2/10. Wasn't a great one. Not enough quality and too many bad team and squad selections.

6/10 elbows too pointy

I think Wales and Iceland saved the tournament though France's recent form has provided some nice goals.

8/10 easy. Last good one was in France also.

Average. Last few editions were more enjoyable.

This tournaments is so long that people have forgotten the meaningless group stage. Overall forgettable. Wales were good. Iceland, however, took advantage of insipid teams. Only France and Germany have appeared strong, and not even the latter was a vintage edition sans Klose. 5/10

if France wins it'll be grand. Wales were genuinely exciting (though Iceland who are getting lots of love were largely Stokeish). Italy finally killing off tiki taka and Hungary-Portugal was a stunning match.

The expanded format didn't help matters though. It should go back to 16 teams.

spaceman spiff wrote:

the expanded format didn't help matters though. It should go back to 16 teams.

None of the small teams, including the Netherlands, will vote for a return to 16

Had been largely a crap tournament. I give it a 3.

Far too many boring games, too few great sides or players. Some good stories for the smaller sides saved it a bit but disappointing overall.

I'll say this though: it's been boring because most European teams play like cowards, not because Uefa let in smaller nations. Wales, Iceland and Hungary all played good, exciting football. We were let down by the ones who actually have enough quality to put on a show.

Croatia as well.

I'll say 6/10, 7/10 if the final is memorable. Then again I don't think a major tournament like Copa, Euro or the world cup can ever be less than 5/10 for me, I always enjoy it somewhat.

For me it's been boring for the same reason that World Cups and Euros have gotten more and more boring and that's because there are just too few truly great players on show. So much mediocrity, lauded as something special.

WC 2006 was the last great international tournament.

I very much enjoyed the WC2014. Plenty of goals and drama, everything to love about it.

As far as the Euros went, I remember fondly of the 2004 edition even though Greece ruined quite a number of matches.

Average 5, lots of dross but the underdog nations gave us something to smile about.

Klaus wrote:

I'll say this though: it's been boring because most European teams play like cowards, not because Uefa let in smaller nations. Wales, Iceland and Hungary all played good, exciting football. We were let down by the ones who actually have enough quality to put on a show.

Spot on.