Euro 2008

As most of you know, Euro 2008 kicks off today. And of course most of you also know the England failed to qualify for the tournament.

While searching for a reason people might watch the tournament, the BBC have decided to encourage following another country by emblazoning the trailer for their coverage with the tagline "Who will you support?".

Perhaps it's this which has led to what seems to be a battle for supporting the biggest underdog.

Every person I talk to spouts off some semi-obscure country that they have "got money on" to win it, and then goes on to defend them when I answer with "Those guys? really??". It appears that the worse the country you lend your support to, and the more vehemently you call out "no they're really strong this year", then the cooler it makes you.

I mean think about it, have you heard many people saying they're betting on a team that might actually win it?

Personally I'm foregoing the pretentious desire to be seen as an amateur pundit and sticking with sensible teams to predict as winners,so here's what I reckon. World Champions Italy will certainly be looking to get the European title too. France are of course an extremely strong team, and we can't forget Germany after how well they surprised everyone in The World Cup (though course that could have been a host-nation fluke). Spain look set to do well too.

But that's just me and I know bugger all.

Somebody told me they were supporting Holland. Try The Netherlands, Holland doesn't exist as an entry in Euro 2008. Get a Geography lesson.