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"Euro 2004 Playoff fixtures"

Here are my predictions for the fixtures:

Turkey vs. Wales
Scotland vs. Ireland
Slovenia vs. Croatia
Holland vs. Spain
Latvia vs. Bosnia

Turkey may not be a `Brazil´, `France´ or `Spain´, but England aren't exactly "that-special" either!

Look at our last 5-or-6 games...
In how-many of those have we had to rely on goals from Michael Owen and David Beckham - along with a lot of LUCK - to make-up for our bad mistakes and Eriksson's bad tactical descisions...?

Yep, just-about all of 'em!


Now, Turkey are a strong team of whom you never know quite what to expect of them. Yes, we beat them before - but Football doesn't work like that! Just because Bolton have beaten United at Old Trafford doesn't mean to say that THEY are the greatest team in the Premiership! :P

And besides, we were on home-turf. We had a great advantage, there.
This time around, we're going to Turkey - possibly the DIE! - without a single England flag to wave, amongst those Turkish murderers!


...Yeah! Go, England!!.... :S

AfroJoe wrote:
> As long as the Germans play their best all we need to do is beat
> Lithuania.
>
> Knowing Germany, however, they won't. Although they have to if they
> want to finish top - they can't let Iceland beat them. Which is the
> only positive thing coming out of that match that might make them
> actually want to win.


The ONLY positive thing? I think that's more than enough to make them win the match - they won't give up an automatic spot THAT easily! By the way if Scotland won and Ger vs. Ice was a draw, what happens then?

As long as the Germans play their best all we need to do is beat Lithuania.

Knowing Germany, however, they won't. Although they have to if they want to finish top - they can't let Iceland beat them. Which is the only positive thing coming out of that match that might make them actually want to win.

Wales must be gutted - if only they'd kept that lead against Finland in their last match, they'd have the advantage over Italy. Damn!!!

All Northern Ireland have to do is play rubbish against Greece, let them win, and Spain (who think they're the best) have to go to the playoffs (ha ha), possibly against someone like Holland, Turkey or of course England (but that won't happen will it???)

I don't think that Scotland can make the playoffs that easily, but it would be geat to see England, Wales and Scotland all playing in Euro 2004.


And Turkey are nothing special, but they do have crazy, murdering fans.

Turkey are nothing special.                                                
                                                                          

Who's definitly nothing special? England or Turkey?

Seriously though... :)

England should go for the win against Turkey, they're definetely nothing special. And with their defence, anything could happen.

=P