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      So in less than 5 hours time, the groups for Euro 2012 get drawn.

      There are 4 pots, each with four teams in them, according to seeding.

      Pot A: Spain, Netherlands, Poland (Host), Ukraine (Host)
      Pot B: England, Germany, Russia, Italy
      Pot C: Croatia, Greece, Portugal, Sweden
      Pot D: Denmark, France, Czech Republic, Republic of Ireland.

      As hosts, Poland and Ukraine are already seeded, and the first teams in Group A and Group D respectively. I personally think that putting the hosts (who are among the weaker teams at the tournament) in with the top seeds is a flawed system, as for all the other teams in there, you have a 50/50 chance of drawing either an unbeatable team, or a gimme. I understand this is to try and make the hosts go further, but still.

      Who do you guys want to see drawn for your respective national teams? I'm absolutely terrified that we'll end up with Spain/England/Portugal/France or something, always seems to go that way.

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      @'Nixspur I'm half spanish / half english, so i'll do a dream/nightmare group for each...

      England

      Dream Group:
      Poland
      England
      Sweden
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      Nightmare Group: (I shudder at the thought of this one)
      Spain
      England
      Portugal
      France

      Spain

      Dream Group
      Spain
      Russia
      Sweden
      Denmark

      Nightmare Group
      Spain
      Germany
      Croatia / Portugal
      France
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      Spain/Germany/Portugal/France would have to be the most ridiculous group possible in any international competition, ever, surely.

      I wish that the hosts would be put in pots according to their FIFA rankings like everyone else, but maybe with a caveat that they can't be drawn in the same group.

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      It'd be brutal mate, I think it'd be a much better system if it went by fifa rankings too, what's the point in them if they serve no purpose? I'd say the best team in the world could be based upon trophies won quite easily
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      Poland, Greece and Ireland for me!

      Though you know we'll get Spain and Germany . . .

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      What time and channel is the draw?
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      ukraine and russia in one group will be incredibely epic

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      Poland
      England
      Croatia
      Czech

      Heard it here first.
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      I'm watching the coverage....I turned it over and some bint in a yellow dress was singing, feels like the Eurovision song contest.

      Over an hour of faffing about, just to draw some names out a hat.

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      well, bit of something more important and bigger for Ukraine especially, than just a football festival
      first tourney in the region of such level, they're trying to make everything about it memorable, entertaining and colourful

      I reckon you'll see dancing bears with balalaikas when there will be a toss-up for WC18 in Russia ^^

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      Just explaining the drawing procedure now, in a slow, well spoken voice. We're not idiots, lads.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Hidden View Post
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      well, bit of something more important and bigger for Ukraine especially, than just a football festival
      first tourney in the region of such level, they're trying to make everything about it memorable, entertaining and colourful

      I reckon you'll see dancing bears with balalaikas when there will be a toss-up for WC18 in Russia ^^
      All that is fine at the tournament, in the opening ceremony etc. This stuff at the draw seems a bit pointless.

      But yeah, fair enough, I can see how it's a big deal to Ukraine.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Dancubus View Post
      I'm watching the coverage....I turned it over and some bint in a yellow dress was singing, feels like the Eurovision song contest.

      Over an hour of faffing about, just to draw some names out a hat.
      I wish I had a bint in a yellow dress, listening to it on TalkSport is ......zzzzzzzz.... sorry I fell asleep again!

      Ordinary shops sell what look like black socks, but if you look closely, you'll see that they're very, very, very, very, very, very, very dark blue"


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      Unlucky Ireland lol.

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      Group A ridiculously weak.

      Poland
      Greece
      Russia
      Czech Republic.

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