6 minutes ago, StatesideToffee14 said: Right but you're bringing naturalization, and more specifically, immigration into the discussion when that should have zero relevance to who answered the polling question. (And yes I did read your response to Matt and Mike) Not really if people were asked who are not German are you interested in Germany in the Euro’s being held here. And it appears ARD aren’t innocent when holding their polls to bringing racial tensions and hatred to Germany and the German football, one of their last polls was “ do you want to see more white players in the national football team “ that had many Germans citizens, fans, and players condemning ARD of being racist. So maybe you could consider being a bit more selective in whose polls you choose to support. Instead of you being you apparently Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 39 minutes ago, Palfy said: Well I’m assuming that the people who run the poll consider 27% high because they make some form of reference to the how the country felt back in 2006 compared to now. But like I said we don’t know how questions were phrased, because it was a poll in Germany who are hosting the Euro’s, so the question may have revolved around the German team and why wouldn’t it, so if people were asked are you interested in Germany's participation in the tournament held here a percentage of those asked who are not naturalised Germans may have said no, so not trying to throw in a big red herring as usual, just trying to come up with a reasonable explanation as to why 27% was considered high by the people who carried out the poll compared to 2006 and maybe because the countries immigration has increased significantly since 2006 it may possibly of had a bearing on the result. And the fact you haven’t raised your kids to like football is not a mitigating factor Firstly, that poll about white players in their team was absurd....racists tick this box please...no idea what their motivation was. Did they say that they thought 27% was high? Or higher than 2006? Not according to anything posted here as far as I can see, numbers were given but no comment attempting to analyse it...have you seen more detail on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 47 minutes ago, Palfy said: And the fact you haven’t raised your kids to like football is not a mitigating factor Girls eh? Love 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatesideToffee14 Posted June 8 Author Report Share Posted June 8 18 minutes ago, Palfy said: Not really if people were asked who are not German are you interested in Germany in the Euro’s being held here. And it appears ARD aren’t innocent when holding their polls to bringing racial tensions and hatred to Germany and the German football, one of their last polls was “ do you want to see more white players in the national football team “ that had many Germans citizens, fans, and players condemning ARD of being racist. So maybe you could consider being a bit more selective in whose polls you choose to support. Instead of you being you apparently My point was more why bring up immigration or naturalization as a reason in the first place. It makes no sense within the context of the poll. Heck, I'm sure here in America there's probably a larger percentage of people (compared to the 27% of Germans in the ARD poll) that are unenthusiastic about the upcoming Copa America that the U.S. is hosting but that has nothing to do with immigration or naturalization factors. While interest in soccer in the U.S. is still growing, the most enthusiasm in this country typically only comes around when the World Cup is taking place. And I never said anything about whether I supported the poll or not and to claim I did is a gross misrepresentation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sev Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 And that poll is because of a documentry on ARD that can actually be seen today in their Media-Thek. Perhaps try to read this article to get a better understanding of it all. It's in german, but can easily be translated: https://www.swr.de/swrkultur/leben-und-gesellschaft/harald-welzer-ueber-ard-umfrage-zu-rassismus-im-fussball-100.html There's no doubt that the timing for this documentry and the poll (just before Euro 2024) is problematic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 43 minutes ago, MikeO said: Firstly, that poll about white players in their team was absurd....racists tick this box please...no idea what their motivation was. Did they say that they thought 27% was high? Or higher than 2006? Not according to anything posted here as far as I can see, numbers were given but no comment attempting to analyse it...have you seen more detail on it? I think they were trying to give the impression they thought it was high by highlighting the fact that 2006 World Cup was had more enthusiasm from the population for that tournament, than this tournament seems to have, makes you wonder why they held the poll and would they have made the comparison to 2006 if it was only 7% who showed no interest. Meaningless poll imo by possibly a far right media outlet if some of their other polls and stories are anything to go by. Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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