Simple choice. Staying with the blue kit and bringing Ridsdale back, or the new owners with big investments and red shirt?

Depending on the legitimacy of the investments, I'd have to to say changing to a red kit is a small price to pay not to be run by Ridsdale.

The highly-paid (from public money) BBC pundits are full of their usual top quality insight in their rltournament previewrl.

£40K a week Alan Hansen tips three teams from the same group to make the semis, and Alan Shearer tips England to make the semis because he wants them to.

Oh come on. People paid to talk about these teams and this tournament can't be expected to know anything about them. Be reasonable.

The best prediction I've seen so far was by Cascarino, England winning their group and Germany finishing 3rd in theirs.

Was that not a typo and he actually said Germany to win theirs and us to finish 3rd??

Holland to finally win a tournament.

I don't mind anyone's opinion, but if they can't justify it then it becomes worthless and easily treated with disdain. Did he have reasons?

I think Germany will win it, but in their group a bad half of football could easily see any of the teams out of the tournament given the teams in it, a German friend of mine has worries about their defence so it's not out of the question that teams of the calibre of Holland and Portugal could take advantage, I think all three are pretty much in the same very good attackers/potentially dodgy defenders boat and Denmark are no mugs either.

Oh, and no problems with discussing any football matters in here Euros or not.

Finally? Did 1988 not count for some reason?

Be fair, he's just trying to get a highly paid punditry role on the Beeb.

I've got Torres at 18/1 and Podolski at 25/1 for top goalscorer. Torres, if he starts, should get plenty of chances in that group and looks fresher than most of the squad, and Podolski ALWAYS scores a few goals in tournaments so should carry that record on. I will have jinxed the pair of them now though so steer well clear!

Is there no end to the stupidity and stubborness of Liverpool? Months after the owners forced some common sense and class back into the club's behaviour by making them climb down, Daniel Pacheco goes and lights the fire again. Totally unecessary and very silly.

Russia, Holland, France and Spain to win their groups. Huntelaar and Muller e/w top scorer.

lol

Most of the comments on England are a joke...... Tough group ??? Thank god were not in group b or c !!!! It would be a disgrace to not get in the quarters. From there anything can and will happen.

Can't see past a german win with Gomez top scorer, dark horses gotta be Russia could even see them winning a shock 1/4 final

Fair point. I'm going to stop doing research too and see if I can get myself a gig.

Czechoslovakia have a good record in the Euros so I'm going with them, but I do like the look of Yugoslavia and West Germany.