Nocturnalize
06.06.16 | Winners: Germany
Top Scorer: Müller
Minutes Marcus Rashford Will Play: 130 |
Nocturnalize
06.06.16 | Who you guys got? |
rabidfish
06.07.16 | Winners: Germany/Some strong, counter-attack heavy team.
Positive surprise: Poland
Negative surprise: Italy/Spain |
ZippaThaRippa
06.07.16 | Germany is as good as always but you definitely can't sleep on France they are absolutely stacked with young talent. If anything, their lack of experience is their one major weakness.
Also can't discount the strength of England and Belgium.
Poland is my tournament dark horse. I think they're really gonna turn up. |
ZippaThaRippa
06.07.16 | Muller being top scorer would not surprise me at all. |
AngryJohnny
06.07.16 | Germany to win. France to make the final. England to disappoint as per usual. Hope Wales can pull off a shock or two. |
ZippaThaRippa
06.07.16 | Germany and the France in the final would be LIT |
SIIMBOLIC
06.07.16 | Winner: Marcus Rashford
Top Scorer : LVG
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CamiloG
06.07.16 | I don't see Germany solid enough at the moment, I think France will be the champion. Antoine Griezmann is going to be the top scorer, that's my prediction. |
ZippaThaRippa
06.07.16 | LVG might not have accomplished a whole lot at United but he introduced Rashford and that boy is gonna be HUGE |
ZippaThaRippa
06.07.16 | Germany is always lackluster in friendlies. They'll bring it for the tournament. Aside from their dire lack of fullbacks they are set. They even have a striker! Gomez is baaaaaaack |
rabidfish
06.07.16 | Hector is pretty good |
Nocturnalize
06.07.16 | If the top scorer is from France its gonna be Giroud probably. Belgium although stacked with talent are vastly overrated imo, and no clue why people think Poland will be successful, I don't see where thats coming from at all. |
CamiloG
06.07.16 | @Zippa Gomez's golden age is over in my opinion, their striker now is Thomas Müller |
SIIMBOLIC
06.07.16 | But srs
I think England is the dark horse for me. Not much expectation, rooney vardy kane and rashford are in great form. With those four anything could be possible.
Not to mention the flawless form last 11 matches 11 wins |
unaMUSEd
06.07.16 | England 2-1 France final you heard it here first.
#ITSCOMINGHOME |
Nocturnalize
06.07.16 | "Germany is always lackluster in friendlies. They'll bring it for the tournament. Aside from their dire lack of fullbacks they are set. They even have a striker! Gomez is baaaaaaack"
Agreed ahrd with this. |
SIIMBOLIC
06.07.16 | Only prob is defence. Smalling is great but cahill and stones make serious fuk ups every so often |
ZippaThaRippa
06.07.16 | Yeah but Müller will never be an all out striker. He's a playmaker and provider as much as he is a forward. Gomez' golden days are over but he has plenty to offer. He wouldn't be the first aging striker to help Germany to glory |
SIIMBOLIC
06.07.16 | Lol vardy will make mincemeat of germany big slow ass CB's |
unaMUSEd
06.07.16 | I also think Wales will surprise and make it to the quarters by coming 2nd in the group then beating Austria in the round of 16. |
CamiloG
06.07.16 | @SIMBOLIC Well sir, you have a serious point there, I don't know why I forgot about England, it probably has to do something with what you say about not much expectation. |
unaMUSEd
06.07.16 | http://europredictor.uefa.com/bracket/view/AVUSeqMTqeBr0QKYFHUp the uefa site has a pretty nice predictor on it here's mine |
SIIMBOLIC
06.07.16 | For wales its gonna come down to the combined few meters Gareth Bale shoots the ball inside or outside the posts |
CamiloG
06.07.16 | @Zippa I seriously doubt that he will even make it from the bench |
ZippaThaRippa
06.07.16 | The fuck are you talking about Sim, Boateng and Hummels are fast as shit |
SIIMBOLIC
06.07.16 | Who else do germany have to be the 9 tho he's the best choice. And just have muller skulking around the box like the little shit always does |
SIIMBOLIC
06.07.16 | Lol hummels nah boateng Ill give you he's quick but slow on the turn; not agile |
ZippaThaRippa
06.07.16 | Gomez is going to start. Löw adores him.
Götze starts and he has been fair to middling for two solid seasons at Bayern. |
ZippaThaRippa
06.07.16 | Boateng marked Messi into oblivion in the world cup final, Vardy does not have shit on him. |
Spec
06.07.16 | ireland wins it all |
CamiloG
06.07.16 | "Boateng marked Messi into oblivion in the world cup final"
Yeah, and then Messi humilliated him in the Champions League when he broke his hips. |
SIIMBOLIC
06.07.16 | Moving to bayern was such a bad move for him. Should have gone to PL or la liga |
SIIMBOLIC
06.07.16 | Yeah and Argentina's defence and midfield let the insanely stacked forward line down for the whole tournament |
ZippaThaRippa
06.07.16 | I think obliterating him for an entire game is better than being beaten for one moment |
ZippaThaRippa
06.07.16 | Yeah they're stacked on paper but they can never do jack shit with it. |
Artuma
06.07.16 | finland will take it all. i mean they had this really strong match against faroe islands in the qualification, watch out guys |
SIIMBOLIC
06.07.16 | yeah well it's hard for messi, aguero higuain di maria lavezzi dybala jesus christ.
Its hard when messi has to be their attacking midfielder cause the best they have is a 32 year old part time defensive midfielder calling the shots
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ZippaThaRippa
06.07.16 | Messi doesn't do a bad job as the playmaker but he's in an Özil type situation. He can provide all he wants but Agüero and Higuain are wasteful. Palacio sucks. Lavezzi has maybe 75 minute in him per tournament. Angel is 50/50 and even when he's on a good day he's bound to blow a hamstring. |
SIIMBOLIC
06.07.16 | not at the moment they've averaged almost a goal a game each this season sure world cup higuian was bad, but those two are dynamite on roids atm |
SIIMBOLIC
06.07.16 | just get di maria and messi behind aguero and higuain with dybala rotating, chuck mascherano and one of Argentina's thousand good-but-not-great players and hope up top does it's job |
SIIMBOLIC
06.07.16 | cause if demichelis is starting thats the best they can hope for |
ZippaThaRippa
06.07.16 | I'm not talking club form. Higuain is a serial choker for Argentina. |
Nocturnalize
06.07.16 | So im guessing you guys didn't watch the Argentina game yesterday? They beat Chile 2-1 with Messi chilling on the bench for the whole game. |
Keyblade
06.07.16 | cant believe it's only like 3 days away wtf. hoping belgium and my boy benteke win it |
Nocturnalize
06.07.16 | Benteke will probably be benched most the tournament
Lukaku > Origi > Batshuayi > Benteke |
Keyblade
06.07.16 | he might not be in form thanks to flopp but he's easily the best of that bunch. hope wilmots gives him game time |
Nocturnalize
06.07.16 | Well at the end of the day whoever Belgium start up front their going to be dangerous but for some reason I don't see them getting past the quarter finals |
Artuma
06.07.16 | belgium hasn't really impressed me as a team yet with this new "golden generation" |
Nocturnalize
06.07.16 | Same here they have some amazing individual talents but as a single unit they just don't seem to click |
NorwichScene
06.07.16 | England to win! |
NorwichScene
06.07.16 | De Bryne of Belgium will be best player |
RadicalEd
06.07.16 | He might not be in form thanks to flopp but he's easily the best of that bunch.
Benteke is worse than lukaku in every regard. |
Keyblade
06.07.16 | no way man, he has a better touch, better hold up play, is a better finisher, even more physical somehow
the only thing lukaku has going for him is that he's been more prolific in the past couple of years but only because benteke was either woefully out of form thanks to epic mismanagmenet or seriously injured |
RadicalEd
06.07.16 | Nah, Beneteke is not agile enough, he's way worse when it comes to his defensive workrate, he also struggles with his movement which is way to static, he's also way, way slower than Lukaku.
He may be a better finisher overall, I'll grant him that. But he doesn't fit with any team that (like Belgium or Liverpool) aims to press up high and dominate the possession. (Granted Origi fits that system even better than Lukaku, but I doubt he's already developed enough to make the first team and he's a woefully inconsistent finisher) |
RadicalEd
06.07.16 | Also France is obviously THE favorite, England, Spain and Germany are all in the mix, the english Team actually has some serious chops this time imo.
Dark horses are Austria, Poland (both could go to the semis imo, given some luck of the draw and good form) and Wales (who are seriously underrated and could win a score the occasional upset, but will obviously not get close to winning the thing) |
Keyblade
06.07.16 | defensive capability is prob the last criteria i'd use to compare 2 strikers. but as a footballer, benteke is technically better than lukaku in every way. lukaku's touch and awareness are poor and he has to rely on his physicality whereas benteke could be half his size and still be brilliant
and even then, he's more of a physical beast than lukaku. also benteke is pretty fast himself but speed is almost inconsequential to both of their playstyles as they dont play on the shoulder of defenders and rarely make runs behind the defence so idk thats kinda a moot point
comparing their stats this time last year
Benteke vs. Lukaku
Goals per game: 0.4 vs. 0.25
Shots per game: 2.8 vs. 2.72
Key passes: 1.16 vs. 0.9
Aerial winners: 6.56 vs. 1.72
Touches per game: 45.84 vs. 38.66
Accurate passes per game: 22.12 vs. 18.91
granted, tactically benteke prob doesnt fit into the high press philosophy that seems to be taking over the game but that alone doesnt make him worse than lukaku at all |
RadicalEd
06.07.16 | "defensive capability is prob the last criteria i'd use to compare 2 strikers."
That is shortsighted though and especially a coach like Wilmots who has a "safety first" mindset, will disagree. Lukaku didn't have a great season at Everton, that is for certain, but I still think he's more of a complete package than Benteke. (who isn't bad at all, but always strikes me as type of Belgian Gomez) |
Flugmorph
06.07.16 | i predict terrorism |
zakalwe
06.07.16 | Where on earth are you from?
We're from England
Where you come from do you put the kettle on?
Kick it
Me me mum me dad and me gran we're off to Waterloo
Me me mum me dad and me gran with a bucket of vindaloo
WE'RE GONNA SCORE ONE MORE THAN YOU!!!
ENGLAND!!!!!!!!
Germany to win prob.
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Shemson
06.07.16 | 'Where you come from do you put the kettle on?' is possibly my favourite lyric from any song ever. |
zakalwe
06.07.16 | It's classic. I've actually been listening to the anthems and everything, bloody exciting. |
Keyblade
06.07.16 | "but I still think he's more of a complete package than Benteke. (who isn't bad at all, but always strikes me as type of Belgian Gomez)"
lol dude, that's literally lukaku. i dont think i've ever seen lukaku score a goal from more than 10 yards out. benteke is prob the most complete forward in the PL if not europe, dude can literally do it all. lukaku couldnt do any of this even if he dreamed that he controlled himself on FIFA
http://i.imgur.com/x3JfYha.webm
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2039817/Benteke_Goal_1.gif
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1893669/Kirsten_Benteke.gif
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1880671/1Weimann_Goal_1.gif
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2429113/Benteke_Goal.gif
http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/assets/4077887/Benteke_1c.gif
http://giant.gfycat.com/QuickSarcasticAngora.gif
http://i.imgur.com/az0FUek.gif
http://i.makeagif.com/media/9-13-2015/JeixEj.gif |
RadicalEd
06.07.16 | England has a sick team this year, I'm slightly worried about their centre backs, but other than that they look stronger than in previous years. |
Mojito
06.07.16 | Germany to win, France are strong though and it wouldn't surprise me to see them win either. Gary B is gonna tear England up but I think they'll still do alright, a respectable showing and that. Austria to surprise I think. Top scorer is harder, I'll go on record to say Muller for it but wouldn't put money on it. Still he knows where he needs to be at all times. Gonna be a sweet tournament I think |
danielcardoso
06.07.16 | Really hoping portugal can actually deliver this year after such a terrible performance in world cup '14. Fernando Santos is miles ahead of Paulo Bento as a coach and the call up seems pretty good, we have a good mix of a lot of promising young talent and international football experience. Maybe not title contenders but i wish we can pull off an upset, a man can dream ahah. |
zakalwe
06.07.16 | It's taken 20yrs but England have finally got a 'team' back. They play with a bit of pride, the prima donna horsehit has been weeded out, there's a bit of pace, a cutting edge, a bit of excitement.
Sat 11th June
England V Russia
2000hrs
Pheeeeep. Ali, back to smalling, long ball up to Vardy. Possession lost.
90mins of boredom and frustration
Pheeep. 0-1 weep |
danielcardoso
06.07.16 | Ahah. Russia are no team to fuck with though, not very technical but sneaky as hell. |
Zig
06.07.16 | Hope Portugal kicks the shit out of everyone in this tournament and reaches the final against Belgium or Sweden. |
danielcardoso
06.07.16 | Some portugal love!!!!!! Are you from there buddy? |
Oneironaut
06.07.16 | LOL at this dude saying Benteke is better than Lukaku, and the talk of Lukaku having a poor season at Everton. Lukaku was alright, definitely not poor with 25 goals in all competitions vs Benteke's 9 in 2015. Injuries sure, but did you actually watch Benteke at all? I don't know why you have such a hard on for Benteke - granted he was amazing at Villa and was arguably better there than Lukaku has been at Everton...but if you're Wilmots, you have to go off form - which is paying off it seems btw. Lukaku has netted 4 goals already. Benteke the most complete forward in the PL...SMH. Dawg he isn't even top 5. |
Zig
06.07.16 | Sure thing, dude! Eu vivo no Porto, e tu, danielcardoso? |
danielcardoso
06.07.16 | Eu também! Vila nova de gaia representative :] |
RadicalEd
06.07.16 | "Hope Portugal kicks the shit out of everyone in this tournament and reaches the final against Belgium or Sweden."
Sweden will only make the groups with a strong showing of Zlatan and will be very hard pressed to go any further. Portugal is maddeningly inconsistent and they lack a real goal-scoring threat aside from Ronaldo |
zakalwe
06.07.16 | It's a bit shit without Holland. You have to have 'em in. |
RadicalEd
06.07.16 | Nah, tbh screw those arrogant twats. If you can't qualify over Island (huge probs to them, but they are so much worse than the Netherlands) you don't deserve it. |
danielcardoso
06.07.16 | "Portugal is maddeningly inconsistent and they lack a real goal-scoring threat aside from Ronaldo"
Agree hard unfortunately. I wouldn't mind seeing us play on 4-4-2 using two 'false strikers', but Fernando Santos seems to love using his 4-3-3. In that case, i'd prefer just seeing Ronaldo as centre forward and using Rafa and Quaresma in the wings. We do have some strong wingers. |
zakalwe
06.07.16 | Ronaldo is a total bellend.
Last minute winner, top off, muscle flex. Fuck off you tool. |
danielcardoso
06.07.16 | Well yeah he's an arrogant fucker but he plays mad good. |
AngryJohnny
06.07.16 | 'I predict terrorism'
Hope not, looks like I'm going to the Marseille Semi Final
'Russia are no team to fuck with though, not very technical but sneaky as hell.'
They are on paper, but their record in recent tournaments is pretty bad |
Artuma
06.07.16 | "Hope Portugal kicks the shit out of everyone in this tournament and reaches the final against Belgium or Sweden"
sweden. yeah lol. |
Keyblade
06.07.16 | "and the talk of Lukaku having a poor season at Everton. Lukaku was alright, definitely not poor with 25 goals in all competitions vs Benteke's 9 in 2015."
nowhere did i say lukaku had a poor season, u should try reading before u go on a tirade homie. he had a phenomenal season and benteke had a disastrous one but one season does not a player make, and that's not what i was comparing anyway. i was comparing their attributes as football players and benteke is at a level technically that lukaku will never reach and i think i backed up why i think so instead of just ranting aimlessly like someone insulted my momma
he is in great form and deserves to start for belgium in this tournament based on it, but i dont think he's suited to international football and particularly Wilmot's style. neither is benteke really, but he's slightly better suited and also there's the fact that he didnt completely embarrass himself playing the lone striking role at WC 2014
"Benteke the most complete forward in the PL...SMH. Dawg he isn't even top 5."
im not sure u understand what is meant by a complete forward? i never said he was the best forward in the league, just the one with the most complete skillset. it just means he has everything in his locker, so if u can name 5 more well rounded strikers, naw fuck it 5 better strikers in the prem period...i'm all ears |
bakkermaarten007
06.07.16 | For a country that failed three times in one year to protect its citizens against terror, it sure is baffling that this tournament can proceed in said country. |
adr
06.07.16 | Portugal rely only on Ronaldo, they're pretty shit as a team.
France is the team to watch, a lot of great players hope they can perform as a team aswell. |
RadicalEd
06.07.16 | "For a country that failed three times in one year to protect its citizens against terror, it sure is baffling that this tournament can proceed in said country."
For a country that has failed 100.000 times every year to protect people from death in traffic, it sure is baffling that this tournament can proceed in said country. Wow. Such logic. #nofallacies |
RadicalEd
06.07.16 | "Portugal rely only on Ronaldo, they're pretty shit as a team."
That is not true, their offense is very reliant on him but they have a pretty strong midfield/defense. Pepe, Carvalho, Moutinho, Contreao, Renato Sanches |
UpwardSpiral
06.07.16 | 'It's a bit shit without Holland. You have to have 'em in'
Yes, it is really shit. The qualification games were so damn bad, I couldn't believe my eyes. And during the important match against Iceland everything went wrong..... Martins-Indi getting a dumb red card, Robben getting injured.
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guitarded_chuck
06.07.16 | is this like the mini world cup but just european teams |
Rawmeeth38
06.07.16 | Argentina all the way |
Keyblade
06.07.16 | weird not having holland in a tournament just like wc 2002 |
zakalwe
06.07.16 | Robben is about 50 now which funnily enough is about 150yrs younger than Carvalho |
UpwardSpiral
06.07.16 | Yes it is. Last week I happened to watch footage of the semi-final euro 2000, Holland vs Italy. Painful to watch those penalties, unbelievable. |
Keyblade
06.07.16 | they also lost on penalties in 98 to brazil iirc. i really liked that holland team, some of my all time favorite players played for them then |
danielcardoso
06.07.16 | "Robben is about 50 now which funnily enough is about 150yrs younger than Carvalho"
Ahah.
"That is not true, their offense is very reliant on him but they have a pretty strong midfield/defense. Pepe, Carvalho, Moutinho, Contreao, Renato Sanches"
Agree, our midfield is very solid. Don't know who Santos is gonna start as defensive midfielder between William Carvalho and Danilo, but i really hope he goes for Danilo, guy is a force of nature. Sublime tackler, excellent defender and pretty great passer too. Moutinho and Joao Mario are strong too, especially Joao Mario who is making great strides fast and should have a great future ahead of him. |
danielcardoso
06.07.16 | Coentrao wasn't called up though, eddy. |
bakkermaarten007
06.07.16 | "
For a country that has failed 100.000 times every year to protect people from death in traffic, it sure is baffling that this tournament can proceed in said country. Wow. Such logic. #nofallacies""
You would make a great politician. Safety of civilians is one of the top priorities of any government. It has been shown in the past year that mass gatherings are typical terrorist targets, and it has also been shown that despite France having one of the best counter terrorism police in the world, they cannot guarantee that safety.
Your traffic deaths analogy makes no sense for cars are elements depending on drivers and don't involve the government. The government sets the rules but doesn't play the game.
Thus an event of this scale could have serious consequences.
(and no, thus no fallacies) |
bakkermaarten007
06.07.16 | Anyway, I hope we'll get a final Italy-England |
Sinternet
06.07.16 | Iceland to win |
Keyblade
06.07.16 | ohh forgot about iceland, will be rooting for them |
bakkermaarten007
06.07.16 | Iceland is cool yeah |
CamiloG
06.07.16 | I don't see Italy in good shape for this tournament,Mathis generation of players is way to young and they are still defining their game scheme. |
Artuma
06.07.16 | lol italy has always had and will always have the same kinda game scheme |
danielcardoso
06.07.16 | Defence defence defence quick counter attack more defence. |
ZombieParty
06.07.16 | I want England to win but think France will |
AngryJohnny
06.07.16 | Italy will do what they always do and either crash out humiliatingly or win the thing. It's all or nothing with them |
rabidfish
06.07.16 | I think both Copa America and Euro the teams that'll win it will have:
-Solid 10-man defense, no bullshit CBs and ultra-defensive FBs.
- Strong, fast CF that can go fast to counter-attack.
- Good airgame, both defensive and offensive.
Posession game is practically dead, even Barcelona have shown some strong counter-attack tactics these past 2 seasons with Luis Enrique. |
Shiranui
06.07.16 | This year's race for the title is gonna be tight. Competitors all have their very own kind of quality and key players to shine. Germany might be making it far this year, but definitely not seeing us as winner. Italy's midfield and France's defense is missing lots of players so that might make a difference. Belgium has to prove that they can play as a team and i'm still looking forward for Croatia to atleast attend knockout round. Great team. |
danielcardoso
06.07.16 | "Posession game is practically dead, even Barcelona have shown some strong counter-attack tactics these past 2 seasons with Luis Enrique."
Sure hope so, so fucking boring to see that shit. |
Artuma
06.07.16 | "i'm still looking forward for Croatia to atleast attend knockout round"
basically all teams have a chance to get into the knockout round, even the most mediocre teams like hungary and albania |
Shiranui
06.07.16 | Of course. I say that because i feel like Croatia has been underperforming in recent years considering the player material they got in their ranks. |
Artuma
06.07.16 | agreed. i mean they've consistently been a top 20 country in the fifa ranking for idk how long and still 2008 is the only time they've made it past group stage in the world cup or uefa euro since davor suker |
CamiloG
06.07.16 | I seriously think that Iceland can be a surprise. I remember their campaign for the last World Cup qualification and it was pretty awesome, sadly they lost in the playoffs, but I think they made a serious statement. |
Sinternet
06.07.16 | Yeah can see Croatia doing well, quite fancy Turkey to do well aswell so that group will be interesting, especially if Spain underperform
Don't have much hope for England considering our shite defence |
Sinternet
06.07.16 | I can definitely see Iceland getting 2nd in their group - Austria and Hungary could be winnable games for them and Portugal either do really well or underperform a lot |
Sinternet
06.07.16 | My money is on France to win though, probably the best squad depth out of anyone in the competition |
CamiloG
06.07.16 | Yeah I think that France is the most solid squad at the moment. |
danielcardoso
06.07.16 | Everyone's underplaying portugal, which is good from where i'm sitting at least. I guess that means less pressure overall, truth is i think this year we actually have a team that is well put together and a bunch of talent to go around. Look out for Joao Mario guys, little dude is gonna go far. |
Pangea
06.07.16 | This is gonna be a painful tournament as a dutch person. I will be rooting for our neighbours belgium now. I also hope iceland is gonna do well. I have a good feling that france is gonna win. They have such a great team |
Pangea
06.07.16 | "Yes, it is really shit. The qualification games were so damn bad, I couldn't believe my eyes. And during the important match against Iceland everything went wrong..... Martins-Indi getting a dumb red card, Robben getting injured"
This pretty much. Also underperforming coaches and simply not having that many great players. Definitely don't deserve it though. We played horrible |
zakalwe
06.07.16 | The Dutch have always had unbelievable teams. From '88-'98 the squad had the ability to walk over anyone that's come before or since. Well maybe not the French team of the late 90s early 00s but fuck me some of the best players ever. |
danielcardoso
06.07.16 | If you were a Porto fan, you would be used to this Martins Indi shit by now. Don't know how he usually performs in the national team, but here he's a total cunt. Plays a couple of good games every once in a long while, but most of the times he can't be trusted. Horrible at marking, he's shit mentally and makes stupid mistakes out of the simplest situations. |
zakalwe
06.07.16 | Sounds like he'd fit right into the English first team |
danielcardoso
06.07.16 | Ahah. Don't know who the other starting centre back is, but Smalling seems decent at least. |
zakalwe
06.07.16 | Cahill. Whose alright I spose but fuck me where's the butchers and Adams of this world when you need 'em. |
Pangea
06.07.16 | "Don't know how he usually performs in the national team"
He has been shit since the last world cup. He doesn't even get selected anymore |
Pheromone
06.07.16 | Beligum are gonna win it, put my house on it.
