(Not) the Euro 2012 draw

Those of you who heard podcast 95 of The Sound of Football will know that we recently staged our own draw for the finals of Euro 2012. It's something we like to do before a major football tournament because (a) you get a feel for which teams might end up playing against which other teams, and (b) we're really very silly.

Anyway, with a week to go before the real UEFA Euro 2012 draw is made, we thought we'd remind you first how the 16 finalists will be seeded beforehand. See thus...

Pot 1: Spain, Netherlands
Pot 2: Germany, Italy, England, Russia
Pot 3: Croatia, Greece, Portugal, Sweden
Pot 4: Denmark, France, Czech Republic, Republic of Ireland

Poland and Ukraine, the co-hosts, are effectively in Pot 1 but have already been assigned to their groups. Poland will be in Group A and Ukraine will be in Group D.

Now, let's show you how our draw came out. For the benefit of people that don't want to listen to the podcast or simply want a reminder of how it all panned out, here it is:

GROUP A
Poland
Germany
Denmark
Croatia

GROUP B
Netherlands
Italy
France
Sweden

GROUP C
Spain
Russia
Czech Republic
Portugal

GROUP D
Ukraine
Greece
England
Republic of Ireland

So what do you think? Any groups you particularly like the look of? Any matches you'd particularly look forward to seeing? Which teams got a bad deal at the hands of Graham's supercomputer brain and a farrago of folded paper?