Euro 2016 posts
May 10, 2016 7:47 AM - Subscribe
First of all, welcome. Following from Talk, here's my idea to have some discussion here at FF for the Euro 2016.
Group stage talk, posted the day Group A matches are played
Round 1: June 10 to 14
Round 2: June 15 to 18
Round 3: June 19 to 22
Knockout Round, posted reasonably before (one day should be enough)
R16: June 25 to 27
QF: June 30 to July 3
SF: July 6 and 7
Final: July 10
7 posts in a month is a bit higher than most tv shows, but is still manageable. If they don't pick up, just the two posts (group and knockout) would suffice. Any comments?
Group stage talk, posted the day Group A matches are played
Round 1: June 10 to 14
Round 2: June 15 to 18
Round 3: June 19 to 22
Knockout Round, posted reasonably before (one day should be enough)
R16: June 25 to 27
QF: June 30 to July 3
SF: July 6 and 7
Final: July 10
7 posts in a month is a bit higher than most tv shows, but is still manageable. If they don't pick up, just the two posts (group and knockout) would suffice. Any comments?
Could consider combining the SF/final post, maybe, if there's not much posting?
This could work. Start by making a combined R16/QF simply titled "knockouts begin", and if things don't pick up, a "deciding stage" post.
I suspect there might not be much interest from US-Metafilter, compared to the World Cup, but it would be nice to be proved wrongI suspect there might not be much interest from US-Metafilter, compared to the World Cup, but it would be nice to be proved wrong
I think the biggest issue will be the Copa Centenario, running along at the same time (June 3-26), also featuring the USMNFT. Which, of course, could also be featured in a different post (in fact, the only reason I left it out was because I thought it would be played in July, not June).
posted by lmfsilva at 7:58 AM on May 11, 2016
This could work. Start by making a combined R16/QF simply titled "knockouts begin", and if things don't pick up, a "deciding stage" post.
I suspect there might not be much interest from US-Metafilter, compared to the World Cup, but it would be nice to be proved wrongI suspect there might not be much interest from US-Metafilter, compared to the World Cup, but it would be nice to be proved wrong
I think the biggest issue will be the Copa Centenario, running along at the same time (June 3-26), also featuring the USMNFT. Which, of course, could also be featured in a different post (in fact, the only reason I left it out was because I thought it would be played in July, not June).
posted by lmfsilva at 7:58 AM on May 11, 2016
(Just a tip about how clubs work: be sure to tag your posts with the tag mefifootball_club, that's how the system knows it's part of your club. I've added the tag to this post and the Talk post.)
posted by LobsterMitten at 7:59 PM on May 11, 2016
posted by LobsterMitten at 7:59 PM on May 11, 2016
The approach to posts sounds reasonable to me.
Any interest in doing Euro Fantasy Football alongside this?
posted by garius at 4:43 AM on May 12, 2016
Any interest in doing Euro Fantasy Football alongside this?
posted by garius at 4:43 AM on May 12, 2016
I'm preparing a post about the Euro to go live a few days before the competition begins, not only giving some background of the competition, but also announcing game discussion will have a place over at fanfare, so if anyone wants to have a go at it, let me know the league code here or via memail.
I haven't done Fantasy Football since the mid 90s, but I'll have a go. Someone needs to finish last.
(Just a tip about how clubs work: be sure to tag your posts with the tag mefifootball_club, that's how the system knows it's part of your club. I've added the tag to this post and the Talk post.)
Ah, thanks. Though it was automatic for talk.
posted by lmfsilva at 10:51 AM on May 12, 2016
I haven't done Fantasy Football since the mid 90s, but I'll have a go. Someone needs to finish last.
(Just a tip about how clubs work: be sure to tag your posts with the tag mefifootball_club, that's how the system knows it's part of your club. I've added the tag to this post and the Talk post.)
Ah, thanks. Though it was automatic for talk.
posted by lmfsilva at 10:51 AM on May 12, 2016
I've added a few things of interest that will be happening this Summer to the calendar - Champions League/Europa League final (maybe we could warm up with a fan group post?), Copa Centenário, Euro 2016 and the Olympic Tournament. Feel free to add anything else
posted by lmfsilva at 1:48 PM on May 14, 2016
posted by lmfsilva at 1:48 PM on May 14, 2016
Squads are being announced - worth having a preview post?
posted by robocop is bleeding at 5:30 AM on May 16, 2016
posted by robocop is bleeding at 5:30 AM on May 16, 2016
"Squads are being announced"
And England's is a mess and a half, as usual. Typical Roy, picks his favourites, and bloody Rooney is in there as well. I am not against some of the Spurs kids, but their behaviour during the Chelsea match is very worrying.
Meanwhile, Sven thinks we can win it!!
posted by marienbad at 3:51 PM on May 16, 2016
And England's is a mess and a half, as usual. Typical Roy, picks his favourites, and bloody Rooney is in there as well. I am not against some of the Spurs kids, but their behaviour during the Chelsea match is very worrying.
Meanwhile, Sven thinks we can win it!!
posted by marienbad at 3:51 PM on May 16, 2016
I think this will be pretty open with no team looking close to unbeatable, and England doesn't seem to have the rampant ego problem that has plagued the team in the past.
posted by lmfsilva at 7:39 AM on May 17, 2016
posted by lmfsilva at 7:39 AM on May 17, 2016
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Could consider combining the SF/final post, maybe, if there's not much posting? (I suspect there might not be much interest from US-Metafilter, compared to the World Cup, but it would be nice to be proved wrong).
posted by Pink Frost at 6:02 PM on May 10, 2016