Griezmann top scorer |
Sinternet
06.07.16 | Cahill's been alright for Chelsea at least. Makes stupid mistakes too frequently but in quite a youthful side he's got good experience. |
danielcardoso
06.07.16 | Ah yeah Cahill. Yeah dude is decent but also does some completely ridiculous shit every now and then too.
"He has been shit since the last world cup. He doesn't even get selected anymore"
Seems fair. Dude had a terrible season, inconsistent as hell and made ridiculous fuck-ups in big moments. But then again, all centre backs that porto had this year played bad to horrible, Maicon and Chidozie fumbled around nearly every game and Marcano was the safest one of the bunch but he's not very strong himself. |
zakalwe
06.07.16 | The excitements palpable at the moment. Christ I hope we start strongly. |
danielcardoso
06.07.16 | Same here, i love the international competitions man. Unites pretty much every football fan before it even starts, and the fans getting together and talking about it is really cool to be a part of. |
zakalwe
06.07.16 | Also I can't help but feel the England fans are going to be total cunts again. It's already bubbling with trouble at Liverpool, Utd, West Ham, Millwall. England fans go to these things en-masse have a few beers in the sun and that nobbish tribalism thing comes out.
Few chairs will be flung about and it's next stop water cannon. |
danielcardoso
06.07.16 | Ahah wouldn't call em cunts, they're always rattled but that's mostly alcohol talking :] |
CamiloG
06.07.16 | I'm South American and I have my mind very entertained with the Copa America at the moment, but hell, I can't wait for the Euro to start. The best football is played in Europe and I see this tournament as mini World Cup so the hype is real. |
danielcardoso
06.07.16 | Definitely watching both competitions closely myself. Curious to see how brazil will fuck up what should be an un-fuckable easy win against haiti. |
zakalwe
06.07.16 | Dan dude trust me they're absolute cunts of the highest order. Total meatheads who have absolutely fuck all to look upon apart from the past beatings they've had at the hands of their dads.
The hooligan element always attaches itself to these things but a lid has been kept on it for awhile.
I have a bad feeling it's going to resurface in little patches again during this tournament. |
CamiloG
06.07.16 | Yeah unfortunately Brazil is in the lowest point of their entire history to be honest. As a Colombian I can't believe we were robbed by the FIFA on that quarter finals match against Brazil in the World Cup, in which the referee stole us the tying goal. Brazil shouldn't be on the semi finals against Germany, happily they got what they really deserved on that match. |
zakalwe
06.07.16 | That was a stuffing of the highest order. Humiliation. |
danielcardoso
06.07.16 | People weren't speaking up a lot because somehow they made it to the semis, but truth is they never really played some good football throughout the competition. The chile loss was unfair as hell, and yeah they had some help from the refs against colombia. The germany blowout was a shock ahah, though not because they won because i expected em to in the first place. |
CamiloG
06.07.16 | Yeah, I totally forgot about that match against Chile, I remember all of this and my inner beast manifests itself. But then again the Copa America is our new chance to make things right |
CamiloG
06.08.16 | Damn, I just have suffered that intense game between Colombia and Paraguay, arguably the best match of the Copa America along with the match between Uruguay and Mexico. |
Nocturnalize
06.08.16 | Lol at the Chilean anthem being played during Uruguay's introduction haha |
CamiloG
06.08.16 | Yeah, that was a serious fuck up, in general the organization held by the USA for the Copa America has been very lame in my opinion |
ZippaThaRippa
06.08.16 | Lame as it may be, the last couple games have been a FEAST. I thought Paraguay was gonna nick a late point. Can't believe that game ended 2-1 |
CamiloG
06.08.16 | It also could have also ended 3-1, it was a wide open game. |
ZippaThaRippa
06.08.16 | I know, it was glorious.
USA curb stomping Costa Rica wasn't bad either. Except for the part where CR's manager started to cry. That sucked. |
CamiloG
06.08.16 | Hahaha yeah, such an unprofessional thing to do. Costa Rica sucks to be honest. |
ZippaThaRippa
06.08.16 | It was mostly just sad. |
Sinternet
06.08.16 | they were so good at the world cup what happened |
CamiloG
06.08.16 | They changed their coach and Keylor got injured, that's what happened. |
ZippaThaRippa
06.08.16 | Ospina was beyond ridiculous tonight |
CamiloG
06.08.16 | Yeah, he was our hero tonight, that header he blocked might be a highlight of the tournament so far. |
Faraudo
06.08.16 | Well, Keylor Navas is not on the squad, that's something to consider (Regarding Costa Rica's awful tournament so far) |
Faraudo
06.08.16 | Copa America-wise, México, Colombia and Argentina are my favorites (I'm a mexican so maybe I lean a little bit more towards México winning it).
Euros: France's squad is the best by far, so I think they'll win. Nontheless, I wouldn't rule out Germany. |
Nocturnalize
06.08.16 | Can somebody fill me in on why France have such a great squad? Pogba is a good player but he's also massively overrated. Griezmann is a good forward but can easily be shutdown especially on the international level imo |
Faraudo
06.08.16 | Well, maybe because they have players like Pogba, Griezmann, Koscielny, Payet, Kante, Coman, Martial and Matuidi? |
ZippaThaRippa
06.08.16 | France has a bottomless pit of central defenders and their young talent pool is absurd. |
ZippaThaRippa
06.08.16 | Plus, when all else fails: Hugo Lloris |
CamiloG
06.08.16 | Payet might be the best free kick executioner in the world at the moment to be honest. |
Faraudo
06.08.16 | Yeah, it's not that hard to figure out why they have a great squad tbh. |
Faraudo
06.08.16 | Even Evra and Sagna, they're pretty old, but they still deliver the goods. Both enjoyed pretty good campaings at their respective clubs. |
Artuma
06.08.16 | france do have sick depth in their squad for pretty much every position |
Deez
06.08.16 | Hard to ever go against Germany. The Italians always seem to be a threat and I love the old Italian teams but this is the weakest theyve been in a long time. Germany or Spain for me. Population of England to act like theyre best friends until someone misses the inevitable penalty and goes back to being a manc/scouse/cockney cunt and the fans go back to hating each other. Standard championship. |
Faraudo
06.08.16 | Spain looks kinda weak, tbh. They have some of the best players, but they needed to get rid of del Bosque and his antics right after that disaster of a world cup they had back in 2014. Also, they had a pretty lame friendly match against Georgia today (just found out that there's a country named Georgia btw) and lost 1-0. Dunno about Spain, man. |
CamiloG
06.08.16 | Agreed, I don't see Spain as a threat to be honest. Their going through a bad streak at the moment and I don't see that changing in this tournament tbh. |
Deez
06.08.16 | Too many good players to be ruled out, Friendlies mean nothing. Dont think any of the so called 'top countries' stand out. Could be anyones. But Germany for me, spain an outside shot. |
Nocturnalize
06.08.16 | "Well, maybe because they have players like Pogba, Griezmann, Koscielny, Payet, Kante, Coman, Martial and Matuidi?"
Oh ya Kante having one good season in his career is so impressive. Koscielny sure is great in the defensive fortress he leads right? Okay Payet in form is pretty badass but i just feel like some of you nerds watch to much premier league footy and are a little naive towards the international game. |
Recspecs
06.08.16 | Have you fucks been talking about football without me?
Idk about a clear cut winner but my favorites have to be, in order:
Germany
Belgium
France
Spain
England (they never play to their goddamn potential)
Surprise of the tournament: Iceland/Austria
Disappointment: Italy/Wales
Wales doesn't have too much going for them to begin with tbh but I don't see them turning any heads.
Germany has looked rough as of late but I expect the champions to regroup and look great |
Faraudo
06.08.16 | "Oh ya Kante having one good season in his career is so impressive. Koscielny sure is great in the defensive fortress he leads right? Okay Payet in form is pretty badass but i just feel like some of you nerds watch to much premier league footy and are a little naive towards the international game."
Well, yeah, it's Kante's breakthrough season, every player in history has one of those. And no, I can safely say that I know quite a lot about international football, that's why I mentioned players like Coman, Matuidi, Evra, etc. Because I've seen plenty of matches featuring them, particularly Coman's. I could even talk about less known players like Pierre Gignac (France's #10) who plays at the mexican league, and i'm pretty sure that you've never seen a mexican league match in your life. So yeah, not exactly a "premier league nerd."
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Keyblade
06.08.16 | ay luke sighting itt |
p4p
06.08.16 | glad no one use the word soccer |
Faraudo
06.08.16 | "glad no one use the word soccer"
What an abomination of a word.
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Recspecs
06.08.16 | Yeah bitch I'm taking my website back I've been gone too long |
Recspecs
06.08.16 | I'm also high as fuck |
RadicalEd
06.08.16 | Lol at the guy who thinks kante isn't impressive because he only had "one good season". First of all he's pretty young. Secondly he was very good at Caen, was a major part of getting them promoted into ligue 1 (and keeping them there in the following season), but he didn't get the media attention because he's not a flashy player.
I doubt he'll be a huge part of the French team, because dechamps loves cabaye for some reason (and Matuidi/Pogba are major fixpoints in their system). But Kante is the real deal. |
bakkermaarten007
06.08.16 | "This is gonna be a painful tournament as a dutch person. I will be rooting for our neighbours belgium now."
Lol, why? I'm from Belgium and I'm rooting for Italy |
Faraudo
06.08.16 | Belgium has a fantastic team, too. I just hate Fellaini so much, and with his stupid new haircut, oh my god. |
RadicalEd
06.08.16 | Fellaini will be warming the bench for the most part. Witsel and Nainggolan (another stupid haircut) seem to have the CM on lockdown. |
bakkermaarten007
06.08.16 | Fellaini is only good for breaking attacks by committing sly faults (or sometimes not so sly faults). And the cynical thing is that it is precisely this why managers value him |
bakkermaarten007
06.08.16 | Belgium is nothing without Debruyne, without him there's hardly any link-up. Hugely overrated team imo |
RadicalEd
06.08.16 | tbh I don't think they are overrated in the sense that the team isn't good on paper. I think they are a little overrated because Wilmots is a very conservative and (imo) not very good coach. If you look at their possession game it's very 2006 instead of 2016. Their build-up is waaaay to reliant on their fullbacks which is generally seen as a big no-no in 2016, because the fullbacks are automatically limited in their passing range when they are hugging the sideline and therefore can easily be caught by pressing play.
With a really good coach the belgian team would be a title contender easily. Alderweild/Vertongen, Vermaelen Courtois mHazard, De Bruyne, Witsel, Mertens, Lukaku are very very strong players and they also have a lot of depth. (Dembele, Fellaini, Nainggolan, Origi, Beneteke, Carrasco) |
Sinternet
06.08.16 | So is their chronic underperforming down to poor managememt then? |
RadicalEd
06.08.16 | Yeah I mean, it's never 100% clear, but that isn't just my opinion but many football-blogs and various other media-outlets I've seen in the last few years express doubts about wilmots managerial ability. He is basically just ridin their golden generation into mediocrity, but gets to keep his job because a.) he's a football icon in belgium and b.) they are used to being mediocre (because they arguably never had a generation THIS strong) |
bakkermaarten007
06.08.16 | He's not widely seen as a football icon though. I agree with your second point. I would add that thirdly the artificial character of our country has always hindered the development of deep 'teamgeist' |
Egarran
06.08.16 | This is the year of the triumphant underdog. Albania FTW at 300/1.
I'm gonna be so rich. |
RadicalEd
06.08.16 | "I would add that thirdly the artificial character of our country has always hindered the development of deep 'teamgeist'"
That is not at all a verifiable statement. In fact it's highly unlikely seeing as pretty much all modern clubs are "deeply artificial" and are still successful and often times very cohesive. (and they would also smash any given national-squad, because they have way more experience playing together) |
Shemson
06.08.16 | I'm not sure of everyone else's opinion in England but I'm the most into the national team I've been since '96. It's so much easier to get behind a team when it doesn't include dick heads like John Terry, Ashley Cole and Stephen Gerrard and has a lot of good honest professionals and upcoming stars. Also the lack of hype is nice as it was always embarrassing hearing the last generation known as the 'golden generation' when we won nothing. |
rabidfish
06.08.16 | fuck John Terry, what an absolute twat. |
RadicalEd
06.08.16 | he was gud tho. |
Shemson
06.08.16 | He was a great player but such a twat. How can you support the kind of man who knobs his team mates ex-wife and dresses full kit to celebrate a trophy win that he didn't participate in? Nowadays I genuinely don't have any hate for the England team whilst acknowledging Sterling and Sturridge seem like bells. |
danielcardoso
06.08.16 | Sterling is great though. |
zakalwe
06.08.16 | I'm with ya Shem.
There's a real team aesthetic at the min. All it needs is a character to bring it all together.
On another topic this term 'streetwise' has got right on me tits of late. It's cropped up a few times to excuse playing for fouls and the like. Fuck off with your European tactics that go completely against the ethics of the game. |
DoofusWainwright
06.08.16 | #blameitonjose |
claygurnz
06.08.16 | As long as Rooney plays at number 10 England have a chance. He's just not an out and out striker anymore. |
zakalwe
06.08.16 | He's a massive cunt un'all but I have a feeling the streets could be singing 'Roooney, Rooooney' in a few days. |
claygurnz
06.08.16 | Yeah I think he's gotta realise he's running out of chances to set a big tournament alight (bar Euro 2004 of course) |
magicuba
06.08.16 | Italy's team is the weaker in 20 years probably. Some players missing in midfield, attack is shite on its own. I will be surprised if we make it to the quarters |
zakalwe
06.08.16 | But it's Italy. Solid, classy. |
DoofusWainwright
06.08.16 | Same old England - suddenly we have 11 'undroppable' players to squeeze in at any cost fuck tactics and formation. If we give in to that we'll ferk up sooner rather than later
Alli should be playing with freedom and close to Kane. Big boned Rooney can be accommodated on the left as he cant do worse than Vardy out there so drop rat boy to the bench. Has super sub written all over him. |
danielcardoso
06.08.16 | If they use vardy as a winger they're wasting space and resources tbh. |
Deez
06.08.16 | England will win fuck all with the owl in charge. Got away with one of the worst championship performances last time for some reason (because hes english basically) Ive always hated the national team, Supported by Sun reading cunts and a team full of them too. (defo since 96) I just cant get behind a team full of people I hate week to week because suddenly they represent the country my parents fucked in. Not picking better form players because theyre not a 'name'. The media. List is endless. Saying that Id say this is the least cuntish squad in quite a while. But the need to shoehorn average footballers like Henderson in there will be the owls downfall. As will they cant defend. But if I was an England supporter in relation to first 11s there would be no reason to not be confident apart from previous over confidence. I dont see one country thats head and shoulders above another. |
Nocturnalize
06.09.16 | Whoa deezer can't say your wrong but damn that was harsh |
SIIMBOLIC
06.09.16 | Yeah sure there are people in better for than wilshere and the like but wilshere is your highest quality center mid easily. And rooney is England's best player inarguably.
Who would you rather rely on to control the midfield and set up goals in the semi final? Jack wilshere or danny fucking drinkwater?? |
Sinternet
06.09.16 | 'And rooney is England's best player inarguably. '
that is very arguable
he nearly always underperforms at tournaments too |
SIIMBOLIC
06.09.16 | in terms of amount of skill and ability in the different facets of being a football player, rooney is easily Engand's best. Hard worker, strong great passer, great shooter, good at set pieces good in midfield, striker..... The point is his level of overall skill and quality demands he be there |
Keyblade
06.09.16 | yeah he's technically their best player but im not sure he's up to the task of leading the team especially given how he flops at pretty much every tournament not called euro 2004 |
zakalwe
06.09.16 | Rooney is the definition of the modern footballer. Touches of class and moments of brilliance overshadowed by immense hype, petulant behaviour, too high a wage, agent pulling the strings, total lack of class.
Kane > |
Keyblade
06.09.16 | hard |
Sinternet
06.09.16 | Rooney's only real strength these days is his great passing - he plays a vital role but he is not the best player in the squad |
DoofusWainwright
06.09.16 | I think in terms of raw talent I think Alli just might be better than both Kane and Rooney. Could end up being England's 'Gerrard+' |
zakalwe
06.09.16 | Excitement is building.
Come on England!!!!! |
RadicalEd
06.09.16 | Rooney has been so overhyped for years that everyone is now underrating him because everyone is so sick of the hype. In 700 career games he has directly contributed (goal or assist) to more than 450 goals. That is a phenomenal stat, especially considering that he has played a loooot of games as a midfielder lately.
His persona is obviously annoying, but from what I've seen he's at somewhat stable now and doesn't frequently assault other players. |
Sinternet
06.09.16 | yeah that's certainly true but also his constant choking in big matches and the fact he's starting to age now don't do him any favours
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RadicalEd
06.09.16 | He isn't as explosive for sure and therfore he won't be the one who bangs in 6-7 goals for England in this tournament, but his passing game and his decision making are actually very, very good and I think he can be the one who gives england some structure in the attack. (Because Kane or Vardy can't, Milner and Henderson are not creative enough, and for Ali a tourney on this level may come a bit early to shoulder this responsibilty)
Agreed on his choking when he wears the Three Lions, but he's far from the only brit in that regard. |
Shemson
06.09.16 | I can see Kane bagging player of the tournament honestly. He is that good and just gets on with it and takes it in his stride, great lad.
Also in terms of raw talent Ross Barkley is our best player, he's just had a shite manager for the last three years and is still too raw. |
Keyblade
06.09.16 | fully agreed shemson |
osmark86
06.09.16 | suggesting Roberto Martinez isn't the best (former) PL manager? ;)
I agree shemson, I think Kane will continue to turn heads and play an immense role for England this tournament. Barkley is a very well rounded player as well. |
danielcardoso
06.09.16 | Anyone saw portugal's friendly yesterday? Quaresma is such an amazing player, one of my faves ever, want him back in Porto so bad. |
RadicalEd
06.09.16 | Quaresma has the raw technical abiltiy but I bet he's a bitch to be having in your team, because he's only waiting for HIS moments to shine and not contributing much work for the other players on the pitch. |
danielcardoso
06.09.16 | Not at all honestly, guy had a reputation of being a ball hog sometimes, but as grew older and gained more experience he became a great team player. He racked up tons of assists last year in Porto, he and Jackson Martinez were deadly together. |
DoofusWainwright
06.09.16 | Quaresmatic adj. 'possessing the quality of being a hopeless ball hog'
Just had to look it up to know who we're talking about |
RadicalEd
06.09.16 | I dunno haven't seen him play in a while, but 4 goals and 6 assists in the Süper Lig are not thaaaat impressive (not bad either, granted), especially given the fact that he played for the champions. |
danielcardoso
06.09.16 | Ahah like i said not quite doof :] |
Nocturnalize
06.10.16 | Fuck Frances starting 11 looking mean |
CamiloG
06.10.16 | The moment has finally arrived! |
Nocturnalize
06.10.16 | Get Hype |
ShitsofRain
06.10.16 | worst opening |
Artuma
06.10.16 | get romania's huge dive after the successful qualification (honestly so embarrassed finland didn't get through that group) |
Nocturnalize
06.10.16 | Finland and Romania both suck |
Sinternet
06.10.16 | Romania playing well so far |
Nocturnalize
06.10.16 | Referees doing a great job in the game so far. Love seeing that. |
Nocturnalize
06.10.16 | By Romania standards I guess. |
Sinternet
06.10.16 | Yeah hope the standard of refereeing continues |
Artuma
06.10.16 | so far france has been quite disappointing and that's not because romania has been good or anything |
Nocturnalize
06.10.16 | True they do like really disorganized out there. It could be a mix of nerves and not playing a true competitive match for a very long time |
CamiloG
06.10.16 | Interesting game so far. Though I really expected more from France. |
adr
06.10.16 | Martial on the bench lol |
Pangea
06.10.16 | First 20-25 minutes or something were pretty interesting with a few good opportunities. But after that it got a bit boring |
NorthernSkylark
06.10.16 | come on france!! |
Pangea
06.10.16 | What a goal |
Sinternet
06.10.16 | Amazing goal but they really dont deserve it - very average performance apart from Kante |
CamiloG
06.10.16 | Payet's long distance is insane. Incredible goal |
Shemson
06.10.16 | What a goal! Payet and Kante won that for them. France won't win this tournament unless they sort their defence out ASAP though! |
Artuma
06.10.16 | perfect goal |
adr
06.10.16 | hard |
Pangea
06.10.16 | Payet and Kante were great yeah |
bakkermaarten007
06.10.16 | I feel sorry for Romania |
Shuyin
06.10.16 | Portugal is looking good, the team looks motivated and we have a really good coach this time around. I sure hope they do well this time, specially after the fiasco in Brazil |
ShitsofRain
06.10.16 | disgusting game |
Nocturnalize
06.10.16 | Payet was magnificent he single handily won them that game |
AngryJohnny
06.10.16 | Payet awesome but I wasn't massively impressed with France overall. They could well improve and they need to if they're gonna win this thing |
rabidfish
06.11.16 | is the england formation confirmed yet? |
anarchistfish
06.11.16 | France are gonna win
Griezmann hat trick vs Spain
watch this space |
anarchistfish
06.11.16 | "Amazing goal but they really dont deserve it - very average performance apart from Kante"
romania played decently and we still dominated |
Sinternet
06.11.16 | Really? France looked very vulnerable on the counter attack, really need to sort out the defense. And whilst they had the majority of the midfield, they hardly ever looked like much of a threat. Romania did well in shutting down most of France's attacks. |
anarchistfish
06.11.16 | they did |
Recspecs
06.11.16 | NAAAA NAAAA NAAAA NANANANANAAAAAAA NANANANANAAAAAAAA GIIIRRRROOOOOUUUUDDDDD |
NorwichScene
06.11.16 | What a beauty by Payet! Can't see many players scoring a better goal all tournament |
EatingItchyButthole
06.11.16 | ronaldo |
Deez
06.11.16 | First games all about getting a win. That will do them the world of good. Youll see a different France next. Payet is some player. |
RadicalEd
06.11.16 | "Really? France looked very vulnerable on the counter attack, really need to sort out the defense. And whilst they had the majority of the midfield, they hardly ever looked like much of a threat. Romania did well in shutting down most of France's attacks."
France clearly had more chances to score than Romania and dominated most of the game, especially after the equalizer. Romania did put up a very decent fight and pressed up much higher than I expected them too, but in the end a narrow victory for France was deserved imo. The individual class of their players (Payet in this case) really carried them through. |
trve
06.11.16 | fuck france
this arrogant turd nation doesnt deserve getting through the preliminaries |
SIIMBOLIC
06.11.16 | ronaldo will receive a perfect 1-2 from harry redknapp then slot past big sam for the la barclays le ligue of chodes |
Nocturnalize
06.11.16 | Vardy on the bench
Interdasting |
anat
06.11.16 | He'll be able to make a real difference coming on in the second half imo. Wales were really fun to watch, pleased for them. |
Deez
06.11.16 | If Vardy had the EXACT same season but played for one of the top 4 hed be in the starting 11. |
Nocturnalize
06.11.16 | Odd line up for England, 3 man midfield with Rooney and Alli in it, and offensive full backs as well. A lot of defensive work for Dier and the centre halfs to do it seems. |
Nocturnalize
06.11.16 | "If Vardy had the EXACT same season but played for one of the top 4 hed be in the starting 11."
