triggs Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Would rather take my chances with the Coronavirus than call off the Euros tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Absolutely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribesman Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Personally would prefer it to be played in one country anyway even if coronavirus didn't exist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Best to just hold it in the UK & Ireland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Are these mental?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizza Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Absolute lunatics, never should have been spread all over Europe in the first place. Nightmare for fans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Absolute lunatics, never should have been spread all over Europe in the first place. Nightmare for fans. great for sponsors and executives though and thats all that matters Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Absolute lunatics, never should have been spread all over Europe in the first place. Nightmare for fans. No one bidded to host it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiesteve710 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Are these mental?! By the same token, I can confirm my commitment to getting sucked off by Angelina Jolie. That ain't gonna happen either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) update in this, countries have been updating uefa on what crowds will be allowed in for this and Dublin will probably lose the games here because we can't make any promises on a minimum 25% capactiy UEFA want Rob Harris on Twitter: "Breaking from Football Association of Ireland says they have "today notified UEFA that owing to the COVID-19 pandemic it is not in a position at this point to provide assurances on minimum spectator levels at the UEFA EURO 2020 matches due to be held in Dublin in June"" / Twitter The fact this insanity is still going ahead across the continent when it is perfectly possible to host it in one country (UK being the obvious choice atm) is utter stupidity imho Edited April 7, 2021 by jdckelly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56667738 So this is the info we have at the minute. My tickets will almost certainly be England vs. Portugal/France/Germany so England would be a good destination for us too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasper Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Got a love the Russians on things like this. Still hopeful! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Maximin Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Maybe I'm ignorant of the risks but I really don't see why a country would not justify having 25% full stadiums in over two months time, given they are outdoors and how spread out people will be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, St. Maximin said: Maybe I'm ignorant of the risks but I really don't see why a country would not justify having 25% full stadiums in over two months time, given they are outdoors and how spread out people will be. There's a big third wave happening in Europe, they don't want to make commitments while they are still vaccinating their population and I suspect making exceptions for a football tournament would not go down well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 (edited) I personally don't see the point of an international football tournament without fans, or at even quarter capacity. Club football is bad enough without it - but international tournaments live and die by the spectacle and atmosphere. If it can't be played without full stadiums and international fans then just postpone until next summer. It's different with the Olympics because often the athletes have trained their whole lives for such a narrow window of time - and for some sports that comes along once in a lifetime. There is not the same tribalism/carnival to proceedings that really needs full crowd or travelling supporters. Football on the other hand can, and should, live with holding off until a proper event can take place. Edited April 8, 2021 by ponsaelius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 2 hours ago, ponsaelius said: I personally don't see the point of an international football tournament without fans, or at even quarter capacity. Club football is bad enough without it - but international tournaments live and die by the spectacle and atmosphere. If it can't be played without full stadiums and international fans then just postpone until next summer. It's different with the Olympics because often the athletes have trained their whole lives for such a narrow window of time - and for some sports that comes along once in a lifetime. There is not the same tribalism/carnival to proceedings that really needs full crowd or travelling supporters. Football on the other hand can, and should, live with holding off until a proper event can take place. I'd agree if it hadnt already been delayed a year but Im not sure else when it could be played. Next summer before a World Cup a few months later, or the summer of 2023 crammed between aforementioned World Cup and Euro 2024. Any other time but now and it would lose that feel of importance that a two year wait for an international tournament brings. It wont have the feel of the Euros, and itll be totally lackluster in terms of atmosphere but I'm still massively looking forward to it. A welcome break from the direness of watching Newcastle, the chance to actually watch football with people and dare I say it in a public social setting. Itll be massively welcome come June when we're finally dropping any social distancing restrictions and itll go things feeling normal again imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Should’ve just skipped a whole tournament and held it 2024. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 It is a massive downside to it but a tournament without fans is still better than nothing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgarve Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 4 hours ago, LFEE said: Should’ve just skipped a whole tournament and held it 2024. Absolute bollocks. number one the players number 2 it’s better to have it than nothing - for fucks sake at least the football is semi something to look forward to at the moment number 3 it’s likely because of vaccines and being the summer places will be open so again nice to have this why do some people just want nothing for years for fucks sake miserable fuckers even with no fans and no places to go that would say we are stuck inside and again it would still be good to enjoy inside Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasper Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Number 4, we might never qualify for another tournament in my lifetime. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Not just Finland but North Macedonia, Scotland, Austria, Slovakia are all making rare appearances. Yes it won’t be as good as usual but for countries like these it’s huge regardless of the situation. Likewise players that would miss out if the year was changed. Classic shite English and big country imperialism. Angry because it’s not their ideal therefore shouldn’t count. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 (edited) I didn’t say scrap who’s qualified. Just would’ve been easier for the calendar to slot it in for 2024. There’s always the Olympics which is practically a professional tournament nowadays for something to watch. Would’ve possibly helped ease the issues of having the 2022 World Cup out of sync with not needing qualifiers for 2024. They certainly should’ve ditched the awful idea of it being held in various countries as that was always madness and put me off from attending this time round as feel it defeats the whole purpose from a fan’s experience of international football. On both counts I’m just of the opinion less is more. Edited April 9, 2021 by LFEE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 @LFEE - No one wants to bid to host tournaments outright now because of the costs involved. Classic UEFA/FIFA greed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Has any country in Europe been able to contain it better + has stadiums to just host the whole thing? assume it’s England? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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