With the Euro 2016 group games in the bag, Lee Davy shares his views on the good points, the bad points, and the downright ugly points of what has been the largest finals in European Championship history.

Euro 2016 begins on Saturday when Switzerland take on Poland in Saint-Étienne. The group games were like the early seasons of Breaking Bad. The tournament showed us the cast; we loved some; hated others. And now the plot thickens. We are about to watch the final season. All the loose ends will be tied up. It’s time for sensory overload.

It’s the first time since the Euros was born in 1960 that 24 teams have contested the finals. It will be interesting moving forward. Will we eventually see a 32 team competition like the World Cup? Or, will the 24 team format be considered a failure and therefore a move back to 16 deemed necessary?

Here are my views on that question, along with my opinion of the action on and off the field during the group stages.