Ya your right |
Tunaboy45
06.11.16 | vardy was probably taking part in the riots so he'll no doubt be still hanging |
Sinternet
06.11.16 | Those twats make me ashamed to be english |
Sinternet
06.11.16 | Interesting lineup, but only good if we can control possession and keep it in their half |
zakalwe
06.11.16 | Come on lads!!!!!!! |
danielcardoso
06.11.16 | High hopes for this zak? |
zakalwe
06.11.16 | There's always hope dan dude. 2-0 would be lovely. |
DoofusWainwright
06.11.16 | 2-1 engerlund
Danny 'England's' rose for motm |
danielcardoso
06.11.16 | Ahah. What do ya think about vardy being benched fellas? |
zakalwe
06.11.16 | Throw him on as a sub, his pace will obliterate |
Sinternet
06.11.16 | Good move. He'll be a great impact sub. |
DoofusWainwright
06.11.16 | No Vardy hence playing well |
Sinternet
06.11.16 | Urghh can we actually finish something for once |
Pangea
06.11.16 | England's doing pretty good |
adr
06.11.16 | lalana is shit
vardy in |
zakalwe
06.11.16 | Playing well to be fair |
RadicalEd
06.11.16 | yay for wales. England lookin good so far, Kyle Walker is playing great. |
danielcardoso
06.11.16 | I think lallana is actually playing pretty well so far. |
Nocturnalize
06.11.16 | "Interesting lineup, but only good if we can control possession and keep it in their half"
You got this right at least. I would call that a decent 1st half, Sterling looks lethal. Vardy needs to come on in the 60th. |
Nocturnalize
06.11.16 | Lallana did well sorry hedoesnt shoot like Messi |
CamiloG
06.11.16 | So far England's game has been decent but not outstanding, hope they perform better on the second half |
CamiloG
06.11.16 | For me the best player so far has been Kyle Walker |
PumpBoffBag
06.11.16 | No Vardy hence playing well [2] |
anat
06.11.16 | I don't think there's been a weak link in the England squad so far, it just hasn't happened for them |
RadicalEd
06.11.16 | tbh Sterling has been a bit erratic with his dribbling so far, bt whatever, he's still always dangerous with his speed. |
danielcardoso
06.11.16 | How good does alli play though damn. |
Nocturnalize
06.11.16 | "vardy was probably taking part in the riots so he'll no doubt be still hanging"
This made me spit my beer out haha |
anat
06.11.16 | Final score predictions? I'm going 2-0 England. |
Nocturnalize
06.11.16 | 3-0 England. |
adr
06.11.16 | 0-0/1-1 tbh
no way they'll score 3 goals lol |
CamiloG
06.11.16 | 2-1 England wins |
Pangea
06.11.16 | 2-0 england |
Artuma
06.11.16 | i bet on 2-0 england and still very much believe in it |
CamiloG
06.11.16 | Russia's performance has been very poor so far, though they have a different attitude for this second half |
Artuma
06.11.16 | i have literally no expectations for russia in this tournament |
Sinternet
06.11.16 | Half their players are out injured tbf |
RadicalEd
06.11.16 | Not very impressive second half by england tbh. Deserved the lead of course, but I'm not wowed by this at all. |
RadicalEd
06.11.16 | And now they got punished. |
adr
06.11.16 | lmao |
Sinternet
06.11.16 | Are you fucking kidding me |
zakalwe
06.11.16 | Fuck it. |
CamiloG
06.11.16 | And that's how you throw 2 points or should I say 3 points? to the trash can |
Nocturnalize
06.11.16 | "0-0/1-1 tbh
no way they'll score 3 goals lol"
good call haha |
anarchistfish
06.11.16 | load of shit
probably the best I've ever seen england play
load of fucking shit |
Nocturnalize
06.11.16 | pure class from england |
RadicalEd
06.11.16 | Well I mean they will beat Slovakia still xD |
anat
06.11.16 | Milner should never have come on |
Deez
06.11.16 | hahha shit cunts. The owl throwing Wilshire whos hardly been on a pitch all year instead of Vardy to stretch them. As previously said. Wont win fuck all with Woy in charge. |
Sinternet
06.11.16 | wilshere is a grade a cunt |
Sinternet
06.11.16 | at least vardy can play football to make up for the cuntiness |
DoofusWainwright
06.11.16 | England just had to conspire to make the Wales game a group decider smh |
anat
06.11.16 | There were a lot of positives in this game at least |
Pangea
06.11.16 | Sucks for england |
adr
06.11.16 | the scousers always have been the weak link lmao
Hodgson is clueless
the tottenham players were the only good thing in this game tbh |
Faraudo
06.11.16 | Nahh, Wilshere should have started the game. |
Deez
06.11.16 | the scousers always have been the weak link lmao'
exactly why i dont follow the national team. As soon as they lose/dont win its 'scouse/manc/cockney' bastard. Fake togetherness |
adr
06.11.16 | Wilshere should have stayed in the hospital |
Deez
06.11.16 | Russians kicking off inside the stadium now too |
anarchistfish
06.11.16 | russian fans are arguably the worst |
anarchistfish
06.11.16 | "Nahh, Wilshere should have started the game."
no |
InfamousGrouse
06.11.16 | gonna watch england games on mute for the remainder of the tournament |
rabidfish
06.11.16 | it's happening again
lol |
claygurnz
06.12.16 | WTF England you make me so depressed ffs and I'm not even English. |
rockandmetaljunkie
06.12.16 |
Why is there a conflict between the russians and the english ? |
danielcardoso
06.12.16 | Typical england blowing it all in the end lol. |
Artuma
06.12.16 | "the tottenham players were the only good thing in this game tbh"
what? england played really well both offensively and defensively, not giving russia much of a chance. the result was really unjust imo |
Shemson
06.12.16 | Scousers are the weak link? As far as I'm aware the only scousers in the squad are Rooney and Barkley? Not sure what they did wrong?
The problem was negative tactics. England were well on top and took a deserved lead. Then instead of going for Vardy off the bench to stretch Russia on the counter attack he takes off Rooney for Wilshire and Sterling for Milner. SO NEGATIVE. We had no outlet for attacks except for Kane trying to hold the ball up and a win a free kick so we invited pressure for the whole of the last 15 minutes and they nicked a goal. Terrible game management from Roy. Don't blame any of the players, though Sterling was pretty poor. |
Artuma
06.12.16 | agreed sterling can't do much apart from running fast. definitely their weakest link yesterday |
zakalwe
06.12.16 | The win was in the bag, the Russians got a last min equaliser and then kicked our heads in, it was fantastic. |
Keyblade
06.12.16 | sterling was horrible, and that wilshere sub was awful. either put on a holding midfielder to see u thru to the end or at least put on vardy to stretch the defence and nick another goal |
zakalwe
06.12.16 | Seriously as England performances go we were alright. The equaliser was bad luck. We will probabaly lose against Wales and not get out of the qualifiers, Roy will be given the boot and it's all back to square one. |
adr
06.12.16 | Well i obviously meant the liverpool players, but i'm taking the piss lol. Anyway Sterling was indeed useless and Lallana wasn't very good either and the subs were comical agreed. Defenitely helped Russia with the including of more liverpool players 😂 |
Artuma
06.12.16 | i thought lallana was pretty solid |
Keyblade
06.12.16 | yea first half especially lallana was pretty good |
Davil667
06.12.16 | England has such a young team and it was for the first time in ages I watched them play in a tournament thinking there's true potential. I def think Shemson's right and tactics were the critical factor. The team will certainly grow in the course of the tournament - provided Hodgson allows for it. |
RadicalEd
06.12.16 | Walker/Lallana on the wing looked good. Rose/Sterling not so much. I think Barkley and Vardy would have been better subs, maybe milner for lallana as well, but Hodgson kinda bottled that game. |
ShitsofRain
06.12.16 | england will never ever win anything |
UpwardSpiral
06.12.16 | Kane taking the corners, awesome |
zakalwe
06.12.16 | What is that all about???? |
NorwichScene
06.12.16 | People saying Vardy should of come on.. What about Sturridge, our best striker. Kane was average, Sterling terrible |
Artuma
06.12.16 | kane is still possibly the most dangerous striker in the whole tournament imo, along with zlatan |
UpwardSpiral
06.12.16 | No, Müller is more dangerous imo. I'm also expecting a lot from Griezmann. |
UpwardSpiral
06.12.16 | And I forgot about Lewandowski |
Artuma
06.12.16 | on his best day lewandowski is fucking unstoppable but i don't see him quite as much of a consistent threat honestly |
danielcardoso
06.12.16 | Yeah lallana played pretty well, kane taking corner kicks was doubtful and alli was too good. England played solid overall, late minute goal was unfortunate but then again typical for them already :] |
UpwardSpiral
06.12.16 | True, it is hard to predict. And the rest of his team isn't quite as good compared to Germany and France. Same holds for Zlatan. |
Pangea
06.12.16 | i don't get why you would let kane take the corners. with his length he could probably be good threat for headings |
anarchistfish
06.12.16 | muller isn't a striker |
Artuma
06.12.16 | griezmann is also partly a winger |
danielcardoso
06.12.16 | Boring game so far tbh, can't watch the rest because i have some studying to do but i hope it gets better than this. |
anarchistfish
06.12.16 | griezmann doesnt play as a striker for france yeah |
anarchistfish
06.12.16 | modric's goal was awesome |
Keyblade
06.12.16 | modric what a player. my spurs supporting brother still pines for his return, cant wait to tell him about it when he gets back |
anarchistfish
06.12.16 | how has he been for RM this season? |
danielcardoso
06.12.16 | Probably one of their best players this season, for me at least. |
Shemson
06.12.16 | Even as an Evertonian who fumed at his inclusion in the starting XI I concede that Lallana was good yesterday. I thought Kane did pretty well with whatever he was given as well though yeah having him on corners is a terrible plan when he's scored more goals inside the box than any PL player last season... |
RadicalEd
06.12.16 | What a down and dirty alleyway fight of a game. |
RadicalEd
06.12.16 | Corluka would probably be a great solider or somethin. |
Artuma
06.12.16 | fuck i bet corluka is gonna feel a bit dizzy later today |
Nocturnalize
06.12.16 | Fantastic goal by Modric.
Poor Corluka the guy spent more time bleeding then playing |
RadicalEd
06.12.16 | Northern Irland playing like it's 1996 |
zakalwe
06.12.16 | Fair play to 'em |
Artuma
06.12.16 | "Northern Irland playing like it's 1996"
cuz it would be wiser to play like 2010 spain amirite |
Nocturnalize
06.12.16 | Should be 2-0 Poland
I'm getting England vs Russia vibes from this game |
anarchistfish
06.12.16 | boring af game |
Shemson
06.12.16 | If Poland and Germany get their win I'll have won over £250 on accumulators this weekend! |
ShitsofRain
06.12.16 | defenses got better overall it sucks |
ShitsofRain
06.12.16 | just... |
danielcardoso
06.12.16 | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36510550 |
Shemson
06.12.16 | Good to hear uefa are issuing warnings to both countries. That shit has got nothing to do with football.
That huge explosion though last night on around 80 minutes... Me and my mates sat silent for ten seconds looking at each other thinking it was a terrorist attack |
Sinternet
06.12.16 | urghh people are defending the england fans because they were 'provoked' and 'drunk'
yeah because if i'm provoked or drunk i start massive brawls too |
anat
06.12.16 | Can we have some goals tonight please Germany |
Keyblade
06.12.16 | "urghh people are defending the england fans because they were 'provoked' and 'drunk'"
i wonder what the reaction would be if they were turkish fans or something |
JamieTwort
06.12.16 | Can we have some goals tonight please Ukraine |
Tunaboy45
06.12.16 | 3-0 tonight |
danielcardoso
06.12.16 | Germany are clear favorites for me but i'd definitely enjoy seeing ukraine pull an upset here. |
anat
06.12.16 | Well I just wants goals in general, and Ukraine blend in with all the other eastern Europe teams who are all hit and miss |
JamieTwort
06.12.16 | Ukraine have some really dangerous players. Konoplyanka and Yarmolenko can cause problems against any team. |
Nocturnalize
06.12.16 | Easy win for Germany. |
Shemson
06.12.16 | Yup agree with Jamie, also Yarmolenko has been angling for a big money move for years but keeps getting blocked by the Dinamo chairman. A big Euro tournament for him could help make his move happen.
Anyway, a win for Germany is my second big accumulator win of the weekend so fuck off Ukraine. |
ShitsofRain
06.12.16 | looking good |
CamiloG
06.12.16 | That save from Neuer though |
ShitsofRain
06.12.16 | warm-up |
anat
06.12.16 | This is already more entertaining than POLNIR |
ShitsofRain
06.12.16 | lol, free kick, how boring |
JamieTwort
06.12.16 | That should never have been a free-kick. |
ShitsofRain
06.12.16 | haha neuer worth 100 million |
CamiloG
06.12.16 | Amazing goalkeeper |
ShitsofRain
06.12.16 | best game so far, period |
JamieTwort
06.12.16 | Great game, could easily be 2-2 |
CamiloG
06.12.16 | Toni Kross' passes are beyond words. Best player in the pitch so far |
ShitsofRain
06.12.16 | UKRAINE PLEASE |
anarchistfish
06.12.16 | GOAL LINE REPLAY PLS |
ShitsofRain
06.12.16 | this cant be real |
ShitsofRain
06.12.16 | ukraine is dominating now what is this game |
CamiloG
06.12.16 | Incredible that it didn't went inside, lovely match |
ShitsofRain
06.12.16 | so unfortunate that its halftime now |
danielcardoso
06.12.16 | Great game, absolutely. |
JamieTwort
06.12.16 | Really close, entertaining game as anticipated. |
anat
06.12.16 | Rooting for a Ukraine goal, they deserve some reward |
CamiloG
06.12.16 | The match deserves more goals. come on! |
ShitsofRain
06.12.16 | time for a sub |
anat
06.12.16 | Please don't let this finish 1-0 eurolads |
CamiloG
06.12.16 | "Gomez is going to start. Löw adores him."
Where's the guy that was saying Gomez was going to start in the debut? |
ShitsofRain
06.12.16 | plz no end like england |
anarchistfish
06.12.16 | plz end like england |
anarchistfish
06.12.16 | lol that header |
ShitsofRain
06.12.16 | YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS what a drream |
CamiloG
06.12.16 | The eternal Schweinsteiger... |
ShitsofRain
06.12.16 | took em 3-4 attempts tho but so happy for him especially |
anat
06.12.16 | Phew, a game that didn't end 1-0 |
Shemson
06.12.16 | Had a tough year has 'Bastian so good for him. He should've never left for the premier league at his age. Bayern must've been laughing all the way to the bank when he passed his medical at Man U. |
Flugmorph
06.12.16 | hahaha. Hes a good boi tho |
NorwichScene
06.13.16 | Ze Germans are great. Today is probably the best in terms of the three live games and I'm working at home so can watch all three yay |
Shemson
06.13.16 | Some potentially cracking games on today! Spain/Czech should be an attacking exciting match similar to Germany/Ukraine, then Sweden/Ireland will be looking at this as a must win as they wont fancy either of their other opponents and then Belgium/Italy is probably the biggest clash of the tournament so far with two teams who could potentially go on to win it (though not favourites). |
Artuma
06.13.16 | football is a game that lasts for 90 mins and in the end germany wins |
CamiloG
06.13.16 | Spain is far far away from its golden days, poor debut so far. This is being a very defensive tournament, no team wants to risk anything, that's a shame because there will be very few goals per match, 3 maximum. |
ShitsofRain
06.13.16 | getting to the point where its just a pain to watch |
Keyblade
06.13.16 | clark and o'shea vs zlatan. this is gonna be fun to watch |
anarchistfish
06.13.16 | "This is being a very defensive tournament, no team wants to risk anything,"
meh, there's been several games where it's astonishing so few goals were scored |
CamiloG
06.13.16 | The match between Sweden and Ireland has been very entertaining so far to be fair |
CamiloG
06.13.16 | "there's been several games where it's astonishing so few goals were scored"
I wouldn't use the word several, as I think that they can be counted with the fingers of one hand. |
JamieTwort
06.13.16 | "as I think that they can be counted with the fingers of one hand."
That could be like half of the games played so far. I think that counts as several. |
CamiloG
06.13.16 | The same story with Belgium, a lot of potential, excellent players judged individually but as a team they don't work together. Hazard and De Bruyne need to improve their leadership within the team. What a disappointing squad, I dare to compare them to England, lots of figures and well-known players but a disappoinment in important tournaments. |
anarchistfish
06.13.16 | belgium are so shit
taking the mantle from england |
SIIMBOLIC
06.14.16 | to hazard's credit he was trying to carry the team but got fuck all suport |
magicuba
06.14.16 | wow Italy played real good with a shit team against all expectations, let's see how far we can bring it |
danielcardoso
06.14.16 | Excited for portugal debut today, gonna be studying all afternoon for my exam tomorrow but i won't miss this game for sure. |
guitarded_chuck
06.14.16 | as always i am quite enjoying this tournament tho i couldnt name 3 players in it |
Artuma
06.14.16 | "wow Italy played real good with a shit team against all expectations"
i don't think they surprised at all, they have a top-notch coach and an underrated squad. it obviously works against a team without any clear game plan, no matter how many hazards and debruynes that team has |
zakalwe
06.14.16 | ^ exactly! |
DrJohn
06.14.16 | say what u want about Italy but they're a cunning lot and they've always been. They may lack "class" in their midfield, hindering their transition game, but their tactical approach n focus is spot on as ever. Last night's def display should be a lesson for all gaffers... especially one named Roy. Tough cookies. |
danielcardoso
06.14.16 | "They may lack "class" in their midfield, hindering their transition game, but their tactical approach n focus is spot on as ever."
Agree, sad not to see legends like totti and pirlo still playing for the squad, but their young players have some good potential. |
Deez
06.14.16 | always had a soft spot for the Italian national team. Growing up watch Roberto Baggio and the like. Always want them too do well. Embrace the dark arts with it. They know how to win. |
DrJohn
06.14.16 | daniel, in that counter-attacking style that fits Italy so well, the Pirlos and Tottis of the world may have done more harm than good tbh. Slowing down the game n such and going with the fairies during the defensive phase. On the other hand, I counted more than enough missed long passes yesterday so ye if they were still in their early 30s... |
Archelirion
06.14.16 | The Hungarian national anthem, as it emerges, is absolutely stunning. Hoping for a Hungary win today. |
Artuma
06.14.16 | too bad they have the shittiest squad in the tournament |
Sinternet
06.14.16 | I think any national anthem that isn't god save the queen is pretty good |
Archelirion
06.14.16 | True. They have Kiraly in goal and he was shite for FULHAM for fuck sake ;-; Alaba's strike in the 31nd second is not boding well for the Magyars. |
Sinternet
06.14.16 | They have a decent strikeforce tbf but defense is lacking and Kiraly is old af now |
Spec
06.14.16 | That Ireland game tho. So close. |
Artuma
06.14.16 | "They have a decent strikeforce"
ehh, they have dzsudzsak and pretty much no one else. szalai is kinda overrated |
Archelirion
06.14.16 | Dzsudzsák's pretty solid; Gera used to be great but I'm not sure nowadays. |
danielcardoso
06.14.16 | Well who would have guessed hungary is actually playing pretty well. |
Artuma
06.14.16 | never heard of this kleinheisler guy but he seems to be quite a decent player |
Archelirion
06.14.16 | Kiraly's save from that bouncing shot was pretty great. Still have a nasty feeling Austria will take it. |
JamieTwort
06.14.16 | Hungary play some really nice, attractive football. |
danielcardoso
06.14.16 | Austria, on the other hand, aren't quite playing like a team that didn't lose a single game during the qualifiers. They're playing decent so far, but i dunno something's lacking. |
Artuma
06.14.16 | tough call that red card |
claygurnz
06.14.16 | This game has been pretty entertaining |
Sinternet
06.14.16 | yeah really enjoyed it so far |
CamiloG
06.14.16 | What an exquisite definition, great goal from Hungary |
Sinternet
06.14.16 | Hungary fully deserve this as well, by far the better team |
ZippaThaRippa
06.14.16 | I thought it would be a close game, probably a draw. But damn Hungary commanded this game. Tight on defense, lethal on the breaks. |
ShitsofRain
06.14.16 | ANDI MOELLER |
Sinternet
06.14.16 | great performance by Hungary all round, Austria looked weak as hell |
ShitsofRain
06.14.16 | tournaments like this make national pride great again haha |
anat
06.14.16 | Don't know much about either side, but saw that Austria are quite highly placed in the world ranking and so saw them as favourites. Good game. |
ShitsofRain
06.14.16 | looking forward to the next game. should be as good. |
adr
06.14.16 | hope Iceland wins |
ZippaThaRippa
06.14.16 | Everyone does |
danielcardoso
06.14.16 | Not me ahah. |
anat
06.14.16 | Always good to see Portugal lose |
ShitsofRain
06.14.16 | i trust in lars lagerbäck |
danielcardoso
06.14.16 | Why does everyone here want portugal to lose apparently? |
Davil667
06.14.16 | Dan bro, Portugal will win this one, close but sure. Everything else would be a big surprise and a disappointment. |
ShitsofRain
06.14.16 | iceland has gregor clegane |
zakalwe
06.14.16 | I actually want them to win cos there's a part of me thinking of you Dan dude over there, the 90s classics turned off for 5mims to sit and watch the footy. I'll be gutted for you if they play shit. |
Sinternet
06.14.16 | iceland is just too cool for portugal |
danielcardoso
06.14.16 | Ahah, cheers zak and davi. |
Deez
06.14.16 | Because of all the diving,cheating,pretentious footballers in the world Portugal seems to somehow have the most. Which takes some doing. |
Deez
06.14.16 | And Misþyrming > Moonspell |
Davil667
06.14.16 | What are you talking about deezer? That award usually goes to Italy. |
ShitsofRain
06.14.16 | ronaldo already showing great manners |
zakalwe
06.14.16 | What an absolute arse. |
Nocturnalize
06.14.16 | I thought Austria were the dark horse in this tournament? |
ShitsofRain
06.14.16 | ring ring |
ShitsofRain
06.14.16 | icelandic fans deserve a goal |
Nocturnalize
06.14.16 | and they got it! |
anat
06.14.16 | lmao |
Keyblade
06.14.16 | yes! that defending was comical tho lmao |
DoofusWainwright
06.14.16 | Can someone stop the BBC commentator from saying 'Gomeshhhhh' that way |
anarchistfish
06.14.16 | my fantasy squad is so sick
de gea
mignolet
klein
koscielny
vertonghen
saevarsson
gotze
alaba
coman
giacherrini
thiago alcantara
zakarla
griezmann
ronaldo
kane |
ShitsofRain
06.14.16 | gotze xD |
anat
06.14.16 | Iceland goalie is doing well considering his eyes are only ever half open |
ShitsofRain
06.14.16 | he can make a movie about himself after this tournament |
adr
06.14.16 | cocks for Portugal |
ShitsofRain
06.14.16 | fucker always gets his special screentime |
DrJohn
06.14.16 | drives me up the wall |
DoofusWainwright
06.14.16 | Drives it into the wall |
zakalwe
06.14.16 | :D |
Kusangii
06.14.16 | Always a blast seeing Ronaldo being a baby and give that mocking laugh at the referees when his own performance is shit |
DrJohn
06.14.16 | lol |
JamieTwort
06.14.16 | That moment near the beginning of the game when Ronaldo kicked the ground when trying to shoot and then adamantly claimed it was a foul was classic. |
zakalwe
06.14.16 | It was an absolute joke was what it was. Should've been off. |
CamiloG
06.14.16 | Iceland fans are so damn great! Also saw a couple of awesome Icelandic girls, all of my life I thought of them as exotic, lol |
Deez
06.15.16 | Pepe has to be one of the most dislikable players in world football. Horrible,Dirty sneak but will go down off a breeze. |
Nocturnalize
06.15.16 | Pepe is a dirty player for sure. Him and Diego Costa are the biggest douche canoes in the sport without a doubt.
|
Sinternet
06.15.16 | Costa's not even that bad |
Deez
06.15.16 | Spitting in your glove and flicking at people isnt bad? Costa is horrible. Throw Neymar in there too. |
Sinternet
06.15.16 | He's no worse than Suarez ever was. Plenty of dirtier players |
CamiloG
06.15.16 | Suarez is the most repulsive player ever, I can't even look at his detestable face. |
Shuyin
06.15.16 | The Portugal hate is real, smh |
Faraudo
06.15.16 | Am I the only one who thinks that Iceland's national anthem is extremely epic and beautiful? |
magicuba
06.15.16 | Iceland will win the cup dot |
RadicalEd
06.15.16 | "The Portugal hate is real, smh"
Pepe, what's not to love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FdK_Ljtmlo |
RadicalEd
06.15.16 | Also Ronaldo is a gigantic, walking cunt. |
Shuyin
06.15.16 | Yea, but Ronaldo is actually a cool dude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjHiiW-nnsI |
Keyblade
06.15.16 | pepe vs costa in those madrid derbies were fun to watch who could be the bigger cunt lol |
Shuyin
06.15.16 | Pepe can be a massive ass, won't even try to defend some of the shit he pulls. Specially after the game with Germany for the last world cup, he had some rush of shit to the brain there |
RadicalEd
06.15.16 | His worst offense was kicking the guy in the head when he was lying on the ground tho. |
Archelirion
06.15.16 | That ball from Hamsik to Weiss was absolutely gorgeous |
danielcardoso
06.15.16 | Jesus this goal. |
Archelirion
06.15.16 | Absolutely brilliant. Couldn't have placed it better. |
claygurnz
06.15.16 | Hamsik is a baller |
ShitsofRain
06.15.16 | he certainly felt out of place there. game was so bad |
danielcardoso
06.15.16 | This game was pretty good man. |
Faraudo
06.15.16 | Granit Xhaka looked solid AF for Switzerland. As an Arsenal fan, i'm excited to watch him play for the team next season. |
danielcardoso
06.15.16 | Who's gonna watch france today? |
ShitsofRain
06.15.16 | I do. Going to be hilarious. |
Flugmorph
06.15.16 | gonna give it a look |
Tunaboy45
06.15.16 | england and wales found a common enemy in russia, how sweet |
Keyblade
06.15.16 | payet is a ridiculous player. really nice open game this |
ShitsofRain
06.15.16 | but still not convincing |
Artuma
06.15.16 | albania has been superb so far |
ShitsofRain
06.15.16 | france is not even sweating |
CamiloG
06.15.16 | France deserves to lose this match, such a poor performance |
Artuma
06.15.16 | yeah they looked really tame |
Keyblade
06.15.16 | payet too nice with it. amazing how such a world class player plays for west ham. im not jealous at all |
danielcardoso
06.15.16 | Gonna have himself a big transfer this summer for sure. |
Keyblade
06.15.16 | he signed 2 contracts with west ham last season lol. if he does leave it will be an astronomical fee i'd imagine |
AngryJohnny
06.15.16 | Still seen nothing to make me think that anyone's gonna touch Germany in this tournament |
anat
06.15.16 | I don't think Germany are that far ahead of the field tbh |
JamieTwort
06.15.16 | Agreed, they're not. |
Flugmorph
06.15.16 | ON FLEEK |
Deez
06.15.16 | No one has been particularly impressive so far. But its usually that way, the first games. |
anat
06.15.16 | I'll reserve judgement for the last 16 being named I think |
ShitsofRain
06.15.16 | still a long long way to go |
zakalwe
06.16.16 | Day off work. England top from 1970 on. Pub by 1200.
