Can you feel it coming (in the air tonight)?
by smbrannan
Now that the first game is less than a month away, it’s time to start working on the Beautiful Pool for Euro 2024. There are many ways to approach it.
For example, you could look to the wisdom of crowds and make your picks based on the bookmakers’ odds. At this point, that would lead you to favour England’s Three Lions (what??? That can’t be right.).
| England – 3/1 | France – 4/1 |
| Germany – 11/2 | Portugal – 8/1 |
| Spain – 8/1 | Belgium – 16/1 |
| Italy – 16/1 | Netherlands – 16/1 |
| Croatia – 40/1 | Denmark – 40/1 |
| Turkey – 66/1 | Hungary – 80/1 |
| Switzerland – 80/1 | Scotland – 100/1 |
Or you could take a more intuitive approach and select based on the most stylish uniforms, like these:
Or, you could do some actual research on the performance of each team. The link below to the Guardian would be good place to start:
Euro 2024 power rankings: a look at the 24 teams going to Germany | Euro 2024 | The Guardian
Orrrrr….
You could just choose to believe that this time it will be different for your team1.
However you want to attack the problem, will be OK with me.
Everything you need to know about the Beautiful Pool (including downloads of the entry forms) is now available here…
Euro 2024 Rules and Regulations
Good luck and please tell your friends,
Stuart
- A phenomenon that Maple Leafs fans are intimately familiar with.
The Beautiful Pool 
To give you hope and make you a god fearing man:
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Switzerland are consistent performers at tournaments, almost always progressing into the knockouts, while Hungary and Scotland enjoyed stellar qualifying campaigns.
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