stripeyfox Posted 18 April 2007 Posted 18 April 2007 According to BBC Sport, the 2012 EURO Championships will be hosted by Poland/Ukraine, snubbing Italy's bid. Good decision I say!
Shum Posted 18 April 2007 Posted 18 April 2007 Maybe the crowd trouble in Italy put them off And so it should! Well done Poland / Ukraine!
Phube Posted 18 April 2007 Posted 18 April 2007 Maybe the crowd trouble in Italy put them off And all the corruption in the Italian game, maybe...
Milky Posted 18 April 2007 Posted 18 April 2007 The games are going to be hundreds of miles apart from each other, not one for the travelling fans.
Geo V Posted 18 April 2007 Posted 18 April 2007 Share the wealth! That will be a decent decision as its about time some of these poorer Nations got some major events to they can improve there facilities and make some cash along the way. Cheap holidays here we come .
Joe. Posted 18 April 2007 Posted 18 April 2007 Italy don't deserve it with what's happened over there. It's no surprise at all they didn't get it.
lildave3 Posted 18 April 2007 Posted 18 April 2007 Italy don't deserve it with what's happened over there. It's no surprise at all they didn't get it. Agree completely, what with the match fixing and the violence lately, surely it would be the worst possible place to have it.
Koke Posted 18 April 2007 Posted 18 April 2007 The English fans will have a right laugh over there with the cheap beer -- Assuming we make it to 2012
Floating Fox Posted 18 April 2007 Posted 18 April 2007 Maybe the crowd trouble in Italy put them off :laugh: You clearly have never seen a game in Ukraine/Poland.Worse than Italy - Just never gets any limelight from the the media
dandannieldanok Posted 18 April 2007 Posted 18 April 2007 I'm surprised 2 such large countries have teamed together. I would have thought they would go in seperately and plan to build new stadia like Portugal did for Euro 2004.
Floating Fox Posted 18 April 2007 Posted 18 April 2007 I'm surprised 2 such large countries have teamed together. I would have thought they would go in seperately and plan to build new stadia like Portugal did for Euro 2004. Its the trendy thing to do now
Sods Posted 18 April 2007 Posted 18 April 2007 I think im gunna go to this, not sure who with but that will be when im 21 so nice time.
Flynny Posted 18 April 2007 Posted 18 April 2007 As far as possibly going to its concerned, it's a shame its not in Italy. Closer, better (?) stadiums, and Italy's a nice place too. Difficult to disagree with them not deserving it, though.
Manwell Pablo Posted 19 April 2007 Posted 19 April 2007 :laugh: You clearly have never seen a game in Ukraine/Poland.Worse than Italy - Just never gets any limelight from the the media Indeed, there will be trouble in Poland at some point.
Alexikokopops Posted 19 April 2007 Posted 19 April 2007 And all the corruption in the Italian game, maybe... Poland's recovering from a match fixing scandal itself.
Manwell Pablo Posted 19 April 2007 Posted 19 April 2007 I don't see how they Calciopoli scandel has any bearing on Italys abilty to host a European Championship, crowd trouble I agree would of played a big part in FIFA decision but not I don't see how Calciopoli has any relavence. And as I've said before, technically it wasn't match fixing!!
James. Posted 19 April 2007 Posted 19 April 2007 Expect some pretty blatant racism as well over in Poland and Ukraine.
Geo V Posted 19 April 2007 Posted 19 April 2007 I used to love betting on some Italian games. A mate of mine who used to compile the odds for a comapny called Canbet would send me a text when he got all the info together and place the odds on there site and I would then go to another company and place the bet. Strangely, the draw was always the odds on favourite outcome to the game but some dopey other firms werent upto speed with situation and would give "normal" odds on a draw which was about 2/1. One game I can remember was about 1/6 ON to be a draw and ended that way. Dodgy feckers!!
lcfc_jme Posted 19 April 2007 Posted 19 April 2007 Good for the hosting countries, not good for travelling fans. Or vocal fans. Or betting fans. Or non-white fans. I myself have no desire to go to this now. I'd have gone if it was closer to home though.
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