Come on England!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! En-ger-land, en-ger-land eng-ger-laaand En-ger-land, en-ger-land eng-ger-laaand En-ger-land, en-ger-land eng-ger-laaand Eng-ger-lannnnd- EN-GER-LANNnnnnnnd!!!!!
We'll probably lose. |
BigPleb
06.16.16 | CMON ENGLAND
In the boozer for 2 then work at 5, not arsed not missin us slay the dragon. |
BigPleb
06.16.16 | In fact fuck that, in there by 1. |
zakalwe
06.16.16 | That's my boy Plebster. Shite food before hand? Hungry horse style pub grub so when we go one nil down I can lob me rack of ribs at the projector screen. |
RadicalEd
06.16.16 | I'm sooooooo rooting for Wales. Not even because I dislike England, but just because I can't resist a plucky underdog story. |
BigPleb
06.16.16 | Burger and chips Zak, pint of Carling or Stella (probably Carling, don't wanna be swinging my fists in the afternoon).
On paper we should win but this is England, a team who literally has no idea of their potential.
Having said that, CMON BOYS!!!! |
RadicalEd
06.16.16 | Bale screamer in 89th minute for a well deserved 1:0, I can picture it. |
JamieTwort
06.16.16 | Day off work [2]
Heading out at 11, should have a fair few pints down me by kick-off. |
Keyblade
06.16.16 | schools in lens are closed cuz of fear or disorder. i didnt know wales and england had that kinda rivalry |
RadicalEd
06.16.16 | British football fans are kinda wild. |
zakalwe
06.16.16 | omg. Even JT has turned into a lout!
Rule Britannia. |
claygurnz
06.16.16 | 'Pint of Carling'
Enjoy your puddle water mate. |
BigPleb
06.16.16 | Not gonna get much better round here mate, I'd get on the ale but the selections are shite. |
claygurnz
06.16.16 | Haha im no ale fan just can't stand Carling |
BigPleb
06.16.16 | Better than Fosters lad, mind you urine is better than Fosters. |
zakalwe
06.16.16 | We've had this one before. Carling is the worst thing ever created. |
BigPleb
06.16.16 | I was brought up on it, when the milk ran out it was either whiskey or Carling going on my gums when I was a little tripe. |
zakalwe
06.16.16 | In me youth it was red stripe of all things. Still like a drop on occasion. |
BigPleb
06.16.16 | It's alright stripe does the job, carlsberg is the shite you have to avoid. |
claygurnz
06.16.16 | Red Stripe is good |
danielcardoso
06.16.16 | Nice to see the excitement for today fellas, hoping to see a great game! |
Keyblade
06.16.16 | it's an early game too, so pumped. dont have to stay up til 3am to see it thank god |
danielcardoso
06.16.16 | Ahah, where do you live buddy? |
Keyblade
06.16.16 | malaysia bro, basically we're only a couple of hours earlier than those poor aussies lol |
Sinternet
06.16.16 | Can't wait to get humiliated by the sheep-shaggers |
danielcardoso
06.16.16 | "malaysia bro, basically we're only a couple of hours earlier than those poor aussies lol"
Ooh tough hours to watch the footy then lol. |
RadicalEd
06.16.16 | "Can't wait to get humiliated by the sheep-shaggers"
As a person with walisian ancestry I am deeply triggered by your offensive language and have filed a complained against your hate speech. |
anat
06.16.16 | 3-2 England |
anat
06.16.16 | I don't much care for beer in general, but when I partake it's Stella/Tiger/Kronenburg |
Sinternet
06.16.16 | ed pls bb |
Sinternet
06.16.16 | kronenberg is pretty much the only thing i find tolerable |
danielcardoso
06.16.16 | Is everybody drunk already where you are Zak? :] |
anat
06.16.16 | Move that fucking ball! |
Sinternet
06.16.16 | Sterling has been so shit so far |
Sinternet
06.16.16 | Ledley's beard is great |
danielcardoso
06.16.16 | England is playing alright but they have to start making more chances if they want to win this, wales is holding up well defensively. |
danielcardoso
06.16.16 | Great goal, happy for bale but sad for zak and doof and jamie and all my good brit friends here. |
RadicalEd
06.16.16 | Yeeeeees bale you ugly cunt |
anat
06.16.16 | Sterling for Sturridge please |
Keyblade
06.16.16 | hart so shit
ramsey has been superb tho |
Sinternet
06.16.16 | Sterling for anyone tbh |
anat
06.16.16 | If we can't make anything of this second half we don't deserve to progress anyway |
adr
06.16.16 | lmao England are legit one of the worst teams so far
Hodgson with the exactly the same line up lol |
danielcardoso
06.16.16 | Vardy and sturridge have no business in continuing benched going forward tbh. |
adr
06.16.16 | nah better Sterling and Lallana to play 90 mins and Milner to come on later to protect the result if they manage to draw |
Sinternet
06.16.16 | Sturridge on for Sterling maybe we can actually play some football now |
Keyblade
06.16.16 | what is even the point of sterling
also the ref kinda looks like james milner lol |
Artuma
06.16.16 | yep sterling was horrible once again |
adr
06.16.16 | how this is a goal lmao WHAT |
danielcardoso
06.16.16 | As offside as it gets. |
Artuma
06.16.16 | as non-offside as it gets tbh |
danielcardoso
06.16.16 | I only saw the replay once but he looked clearly offside, i could be wrong but that's how i felt about it. |
Keyblade
06.16.16 | what a horrendous call from the linesman, he was all by himself, like 5 yards from the nearest defender lol |
adr
06.16.16 | didn't saw Wales player to touch the ball or something
i need a better replay, looked like a clear offside |
Artuma
06.16.16 | it was clearly the wales player who headed that ball for vardy, at first it looked like a blatant offside for me as well but it was a right call for sure |
adr
06.16.16 | yea just saw it, wales player headed the ball
|
Sinternet
06.16.16 | What a surprise, stick the kids on and we suddenly start playing well |
Sinternet
06.16.16 | FUCKING ECSTATIC but feel sorry for wales they've defended great |
danielcardoso
06.16.16 | My boy sturridge coming through in the end! Great game, sad for wales because they defended pretty well but england deserved this win. |
adr
06.16.16 | owl hodgson finnaly to get the substitutions right atleast
why Vardy/Sturridge are on the bench in the first place is the question though |
Keyblade
06.16.16 | feel bad for wales, they didnt deserve that
rashford is such a good player. hodgson has a decision to make regarding starting kane. he doesnt stretch defences the way vardy or sturridge do |
danielcardoso
06.16.16 | Kane has been pretty average in both games, at least in my opinion. |
chaywa
06.16.16 | Kane's clearly rattled and it was definitely the best decision to take him off at HT. Would still prefer Forster in goal for England over Hart though |
adr
06.16.16 | Sterling shouldn't start another game he's useless. |
Artuma
06.16.16 | kane was pretty good in the first game imo but didn't really shine on the first half on this, it's easy to judge after the game but taking him off at ht was a right decision |
chaywa
06.16.16 | Sterling is £50 million of useless :p |
Keyblade
06.16.16 | Vardy Sturridge
Rooney
Lallana Alli
Dier
midfield diamond should be the lineup in the next game |
anat
06.16.16 | Vardy and Sturridge are clearly our strongest at the front but I can see the appeal in bringing them on as fresh legs to energise a game |
Artuma
06.16.16 | i'd still like to see kane starting cuz spurs, whenever dier and alli are on the pitch he's the #1 striker in my books |
danielcardoso
06.16.16 | Speaking of spurs, walker had an excellent game today. |
tigersbrokefree
06.16.16 | Wayne "babyface" Rooney |
Krvst
06.16.16 | Kane has been shocking all tournament. Vardy should start, Walker was a beast today. |
DoofusWainwright
06.16.16 | Walker has been England's best first two games yeah |
DoofusWainwright
06.16.16 | Kane might make a comeback in the tournament - don't discard him yet |
bakkermaarten007
06.16.16 | England play cool and they look cool (in their kits). I hope both England and Wales will qualify for the next round. Don't want Bale to leave so soon |
claygurnz
06.16.16 | Zak is fucking battered somewhere right now |
Keyblade
06.16.16 | haha i can imagine
pleb is having a seizure from the sensory overload of england winning and opeth announcing a new album |
anat
06.16.16 | So pleased for N. Ireland, hope they pull off the W |
Keyblade
06.16.16 | yeah, their fans went wild. new format means a lot of smaller countries get a chance to shine so that's cool |
danielcardoso
06.16.16 | "Zak is fucking battered somewhere right now"
"pleb is having a seizure from the sensory overload of england winning and opeth announcing a new album"
Ahah very good fellas :] |
anat
06.16.16 | Chuffed to bits, N.I. fought hard for that |
Nocturnalize
06.16.16 | Great performance from Northern Ireland glad they got the win |
DoofusWainwright
06.16.16 | On my lads hols in Edinburgh getting mashed, loving the results today |
anarchistfish
06.16.16 | "As a person with walisian ancestry I am deeply triggered by your offensive language and have filed a complained against your hate speech."
shut up omg |
Nocturnalize
06.16.16 | Poland plays the most boring football |
Flugmorph
06.16.16 | they fight for their lifes. I like polands approach |
Keyblade
06.16.16 | yea this is a scrap. intriguing |
Nocturnalize
06.16.16 | ze germans are getting frustrated |
Artuma
06.16.16 | man this is so boring. both teams playing safe as hell |
ShitsofRain
06.16.16 | calling poldi for 2nd half |
danielcardoso
06.16.16 | both teams playing safe as hell [2] |
claygurnz
06.16.16 | lol literally fell asleep in front of the TV that half |
adr
06.16.16 | the whole tournament has been mostly boring honestly
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altertide0
06.16.16 | second half much better so far, also agreed adr |
ShitsofRain
06.16.16 | we are playing so bad tho |
altertide0
06.16.16 | who is we
because Poland is playing pretty well now |
ShitsofRain
06.16.16 | holy shit, two times lucky |
altertide0
06.16.16 | I can't believe Milik is still playing. He can't even hit the fucking ball |
Artuma
06.16.16 | yeah lewandowski needs someone better to drop the ball to rn |
altertide0
06.16.16 | Kapustka showed some potential in the last match, he certainly is vigorous at least and could lead the tired team now. I can't think of a reason for keeping Milik, the man hasn't made one good move this match, and he ruined at least two "100%" chances.
Oh there he goes, finally. Shame it's Błaszczykowski though.
Gonna be 1:0 for Germany in extra time.
Pleasantly surprised. |
anat
06.16.16 | Pretty cool that it took 18 games til we got a goalless draw. |
ShitsofRain
06.16.16 | boateng the great finds true words |
claygurnz
06.16.16 | What a snoozefest |
Nocturnalize
06.16.16 | Milik was shite today, neither team deserved the 3 points. Fair result. |
altertide0
06.16.16 | "Pretty cool that it took 18 games til we got a goalless draw."
But as adr mentioned earlier, all in all it's still pretty dull tournament. I think in previous 2-3 ones (including both euros and world cups) there were far more goals overall, and far more emotions. Haven't checked though, so could be just nostalgia speaking. |
Keyblade
06.16.16 | i cant believe i watched all of that |
anat
06.16.16 | I've been quite enjoying the tournament so far. Handful of underdog comebacks, no clear standout teams so everything is up for grabs. A few boring games but I've been entertained enough to keep watching.
Just seen that Ukraine have become the first team to be eliminated via Germany and Poland's draw. |
Shiranui
06.16.16 | If we keep playing like today, we need to reactivate Bierhoff. |
Faraudo
06.16.16 | Never thought i'd say this, but fucking Sterling makes Theo Walcott look like England's best winger. My god, he's a disaster. |
Nocturnalize
06.16.16 | 2 bad games and he's a bum eh? |
Faraudo
06.16.16 | Pretty much, yeah. |
adr
06.16.16 | he hasn't been very good for City this season either, horribly overrated and overpriced |
Nocturnalize
06.16.16 | 21 years old with world class potential that only a r-tard couldn't see, so overrated he is not. Overpriced absolutely just like most players at man city. Out of form yes. English teams will always be brought down by their fans, worst fans on the planet 100% |
adr
06.16.16 | I;m not an England fan lol, never rated him that much even on Liverpool where he was atleast pretty good tbh. Never saw something that special in him. He's finishing is worse than Welbeck's for real. He can run fast tho yeah. |
adr
06.16.16 | Also how many "world class" players England had since like 2006-2011 period Rooney? |
Pheromone
06.16.16 | How's the thread boys
My fantasy team has gone to shit in my league, hope Pique scores again tomorrow or else I'm fading behind everyone. Who the fuck did I think I was starting Kane and Muller up front, what an apparently dumb decision.
Just kidding, there's a while to go.
England will win the Euros, Muller will win the heart of millions, Griezzman will continue to underperform and more importantly, Phero will win the league. |
Pheromone
06.16.16 | "Also how many "world class" players England had since like 2006-2011 period Rooney?"
Hart |
Nocturnalize
06.16.16 | lol |
Deez
06.17.16 | Gerrard, Hate him all you want but he was world class on his day. Lampard too. Cant argue with their trophy haul and goal records and Gerrard was in some awful liverpool teams over the years. Just never did it for England. Not the first or last. Terry for a few years was one of if not the best defender in Europe too. Ashley Cole another cunt who was undoubtable world class for a few years. Scholes of course. but he retired around 2006 ish i think. All world class players. |
Faraudo
06.17.16 | Dunno what's what some people see about Sterling. His finishing is bad, his passing is bad and worst of all; he's one of the less imaginative players in history. Yeah, he's got good pace, but there's a 100920292 other players with good pace. For instance, I just mentioned Walcott. Even though he's never really delivered the goods, he's got waaaay better finishing (and it's not actually good), and his pace is as good (if not better) than Sterling's. |
Deez
06.17.16 | I honestly think he made the wrong move going to city. Trophies and money obviously not but he was developing as a player at a place hed grown up around most of his young life. Suddenly hes a typical modern day footballer offered mega money and the fame but that price tag looms over him. I think he would have continued to progress at Liverpool. He will never be a goal scorer, Hes got womens ankles. And runs like hes handicapped. he does have flashes of brilliance but they have been rarely seen in the last year .Important to remember he is still a kid with loads of potential. Doesnt mean hell reach it. Be interesting to see what Pep thinks of him. |
Faraudo
06.17.16 | I can get behind that; the kid's got potential, but other than that, he's played horrible football with flashes of brilliance for a year and a half. |
Artuma
06.17.16 | "Muller will win the heart of millions"
he sure won my heart with that beautifully retarded head volley :D |
zakalwe
06.17.16 | Absolutely bloody buzzing!!!!! Got a massive bollocking off the missus for being so slaughtered and am hungover as hell for work but hey ho :D |
Nocturnalize
06.17.16 | add muller to the list of top cunts |
Keyblade
06.17.16 | "Also how many "world class" players England had since like 2006-2011 period Rooney?"
john terry and ashley cole. gerrard and lampard were borderline. guess u can also argue kane is getting there, but that's probably more to do with the dearth of top class strikers in world football right now |
danielcardoso
06.17.16 | Looks like clay had a point regarding your whereabouts zak lol. |
Shiranui
06.17.16 | wtf Noc that's a bold thesis |
Artuma
06.17.16 | i agree tbh, müller is a real ass but he's honestly one of the smartest attacking players around |
Keyblade
06.17.16 | sterling is a product of English football's obsession with pace and power over technical skill. over a decade later, they still haven't moved on from hyping limited wingers like shaun wright-phillips and aaron lennon or even theo walcott later on. yes they've forged decent careers for themselves once defenders learned how to deal with their raw pace but none of them ever reached their projected heights. sterling is the same. really only bale in recent memory was able to break through that because he adapted and improved his game to not rely on his blistering pace. it makes him an even more dangerous player because now his ridiculous speed and strength are just one tool out of many in his arsenal |
Pheromone
06.17.16 | Sterling is shite, but there is a problem of the overreaction of fans when a player isn't doing well. Sterling will become better, obviously, he's young and he has got the talent. Also, why the fuck have people told me that they want Rashford to start. Rashford. Biggest overreaction to hype in a long time. Sterling should be dropped for Sturridge and Kane should still start. |
Sinternet
06.17.16 | honestly if we still had terry or ferdinand or any other strong defenders i'd be much more confident about england. cahill does a decent job but he's prone to stupid errors sometimes.
i still think about what could have been had joe cole never had that awful injury, guy could have been an england great |
Pheromone
06.17.16 | who's the list of cunts? Lewandowski found his place on there? |
Sinternet
06.17.16 | rashford has had a fantastic season tbf but his performances tend to rely on the performance of everyone around him - if the team plays well he plays well |
Pheromone
06.17.16 | Talking about Rashford going and the fact that we need wingers - why the fuck didn't we bring Townsend, he looked a beast in those friendlies. To be fair to the kid he didn't look out of his depth yesterday, It's just too early imo for him at an international tournament. |
Keyblade
06.17.16 | nah rashford is the real deal. was brilliant when he came on. i have never not been impressed by him whenever i seen him play |
Flugmorph
06.17.16 | townsend's always deliver... |
Pheromone
06.17.16 | At least Townsend's a full fledged winger, world class for England on his best day. |
Keyblade
06.17.16 | silly move having only sterling as a winger. townsend isnt very good but he's prob the best option if they want to go with width |
Shemson
06.17.16 | To be fair we haven't brought any wingers because we don't play wingers in our formation. That's why Walker and Rose get forward so much to provide us width. |
Keyblade
06.17.16 | yeah, i mean having options is always good too. walcott would have been a decent utility player to bring along because he can also double up as a forward |
chaywa
06.17.16 | Well Italy v Sweden is proving to be utterly turgid so far, only one touch in an opposition penalty box *yawn*
Zlatan really isn't anything special, is he? |
ShitsofRain
06.17.16 | this game is as good as watching women play |
danielcardoso
06.17.16 | He's one of the best of his time man, it's just the national team that's average as shit. |
claygurnz
06.17.16 | 2nd straight 0-0? |
Artuma
06.17.16 | both teams trying to avoid loss so yeah strong 0-0 vibe here |
ShitsofRain
06.17.16 | FUCK YES |
Artuma
06.17.16 | what the actual fuck just happened? such a lazy defense by the swedes |
Sniff
06.17.16 | Gotta admire the way Italy play these games |
Artuma
06.17.16 | now this is just annoying |
ShitsofRain
06.17.16 | chellini reacted too quickly^^ |
danielcardoso
06.17.16 | Late game winning goals have been the story of too many games already, what a fucking trend. |
zakalwe
06.17.16 | It was a great goal, class |
Artuma
06.17.16 | "Late game winning goals have been the story of too many games already, what a fucking trend."
yeah it's honestly kinda frustrating to watch 80 mins of kicking the ball around and then 10 mins of actual play |
DoofusWainwright
06.17.16 | Italy just understand that a football match lasts 90 minutes. They don't panic. |
Kusangii
06.17.16 | It really is a complete torment to be a Swedish supporter. Two full games played and not a single shot on target... fucking pathetic. |
JamieTwort
06.17.16 | Croatia looking the strongest and most complete team in the tournament so far. |
JamieTwort
06.17.16 | Their idiotic fans effectively cost them 2 points there. Hard to imagine they would have thrown it away without the disruption/lengthy stoppage. |
Shemson
06.17.16 | That Croatian balls up cost me £150 assuming Spain hang on. Ffs |
Nocturnalize
06.17.16 | The Croatia fans are a bunch of fuckfaces but you can't blame them for the loss.
"Croatia looking the strongest and most complete team in the tournament so far."
You watching the Spain game son? |
JamieTwort
06.17.16 | You can definitely blame them. It was noticeable for anyone to see that they were nervey and all over the pace after the near-10 minute stoppage.
"You watching the Spain game son?"
Yeah they look just as strong.
|
Shemson
06.17.16 | Spain are carving these turkeys up! |
Pangea
06.17.16 | Great goal. Seemed like offside though |
Nocturnalize
06.17.16 | Ya I thought it was offside as well, just by a margin but still offside nonetheless |
magicuba
06.17.16 | Sweden can defend though, although I think it is to late for them to qualify |
magicuba
06.17.16 | what a goal by eder, sampdoria heritage |
jagride
06.17.16 | fuck i love iniesta |
Keyblade
06.17.16 | he's ridiculous. prob my fav player of the last decade |
JamieTwort
06.17.16 | Iniesta is unreal yeah. Probably my favourite player ever. |
Pangea
06.17.16 | Iniesta is so good agreed. He played excellent today |
Shiranui
06.17.16 | Now can somebody please get Morata a club that actually acknowledges his skill? Probably one of the most underrated players suffering from inconsistent playtime and therefore stagnation in potential. |
Nocturnalize
06.18.16 | I feel Morata's somewhat overrated, but he definitely was impressive in the last game. |
Pheromone
06.18.16 | With the players Belgium have they should be a lot better than they are, why is that? Management? Under performing? Fellaini? |
danielcardoso
06.18.16 | Ahah fellaini isn't a superstar but he's not so bad too i think. |
Artuma
06.18.16 | it's the management, they have no idea what they want the players to do there |
Artuma
06.18.16 | i'm betting belgium won't even score against the intensively defending ireland, maybe once if they're lucky |
danielcardoso
06.18.16 | Hoping portugal can actually show up in the second half this time around, need to play better if we want to pass. |
Keyblade
06.18.16 | hope benteke or batshuayi start today because lukaku is holding belgium back with his awful hold-up play. they might as well be playing with 10 men |
danielcardoso
06.18.16 | Love love love batshuayi, dude has some serious potential. |
jagride
06.18.16 | lukaku's been pretty terrible since he destroyed chelsea in the FA cup
still starts today tho, according to a supposedly reputable lineup doing the rounds. carrasco and dembele in. kinda worried for ireland, i expect belgium to show up this time |
danielcardoso
06.18.16 | Carrasco in the starting 11 shouldn't even be debatable in the first place tbh. |
jagride
06.18.16 | yea looks really good whenever i've seen him |
Pheromone
06.18.16 | Good to see Dembele getting a start. My boy, my man. Want Ireland to win though |
Pangea
06.18.16 | Belgium's line up is way better now |
Evreaia
06.18.16 | Now this was more like it.
