Interpolic

I'm just not putting Haaland in, the way I see it 2 players worth £15m should contribute similar numbers to him and the rest of the team will be way better. It's gonna hurt when he starts banging in hatricks but I can't justify spending all that on one player.

I just managed to get one near the front of the Leazes End @bobbydazzla, felt like tougher going than last season but maybe that's with it being the first game of the season.

@bobbydazzla you been doing resale for So'ton, maestro? If so you had any joy? Found it a piece of piss last season but there's been next to nowt this week I've seen. Hopefully get one before Saturday.

Tbh I agree in many ways, I'd usually say the same but I agree completely with what 54 says above. This should be a fun time to support the club, outside of this forum it really is, but the same old posters are making this place a crap experience and putting a tedious, relentless downer on everything. There'll always be backlash to that.

I evidently missed a trick not using my FPL win as an excuse to crank my forum ego up several notches.

How's the beer can, did you say?

Better late than never if we're signing Arda Turan.

Try clicking home tickets and see if it puts you in the queue, still. Think that's what I did earlier on. Was just half an hour of desperately clicking anything and everything til something worked tbh

it's an absolute mess today like - trial and error, workarounds, uncertainty re whether you've even managed to apply or not

Still getting an error when clicking ballots after applying mind

Oh it's just worked for me now, went back in the queue and the right screen was up to apply for ballot this time. Maybe try again in case they've fixed something.

Cheers, I get an error pop-up when I do that though.

Sounds like a multitude of different issues people are seeing, rather than just the same thing

Won't let me apply for the ballot, once through the queue there is a "Sign In" button next to the fixture, that looks greyed out and does nothing when you click it. Only bought memberships yesterday so unsure if the system hasn't caught up, but memberships are showing in my account

Ah sorry @Magpie England 1-1 Spain

Never change a drawing team.

Spain 1-0 France Netherlands 1-1 England

The first half was better but the rest was passive shite. I'm struggling to get behind it, it's so fucking dull.

Spain 2-1 Germany Portugal 0-1 France England 1-2 Switzerland Netherlands 2-1 Turkey

If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Swizerland 1-1 Italy Germany 3-1 Denmark England 2-0 Slovakia Spain 3-1 Georgia France 2-0 Belgium Portugal 2-0 Slovenia Romania 0-2 Netherlands Austria 2-1 Turkey

How do you work out who is 1st to 16th though - based on points, goal difference etc? Because that just makes being drawn in a tough group even more punishing. My idea from a few years ago was for the top 4 first place teams to get a bye into the last 8. The remaining 1st and all 2nd place teams (8 teams) play each other in a qualifier to play those teams in the last 8. Rewards those teams who have performed especially well in the groups with a rest and means it's just the top 2 from each group qualifying.