Optus for me - Have kept it on since the Women's World Cup, so this might be it's last hurrah for me for a bit.

yep ditto re Optus, I've had it since they got the '18 WC - think after the Euro will be the first time I'll put the acc on hold till EPL start.

Slightly unusual choice for Scotland to be playing again Gibraltar in pre tournament practice. A game against Finland too. Australia played Liechtenstein pre 2006.

I think Scotland will win in a shock or Germany will absolutely let rip. 

Don't think it matters who you play as warm up games johnsz.....

Germany, alot of redemption needed, playing at home certainly will spur them on OR additional pressure.
They have failed for sometime with many same key players so will be interesting viewing.
The squad looks damn impressive.
The arrogance they have may bite them we shall see.

Does anyone know if optus are doing a morning recap show? I recall them doing a breaky wrapup which was quite fun last time 

Given the size of their cohort, I would assume so. Probably will be a combined show to also lead into Copa America games when they run at the same time after the first week. 

It's Coming Home

https://x.com/England/status/1798776956910993833

got to say well done.

It might be the off season, but so much football to still watch, the Euros & Copa America, football never sleeps.

yep been great, tildas/Roos and the above soon to start bring it on.

Triggers of an article I read the other day about modern day player burn out ! that I entirely agree.
Winning Clubs and those who make it through all their comps, league,cup/replays finals is 63+ games.
Watching LFC burn out the season before last after that number of games.
Easy for the Pep's/Carlo's having benchs full with start up players but for the majority its pushing the physical and mental boundaries.

Anyway bring it on for us mad viewers.

 
Doh, shoulda posted this one

https://x.com/bryansgunn/status/1798961697937568202

England lost to Iceland 

Haha that’s a rippa 

Hehe yep - crowd booing before HT.
Southgate I suppose tested some in not normal positions and it failed.
Pressure is coming home as always.

Loved both those England selection videos.

Pretty cool got Poland staying at the Sheraton in Pelikan neighbourhood just 500m up the road. They'll be using Hannover 96 facilities. Turkey in nearby Barsinghausen at a top football Oasis facility that hosted Mexico in 05 and Poland in 06.

England interestingly in Thüringen. Away from the drama I guess with games fairly far. Unlike the WWC, I found Germany being in Wyong a bit odd given they had to cart themselves all the way to Sydney for 3 separate games or flights. 

Majority of teams in the West area given all the stadiums there. Hype building. 

Poland arrived up the road yesterday to a lot of fanfare. Thousands at Turkey base near me. Nice to have them here as no games are in Hannover. Been browsing the German rail site and you can see how heavily booked the trains are.

https://www.bein.com/euro/predict/en/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/euro-2024-predictor-simulator-every-game/

Thx for sharing this.
Who do you think will make the final and are you going to any matches? 

Not going to any matches. My clicks see Spain England final or France in the final against many suitors the other side of the draw.

My little predictor thing on Futmob - I've got France beating Spain in the final too.

Really hoping we have a few of the not usual suspects really rocking the boat this Euro.
Here's some trivia whilst surfing this morn :

The oldest and youngest teams of EURO-2024 have been announced.

This was determined after all teams submitted applications for the competition in Germany, as Idman.biz informs.

The total average age of all football players who will compete in EURO-2024 is 27.04.

Scotland is the "oldest" team in the championship according to the average age of players on the order sheet (28.31). 9 members of the British team are over 30 years of age and only 1 player is yet to turn 23.

In Germany, which has the same number of "30+" players, the average is 28.15. Four members of the Bundestag are under the age of 23. It is interesting that the two oldest teams are in the same group.

Among the 6 oldest teams are Slovenia (27.94), Poland (27.81), Switzerland and Croatia (both 27.69).

The youngest national team is the Czech Republic – 25.31 years old. Turkiye (25.85) and England (26.05) are also in the top three. Ukraine (26.46) and France (26.48) are also in the "Top-5".

lol..... everytime I do it I get the same result ...... hahahahaha

Ive got a feeling France are going to majorly choke though....  just a pure hunch.....

"sitting in economy" hahahahahahahah had me in tears..... 

I mean... a final is anyones game. I didn't expect Italy to win the final last time around, but it was a bloody good outcome!

When I go through it, the tricky game I got, was all related to the other side of the draw.

Potential QF's tough to pick between a Spain v Germany game (with the winner, in my books, going on to face the winner of Netherlands v Portugal/Italy - which let's be real will probably be Netherlands v Portugal).

How do most people watch this? Do you get up for the 5 am or watch the highlights or just watch the 11:00 pm match? 

Unless Italy is playing, I will just chuck the 11pm match on. If I'm up for other games, will watch, but won't go out of my way too (until maybe the semis)

Yeah fair enough. I think I'll just watch the highlights and avoid the scores. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2024_squads#Statistics

Pretty much a late night and early bird.
Azzuri games definitely Portugal Croatia games amongst others so I’ll be all over the shop till end.

Kick off in the Scotland vs Munich Beer Supplies

Early in the match, Scotland have come out strong.

Could be close