EURO 2024 - Who will win it?

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Originally Posted by ekhibee

Italy to win it cos they know how.

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Decent ew bet. Tough group tho

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Originally Posted by JimBHibees

And other teams ike France who are equally as good

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That too Jim.

Biggest question probably is does Scotland have its own TV coverage rather than have to deal with English based one.

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Originally Posted by The Baldmans Comb

England hopefully as they have the best fans by far who have a real depth and knowledge of the game and are desperate for success.

The manager is pragmatic and their team is attractive and balanced up to a point as you wonder about the defence. But they have worked very hard on overcoming the lack of mental strength and bottle that has so plagued previous endeveours and undermines their nations confidence on a more general level.

Germany as hosts and France must be close behind and Portugal are a wild card so it should be a great tournament.

Have the Scots started whining about the BBC yet because inevitably they will but every other national broadcaster in the world get jinguistic about their national team so I cant understand the fake outrage when the BBC get right behind "their boys".

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Cause “their boys” are also “our boys”.

Would be nice that they remember that once in a while.

J

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Originally Posted by Winston Ingram

The best defenders in the world are playing in these tournaments. He's been picked ahead of them all. For 3 consecutive tournaments. You need to be a lot more than basic to do that.

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Even if he is basic - I always think the role of actually being good at defending is overlooked when it comes to defenders, as folk fawn over stuff like passing ability.

England have done well in recent tournaments, a huge part of which has been built around a robust defence that gives little away.

He’s been part of that.

Obviously he’s become a figure of fun in other quarters but he is deserving of respect for being a consistent contributor towards their excellent defensive efforts and good results.

Portugal will win it.

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Originally Posted by heretoday

Portugal will win it.

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Hedging my bet , Portugal or France.

Struggling to get up for it if I’m being honest, Hibs have scunnered me this season maybe that’s why.

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Originally Posted by The Baldmans Comb

England hopefully as they have the best fans by far who have a real depth and knowledge of the game and are desperate for success.

The manager is pragmatic and their team is attractive and balanced up to a point as you wonder about the defence. But they have worked very hard on overcoming the lack of mental strength and bottle that has so plagued previous endeveours and undermines their nations confidence on a more general level.

Germany as hosts and France must be close behind and Portugal are a wild card so it should be a great tournament.

Have the Scots started whining about the BBC yet because inevitably they will but every other national broadcaster in the world get jinguistic about their national team so I cant understand the fake outrage when the BBC get right behind "their boys".

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Care to name any other national broadcaster that has more than one team?

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Originally Posted by Zazu62

Struggling to get up for it if I’m being honest, Hibs have scunnered me this season maybe that’s why.

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This and the recent Scotland performances.

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Originally Posted by H18 SFR

This and the recent Scotland performances.

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Very different for me - couple of friendlies won’t have any negative effect on me looking forward to the euros. And the Finland game won’t really change my excitement or confidence either way.

And I think with the Hibs thing, if anything I’m glad a poor season is over in club football and can look forward to our German excursion.

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Originally Posted by H18 SFR

This and the recent Scotland performances.

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Our record in competitive games under Clarke is great.

I’m buzzing for it. 2 weeks today until the Germany game and then 19 days til i head over with my mates for 5 nights.


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Originally Posted by CallumLaidlaw

Our record in competitive games under Clarke is great.

I’m buzzing for it. 2 weeks today until the Germany game and then 19 days til i head over with my mates for 5 nights.


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Looking forward to hearing the stories from all of you that are travelling over. :thumbsup:

I’ve not really thought about the Euros yet, no doubt I will be caught up in it all once the first game kicks off.

2 weeks today on the 🍻🍺 in Munchen.

Can’t wait!

J

BUMP!

The action begins next Friday with Germany v Scotland. Can't wait!

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Gone with Germany; host nation and their results have picked up recently. Kroos and Gündoğan in midfield have bags of experience and trophies under their belts. I'd definitely fancy them to dispatch England in a knockout game.

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Originally Posted by heretoday

Portugal will win it.

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Surprised at the lack of votes for them,

their squad is really well balanced, with decent backups all over the pitch.

For all its weaker on paper I think their midfielders skillsets complement each other, and will be able to function as a better unit than England's

Grealish and Maguire dropped from England squad

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Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS

Grealish and Maguire dropped from England squad

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Think Maguire was 50/50 but Grealish is a huge call. Out of favour with City but always in and around England squads

Honestly buzzing so much for this. A second consecutive euros for Scotland and being part of the opening game is massive

4 points gets us through to play probably Denmark. Getting out a major tournament group would be a huge step forward

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Originally Posted by GreenNWhiteArmy

Think Maguire was 50/50 but Grealish is a huge call. Out of favour with City but always in and around England squads

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Southgate must stay

To be fair to Southgate at least he’s finally grew a pair and made hard decisions, that defence though isn’t winning a major tournament

Wonder if SSN are going to remember Scotland have qualified also. Wall to wall.

According to Opta, England will win Euro2024. No shock there IMO.

Interesting that they have Scotland as 15th in the list to win the tournament, whilst 16th on the list to reach the last 16, albeit with Germany, Switzerland and Hungary all ranked higher than us to get out of our group.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...s/cv22vrnl0j0o

France. They have absolutely no weaknesses.

Portugal got some squad

Bet France - also doubled up with Scheffler in the US Open

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Originally Posted by hibsbollah

France. They have absolutely no weaknesses.

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Apart from their hubris. It's up to them if they want to win it.

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Originally Posted by Glory Lurker

Apart from their hubris. It's up to them if they want to win it.

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:agree:

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Originally Posted by BoomtownHibees

Portugal got some squad

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4th favourites but some squad eh. I've got them to win and Bruno most assists @ 50/1