Puys just keep discussing about the various teams and their players, so that I can come to know who is Sachin and who is sir jaddu....... :grin:

Also if someone can provide a link of site like cricinfo, where match previews and match reports are given, then it will be of great help :)

and yes, rahice's requests are also my requests...enlighten poor souls like us by pouring some gyaan sessions :biggrin:

Football fantasy is bit different from Cricket fantasy.

In IPL we could see a certain Vijay scroing a 100 against the all odds but in football it is very unlikely that some of lesser known commodity will surprise you.

Let's divide this into 4 parts .
First one is about 1.Defenders, then 2. Midfielders , next would be 3. forwards and at last about 4. Goalkeepers(which is somewhere same) and transfers

DEFENDERS =>
There a quite a few things to look for like for defenders you mainly look for clean sheet(CS) points. In that case countries like Italy,Spain even Ireland can be reliable but the German wall more often or not do concede goal(s).

Few things which are very important is the strike force of opponent. Not may will put a defender in his line against the teams like Germany,Spain,Netherlands who should score in each match.

Now another aspect of defender is their ability to go forward. In premier league defenders like Baines(england),Terry(Eng),Vermaelen(belgium, who is not in euro) scored a lot of points going forward.

Group A->
If we consider opponents then Czech Republic is one team who have opponents as Greece, Poland,Russia.So you certainly think of investing in Czech defense.
Now Russia have performed strongly defense wise . They could be another option.
Czech republic has a certain defender who scored quite a few times in the qualifier and takes the spot kick (penalty) for them who can be good bet.

Group B->
This is the group of death for sure with Netherlands,Germany,Portugal & Denmark. I won't like to invest in any of them defensively because all four have a capable strike force to breach any defense.
Philip Lahm of Germany is one who is always around the opposition box and can give you few points through goals or assists.


Group C->
Spain, Italy , Ireland , Croatia. Ireland is a good team defensively but they will have to deal with the likes of Spain , Italy & Croatia. Italy & Croatia have few players who are good enough to score in 90 minutes and Spain midfield & attack do not need my assurance to breach the opponent defense :biggrin:
Though Italy is up against Spain still they are one team who are historically the best defensive team in the world. I would definitely fancy them against Ireland & Croatia to keep a clean sheet.
Spain have good defenders who go upfront and can score attacking points as well.
Ramos , Pique are few among them .

Group D->
England, Ukraine , Sweden , France
I think England is a very resilient side defensively so investing in them can give decent return. Martin Olsson of Sweden have the highest investor (46% team have him right now) in all the players because of his low price and scoring ability. But I feel they will concede in at least two of three matches so you may not get defensive points here.
Evra is another one who have the potential to earn attacking points and got a lot of points in Premier league fantasy.

So if one asks my opinion I would have a defensive five from Spain, Italy, England, Czech, France, Russia, Poland only

Cheers ! :biggrin:


Goal.com is very good site. You can say it is cricinfo of football or cricinfo is goal.com of cricket :biggrin:

Will be supporting Spain from core of my heart
Hope they make it 2 on 2 now :biggrin:

Aare bhai koi to mujhe online match dekhne ka free website bata do
(I guess that is not against PG rules :sneaky:)

p2p4u.net
all the matches in the world telecasted free of cost online...aish karo

DISCLAIMER : Iam not aware if it violates any copyright neither do i take any repsonsibility for the same.

will support spain... but in absence of puyol and villa,,,pata nahi kya hoga!!!
torres,mata,pedro,lorente can take his place... but torres form....
david silva wud surely be in playin 11,,coz of gud show in EPL...
my best player is fabregas... would love seeing him in playing 11,,even though its not confirm...

Difficult to see david silva and fabregas both in the playing 11 as one just CANT form a team without xavi and iniesta in it.And the defensive midfield skills of alonso are also more tha required.I think torres will be a certainity in the absence of villa coz of his speed n finishing.Pedro/Mata tough call.

will support spain... but in absence of puyol and villa,,,pata nahi kya hoga!!!
torres,mata,pedro,lorente can take his place... but torres form....
david silva wud surely be in playin 11,,coz of gud show in EPL...
my best player is fabregas... would love seeing him in playing 11,,even though its not confirm...