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Sinternet
06.18.16 | can't wait for the iceland vs hungary game, both are underdogs but i feel iceland will likely take it |
Artuma
06.18.16 | wow belgium actually showed some tactical skill on the second half
go iceland! |
ShitsofRain
06.18.16 | BURRR |
ShitsofRain
06.18.16 | ohhh shit |
danielcardoso
06.18.16 | Well that penalty was shit. |
ShitsofRain
06.18.16 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW_0WF1bcJo |
Artuma
06.18.16 | "Well that penalty was shit."
it was well justified |
Sinternet
06.18.16 | yeah clear penalty tbh |
danielcardoso
06.18.16 | I dunno buddy, seemed pretty forced to me. |
ShitsofRain
06.18.16 | love icelands throw-in's |
ShitsofRain
06.18.16 | szalai to the rescue |
Sinternet
06.18.16 | fair result, both teams played great, hopefully iceland can grab a win at Austria and Portugal drop points |
danielcardoso
06.18.16 | Our previous game was bad but i'm feeling hopeful for this, hope quaresma has himself a stupendous game. |
altertide0
06.18.16 | Well that penalty was shit. [2] based on the footage I've seen |
ShitsofRain
06.18.16 | austria looks so poor |
Spec
06.18.16 | 3-0 damn |
ShitsofRain
06.18.16 | finally |
zakalwe
06.18.16 | lol |
Sniff
06.18.16 | Oh I love that! |
ShitsofRain
06.18.16 | he had his chance |
ShitsofRain
06.18.16 | CR7 please... |
Artuma
06.18.16 | lol [2] |
zakalwe
06.18.16 | You have to feel sorry for the Dan dude but that was ridiculous. They'll still make it through to the next round though. |
JamieTwort
06.18.16 | It's as if what Portugal lack the most is a world class goal scorer... |
Shuyin
06.18.16 | CR7 always manages to send the ball directly at the GK or miss, fml |
altertide0
06.18.16 | Portugal will probably make it but only because most of the third places do. |
Deez
06.18.16 | that was fucking great. |
Shuyin
06.18.16 | Portugal deserved the win tho |
JamieTwort
06.18.16 | If Portugal lose to Hungary (which from what we've seen could easily happen) they could well go out at the first hurdle and even finish bottom of the group. |
Shuyin
06.18.16 | Why would Portugal lose against Hungary? Portugal dominated both games they played, all that was missing was the goals but that's kinda hard when the adversary plays defence during the whole match |
Keyblade
06.19.16 | because hungary is actually kinda good? |
Artuma
06.19.16 | yeah hungary has been the most positive surprise for me in this tournament, playing possession football with that squad and succeeding in it requires some fucking guts |
altertide0
06.19.16 | "Why would Portugal lose against Hungary? Portugal dominated both games they played, all that was missing was the goals"
You just answered your own question mate |
JamieTwort
06.19.16 | Portugal have drawn to two teams that haven't looked as strong as Hungary. It's definitely conceivable that they could concede against Hungary and therefore lose the game.
"but that's kinda hard when the adversary plays defence during the whole match"
Don't give me that shit, they've created chance after chance in this tournament, it's not a case of not being able to break defensive teams down, it's a case of not taking the chances. Austria's defence was all over the place at times last night, especially in the first half. |
Artuma
06.19.16 | albania didn't play last night as far as i recall |
Keyblade
06.19.16 | think he meant austria |
Artuma
06.19.16 | that makes more sense lol, but yeah i agree they were a mess |
JamieTwort
06.19.16 | Yes I meant Austria, my bad lol |
danielcardoso
06.19.16 | I wouldn't say they were a mess, they seemed pretty well organized throughout. But not making excuses for portugal either, it's obviously their own fault they couldn't win. Just need more focus and take advantage of the scoring chances. |
rockandmetaljunkie
06.19.16 | worst euro ever |
Shuyin
06.19.16 | Shit happens but Portugal was the better team in both games, no argument. I would say Portugal was unlucky in the chances to score, but most of them were just poorly taken, shooting directly at the GK and shit. But losing to Hungary? Yea.. don't count on it |
JamieTwort
06.19.16 | I'm not counting on it but from what I've seen I wouldn't bet against a Hungary win. Also, I'm pretty sure there's a scenario where Portugal could go out even if they draw (as a low scoring third place team) and a draw would actually be my prediction for the Hungary-Portugal game. |
JamieTwort
06.19.16 | "worst euro ever"
I've been enjoying the tournament quite a lot actually.
There's been some really entertaining games (albeit not high scoring) and some really great goals. That 22 pass tiki-taka Spain goal from the other night was a thing of beauty. |
anarchistfish
06.19.16 | RIP mexico |
Artuma
06.19.16 | lol i was thinking if i should get up at 5am and watch that game because i thought it might be really interesting, but man that was a fucking massacre |
zakalwe
06.19.16 | I'm with JT on this one.
All the teams are solid, grinding it out. Last minute goals going in left, right and centre.
It's great. |
altertide0
06.19.16 | Brazil didn't even make it out of the group? What a downfall |
Keyblade
06.19.16 | i think we were spoiled by the last world cup which had so many high scoring games in the group stages
these games are more close tactical battles of atrition. fun to watch who comes out on top. if sigurdsson or gudjonsen scored in the dying seconds of that iceland - hungary game for example it would have been crazy, and they were so close too |
anarchistfish
06.19.16 | yh these games have been tight and competitive. bad opinions itt |
danielcardoso
06.19.16 | Assuming an opinion can be "bad" in the first place.
Yeah i guess nobody expected mexico to go out like that but by now no one should doubt the talent chile has, they were getting some backlash because of their inconsistent group stage performances but turns out they shut all their critics down. Brazil was terrible all around lol. |
JamieTwort
06.19.16 | Yeah I was pretty shocked when I saw the score from the Mexico-Chile game this morning.
On another note, Ronaldo must be pretty pissed that Messi's having a good Copa America so far. Played less minutes than him but has 4 goals and 2 assists. |
anat
06.19.16 | "Assuming an opinion can be "bad" in the first place."
This in itself is a bad opinion |
jagride
06.19.16 | messi tying the goals record led me to watch some batistuta compilations, legendary player
serie A in the 90s/early 00s was stacked as fuck with amazing attackers, italian and foreign |
Keyblade
06.19.16 | ahh man u just took me back. used to love the serie a back then and batistuta was one of my fav strikers |
Artuma
06.19.16 | inzaghi+shevchenko >> |
Keyblade
06.19.16 | inzaghi is my top 3 fav striker of all time yea. never really messed with shevchenko for some reason tho |
jagride
06.19.16 | vieri in his prime too although it seems like he got washed up fast. my memories are kinda blurry |
JamieTwort
06.19.16 | Got a lot of love for Shevchenko. |
anat
06.19.16 | As a little girl my room was plastered with posters of Eric Tinkler |
zakalwe
06.19.16 | Batistuta was different class. |
DrJohn
06.19.16 | ye he was a beast of a striker |
Keyblade
06.19.16 | "vieri in his prime too although it seems like he got washed up fast. my memories are kinda blurry"
yeah it was like his prime was like for 2 years tops. never really cut the mustard at major tournaments either from what i recall |
danielcardoso
06.20.16 | Happy for albania, it will be tough but i hope they can go through as one of the best 3rd spots. |
Artuma
06.20.16 | "never really cut the mustard at major tournaments either from what i recall"
dat defeat by south korea in 2002, a real classic |
Keyblade
06.20.16 | some terrible calls in that game. still have it on tape, that golden goal was pretty epic. idk why they got rid of golden goals |
Artuma
06.20.16 | yeah loved the golden goal rule as well |
zakalwe
06.20.16 | Golden goal was rubbish.
Extra time and penalties is always a winner. |
DrJohn
06.20.16 | Zak, I've been thinking 'bout a GOT formula in place of OT and pens. Trial by combat. One player from each team until the K.O. Imagine the matchups, especially back in the day. We've missed some good ones. |
Keyblade
06.20.16 | but then the teams who won the shootout would be playing for draws. would be boring |
zakalwe
06.20.16 | Classic doc.
Stuart Pearce would've crushed anyone. |
danielcardoso
06.20.16 | World cup final 2006, zidane and materazzi go at it in trial by combat to settle a score lol. |
Keyblade
06.20.16 | i wonder what materazzi actually said to make zidane lose his cool so bad during his final appearance for his country with the world cup at stake |
zakalwe
06.20.16 | Your mother is a terrorist whore.
Bit tame to be fair |
DrJohn
06.20.16 | Well, I've told ya--be wary of the Italians. They probably had stacks of psychological profiles for each player of the opposition. Materazzi knew exactly what n when to say it--it's part of their training. |
anarchistfish
06.20.16 | zidane will win us WC as coach it's all good |
Keyblade
06.20.16 | the prince of wales watching the england game lol |
Sinternet
06.20.16 | england playing really well |
Keyblade
06.20.16 | wales game is superb. bale has been electric |
ShitsofRain
06.20.16 | yeah, idiot harry |
Keyblade
06.20.16 | he's actually not the prince of wales but yea lol. clearly missed the better game |
anat
06.20.16 | Anyone know how Wilshere and Henderson managed to wangle a spot each on the England squad? |
anarchistfish
06.20.16 | that title doesnt really mean much in relation to wales anyway |
Deez
06.20.16 | English press are hilarious. 'Looking back did that russia goal cost you 1st place?'
You could equally say if you hadnt had scored in the last minute youd be sitting in third.
|
bakkermaarten007
06.20.16 | I'm just happy that both Wales and England are through. Now Iceland, let it happen |
altertide0
06.21.16 | if poland plays like today switzerland is gonna have no problems making it to the quarterfinals. germany also looks pretty weak so far, but they'll be playing with one of the 3rd places so they should make it. |
Davil667
06.21.16 | Crazy sh!t! Croatia was really tough, 2 goals against Spain. Now it's Italy against Spain in the knockouts. Looking forward to this for sure :] |
danielcardoso
06.21.16 | Nice matchup for sure! Out of the two, i hope italy goes through tbh. |
zakalwe
06.21.16 | Yeah that should be a good one.
Congrats Northern Ireland!!!:D |
JamieTwort
06.21.16 | Really hope Spain beat Italy. |
Davil667
06.21.16 | Not too fond of either of them but for some reason I hope for Italy to beat Spain up too tbh. |
Artuma
06.21.16 | croatia's second half was phenomenal, really hope italy beat spain in the round of 16 |
zakalwe
06.21.16 | Anyone see that footage of the young lad gettting tickets to NI v Ukraine on his birthday? I'm not ashamed to admit I got a lump in me throat.
The absolute essence of what it means to be a young boy who loves his footy. |
SpiritCrusher2
06.21.16 | omg can't believe we beat spain, without Modric and with a defended penalty (which shouldn't had to be called anyway), amazing game! |
adr
06.21.16 | good to see Croatia won, great team, maybe the best so far in the tournament tbh |
danielcardoso
06.22.16 | Absolutely zak. Croatia is playing pretty well, goalie stepped out of the line on the penalty but it wasn't even a foul to begin with imo so no harm done ahah. |
Keyblade
06.22.16 | some great ties tonight |
Artuma
06.22.16 | "goalie stepped out of the line on the penalty but it wasn't even a foul to begin with imo so no harm done ahah"
also, croatia should've been given a penalty kick as well a bit earlier |
danielcardoso
06.22.16 | Oh yeah, that too. |
Shuyin
06.22.16 | Today is the day, let's go Portugal!! |
anarchistfish
06.22.16 | spain and england fucked up that bracket
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2016#Bracket
just look at that
v strong chance portugal will face england too |
Keyblade
06.22.16 | ooh euro 04 rematch |
anarchistfish
06.22.16 | world cup 06 as well iirc
|
MO
06.22.16 | Poland kicking ass! |
Artuma
06.22.16 | "v strong chance portugal will face england too"
not really because most probably portugal will be either 1st or 3rd in their group |
zakalwe
06.22.16 | Well I never, the Anglo-Portuguese alliance of 1373 is the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world and its still in force.
I hope we play 'em and stuff 'em. |
adr
06.22.16 | Portugal are a disgrace lmao |
anarchistfish
06.22.16 | ffs went to supermarket at half time |
zakalwe
06.22.16 | lol. It's always the way dude. |
adr
06.22.16 | Iceland are SECOND FUCK YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS |
Spacesh1p
06.22.16 | last two matches were mental |
Keyblade
06.22.16 | ICELANDDDDDDD
BEAUTIFUL |
Keyblade
06.22.16 | portugal letting the game finish as a draw lmfaooo |
Shuyin
06.22.16 | fuckin bullshit! |
adr
06.22.16 | They should drop out for being one of the two worst third teams lol, worst defence i've seen in a long time |
Keyblade
06.22.16 | portugal gotta face croatia now loool |
danielcardoso
06.22.16 | Everyone hating on Portugal lmao, you're all forgetting that italy won the world cup in '82 and they drew every game in the group stage. |
anarchistfish
06.22.16 | "not really because most probably portugal will be either 1st or 3rd in their group"
close one |
Shuyin
06.22.16 | The good old portuguese way of saving everything for the last moment, goddamnit |
Keyblade
06.22.16 | just laughing cuz they settled for the draw. they could have taken england but now have to face one of the best teams in the tournament |
ShitsofRain
06.22.16 | portugal cant defend |
UpwardSpiral
06.22.16 | That goalkeeper from Hungary, funny guy. His fake kick was hilarious |
danielcardoso
06.22.16 | Yeah fair enough Key buddy, i wish they could've gone for the win too but it is the way it is i guess. Croatia is playing pretty great so far, but if we can make it through then we can have some good hopes for the rest of the tournament. |
zakalwe
06.22.16 | It was a tantalising prospect meeting you in the next round dan dude. I'm a bit gutted to be honest. |
danielcardoso
06.22.16 | Guess we'll have to wait for the final then ahah :] |
zakalwe
06.22.16 | That's my boy |
Keyblade
06.22.16 | fuckin lukaku again |
Evreaia
06.22.16 | Fucking Lukaku. When is Wilmots Gonna learn not to use Lukaku when the opposition team has 9 players in their fucking 16..
Gimme Origi. |
danielcardoso
06.22.16 | I just love batshuayi, hope he can get some playing time. |
Evreaia
06.22.16 | Wilmots is to big of a Lukaku fan for either mishi or divock to get some play I fear. |
anat
06.22.16 | Say what you will about this tournament but I think it just keeps on giving. Well done Ireland. |
Evreaia
06.22.16 | Italy had nothing to loose. I doubt they even tried. Still glad to see them loose. |
Keyblade
06.22.16 | iron and norn iron both through. tournament has been great so far |
Deez
06.22.16 | Good stories, Average football.
Well in the Irish. |
barcafan21
06.22.16 | croatia is going to make the final i think |
Nocturnalize
06.22.16 | they looked amazing against spain, i can also see them making the final |
DrJohn
06.22.16 | Ye, they won't. |
Spec
06.23.16 | Ireland gonna win it all. |
facupm
06.23.16 | shit is getting interesting
wheres the american cup thread |
Spec
06.23.16 | isn't that the yacht race? |
Artuma
06.23.16 | "croatia is going to make the final i think"
quite possible, anything can happen with this bracket |
Pangea
06.23.16 | Yeah i think croatia makes a decent chance to get to the final |
anarchistfish
06.23.16 | as long as belgium don't shit themselves to victory i don't mind |
anat
06.23.16 | I think Wales could do really well. Semis or final, even. |
DoofusWainwright
06.23.16 | Wales and Croatia are the dark horses now agreed |
Shemson
06.23.16 | I miss football. Come back Euros! |
DoofusWainwright
06.23.16 | I feel like a pathetic jilted fuck but I still like to support Bale despite him leaving Spurs.
Modric too |
facupm
06.24.16 | croatia vs france will be the final
remember my words |
Nocturnalize
06.24.16 | lol @ wales u fuck boiis |
ShitsofRain
06.25.16 | great atmosphere, not
|
ShitsofRain
06.25.16 | yes!!! |
JamieTwort
06.25.16 | Good second half this. The Swiss unlucky not to be level. |
JamieTwort
06.25.16 | That was special. |
adr
06.25.16 | fucking Shaqiri |
ShitsofRain
06.25.16 | was about to say that hes not that good but |
JamieTwort
06.25.16 | He ran the show in that second half. |
altertide0
06.25.16 | That goal was beautiful |
ShitsofRain
06.25.16 | sommer time |
ShitsofRain
06.25.16 | lewi is so perfect *.* |
JamieTwort
06.25.16 | Pretty gutted for Switzerland as they undoubtedly deserved to win that game. |
barcafan21
06.25.16 | xhaka : ( our new signing
yeah i've been saying shaqiri isn't good all tournament lol |
JamieTwort
06.25.16 | Shaqiri's got so much quality but he can be frustrating at times. He was great in the second half against France though and absolutely brilliant second half onwards today. Really disappointed that we're not going to see more of him in this tournament tbh. |
barcafan21
06.25.16 | the stuff that he said about joining the kosovo national team if they would make him captain, during the euros mind you, really made me dislike him |
ShitsofRain
06.25.16 | another bale game |
altertide0
06.25.16 | Switzerland didn't deserve winning this game. They were dominant in the second half but then again, they were in total retreat in the first half. They only started to play good after Poland was exhausted by numerous attacks, which Switzerland was lucky to survive. |
altertide0
06.25.16 | I'm not necessarily claiming they were worse (it was pretty much 50/50), but saying they "undoubtedly deserved to win" is stretching it. |
JamieTwort
06.25.16 | It's not stretching it at all. Switzerland were far more dominant from the second half onwards than Poland were in the first half during which neither team played that well. Every stat was in favour of Switzerland and those stats weren't deceiving either like they sometimes can be. They really did undoubtedly deserve to win that game overall, I stand by that. |
altertide0
06.25.16 | I disagree but not gonna argue something so "undoubtedly" true for you. |
Sinternet
06.25.16 | fuck me the shaqiri goal |
JamieTwort
06.25.16 | "I disagree but not gonna argue something so "undoubtedly" true for you."
I mean 'undoubtedly' from how I saw it obviously, if you saw it differently then fair enough. I actually wanted Poland to win at the start but then did a complete u-turn as the game went on. |
Flugmorph
06.25.16 | what a goal hahahaha |
altertide0
06.25.16 | Yeah it's all good, besides I just don't like talking about who "deserved" to win because in the end I feel that simply whoever won is the one who deserved to, as long as the arbiter is not biased of course. |
adr
06.25.16 | am i watching crossing show
shit's boring lol |
JamieTwort
06.25.16 | "in the end I feel that simply whoever won is the one who deserved to"
I can't see it that way when it comes down to penalties. |
Sinternet
06.25.16 | northern ireland have been playing pretty well |
ShitsofRain
06.25.16 | thank god. bless bale |
ShitsofRain
06.25.16 | what an unnecessary game :D |
DoofusWainwright
06.25.16 | Wales win the next one they're in the semis and then anything could happen with Bale in there |
zakalwe
06.25.16 | 1 nil to the sheep shaggers/brexit bros. |
DoofusWainwright
06.25.16 | no lasting fondness for Baledinio? |
JamieTwort
06.25.16 | Wales were shit today. |
ShitsofRain
06.25.16 | actually not mad to see cr7 win today |
jagride
06.25.16 | 1st half highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftlfPb0gyxI
|
adr
06.25.16 | pree much |
altertide0
06.25.16 | @Jamie i forgot about penalties when writing the last comment, but now that I think about it, it's true that the skills needed to win penalties are very different from the ones needed to win the match, but they are skills nonetheless.
glad i skipped the wales game, even the 8-minute summary of the match i've just watched made me want to go to sleep |
JamieTwort
06.25.16 | Penalties come down to individuals keeping their nerve, not which team plays the best for a long period of time. And there's also a reason why people say that penalties are a lottery. |
altertide0
06.25.16 | "Penalties come down to individuals keeping their nerve, not which team plays the best for a long period of time."
Exactly. I'm not denying that.
Yeah I get why people say it's a lottery, but it's not a lottery, really. It's just that the match is won by a team that's better at penalties, not at football, but hey if your team can't beat the other team in 120 minutes of football, why not see who's better in something else (by which I mean the penalties)? |
Deez
06.25.16 | One of the shittest tournaments ive seen |
Nocturnalize
06.25.16 | The Croatia vs Portugal game is a joke. |
zakalwe
06.25.16 | I'm not watching but I've heard bits and bobs on the radio.
Portugal to snatch it. |
Pangea
06.25.16 | Yeah very disappointing game |
Faraudo
06.25.16 | Probably euros worst game so far. |
danielcardoso
06.25.16 | Game has been one big yawn. |
adr
06.25.16 | worst game ever |
Pangea
06.25.16 | I don't think i'm going to bother watching the extra time |
danielcardoso
06.25.16 | Ahah gonna watch because portugal but yeah i feel ya :] |
zakalwe
06.25.16 | Fucking hate Portugal footy. Love Dan dude.
|
claygurnz
06.25.16 | This is so bad man |
ShitsofRain
06.25.16 | defense wins championships namsayin |
Sinternet
06.25.16 | this is the most boring game i've seen in ages |
DrJohn
06.25.16 | imo Sanches could grow into a world class midfielder. |
ShitsofRain
06.25.16 | portugal plays like the team they once lost to. god damn it croatia so close |
ShitsofRain
06.25.16 | xDDD |
Sinternet
06.25.16 | fucking portugal hate the cunts
|
ShitsofRain
06.25.16 | santos can keep his job |
altertide0
06.25.16 | ouch |
adr
06.25.16 | disgusting |
Shuyin
06.25.16 | All you Portugal haters can eat a dick |
CamiloG
06.25.16 | Croatia remembered how to attack at minute 115 |
DoofusWainwright
06.25.16 | Great last 10 minutes |
ShitsofRain
06.25.16 | when i said portugal couldnt defend i didnt want them to play so defensively in the next game :D well done |
CamiloG
06.25.16 | Great last 5 minutes |
altertide0
06.25.16 | i don't hate Portugal, but I wanted Croatia to win, because that would be a surprise. Who doesn't like the underdogs? |
DrJohn
06.25.16 | which are the potential matchups for Portugal in the quarter final?
|
DoofusWainwright
06.25.16 | Wales could beat Portugal and that would be a big surprise |
adr
06.25.16 | Croatia were the favourites lol
They were much better in the groups than Portugal |
DominionMM1
06.25.16 | "but hey if your team can't beat the other team in 120 minutes of football, why not see who's better in something else (by which I mean the penalties)?"
give each team more subs and let em keep playing until someone scores |
Nocturnalize
06.25.16 | "which are the potential matchups for Portugal in the quarter final?"
They play Poland. Should be as fun as watching paint dry. |
DrJohn
06.25.16 | I see |
TheNotrap
06.25.16 | Fuck all Portugal haters.
@ShitsofRain and adr moron
a very special fuck off you morons
|
TheNotrap
06.25.16 | Sinternet you fucking cunt |
TheNotrap
06.25.16 | adr stupid fuck |
adr
06.25.16 | lol |
TheNotrap
06.25.16 | fuck you |
Sinternet
06.25.16 | thanks for the support |
Shuyin
06.25.16 | Poland is so out ahahahah |
JamieTwort
06.25.16 | "i don't hate Portugal, but I wanted Croatia to win, because that would be a surprise. Who doesn't like the underdogs?"
Croatia were the opposite of underdogs, they were expected to win this game and even tipped to reach the final. Portugal winning was a surprise for most I'm sure. |
Shuyin
06.25.16 | Yup, every non Portuguese person I spoke with kept saying that Portugal had no chance of beating Croatia |
altertide0
06.25.16 | Yeah you're right that in this match Portugal were the expected losers. what I meant was that Croatia is a relatively new face. Portugal keep finishing these tournaments high rather regularly, they were in semi-finals last time if I remember correctly, they have Cristiano Ronaldo etc. But when was the last time Croatia got out of the group?
I think Poland might just make it against Portugal tbh |
anat
06.25.16 | If Portugal end up meeting Hungary (again) or Belgium their tourny is over. |
CamiloG
06.26.16 | This is by far the most exciting thing that has happened in the Euro so far.
http://youtu.be/E1HNZPCgEig |
adr
06.26.16 | https://twitter.com/EPLBible/status/746778059928387584
this tho lol
Ireland fans rule so hard |
Shuyin
06.26.16 | "If Portugal end up meeting Hungary (again) or Belgium their tourny is over."
"I think Poland might just make it against Portugal tbh"
You're all funny |
ZippaThaRippa
06.26.16 | I am so pissed and sad that Croatia lost. My team is Chile but I have always had a soft spot in my heart for the Croats. I really thought they were up to the challenge this time when they took down Spain.