Will be supporting Spain from core of my heart
Hope they make it 2 on 2 now :biggrin:

Aare bhai koi to mujhe online match dekhne ka free website bata do
(I guess that is not against PG rules :sneaky:)

i dont think there is any live stream for friendlies or any channel is showing it.. guess well have to wait till 8 june

Will be supporting Spain from core of my heart
Hope they make it 2 on 2 now :biggrin:

Aare bhai koi to mujhe online match dekhne ka free website bata do
(I guess that is not against PG rules :sneaky:)

tushi0007 Says

bhai us din kismat kharab thi nahi to chelsea way of defence was still not good enough to stop xavi and iniesta

i know dude.... the god of football aka messi missing a penalty was a sucker punch....isse zyada kya kharab ho sakti hai kismat....but still i'd have to admit that chelsea held their ground well

Neutral here, but would like to see Germany winning the title. They have been unlucky for some time now

Meri itni tareef:biggrin:...

On a serious note...how come klose makes it to german squad?:O

bhai klose is a national team legend...no matter what his club form ..he always clicks ofr the german team ...14 goals in world cup bears testimaony to it ..even in euro qualifiers the was the leading scorer for germany ...its a no brainer when it comes to choosing klose for germany..

barcaboy Says

if anything can take spain to defending their grasp over the euro then it lies in their unparalleled midfield... They are not as strong up front as the other strongholds of europe...Their barcelonian play is a pain in the neck for all other contenders...but Chelsea has shown the rest of the world some chinks in the total football philosophy when they trampled barcelona in champions league...England,Germany,Italy,Dutch can all take cue

bhai us din kismat kharab thi nahi to chelsea way of defence was still not good enough to stop xavi and iniesta

Italy's hopes have definitely been dabbled after the squad trimming ala the fixing scandal...They have had to let go some really good players in danny criscito...Boss Prandelli's decision though may sound morally correct,has severely crippled their title claims.

Meri itni tareef:biggrin:...

On a serious note...how come klose makes it to german squad?:O

which site to join? nd codes? vl b supporting Germany

Ye seinfield007 ne mere har post pe jake groan kia hua hai.. administrators moderators kahan hai?? ye kya controlling hai yaar?? ap logon ko dikhaya jaega to ap log notice karoge.. had hai yaar.. who the hell is the looser throw him out immediately moderators... come on be a little quick.. this is insulting..

Are rahice bhai aap idhar bhi :P


anyhow spain will win without villa , they have better winger in underrated pedro ... torres isnt in the greatest of the forms but who knows :D

as far as puyol is concerned he and his headers will be missed .. spaiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn :D

if anything can take spain to defending their grasp over the euro then it lies in their unparalleled midfield... They are not as strong up front as the other strongholds of europe...Their barcelonian play is a pain in the neck for all other contenders...but Chelsea has shown the rest of the world some chinks in the total football philosophy when they trampled barcelona in champions league...England,Germany,Italy,Dutch can all take cue

Are rahice bhai aap idhar bhi :P


anyhow spain will win without villa , they have better winger in underrated pedro ... torres isnt in the greatest of the forms but who knows :D

as far as puyol is concerned he and his headers will be missed .. spaiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Though spain lack the depth that they had in the world cup i still idealize their modus operandi of total football.. they have their task cut out up front.With the absense of David villa's finesse and the strength of Carlos Puyol,spain look a mere shadow of their world cup dominance...
But still my heart roots out to them...
Hope Fernando Torres uses this as an opportunity to prove a point or two to Chelsea administrators..thats he's the go to man

i guess goal.com is a decent site to get acquainted with football fanaticism:biggrin:...it will help you develop an insight into the players ,teams,formations, and all the scoops surrounding football...