*sigh |
ZippaThaRippa
06.26.16 | Poland could totally make it against Portugal don't be silly. I'd say Poland and Portugal are on level pegging at the moment. Loads of talent, supremely inconsistent. |
Shuyin
06.26.16 | Poland is going to make it. To the airport, back to fucking Poland and watch the rest of the Euro on tv |
ZippaThaRippa
06.26.16 | What makes you so sure |
danielcardoso
06.26.16 | And now this happens smh , https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/26/iceland-commentator-euro-2016-viral-loses-day-job |
zakalwe
06.26.16 | You're a guardian reader Dan? Shocking! |
danielcardoso
06.26.16 | Ahah not really zak, just googled 'euro 2016' and this was the first news that came up. Are they good or are they shit? |
BigPleb
06.26.16 | Cmon Hungary. |
ShitsofRain
06.26.16 | have they lost their minds? |
Shuyin
06.26.16 | "What makes you so sure"
Croatia is way better than Poland, m88 |
AngryJohnny
06.26.16 | Wow. Come on Ireland |
Sinternet
06.26.16 | guardian is about the only decent paper in the uk save the independent so you good dan |
Sinternet
06.26.16 | also come on ireland [2] |
ShitsofRain
06.26.16 | griezmann qt |
Sinternet
06.26.16 | oh ffs |
ShitsofRain
06.26.16 | that free kick xDDDD |
Tunaboy45
06.26.16 | fuck's sake ireland sort this out right now |
ShitsofRain
06.26.16 | b(g)oateng |
CamiloG
06.26.16 | Awesome goal, though a defender touched it |
SacredSerenity
06.26.16 | I can't see the match bcause my bus is more than one hour late :( |
CamiloG
06.26.16 | Great game so far, Germany's best performance in the euro |
danielcardoso
06.26.16 | Yeah they're playing great. |
anat
06.26.16 | Shuyin, is it such a stretch that Portugal will struggle again if they meet Hungary? In their draw, Portugal were a goal down 3 times |
danielcardoso
06.26.16 | And came back 3 times too, don't forget that buddy :] |
anat
06.26.16 | Forgive me for not really believing in a team that thus far has produced 3 draws and won in extra time in a game regarded as one of the worst in a major tournament in recent times :) |
danielcardoso
06.26.16 | Ahah that's fine buddy, i prefer that everyone sees us as underdogs. That way, there's no high hopes and always a chance at pulling an upset :] |
Artuma
06.26.16 | fuck that game was so boring both teams should've been kicked out, neither team even tried to score |
SacredSerenity
06.26.16 | I didn't See the Hungary match but in all the other matches Portugal played really underwhelming (besides the first 30 minutes in the first match maybe). I don't see how they will be able to win the tournament |
danielcardoso
06.26.16 | Draxler's skill is just incredible. |
ShitsofRain
06.26.16 | ez game |
CamiloG
06.26.16 | Yeah, totally delighted with his skills |
ShitsofRain
06.26.16 | plz not a game like cro - por now |
Artuma
06.26.16 | belgium can't play dull football |
Spec
06.26.16 | rip ireland |
anarchistfish
06.26.16 | 10 minutes of pure bliss |
ShitsofRain
06.26.16 | ez game |
Egarran
06.26.16 | "belgium can't play dull football"
Good one. |
Artuma
06.26.16 | nah i mean they are so hazardous as a team it's never boring |
anarchistfish
06.26.16 | belgium are the new england
portugal will beat them |
Artuma
06.26.16 | poland will beat portugal though |
Keyblade
06.26.16 | beautiful game so far. hungary have been playing some superb football all tournament |
Artuma
06.26.16 | hungary's defence has been just ghastly so far |
Evreaia
06.26.16 | Belgium is on a fucking roll man. Defence is lacking but fuck man Hazard is deadly, Debruyne is on point.
But like usual Lukaku is being slow. Seriously when am I finally getting my bro Origi on the field
|
Keyblade
06.26.16 | hazard has been brilliant. lukaku boneheaded as usual |
Evreaia
06.26.16 | Hazard' for best player of the ek so far holy shit what a game |
Nocturnalize
06.26.16 | Hazards been on another level today |
anarchistfish
06.26.16 | well fuck |
Sinternet
06.26.16 | hazard better play this well next season i tell ya |
Faraudo
06.26.16 | At last some fucking goals. |
Evreaia
06.26.16 | Belgium defence was shit though, and next match we loose Vermaelen which sucks |
altertide0
06.26.16 | this was so one sided. gotta agree with Artuma, belgium can't play dull. 2:0 near the end of the match and they were still pushing themselves to score more, so into it that even in the last 10 minutes when all was said and done they somehow managed to get 2 incredibly stupid yellow cards. |
Artuma
06.26.16 | i'd say witsel is their biggest problem defence-wise honestly |
Evreaia
06.26.16 | Referee was stupid bad
|
Egarran
06.26.16 | You can't argue with 4-0. I just want them to be even better. |
Evreaia
06.26.16 | They played top game the first 15 minutes and the last 20 minutes.
Middle part has to be better |
ShitsofRain
06.26.16 | i wish ger could play against italy and spain |
Keyblade
06.26.16 | well they will face the winner in the next round |
Keyblade
06.26.16 | griezmann hitting that mo-g dance |
Deez
06.26.16 | Cant stand Hazard but what a player on his day. Teams are starting to show up now. Back to England to bore everyone tomorrow. |
Sinternet
06.26.16 | how can you not stand hazard guys a legend? |
Flugmorph
06.26.16 | hoping island will pull a suprise on them. bored to death from those englishmen |
danielcardoso
06.26.16 | Glad to see my man batshuayi finally getting some playing time, thrilled that he scored too. |
zakalwe
06.27.16 | Here we go, out the office in 40mins. Will be watching both games in the pub.
3 LIONS ON A SHIRT!!!!!!!!!!
IT'S COMING HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Iceland to win |
danielcardoso
06.27.16 | Nice zak, will watch both games too probably, but from my house ahah. Normally i wouldn't root for england but guess i actually want em to make it through for you, want to meet you in the final if we're both super lucky :] |
MercuryToHell
06.27.16 | It's madness to me that only one from Spain, Germany + Italy will even make it to the semis - there could be some teams going WAY further than I'd expect them to.
Wales, I'm looking at you here.
Belgium are now my dark horses, I thought Hungary would spring a surprise on them but they didn't even come close. |
Artuma
06.27.16 | germany vs poland in the final, calling it now |
Evreaia
06.27.16 | Germany - Belgium in the finals
That is, if Belgium keeps playing like they did the last 20 minutes against Hungary. |
Artuma
06.27.16 | i feel belgium is gonna struggle a lot against wales, there is no way wales will play near as recklessly as hungary |
MercuryToHell
06.27.16 | I reckon Wales vs. Belgium is gonna be the game of the 1/4s. I can see it being open without being reckless as Artuma said.
I think:
Poland vs. Portugal tie will be too tight,
Germany vs. Spain/Italy will be hype over substance
England/Iceland vs. France kinda feels like neither of the challengers would give France too many problems. |
anat
06.27.16 | Are Belgium dark horses? They're probably the strongest team on their side of the bracket. |
MercuryToHell
06.27.16 | After their shaky start to the group I'd written them off, but the last couple of games have shown me that was naive. |
DoofusWainwright
06.27.16 | 5-0 to the Brexit Boys tonight, Kane hat trick |
danielcardoso
06.27.16 | From the bench doof buddy? Ahah. |
Evreaia
06.27.16 | Belgium is pretty fucked against Wales, I hate going down against Bale without Kompany and Vermaelen. |
DoofusWainwright
06.27.16 | dan my boy is going to start tonight I'm sure of it |
danielcardoso
06.27.16 | Ahah just messin with ya though personally that vardy-sturridge duo would be my choice. |
DoofusWainwright
06.27.16 | pace with a side helping of pace |
danielcardoso
06.27.16 | Ahah sorry buddy but tbh i just haven't seen all that much from kane to justify him being in the starting 11. But for you guys i hope i'm wrong :] |
Artuma
06.27.16 | "I reckon Wales vs. Belgium is gonna be the game of the 1/4s"
france vs england bruh |
MercuryToHell
06.27.16 | I'd like to agree depending on which England shows up... |
claygurnz
06.27.16 | I think England would be fine against France. They struggle against teams that just sit back and don't give them any space. I'm not saying they'd win or anything though. |
anat
06.27.16 | I'd fancy England's chances against France, I don't think they've been all that this tourny |
SacredSerenity
06.27.16 | Iceland all the way! |
CamiloG
06.27.16 | Incredible game from Italy. To be honest I didn't expected anything from them, they totally shut my mouth |
Artuma
06.27.16 | yep italy is just amazing, this is pure dominance |
ShitsofRain
06.27.16 | ger - ita gonna be a blast again. revengeeeee |
CamiloG
06.27.16 | So happy for them, I've always rooted for them, but this time around I didn't had any hopes |
CamiloG
06.27.16 | Ohh what a lovely match we are having, probably one of the bests of the tournament |
ShitsofRain
06.27.16 | conte is the 12th player. the playmaker that they dont have |
Deez
06.27.16 | Brilliant from the Azzuri. Spain moved the ball too slow and tried as always to sneak them short passes between the lines but the Italian defence mopped it up every time. |
Faraudo
06.27.16 | And Buffon is still giving everyone goalkeeping lessons. |
zakalwe
06.27.16 | Well done Italy
Big'un next
Sunhouse
X |
AngryJohnny
06.27.16 | Absolute masterclass from Italy. They can beat anyone in the tournament playing like that |
Faraudo
06.27.16 | That Conte celebration was beautiful. |
rabidfish
06.27.16 | Excellent work from the lads, but Thiago Motta should've seen red, so should've Conte.
Still, they deserved that win. |
Artuma
06.27.16 | man, considering how much italy dominated today i feel like ger-ita is bound to be the unofficial final |
Evreaia
06.27.16 | If Ger-Ita would happen
and Belgium might reach the finals, e might get our revenge. Damn, I can hope. |
jagride
06.27.16 | good game. del bosque apparently learned nothing from brasil '14 |
Shuyin
06.27.16 | Damn, wasn't expecting Spain to leave so early |
Shuyin
06.27.16 | And holy shit, England already 1-0 |
Nocturnalize
06.27.16 | what a start haha |
Artuma
06.27.16 | and lol holy shit, already 1-1 |
danielcardoso
06.27.16 | Ahah :] |
Shuyin
06.27.16 | :D |
ShitsofRain
06.27.16 | another bad joke :D |
ShitsofRain
06.27.16 | please never attend again |
Nocturnalize
06.27.16 | what is happening |
Keyblade
06.27.16 | omfg yes |
Artuma
06.27.16 | hart almost mirroring robert green here damn |
Artuma
06.27.16 | sterling being shit as usual |
Nocturnalize
06.27.16 | sterlings not the problem mate |
Artuma
06.27.16 | not the only problem for sure but his lack of sense for the game has destroyed quite a few potential chances for them |
DoofusWainwright
06.27.16 | Sterling has been England's best player. Sturridge is an odd one, don't feel like he knows his role in the side at all, think the Llama would have been the better option in that position. Kane looks like he has a goal in him. Rooney is frustrating as f'ck. |
danielcardoso
06.27.16 | Sterling isn't even playing so bad imo. |
Shuyin
06.27.16 | helluva game so far, Iceland better get a grip with the faults tho or it might end up biting them in the ass |
altertide0
06.27.16 | @artuma do you really think poland stand a chance against belgium/wales? also agreed italy was brilliant today, as is iceland now. |
CamiloG
06.27.16 | I really hope Iceland wins, they play with their heart and their balls and they are giving their 120%, that's the way games should be played |
altertide0
06.27.16 | @Camilo you don't need to hope for this, iceland is gonna beat england with ease |
Artuma
06.27.16 | gotta say in defense of sterling, none of the english players have stood out positively |
Kusangii
06.27.16 | Sterling is the most overrated football player in the history of mankind |
CamiloG
06.27.16 | @altertide you better be right pal |
Artuma
06.27.16 | "do you really think poland stand a chance against belgium/wales? "
absolutely. poland has by far the most solid defence of their side of the bracket. they need lewandowski to step up to be truly considered as a champions contender but i see them as just a bit stronger than por/wal/bel |
anat
06.27.16 | Wilshere is coming on and I've completely given up |
Artuma
06.27.16 | what the hell is rooney doing |
CamiloG
06.27.16 | Rooney is playing like shit |
DoofusWainwright
06.27.16 | Rooney and Sturridge second half both playing 1/10 bad lol |
adr
06.27.16 | Brexit in full force amrite |
SacredSerenity
06.27.16 | Told ya.
Rooney, Sturridge, Sterling, Wilshere, Kane all unbelievably bad. |
Artuma
06.27.16 | LOL |
altertide0
06.27.16 | Not surprised at all tbh. England playing like they never played with each other before.
That's a good one adr |
MercuryToHell
06.27.16 | HAHAHAHAHAHAHA we are so terrible. |
anat
06.27.16 | Don't feel sorry for our lads at all. Abysmal performance. Shouldn't single out anyone because everyone has been dire, but Sterling and Kane have embarrassed us. Roy Hodgson is incompetent. But I suppose it wouldn't be very British to actually succeed at international football :D |
Sinternet
06.27.16 | i for one welcome our icelandic overlords
|
DoofusWainwright
06.27.16 | Three strikers stunk up the pre tourney friendly and so Hodgson thinks it's the answer now?! OUT Rooney put in a 1/10 gutless fat man blowing hard 1/10 'captain's performance in that second half STRIP HIM OF THE CAPTAINCY Wilshere has played no football in the last 12 months WHY WAS HE THERE If you are going to play 'cram the box send in Cahill' as your Plan B then why not TAKE ANDY CARROLL Fuck me what a total shambles |
eddie95
06.27.16 | This Brexit thing is getting out of hand lol |
Nocturnalize
06.27.16 | England just lost to country that has more volcanoes then professional footballers |
Faraudo
06.27.16 | I'm just rooting so hard for Iceland. |
Shuyin
06.27.16 | Well played by Iceland, they never lost their cool. So many iceberg puns on the portuguese transmission tho |
anat
06.27.16 | Tell you what though, that building Iceland clap-chant is scary/awesome as fuck |
CamiloG
06.27.16 | I almost cried watching their celebration. Rooting so hard for them |
danielcardoso
06.27.16 | If you had Sport TV you wouldn't have to stomach that shuyin ahah. Coming from a dude who can't watch the premier league regularly and therefore doesn't know how he performs in his club, Kane was a f'ckin disgrace during the tournament, could only really single out Alli as a decent performer for england. |
anat
06.27.16 | About time England got a former player in the manager's spot again? |
Artuma
06.27.16 | vardy was pretty good too imo |
rabidfish
06.27.16 | England is past sadness, past sympathy, into pure and utter pathetic territory... Good for Iceland, amazing work playing against the most icy-hearted squad in all the eurocup. England has literally 0 self respect. Some one with a little blood in their veins and a little brain in their heads, please? |
DrJohn
06.27.16 | Rooney was a disgrace, Kane was kicking everything into row Z, and Rashford should have come in way earlier. Roy was snoozing as always. |
anat
06.27.16 | If Rashford had been given more time he'd have really shone imo. Vardy did what he could in the positions Roy was putting him in (ie. not his actual fucking position) |
danielcardoso
06.27.16 | Yeah vardy got fucked up for playing out of his position, agree on rashford needing more playing time. |
SacredSerenity
06.27.16 | If Cristiano Ronaldo still claims that Iceland has no honour and pride? |
ShadowRemains
06.27.16 | lol england, crashing in more ways than one recently |
zakalwe
06.27.16 | And this is why Nevermind always hit so hard :( |
AngryJohnny
06.27.16 | Laughing stock of Europe for 2nd time this week, if you could disown a country I'd disown mine |
claygurnz
06.27.16 | Fucking pathetic |
danielcardoso
06.27.16 | Zak i figured you'd be arrested already for causing mayhem on the streets. Clay buddy, you're a brit too? |
jagride
06.27.16 | iceland reaping the benefits of racial homogeneity outside the EU imo, just give it some time brexiters |
Flugmorph
06.27.16 | Im german but I would rejoice more about icland winning the thing then germany |
eddie95
06.27.16 | I'm Italian and supporting both Germany and Italy, but I would be so glad if Iceland wins the whole thing. That'd be so awesome. |
rockandmetaljunkie
06.27.16 | bye bye Englishmen |
Alastor
06.27.16 | I'm going to listen to some Björk and Sólstafir now. |
Zig
06.27.16 | Seriously, Iceland is going Greece on this tournament ! |
Deez
06.27.16 | Just dropped in to say 'HAHAH' Everyone let Hodgson off the hook after a disgraceful world cup and directed more hate towards Gerrard. He goes unbeaten in a piss weak Qualifying group and alls forgotten. Proper bang average manager. Players have to take the blame obviously as well, they were all shite, but systems and a manager you have faith in im sure would help. Kane on Free Kicks, Sturridge out wide, Vardy on the bench FFS. When England start picking players on form rather than name they may start to play some decent football at least.
Now we can all stop pretending to be 'together' and go back to disliking each other.
THATS the English way. |
Shuyin
06.27.16 | Roy Hodgson just resigned, complete embarrassment for England
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/27/roy-hodgson-facing-end-england-manager-iceland-euro-2016 |
DrJohn
06.27.16 | Clown |
anarchistfish
06.27.16 | he started sterling again wow |
Spec
06.27.16 | I'm stoked for Iceland, they played great and that shouldn't be overlooked..
but England choked hard and completely embarrassed themselves, it's cool to throw a bunch of great players together but if they all just play for themselves and there's no game plan, nothing good will happen. |
anat
06.27.16 | Shearer for manager now tbh |
DanielNightLewis
06.27.16 | *supposedly great players.
That team seemed to be put together through a combination of managers favourites and sponsorship pressures rather than actual form or a thought of how they would work in a particular system or strategy.
England could have gone the route of Italy with regards to team selection and perhaps fared better. But then again, perhaps not. |
Nocturnalize
06.27.16 | lol |
anarchistfish
06.28.16 | Ranieri for England tbh |
claygurnz
06.28.16 | @Danielcardoso
I'm Canadian but I've lived in England since I was 10 so I cheer for England. Plus Canada are absolute dogshit at Football so it makes it easier. |
facupm
06.28.16 | man i love icenland |
Spec
06.28.16 | Canada is slowly getting better. |
facupm
06.28.16 | if iceland wins this cup im gonna support them even over argentina |
RogueNine
06.28.16 | Alright, I can dig facing Iceland next. |
facupm
06.28.16 | until we push you out |
ClintDangerous
06.28.16 | i like ice(land) |
CamiloG
06.28.16 | So this guy has done it again. It is impossible not to crack a smile with his narration
http://thebiglead.com/2016/06/27/gudmundur-benediktsson-iceland-england-call/ |
Shuyin
06.28.16 | lol I love that guy |
ZippaThaRippa
06.28.16 | Iceland winning is the coolest thing ever |
Faraudo
06.28.16 | Their celebration at the end of the match was a thing of beauty, got the goosebumps when it happened. |
NorwichScene
06.28.16 | Worst I've ever seen England play |
zakalwe
06.28.16 | I've just woken up from a horrific nightmare. You wouldn't believe it I dreamt England were absolutely fucking useless and lost to Iceland.
|
DoofusWainwright
06.28.16 | Hodgson signing off with a note saying he managed to lower the average age of the squad and how positive that is...Roy it's only positive if they win smh |
zakalwe
06.28.16 | I'm glad Iceland won in all honesty but fuck me. |
ShitsofRain
06.28.16 | and i didnt bet on iceland... all the money, one missed opportunity... |
danielcardoso
06.28.16 | Can someone just explain to me what Wilshere was doing in the squad to begin with, thanks. |
SacredSerenity
06.28.16 | Im german but I would rejoice more about icland winning the thing then germany [2]
But I think many Germans would do so |
BenThatsMyJamin
06.28.16 | Dunno why Rooney suddenly decided to get cerebral palsy halfway through the match, utter joke |
RadicalEd
06.28.16 | "Hodgson signing off with a note saying he managed to lower the average age of the squad and how positive that is...Roy it's only positive if they win smh"
tbh the Squad IS better than it was 2 or 4 years before. They just mega-choked yesterday and Roy definitely has to take responsibility for this. (Also why he was so loyal to Wilshire is beyond me, when he has Barkely on the bench) |
danielcardoso
06.28.16 | I'll tell you this, Alli is a class player and i'll be excited to see where he goes from here. |
RadicalEd
06.28.16 | Probably down the Rooney road of being good but choking as soon as he wears the Three Lions. |
danielcardoso
06.28.16 | I meant on club level ahah, hopefully that won't be the case for him. |
RadicalEd
06.28.16 | Hope he stays at Tottenham, Pochettino is a great manager and he really can bring players to another level. |
DoofusWainwright
06.28.16 | Ed the team did look inexperienced
The body language even before half time was criminal
People criticized the likes of Beckham, Shearer, Scholes and Owen for not winning anything but I never saw them look that defeated after just 30 minutes like the players did last night...one goal behind with an hour still to play and they already looked out for the count. |
Evenoss
06.28.16 | Such exciting games to come : Germany v Italy, France v Iceland, Belgium v Wales, Portugal v Poland
I expect Germany, France, Belgium and Poland to reach the semi-finals. |
CamiloG
06.28.16 | Yeah, so hyped to watch that game between Germany and Italy |
Egarran
06.28.16 | First the epic GoT episode, then Iceland fantasy. DANKEST TIMELINE
Yesterday was such a good time to be looking at screens. |
ZippaThaRippa
06.28.16 | Not to mention Chile's second penalty shoot out victory against Argentina IN A ROW. VIVA CHILE, CAMPEONES, OLE OLE OLE |
JamieTwort
06.28.16 | The worst thing about that England performance was the way we played in the second half. Yes the goals we conceded were shocking goals to concede (both in different ways) but mistakes do happen. The fact that in the second half almost every England player seemed to lose their touch and the ability to play simple short passes was what made it unquestionably the worst England performance I can remember. |
danielcardoso
06.28.16 | Ahah yeah really happy for chile. |
Egarran
06.28.16 | Oh man, Messi was so sad. I had repressed that. |
Artuma
06.28.16 | sometimes it's kinda fun to see messi fail at something but this is just heartbreaking |
zakalwe
06.28.16 | JT for new England manger or PM |
Shemson
06.28.16 | Haha Hodgson is such a terrible tactician...
Need to break down a team defending deep...
Do we
A) bring on a creative midfielder to play through balls and run at people like Barkley or Lallana
B) bring on every striker we brought to France and hope the ball happens to get to one of them somehow magically and also put Cahill up front too because fuck it why not? |
Deez
06.28.16 | Playing Rooney after the dogshit season hes had too. Always the same with England. Names first. |
Artuma
06.30.16 | poland looks really strong but damn renato sanches is so fucking good |
altertide0
06.30.16 | good to see lewandowski finally scoring though |
Artuma
06.30.16 | milik and lewandowski were both very good but honestly krychowiak was the boss for poland on this half |
altertide0
06.30.16 | agreed. i wish grosicki were better today though.
also poland didn't exist in the second half again (as in the 1/8 game). i fear this time we may not make it to the penalties (which seem to be our only hope now tbh). |
JamieTwort
06.30.16 | I love Krychowiak, such a great player. |
CamiloG
06.30.16 | What a boring match, damn! |
altertide0
06.30.16 | shit |
jagride
06.30.16 | dang |
adr
06.30.16 | FIVE fucking draws and they're on the semifinals and they'll play with Wales or Belgium
lucky bastards |
altertide0
06.30.16 | let's be fair, they did win fair & square in 1/8, although in great pains |
adr
06.30.16 | well they won fair & square now too to be fair :D, but still, 5 fucking draws.
I blame the awful new format of the tournament tbh |
JamieTwort
06.30.16 | I hope Belgium beat Wales now and then destroy Portugal in the semis. |
adr
06.30.16 | Ronaldo vs Bale will be pretty interesting, but yeah Belgium is the stronger team |
Flugmorph
06.30.16 | lame af game |
altertide0
06.30.16 | i meant that in 1/8 they won in the actual game, not in the penalties. according to fifa winning in extra time does not count as a draw but as a win (while winning in penalties counts as a draw), so portugal had 4 draws so far, not 5. |
adr
06.30.16 | technically true |
Shuyin
06.30.16 | Fucking siemas, go back to Poland and watch the rest of the Euro on MEO |
DominionMM1
06.30.16 | always hate it when it ends with penalties. just leaves a bad taste in my mouth even if the team i'm pulling for wins. |
Deez
07.01.16 | For all their 'flair' portugal are so fucking boring to watch. |
CamiloG
07.01.16 | I love the tension of the penalties tbh. One of the best things football has to offer |
DominionMM1
07.01.16 | nah just give each team more subs and let them play til someone scores an actual goal |
DominionMM1
07.01.16 | "I hope Belgium beat Wales now and then destroy Portugal in the semis."
gotta pull for iceland and wales the rest of the way man
|
Shuyin
07.01.16 | "nah just give each team more subs and let them play til someone scores an actual goal"
As much as I hate the penalties, I have to disagree with that. Should be better to just have a jury deciding the winner or else the match can go on forever, and the winning team would be exhausted on the next match. Just my opinion tho |
Shuyin
07.01.16 | Also, I don't think Portugal v Poland was a boring game. There were plenty of goal opportunities and fast attacks, plus individual skill. Way different when compared to the game v Croatia with nothing but midfield football |
DominionMM1
07.01.16 | or just remove a player from each side every 15 minutes so things open up more. I'm just spitballing here though. |
Deez
07.01.16 | Should be Trial by combat style to proceed |
DominionMM1
07.01.16 | would all 11 from one side need to be vanquished of life, or does each side choose a single representative to fight? |
Shuyin
07.01.16 | Penalties are an iconic part of football tbh |
Deez
07.01.16 | Captains represent dom. |
Faraudo
07.01.16 | Portugal deserved the win, they dominated the match. |
Zig
07.01.16 | Força, Portugal !!! |
henryChinaski
07.01.16 | I hope Belgium beat Wales now and then destroy Portugal in the semis [2]
Croatia should have won against Portugal, but whatever, that's football. Looking forward to tonight's game. |
danielcardoso
07.01.16 | "For all their 'flair' portugal are so fucking boring to watch."
Lol, what flair? No one outside of portugal has been giving em a chance in winning this. They're getting this far when people counted em out against croatia already. |
Shuyin
07.01.16 | "I hope Belgium beat Wales now and then destroy Portugal in the semis"
Eat a dick
"Croatie should have won against Portugal, but whatever, that's football."
No, they didn't. |
ShitsofRain
07.01.16 | fuck sake just tunnel him |
bakkermaarten007
07.01.16 | I have the Belgian nationality but I'm supporting Wales tonight. Go Wales! |
Pangea
07.01.16 | What an amazing goal! |
ShitsofRain
07.01.16 | ez game |
Evreaia
07.01.16 | Belgium is playing great. Wales seems incredibly tame so far |
ShitsofRain
07.01.16 | ref is shit |
Evreaia
07.01.16 | Seriously Wales wtf is up with the shit type tackles |
CamiloG
07.01.16 | What a lovely match we are having |
ShitsofRain
07.01.16 | fuck yeah |
CamiloG
07.01.16 | Damn Wales goal will make this even better |
ShitsofRain
07.01.16 | the trojan horse still works |
CamiloG
07.01.16 | The trojan horse is Iceland tbh |
danielcardoso
07.01.16 | Great game so far. |
Evreaia
07.01.16 | Belgium is slipping again, much like the game against Hungary we loose Our focus when we get up front.
|
CamiloG
07.01.16 | Yeah, strong beginning but that was all. Wales feels more superior now |
Deez
07.01.16 | Been superb the welsh here. |
Evreaia
07.01.16 | Okay Belgium seems to have their act together again. They're at least trying again |
ShitsofRain
07.01.16 | OMG, what a genius play |
Evreaia
07.01.16 | fucking Belgian defense |
Pangea
07.01.16 | Damnit. Very good goal though |
DominionMM1
07.01.16 | wales man |
Evreaia
07.01.16 | Very bad defence you mean.
Was to be expected, all our good defensive players are out this game. |
Keyblade
07.01.16 | omg wow. i was talking bare shit about robson kanu all game lol |
Sinternet
07.01.16 | fuck me what a turn |
Pangea
07.01.16 | Yeah the defense was weak but he still did that very nicely. Belgium definitely misses vermaelen en vertonghen |
Evreaia
07.01.16 | Vermaelen, Veronghen and my man Kompany. We really need 'em apparantly.
This defence just can't keep up with the Welch. |
ShitsofRain
07.01.16 | lukakus positioning is so bad |
Evreaia
07.01.16 | both lukakus are nothing to write home about really. |
Evreaia
07.01.16 | god fucking damned Fellaini, that one should have been a goal |
ShitsofRain
07.01.16 | finaallly mertens |
Evreaia
07.01.16 | oh c'mon this isn't even funny anymore how many times can you miss a clear goal chance |
Evreaia
07.01.16 | ref is fucking shit |
ShitsofRain
07.01.16 | wales really lucky the last minutes^^ |
Evreaia
07.01.16 | ffs this is painful to watch |
ShitsofRain
07.01.16 | what a major pain in the ass |
Pangea
07.01.16 | Awful defending |
JAV
07.01.16 | Belgium, Tottenham of the Euros? |
Evreaia
07.01.16 | it was to be expected, but damn, I hurts actually seeing it happen |
anarchistfish
07.01.16 | What did I say about belgium |
ShitsofRain
07.01.16 | that their defense is pretty much not existing? |
Evreaia
07.01.16 | well in our defense, all our good defensive players are out. Especially our two best. |
Evreaia
07.01.16 | oh well, at least this hopefully means the end of Wilmots.
An exit only more than 2 years late. |
JAV
07.01.16 | So much talent, so much disappointment. At least they're young and have lots of time to get it together. |
ShitsofRain
07.01.16 | and they actually have a high chance to win against portugal lol nice |
anarchistfish
07.01.16 | Bring on Ronaldo v Bale |
DoofusWainwright
07.01.16 | You can only pray the next England manager watched that, great performance Wales |
JAV
07.01.16 | I kind of want to see a Wales - Iceland Final. |
zakalwe
07.01.16 | Wales will be going absolutely fucking mental. Fair play to 'em, jealous as fuck. |
altertide0
07.01.16 | i'm glad wales won, but damn refs were terrible, especially near the end when it was 2:1 and one of the wales players blocked a pass with his arm in the penalty box so there should have been a penalty. and with 2:2 and thus revitalized belgium i don't know if wales would have scored another goal. |
ShitsofRain
07.01.16 | it is all scripted |
Evreaia
07.01.16 | ref was shit for sure, multiple fouls on both sides did not get called |
rabidfish
07.01.16 | Everyone one's so busy praising Iceland they forget this is Wales first Eurocup... What an amazing team, they play like they must... Like a TEAM. I hope they go through to the finals, they deserve it more than Portugal, who just had too much luck and doesn't deserve to still be in while better teams were left out.
I mean, 4 ties and only 1 win in 5 matches is not good enough to be on a continental championship final! |
CamiloG
07.01.16 | Belgium being so high in the FIFA ranking is a fucking lie. Happy for Wales |
CamiloG
07.01.16 | I feel bad for their fans though, they are great. |
bakkermaarten007
07.01.16 | To think that a final Wales- Iceland is still possible |
AngryJohnny
07.01.16 | Wales absolutely incredible, and Bale didn't even do much. Hope they're going to the final |
Zig
07.01.16 | Portugal - Wales.
Can't wait. |
ReminiscentOfAWhale
07.01.16 | In a stunning turn of events a South American team wins it all |
Faraudo
07.02.16 | Ramsey was world class today. |
Artuma
07.02.16 | "What did I say about belgium"
what everyone has been saying about belgium? |
doomjitsu
07.02.16 | Russia-Finland is going to be the final |
Artuma
07.02.16 | would be the greatest day ever |
Ghost22446
07.02.16 | I'm sure that Russian football team's next participation in FIFA World Cup 2018 will be shit, if our authorities won't do something about our national team. |
Shuyin
07.02.16 | Man, we're gonna have one helluva game today |
danielcardoso
07.02.16 | definitely, hoping italy can make it through tbh. |
rabidfish
07.02.16 | Can't wait, great game ahead! |
barcafan21
07.02.16 | its definitely a tasty one |
Artuma
07.02.16 | prolly gonna be quite defensive but certainly a top class game |
barcafan21
07.02.16 | italy missing de rossi and motta is key, with veratti also being out |
Egarran
07.02.16 | Ooh, snipers. Exciting! |
ShitsofRain
07.02.16 | return of the prince |
Shuyin
07.03.16 | Gotta say that as the game went on I found myself rooting for Italy, too bad. Them penalties tho |
danielcardoso
07.03.16 | Zaza's penalty in particular was horrible lol. |
rabidfish
07.03.16 | that was Conte's mistake, can't put that much pressure on one of your players as well as take out from such an important game a squad referent such a Chiellini. No excusses there... What a masive shit of a penalty series, tho... Horrible mistakes from both. |
Shuyin
07.03.16 | No disrespect for France but if Iceland manages to win, it'll put a big smile on my face |
anat
07.03.16 | Iceland 2-1 you can take that to the bank |
Shiranui
07.03.16 | Khedira and Gomez out. Schweinsteiger injured. Hopefully, we'll start off with Müller in the front. If we let Götze play a single other game, we can already pack our bags.
Btw, seeing Buffon cry was heartbreaking, damn. |
bakkermaarten007
07.03.16 | looks like the germans will have to dispose of france in the semis |
adr
07.03.16 | Africa are in the semis
|
JamieTwort
07.03.16 | France absolutely demolishing poor little Iceland. That Griezmann finish was delightful.
I fancy France to beat Germany in the semis. |
rabidfish
07.03.16 | Can we all agree now that the TRUE revelation team on this Euro is actually Wales? C'mon... On this match Iceland looking AWFUL af. |
doomjitsu
07.03.16 | yeah ghana's national team is doin' great tonight |
danielcardoso
07.03.16 | racist fucks |
doomjitsu
07.03.16 | although i think some of their players are sick, why are they so pale |
anat
07.03.16 | If Portugal advance to the finals I'll be considerably miffed |
adr
07.03.16 | fucvking racist |
DrJohn
07.03.16 | Zaza's routine was epic! |
bakkermaarten007
07.03.16 | It'll be great for Iceland to go home again. Finally, their economy will pick up where it left of |
Shuyin
07.03.16 | Some the French players are fucking huge, holy shit. Poor Iceland btw, but they kinda managed to write history so it's all goo |
Artuma
07.04.16 | "On this match Iceland looking AWFUL af."
that's because france was really fucking good |
Artuma
07.04.16 | france is also a lot better than any of the teams wales has faced so far |
bakkermaarten007
07.04.16 | The final is going to be a one-sided affair I think. Either France or Germany against Wales or Portugal... |
Evenoss
07.04.16 | 'Africa are in the semis'
'yeah ghana's national team is doin' great tonight'
As a french guy, I'm actually sad for you. |
rabidfish
07.04.16 | I'm betting for germany as champions. Solid team. France's too young, if they can't find an early goal they gonna have a bad time. |
Artuma
07.04.16 | deschamps is a wizard though |
Egarran
07.06.16 | I think 5-2 was a not too humiliating score. An acceptable way to end a fantastic tournament.
Actually I felt worse for England. Poor fucking weirdos.
In the Madridbowl I would like Bale to win, please thank you. But Ronaldo will probably score the winner after a disappointing game. |
ShitsofRain
07.06.16 | big snoozefest |
Artuma
07.06.16 | portugal were smart and effective today but i still don't see them having a chance against either germany or france |
zakalwe
07.06.16 | Portugal will go on to win the thing now. Fucking hell. |
altertide0
07.06.16 | now i'm gonna be mad if they don't |
anat
07.06.16 | Germany vs France is the real final |
Shuyin
07.06.16 | Love the butthurt in this thread, since the first game. We're in the final, motherfuckers, deal with it |
baldymort
07.06.16 | ead shit cunts!!! portugal through baby |
Zig
07.06.16 | Portugal's in the final.
Haters can suck so hard on that! |
Flugmorph
07.06.16 | lol
haters gonna hate bullshit wont work on sput |
Shuyin
07.06.16 | Doesn't have to, the fact that Portugal is in the final is good enough :] |
Artuma
07.07.16 | if the croatia match is any indication, portugal will make the final as boring as they can |
henryChinaski
07.07.16 | So...how come Portugal is in the final? |
danielcardoso
07.07.16 | If you saw how they played throughout instead of just looking at the scores, you wouldn't need to make that question. |
anarchistfish
07.07.16 | Time to fuck up Germany guys, I am hyped |
ShitsofRain
07.07.16 | world war III |
danielcardoso
07.07.16 | I dunno, had high hopes for germany x italy and that game turned out a bit sh't if i'm being completely honest. Hope this one is a little different. |
Flugmorph
07.07.16 | germany x italy was dense af man. |
danielcardoso
07.07.16 | Extra time was pretty good, but the first 90 minutes were generally pretty boring. |
Davil667
07.07.16 | Not for me I guess ;] Damn, the tension was almost unbearable. |
Davil667
07.07.16 | Really hope the game tonight won't be this tense again, don't need that anymore tbh... Ah, seems I'm getting to old for this sh!t. |
Artuma
07.07.16 | "If you saw how they played throughout instead of just looking at the scores, you wouldn't need to make that question."
all the matches apart from yesterday could've gone the other way though |
adr
07.07.16 | tru |
bakkermaarten007
07.07.16 | Tonight I'm rooting for Germany, but the final will have me backing Portugal. It is the underdog and I love underdogs (and dogs) |
anat
07.07.16 | '96: QF
'00: SF
'04: Finals (2nd place)
'08: QF
'12: SF
'16: Finals (2nd place)
:) |
bakkermaarten007
07.07.16 | likely |
anarchistfish
07.07.16 | sorry guys it's france's year
have to cash in before we crash out against peru in 2018 |
JamieTwort
07.07.16 | If France don't win this will be like the worst tournament ever for me. |
claygurnz
07.07.16 | Tonight should be a humdinger |
ShitsofRain
07.07.16 | dang, gonna be so intense |
ShitsofRain
07.07.16 | business as usual. only need to score actually :D |
ShitsofRain
07.07.16 | hahaha I knew some shit like that was going to happen |
doomjitsu
07.07.16 | fucking macaronni spaghetti eating shithead, what a fag |
adr
07.07.16 | fuck yes, go France~_~ |
altertide0
07.07.16 | the penalty was justified
didn't like this team for a long time but in the last match and now they're really making it into my heart. they are probably the worse side in this match so far but they've shown amazing potential a few times (the action from ~5 min was marvelous), i hope they win |
Artuma
07.07.16 | i'd say germany was slightly better this half but can't argue with that penalty call
also fuck, griezmann is a beast |
JAV
07.07.16 | Griezmann's price just went up. |
doomjitsu
07.07.16 | if i wasn't an insecure pathetic piece of shit, i'd probably rape my french girlfriend right now if i had one |
Flugmorph
07.07.16 | lol at nocturnalize because of his initial prediction about müller |
ShitsofRain
07.07.16 | yeah, guess he didnt do a lot of research there but im happy for griez. when i first saw him i wanted him to be successful |
bakkermaarten007
07.07.16 | Quite the undeserved win, but that's football. I hope Ronaldo excels coming sunday |
Shuyin
07.07.16 | Yeah, Germany deserved the win but this may just be better for Portugal. France had no midfield today but the defence was fine |
ShitsofRain
07.07.16 | santos will find a way to win easily |
adr
07.07.16 | hahahaha Germany deserved to win what, they didn't have one clear goal chance, one shot from distance that hit the crossbar and that's it. |
MercuryToHell
07.07.16 | Did I watch a different match or something? Germany did not deserve shit from this game, they looked nervous all night.
Just waiting for Ronaldo to shrivel into the ground in tears in the final, horrific Ken-doll bitch that he is. |
MrSirLordGentleman
07.07.16 | If Portugal ends up winning this would be one hell of a joke of a cup |
Egarran
07.07.16 | No terrorism today! Everybody wins. |
Evenoss
07.07.16 | France didn't deserve to win ? Are you fucking kidding me ? |
Flugmorph
07.07.16 | France totally deserved it. |
DrJohn
07.07.16 | True |
Shuyin
07.07.16 | Just my opinion, Germany dominated the midfield and had plenty of scoring opportunities. But France was more effective and defended like bosses, well played to them |
anarchistfish
07.07.16 | that was like the exact opposite of watching england
WE@RE IN THE FUCKING FINAL >>>>>>>>>>>>>>HNNNNNN BRING ON PORTUGUES |
MrSirLordGentleman
07.07.16 | Next Artemio Franchi Trophy will be great |
Evenoss
07.07.16 | I've just watched the game summary: I've counted 5 scoring opportunities from Germany and 6 from France (apart from the goals). I agree on Germany dominating the midfield though, and they were missing lots of good players too. |
altertide0
07.07.16 | Dominating the midfield means nothing. France was better, proof: they won, 2:0. |
Shuyin
07.07.16 | The final may just end up being a great game tho, France has been consistent af and Portugal seems to get better with each match |
DominionMM1
07.08.16 | pulling for portugal at this point |
Artuma
07.08.16 | that penalty was unfortunate for germany but after that france didn't really give them a chance
rooting for france in the final because they really deserve to win this, despite fish being the most annoying little bitch itt and otherwise i would never want his team to win |
ZippaThaRippa
07.08.16 | I pretty much told everyone that would listen that Portugal was a shit team and they weren't going to do shit. I was surprised when they escaped the group. I was REALLY surprised that they beat Croatia. I was stunned when they came back against Poland. I was mystified when they shut down Wales so easily.
At this point I feel it would be unwise to continue thinking that they will lose so easily. |
ZippaThaRippa
07.08.16 | His headers are just ridiculous |
ZippaThaRippa
07.08.16 | Leaps 20 feet in the air and strikes the ball with his forehead at 600 mph |
ZippaThaRippa
07.08.16 | Can you not do that |
Artuma
07.08.16 | why are you begging so much to get banned again |
doomjitsu
07.08.16 | i don't want to, i like this username |
ShitsofRain
07.08.16 | first two paragraphs are great tho |
Piglet
07.08.16 | Newb to soccer but what is Germany's ideal playing eleven? It can't have been the one on the night. And how good is Draxler and Gomez exactly?
Also why not play Sane? |
bakkermaarten007
07.08.16 | Without that penalty, France would've lost. They were drowning under German pressure until that (vague) penalty. 75% German ball possession in the first 30 min tells enough. Mind, France was playing a home game. |
bakkermaarten007
07.08.16 | Anyway. Go Portugal! |
Artuma
07.08.16 | even though germany was arguably the better team on the first half, france were able to create some chances too. shame for germany about the penalty (which was pretty clear after all) but they just couldn't recover from it and on the second half france truly controlled the game |
Artuma
07.08.16 | ok so prior to the final i'm gonna post my choices for the all star xi of the tourney!
gk:
neuer (ger)
obvious choice, the best keeper in the world was a solid as expected
defence:
piszczek (pol)
an exceptional right back when in possession, defensively very reliable and a dangerous asset in poland's offense
koscielny (fra)
really strong throughout the tournament, the defensive leader for the cup favorite france. was kind of a question mark prior to the tourney but hasn't failed in the slightest
williams (wal)
the heart of wales, a true team leader and also managed to score an important goal in the qf
hector (ger)
this pick was a hard one but i think hector deserves a spot, surprisingly consistent both defensively and offensively. germany definitely didn't lose because of him
midfield:
kante (fra)
as a defensive midfielder, kante might currently be the best in the world (hyperbole but yeah). an absolute beast when it comes to important game-changing tackles. a perfect tournament in my eyes for him
payet (fra)
if there was one player here that could be considered as the 'starlet of the tournament' it would be this guy. beautiful passes and goals throughout the tourney, a celebrated hero if france wins the cup
kroos (ger)
the brain of germany, he sees the pitch unlike any other player in europe. something dangerous was pretty much always to come when he was in possession
wingers:
bale (wal)
couldn't leave him out. he was just as good as wales could've ever hoped and was even able to create scoring chances solely with his individual talent
ronaldo (por)
a controversial choice for sure and say what you will about him but he's the captain of a finalist team (and deserves that title even though he can be a true primadonna sometimes) and has scored three beautiful goals as well, the importance of one of which can't be downplayed
striker:
griezmann (fra)
duh. the top goalscorer of the tournament. a huge amount of important goals, endlessly energetic, and always plays for the team. this pick can't be argued
coach:
conte (ita)
brought the best out of the individually lackluster italian team, made the team play like a club and mostly because of that they were able to surprisingly easily beat teams like spain and belgium
would be interested to hear your choices too guys! |
JAV
07.08.16 | Penalty wasn't that vague, the rules are vague. Most handballs are not really calls since the contact is usually incidental and the rule book claims there must be intent. The way refs have been taught to call though is any contact with the hands is a call. They need to refine that rule.
He clearly hits the ball with his hand but there was no intent. France used the advantage to win and Germany just didn't finish their chances. |
bakkermaarten007
07.08.16 | My squad 3/5/2:
GK: Courtois (he was basically the sole belgian player who did not disappoint. Unlike Neuer yesterday)
-defence: bonucci, chiellini, barzagli (yep, the wole Italy/Juventus defence)
- midfield: DM kante, kroos CM/CAM, Modric CAM, Bale RW, Ozil LW
-attack: Ronaldo centre forward, Griezmann striker |
bakkermaarten007
07.08.16 | coach:Antonio Conte as well. He's a tactical genius |
Flugmorph
07.08.16 | good post arty |
RadicalEd
07.08.16 | My team:
GK: Courtois (consistently good in every game, 0 mistakes. Neuer would have easily been the winner, but he really fumbled that 2-0 and put the nail in the german coffin)
Defence:
Ashley Williams (Strong centre back who never really made a mistake the whole tournament, scored an important goal, was visibly the true leader of the welsh team and basically played the tourney of his life)
Leonardo Bonucci (Out of the very strong italian CBs he was the strongest, the most agile and also the most important player for their posession game. His pass against Belgium for the 1-0 for example was pure world class)
Jerome Boateng (One stupid but ultimately inconsequential handball can't gloss over the undenieable fact that he is the best centre back in the world right now. Physically he's untouchable and his passing game is out of this world. Against france he struggled in 1-2 situations but he was also fighting his injury)
Left Wing:
Dimitri Payet (He was vital for the french team in the first two games against romania and albania when the team was visibly struggling with the expectations on their shoulders. He also did contribute greatly against Germany. Basically never disappointed when the team needed some creative idea)
post to long. |
RadicalEd
07.08.16 | Central Midfielders: Aaron Ramsey (In my opinion probably the strongest player of the whole tournament. He brought everything to the table, and without him Wales immediately faltered. Not only did he contribute to 50% of their goals (4 Assits + 1 Goal in 4 games) but he (and Joe Allen) also gave the Welsh game the structure and Bale some freedom to shine. He also fought very hard when the team was on the backfoot and was instrumental in turning the tables against belgium)
Renato Sanches (People like to point to Ronaldo as the one man that pushed Portugal thru, and there is certainly some truth in that. But if you look at the portugal games, they always struggled when this kid was sitting on the bench and immediately became way stronger when he was on the pitch. His play is a bit rough around the edges (to many fouls, a bit hyperactive) but he was the spark that the portugese team needed, especially against poland.)
Paul Pogba (People like to rag on him a bit because he is a diva and he certainly didn't play well in the opening match but from the moment he got substituted onto the field against albania, he was the heart of the french midfield and both a major creative outlet, as well as an important defensive asset. He just has a level of quality that few others posses)
Right Wing:
Jakub Blaszczykowski (In a very, very mediocre Polish team that mostly relied on their back four and the luck of the draw, Jakub "kuba" blaszczykowski was the sole source of creative spark the polish team had going forward. Unfortunately he will go into the books as a tragic hero, since he failed to put the deciding penalty into the net against portugal, but poland wouldn't have reached the QF without him anyway)
Strikers:
Christiano Ronaldo (I don't like him and he didn't even really play thaaat well consistently, BUT he did come up big for his team in all the important moments)
Antoine Griezmann (6 goals in 5 games you say? Alrighty then.)