One more thread to spam in coming days

Brain says Dutch but heart says Spain

Kimi : Start the poll . who will be winners .. dont forget to add Dutch in the poll

i have always been a Germany fan nd i will always be one.. koi bhi jeete main germany ki haar pe dil khol ke rounga...

will be an arednt follower of this thread...& as naga said, another thread for our spamming :lookround:

as usual like any major event am supporting Italy

hopefully will be active throughout the whole tournament :)

and yes, rahice's requests are also my requests...enlighten poor souls like us by pouring some gyaan sessions

One more thread to spam in coming days

Brain says Dutch but heart says Spain

Kimi : Start the poll . who will be winners .. dont forget to add Dutch in the poll

I have hardly ever followed football, apart from world cup final matches So I guess I can start my journey from here. And 3 weeks is a good time to get acquainted with terms,technicalities and players of football. :)

Puys just keep discussing about the various teams and their players, so that I can come to know who is Sachin and who is sir jaddu....... :grin:

Also if someone can provide a link of site like cricinfo, where match previews and match reports are given, then it will be of great help

bhai koi mujhe ye sab matches dekhne ka online link de do

Would love to see england winning today :cheers:

Anyone following these (friendlies) matches ?

Germany lost 3-5 to Switzerland though Germans fielded the second string side.

England win thanks to a solo effort from Young
Van Persie again scoring but this time for Oranje . Lost to Bulgaria . 1-2.

Portugal had a nil nil draw against Macedonia I guess and Spain won 2-0 against someone (I forgot :D)

Chelsea target Hulk scored twice against Denmark and Dens are in the group with Netherlands, Germany & Portugal . Awesome :biggrin:

Today is France vs Iceland ...

Joining..supporting Germans,Spain and Italy in order!:biggrin:

i have made 2 leagues in the fantasy league..one is head to head,the other is a classic league..will put up the codes to join tomorrow..

Bayern came 2nd to Dortmund, Madrid easily went past Barca and winning its 32nd league title, Juventus completed an invincible season in Serie A and last but not the least the noisy neighbours of united came out with a dramatic late brace to win to win the BPL and we are almost at the end of one of the most exciting footy season of recent times. With only one major game to come at Allianz Arena we are here to turn our attention to arguably most competitive tournament on this planet - The Uefa Euro -2012.

We will use this thread for discussion and also fantasy football for the euro 2012.

I propose this site - > McDonald's Fantasy Football for fantasy which is very much similar to fantasy premier league site.
Any other suggestions are welcome. :)

Enjoy ! :clap:
@Mods- if you find this too early (come on it's just 3 weeks more) then please close the thread for the time being

gr8 post dude...

and yess its time for the second most anticipated football competition on the planet...the EURO 2012..man it will be a gr8 month of june....

the favourites in EURO 2012 : 1. SPAIN 2. GERMANY 3.NETHERLANDS 4. ITALY 5. FRANCE 6. ENGLAND.....

i think it will b one of these teams who will lift the EURO 2012 cup on 1st july.....

SPAIN are without david villa and carlos puyol in EURO 2012 and i think it will be a little tough for the world and european champions to retain the trophy this time around but not impossible i might add cuz they have a lot of quality players....

GERMANY have won the tournament 3 times(the most) and r always one of the top contenders no matter what because of their attacking mentality....

NETHERLANDS were the finalists in the WORLD CUP 2010 losing to spain in a closely contested final....they can upset and topple any team on their day like brazil found out 2 years ago....

ITALY are the 2nd most successful footballing nation in the world after brazil of course....the azzuri have won the world cup 4 times just 1 behind brazil...though italy have won EURO championships only once, still they r a major force to be reckoned with....their defence can frustrate even the top strikers...the italians have the knack of performing best when the chips are down....who can forget the WORLD CUP 2006 when the whole of ITALY was surrounded by match fixing allegations in the SERIE A just before the world cup...inspite of all this going on , ITALY defied all odds and went on to become the world champions.....

FRANCE have won the competition twice before...they are in the same group as ENGLAND...

as far as ENGLAND goes, i think this is one team which is supported most in india....we r attracted to the english premier league matches all weekend...but the national team has let the fans down for the past few competitions...they are always knocked out in the quarterfinals....this is the time for ENGLAND to step up and finally bring glory to the THREE LIONS after a long time....

as far as i m concerned, i personally want ITALY to win the tournament bcoz i m a big fan of the azzurri...

But anyway I will be quite happy if either ITALY or ENGLAND win this year's EURO 2012.....

guys just hope for a fantastic and thrilling tournament...

Would love to see england winning today :cheers:

Anyone following these (friendlies) matches ?