Bench: Neuer (GK), Hysai, Chielini (Defenders), Bale, Kroos, Nainggolan (Midfielders), Nani, Sigthorsson (Strikers) |
RadicalEd
07.08.16 | Also that höwedes tackle against Giroud was probably the best thing that happened in the whole tournament. |
Shuyin
07.08.16 | The lack of Pepe on those dream teams is weird |
Artuma
07.08.16 | "Also that höwedes tackle against Giroud was probably the best thing that happened in the whole tournament."
agreed so hard, that was just masterful |
Flugmorph
07.08.16 | höwedes ruled there hard agreed |
RadicalEd
07.08.16 | "The lack of Pepe on those dream teams is weird"
Pepe played very well, could have put him on the bench. |
Artuma
07.08.16 | also fuck, didn't even think about courtois even though he is probably the most reliable gk in the world right now. when considering my top xi buffon was the only one i was even thinking of to compete against neuer (and to lesser extent yann sommer who was just unbelievable as well) |
adr
07.08.16 | De Gea is the best gk right now, too bad Spain were poor af this time. Courtois has the tendency to make silly mistakes sometimes. He was great on the tournament though. |
Artuma
07.10.16 | man sissoko is a fucking train |
Flugmorph
07.10.16 | Poor ronaldo man. Love him or hate him but he didnt deserve that |
ShitsofRain
07.10.16 | patricio so good. cant imagine por making it into penalty tho |
RadicalEd
07.10.16 | why was sissoko such garbage at newcastle? |
ShitsofRain
07.10.16 | THERE i said it |
adr
07.10.16 | fucking hell |
Flugmorph
07.10.16 | That was freakin beautiful! |
ShadowRemains
07.10.16 | fucking rekt |
ShitsofRain
07.10.16 | i bet many others would have brought in a more defensive player. hail santos |
ShitsofRain
07.10.16 | the salt tastes so good |
altertide0
07.10.16 | initially i wanted france to win but after ronaldo got injured i've found myself rooting for portugal, to my own surprise, i just couldn't watch the poor fucks lose unsupported. and they seemed destined to lose then.
and then they fucking won, unbelievable. they've eliminated all my favourite teams (croatia, wales, poland) but that's allright now that they've won it all. nobody believed in them, and they did it, the ultimate underdog. beautiful stuff.
the referees were fucking shit though. almost ruined the game for me. |
Flugmorph
07.10.16 | What an amazing game. Santos rekt all his haters |
ShadowRemains
07.10.16 | prepare the ronaldo/messi memes |
adr
07.10.16 | altertide swtiching sides during the game lol |
adr
07.10.16 | Also i don't think Clattenburg had a wrong decision
Great extra time i must say |
DominionMM1
07.10.16 | good for portugal. glad this one didn't end with penalties. |
Flugmorph
07.10.16 | Ye referees had two or three really bad decisions this match |
Flugmorph
07.10.16 | lol adr are you blind? |
altertide0
07.10.16 | adr i usually root for the worse team, and i wasn't a big fan of france anyway, i only wanted them to win because i was mad at portugal for kicking out the majority of my fav teams (including my own nation). but when they lost ronaldo it just seemed cruel to want them to lose, it would be like, idk, kicking the homeless or sth |
altertide0
07.10.16 | france got two *completely* undeserved yellow cards in the extra time, one of them (portuguese player's hand was somehow interpreted as french player's hand) leading to a very, very dangerous free kick for portugal. fortunately, the ball only hit the bar then, but had it been a goal, it would be an enormous scandal. |
adr
07.10.16 | fuck, forgot about that one yea
it was a bit tricky one tho both players hands were in the same position, other than that i think the refereeing was fine. |
Artuma
07.10.16 | this is a disgrace |
altertide0
07.10.16 | well one of them was black and the other one was white though so you could easily tell them apart imo. |
Artuma
07.10.16 | "it was a bit tricky one tho both players hands were in the same position"
it was really clear tho |
Flugmorph
07.10.16 | and that on time eder jumped over a french player and faceplanted himself nicely. Referee gave the french a yellow one lol |
adr
07.10.16 | yea on the replays maybe |
altertide0
07.10.16 | yeah that one was just hilarious |
Flugmorph
07.10.16 | When im thinking about it. That also was eders hand there.
And he had a good chance and made the goal eventually... |
adr
07.10.16 | you all should have seen the COPA final if you think one wrong decision for 120min is so bad lol |
Flugmorph
07.10.16 | at least two bro |
bakkermaarten007
07.10.16 | So happy for Portugal and that Ronaldo got a trophy with the country he always gave his best for. Also funny how he suddenly became assistant coach, after his injury |
bakkermaarten007
07.10.16 | Didn't expect this before the match, and certainly didn't expect it after I saw Ronaldo's knee twisted. But boy, how beautiful was Eder's goal? It was like a missile propelled towards goal, speeding up after launch. It was gloriously menacing |
Flugmorph
07.10.16 | fully agreed with you bro |
zakalwe
07.10.16 | Credit to the Portuguese, their defence was absolutely immense.
Congrats Dan dude!! |
danielcardoso
07.10.16 | Thanks zak!!!!! I'm fucking thrilled right now, can hardly type :] |
anarchistfish
07.10.16 | fuck |
danielcardoso
07.10.16 | But now a special message. I gotta be honest, towards the end of the tournament i stopped reading this thread because of how unbearable the hate for Portugal had gotten. And that's fine though, everyone can root for the team they like the best. But before eliminating croatia, everyone here seemed to say 'hey they just took out spain, i can see em in the final tbh', same for poland and same for wales too. Truth is this team surpassed every obstacle, every negative comment and every injustice. The ronaldo injury today seemed like a complete nightmare. I didn't stop believing that we could win it, but i knew it would be a much more difficult game without a guy like him in the front. But the team came together and pulled through, like they always did during the euro. Funny how all my friends talked shit about eder all the time, and i told em today 'if he comes in he's gonna decide the final'. So happy for him, so happy for everyone tbh. FORÇA PORTUGAL!!!!! |
anarchistfish
07.10.16 | there are so many portuguese fans rubbing it in here. they're still honking non stop
honestly clattenburg had a poor match but if we can't beat a ronaldo-less shit portugal at home what can I say
and those substitutions pls don't get me started |
anarchistfish
07.10.16 | deschamps has to go clearly |
danielcardoso
07.10.16 | "there are so many portuguese fans rubbing it in here. they're still honking non stop"
3 fans tops, and that's including me. |
anarchistfish
07.10.16 | i mean in town |
anarchistfish
07.10.16 | both downtown and uptown |
danielcardoso
07.10.16 | I've seen your dream team picks only now... none of em is complete without a handful of the guys from our squad. Patricio, fonte, pepe, sanches, ronaldo, ... they all desserve a spot. Nani and quaresma played great too, fuck me the entire team did. |
Egarran
07.10.16 | "france got two *completely* undeserved yellow cards in the extra time, one of them (portuguese player's hand was somehow interpreted as french player's hand) leading to a very, very dangerous free kick for portugal. fortunately, the ball only hit the bar then, but had it been a goal, it would be an enormous scandal."
The commentator mentioned that Koscielny didn't foul Eder before the goal, because he already had that yellow. So you can blame the ref. |
Shuyin
07.10.16 | Yeah, complain about the ref but never mention the times that Portugal got the shitty end of the stick. Seriously, go watch the hit on Ronaldo from every angle on slow motion and tell me with a straight face that it wasn't on purpose.
We feast on the salt, you don't even have to light the Eiffel Tower with our flag colours because the trophy is more than enough
FORÇA PORTUGAL!! |
JAV
07.10.16 | No matter what anyone says Eder's goal was legit |
anarchistfish
07.10.16 | giroud's pout is legit |
anarchistfish
07.10.16 | to be fair to portugal they may have been actual shit this tournament but their pedigree probably merits having a major trophy at last |
Deez
07.10.16 | France didnt turn up. Portugal found a way to win in all games. Shit Tournament, Shit champions. Doubt any of the Portugese will care. |
Flugmorph
07.10.16 | "deschamps has to go clearly"
i suppose this is a joke |
Zig
07.11.16 | FORÇA PORTUGAL !!!! [3]
Yeah, we won :) |
Shuyin
07.11.16 | https://www.facebook.com/gandacena/photos/a.216758128392350.50563.171458049589025/1076197802448374/?type=3&theater
"But the referee!..."
Fuck off.. |
ZippaThaRippa
07.11.16 | I mean yeah but Clattenburg does actually suck at his job.
And no Sim, Pepe did not have the game of his life.
He had the motherfucking tournament of his life. |
ZippaThaRippa
07.11.16 | Yeah Nani was surprisingly and consistently good. Maybe he matured during his year in Turkish isolation. |
DominionMM1
07.11.16 | not the most exciting tourney in terms of play but some seriously compelling storylines |
Artuma
07.11.16 | i just can't believe after all i've seen portugal is the one to be crowned as the european champions. prolly the shakiest team ever to win the tournament, wales was the only one in the knockout round they actually were the better team in. not to mention that croatia win was the dirtiest thing i've ever seen in football
oh well, good for ronaldo and all my portuguese fellow sputters |
Futures
07.11.16 | greece dude c'mon |
doomjitsu
07.11.16 | FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK PORTUGAL |
doomjitsu
07.11.16 | I hate Ronaldo so much. What a fucking crybaby, that was the fucking butterfly effect, I have no other explanation for Gignac's LAST-MINUTE bullshit. Portugal doesn't deserve to be a country, what can I say about their championship. |
betray
07.11.16 | did anyone else notice the moths |
Artuma
07.11.16 | "greece dude c'mon"
greece were even more boring but at least they played with their strengths and had a clear plan how to win their games and they perfectly succeeded in it. portugal on the other hand were so close to lose in most of their games and i still fail to understand how they managed to get through all of them |
danielcardoso
07.11.16 | "I hate Ronaldo so much. What a fucking crybaby, that was the fucking butterfly effect, I have no other explanation for Gignac's LAST-MINUTE bullshit. Portugal doesn't deserve to be a country, what can I say about their championship."
Seriously, fuck you. |
henryChinaski
07.11.16 | Aight I'll admit it and I was wrong: I thought Portugal would be eliminated in the match against Croatia. But they were not. Actually they beat Poland and Wales as well. I wasn't a huge fan of their style of play until yesterday. They always defended very well, but in my opinion relied to much on CR7 which is kinda normal probably given his incredible capabilities as a footballer. I was sad for him when he had to be substituted due to his injury, but to my surprise afterwards Portugal played their best football in the whole tournament creating a lot of chances.
France reminded me a bit of Germany (I'm German myself): Lots of ball possession at times, lots of chances, lots of effort, a little bit of bad luck, no goal. In the end Portugal deserved to win, although many of their games in this tournament were exhausting to watch. However that applies to a lot of other games as well at this Euro. |
danielcardoso
07.11.16 | Yeah i mean, it's not like the supposed big teams played stunning as well. Germany never really played to their full potential, spain was a bit terrible, belgium choked hard in the big moments, france were always cocky and overconfident as shit... if anything, italy was the one who played best, and it's fun to say that because no one expected much from em this year. |
bakkermaarten007
07.11.16 | "Yeah, complain about the ref but never mention the times that Portugal got the shitty end of the stick. Seriously, go watch the hit on Ronaldo from every angle on slow motion and tell me with a straight face that it wasn't on purpose. "
Agree. The more I watch the moment of Ronaldo's injury, the more I think it was done on purpose. Payet stormed in like there was no one there. |
danielcardoso
07.11.16 | hmm |
zakalwe
07.11.16 | Just letting him know he was there. "Welcome to the final, mate" type thing. Nothing wrong with it. |
RadicalEd
07.11.16 | tbh an underwhelming tournament got the underwhelming winners it deserved. I suppose Portugal somewhat deserves it, because they have been historically unlucky in the past, but they played some of the worst football in the first 4-5 games. In the semis and the final they were kinda alright, but especially the games against croatia and Island were just pitiful.
I can respect them for pulling through against the odds and I guess whoever wins in the end is right, but it's undeniable that they mostly played unattractive, risk-averse football. Like most teams in this competition.
"It was on fuckin purpose, payet would never get the ball tackling like that, it was clearly done with intent to sideline him"
mate, your portugal-goggles are a bit much at this point.It was a clear foul and even a yellow card, but no way in hell was that a deliberate ploy to take him out. First of all, his other foot actually played the ball. Secondly it's the final, of course everyone is all hyped up and goes into the tackles with a bit more risk. |
Flugmorph
07.11.16 | "did anyone else notice the moths"
indeed the real stars of this final hehe |
bakkermaarten007
07.11.16 | "It was a clear foul and even a yellow card, but no way in hell was that a deliberate ploy to take him out."
Maybe not consciously- that would've been unforgiveable- but I do think there was intent to aggressively 'man-handle' him in the match. With his injury as the result.
Just look at the gifs that are flying around the internet. Payet- normally much more graceful- is unusually aggressive in that duel. |
Flugmorph
07.11.16 | doomjitsu retardation confirmed |
bakkermaarten007
07.11.16 | http://www.soccer-blogger.com/2016/07/10/ronaldo-injury-video-euro-2016-final-crying-strechered-payet-tackle-gif-knee/ |
Flugmorph
07.11.16 | the real winner of this tournament is island guys |
danielcardoso
07.11.16 | Ed buddy, after seeing the link bakker put out i'm convinced it was a dirty foul, bakker even worded what i meant better than myself. |
Flugmorph
07.11.16 | look at how his knee bent in relation to his foot goddamn |
doomjitsu
07.11.16 | "doomjitsu retardation confirmed"
that's no news, listen to Bear Vs. Shark's "Right Now, You're In The Best Of Hands.
And If Something Isn't Quite Right, Your Doctor Will Know In A Hurry", great album |
doomjitsu
07.11.16 | and don't you ever call me a nigger again |
Flugmorph
07.11.16 | oh yeah the wigger years |
doomjitsu
07.11.16 | i'm dead $eriou$, me and my homies will stick a pepsi can up yo butt if ya keep talkin' like dat 'bout me n' my 171 latino south crew death metal amigos |
doomjitsu
07.11.16 | if anyone wonders who typed a long message that stretched this page to the uncomfortable format, it was me with that "FUCK PORTUGAL" comment |
Flugmorph
07.11.16 | you havent tho |
doomjitsu
07.11.16 | i ediTed it after i saw how long it was
come on man listen to bear vs shark
why can't i talk to girls btw
i think i can do a much better job talking to girls than a lot of guys
why me |
doomjitsu
07.11.16 | i can crack a joke or two when i feel like it |
Flugmorph
07.11.16 | tragic really |
doomjitsu
07.11.16 | what more do girls need |
doomjitsu
07.11.16 | i just don't think it's fair that yakety yak gets to bang all the underage chicks because he can play a fucking piano |
Flugmorph
07.11.16 | i can play the piano and i havent banged any chicks so far.
mainly because im not into federvieh so... |
doomjitsu
07.11.16 | you should try, it's very satisfying (almost like listening to bear vs shark) |
Egarran
07.11.16 | I notice a lot of people, me included, started supporting Portugal when Ronaldo left.
Suddenly we realised that the french players are also cunts. |
Artuma
07.11.16 | home country bias is acceptable but come on daniel |
danielcardoso
07.11.16 | Ahah i mean even after looking through the play again i still think there was some bad intent behind the tackle, but if you all see it differently that's cool for me. |
Davil667
07.11.16 | We'll never know for sure bout any intent tbh... But what's clear is that it was a very rude, hard and unnecessary foul and he easily took the risk of injuring him. |
JAV
07.11.16 | Looked like he meant to hit him, whether he actually meant to hurt him is up for debate. It's not unusual to go in for a hard tackle to make sure the star knows you're not scared of him. |
doomjitsu
07.11.16 | come on, guys, let's make it to 1488 comments, we can do this |
danielcardoso
07.11.16 | "Looked like he meant to hit him, whether he actually meant to hurt him is up for debate."
this is more what i meant, i worded myself poorly. |
Shuyin
07.11.16 | "greece were even more boring but at least they played with their strengths and had a clear plan how to win their games and they perfectly succeeded in it. portugal on the other hand were so close to lose in most of their games and i still fail to understand how they managed to get through all of them"
You fail to understand a lot of things. Portugal deserves the win, France played dirty and ended being bad losers as well, karma is a fucking bitch. We know that we don't have a proper striker, so we had a different approach which is kinda similar to what Greece did in 2004. I've seen some baguettes claiming that we played anti-game or w/e, which is both funny and ironic.
Also very happy for Ronaldo, he breathes football and his passion is unmatched |
JamieTwort
07.11.16 | You guys have got to be kidding me. Payet clearly went in with the sole intent of winning the ball and won it perfectly with his leading foot. Yes he caught Ronaldo on the follow through which unfortunately injured him but no fucking way was that a dirty tackle in any way whatsoever. Watch Payet's trailing leg (the leg that injures Ronaldo as he naturally follows through) and tell me in what way does he do anything dirty or with intent to injure Ronaldo. |
Conmaniac
07.11.16 | yeah wasnt a dirty foul or even a purposeful attack on Ronaldo lol...
France shouldve won but Portugal put one away when they couldnt so hats off to them. still sad my Germans lost to France ): |
Artuma
07.11.16 | i didn't see either side play especially dirty or anything honestly (payet's tackle was quite reckless but he cleanly won the ball after all, maybe a yellow card could've applied for not seeing the possible consequences of doing it so tough but that's about it)
@shuyin i'm not just talking about the final but the tournament as a whole, and i just don't see a lot of rational reasons why portugal made it to the final to begin with
in a lot of matches it seemed like portugal was just trying to survive and their play wasn't nearly as well-organized as 2004 greece for example. their defence worked well enough but france/poland/croatia could've scored at least twice without some bad luck and rui patricio's excellent goalkeeping. they truly showed a lot of resilience and discipline in the tournament though and that's really the only reason why i think portugal would "deserve" the championship |
Egarran
07.11.16 | "France shouldve won"
Not when they couldn't score once or defeat a Ronaldo-free Portugal.
But in conclusion it was a meh tournament, except for that Iceland fairy tale. |
ZippaThaRippa
07.11.16 | It was a mediocre tournament all around, but it had its highlights.
Iceland's fairytale last minute winner against Austria.
Ireland's unlikely survival in a 1-0 win over Italy.
Wales' comeback demolition job on Belgium.
England's absolutely dire exit from the tournament.
The disastrous penalty shootout between Italy and Germany.
The last remnants of Portugal's 2004 team finally laying to rest the demons that had haunted them for 12 years. |
Artuma
07.11.16 | "Ireland's unlikely survival in a 1-0 win over Italy."
italy 2* |
ZippaThaRippa
07.11.16 | wat |
ZippaThaRippa
07.11.16 | Also it was incredibly surprising how bad Muller was. He was genuinely terrible for the whole thing. Who would have thought? He's practically Germany/Bayern's spirit animal. |
Artuma
07.11.16 | in the end, the three things this tournament will be remembered for are iceland vs england, ronaldo's title after seeking it for so long and for being the first 24-team tournament
maybe for something more in portugal but not really in a larger scale |
ZippaThaRippa
07.11.16 | Yeah hopefully the last 24 team tournament as well. The group stage was a tremendous failure. So much bus parking. If you're going to dilute the quality of teams going into the tournament, you may as well allow 32. Because at least then you won't have this 3rd place qualification bullsheeeeeeit. |
ZippaThaRippa
07.11.16 | I don't really think the addition of Denmark, Norway, Holland, Scotland, Slovenia, etc would have made the tournament any worse. |
Artuma
07.11.16 | yeah not a fan of the 3rd placed teams ranking thing either |
Shuyin
07.11.16 | "i'm not just talking about the final but the tournament as a whole, and i just don't see a lot of rational reasons why portugal made it to the final to begin with"
They played with their brains, our coach knew our strengths and weaknesses. Maybe you could all stop downplaying this teams monumental achievement, we did what we had to do, when we had to do it, plus we played fair. It's like Mourinho during his Porto days, all that matters is the win and the rest is just details
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Artuma
07.12.16 | "plus we played fair"
all teams played fair or no teams played fair tbh, however you wanna see it. or if you look at it through GIGANTIC home country goggles, your team was the only one who played fair |
Shuyin
07.12.16 | Bro, we didn't try to get your best players out of the game by injuring them, that's what I meant by playing fair. Anyone saying that the knee on Ronaldo wasn't on purpose is just denying reality |
Artuma
07.12.16 | whatever you say dude, we'll never know the truth unless payet admits he intended to do it. it just didn't look like he tried to hurt ronaldo
also just to be clear: they aren't "my" players, i'm not french nor am i a fan of the french team in any way. my country didn't even qualify to the tournament lol |
RadicalEd
07.12.16 | "Bro, we didn't try to get your best players out of the game by injuring them, that's what I meant by playing fair. Anyone saying that the knee on Ronaldo wasn't on purpose is just denying reality"
Have you ever played football on even a semi-reasonable amateur level? Because it sure doesn't sound that way. That payet foul was in no way committed with the intend to injuring ronaldo. Maybe to assert a bit of dominance. May be a bit reckless even, but there is 0 evidence for malicious intent. He played the ball for fuck's sake. Ronaldo turned kind of unfortunately and payet had to much speed to avoid the crash. Definitely a foul. Even a yellow card.
Also you guys have Pepe and Renato Sanches so don't act like portugal is lacking the necessary aggression to assert some dominance when needed.
Btw. I'm not a fan on france. |
ZippaThaRippa
07.12.16 | Pepe got 1 yellow in 6 games and 5 in 21 last season. He's been one of the cleanest defenders in Spain over the last few years. His bad rep is only a rep at this point. |
RadicalEd
07.12.16 | I'm not even insinuating that he is "unfair". But can we not pretend that Portugal rode too the finals on a cloud of niceness. In the final alone there is a situation where Pepe just pushes Umtiti to the ground for no other reason than trying to create space for him. I'm not claiming that this was "unfair", although it clearly was a foul.
But if I were a french Shuyin, I would claim that he tried to break all of Umtitis ribs in attempt to weaken the french defense.
Fouls commited:
Portugal - Croatia 28 : 12
Portugal - Poland 13 : 16
Portugal - Wales 11 : 12
Portugal - France 12 : 13
Portugal is not fairer (or unfairer) than other teams. |
Artuma
07.12.16 | "In the final alone there is a situation where Pepe just pushes Umtiti to the ground for no other reason than trying to create space for him"
the replay for that made me laugh lol |
Artuma
07.12.16 | pepe played one hell of a match though |
RadicalEd
07.12.16 | yeah he played good for sure. |
danielcardoso
07.12.16 | portugal didn't play the classiest football during the euro for sure. But it's not like that's what was necessary of any team to pull through and win. All things considered, our team simply isn't the type to create many chances and play flashy possession game. But that doesn't make us in any way a bad team, because we find our strengths elsewhere. We weren't the best team at the start of the euro, but we started to play enormous against poland, and same going forward. |
zakalwe
07.12.16 | In terms of what actually makes a 'team' Portugal were the definition of it in the final. Literal blood, sweat and tears for each other to win the thing for the pride of the country.
It was stirring stuff to see pepe spewing at the end. He gave it his all.
Ronaldo was passion personified. We could see that he hasn't had his soul replaced by agent intervention and bullshit. He genuinely cared.
I'm happy for 'em.
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Artuma
07.12.16 | "All things considered, our team simply isn't the type to create many chances and play flashy possession game. But that doesn't make us in any way a bad team, because we find our strengths elsewhere."
in their last three games portugal weren't bad by any means but i think italy for example were executing the defensive style of play much better and collectively than portugal, and also were a lot more ready to turn the defence into a dangerous counter attack. also their offense relied a lot on crosses and the better defending teams weren't on trouble with them
i'm not seeing santos as the god he is probably seen as in portugal atm but he did make some excellent changes in portugal's play throughout the tournament, the most vital of which was dropping the ultra attacking style after the reckless hungary game (also, cedric was light years better than vieirinha so props for that change as well). if they had continued with it, croatia would've smashed them into the ground pretty hard |
JamieTwort
07.12.16 | "Bro, we didn't try to get your best players out of the game by injuring them, that's what I meant by playing fair. Anyone saying that the knee on Ronaldo wasn't on purpose is just denying reality"
You're an idiot. |
JamieTwort
07.12.16 | Seriously, I said this earlier, can one of you crazy Portugal fans explain to me what Payet does with his trailing leg (the leg which catches Ronaldo as he follows through) that in any way implies intent to injure him. He clearly goes in to win the ball (and succeeds), there is no way the jarring of Ronaldo's knee was premeditated. There likely wouldn't have been any strong contact had Ronaldo not left his left leg planted to do that piece of skill, which you can't tell me Payet was expecting. |
UpwardSpiral
07.13.16 | I remember Boulahrouz (Netherlands) injuring Ronaldo on purpose during worldcup 2006. What a game, 16 yellow cards and 4 red cards. |
danielcardoso
07.13.16 | Ahah i remember that game too, both teams were super strong that year, game was all about fighting though, tense af. |
Shuyin
07.14.16 | I'll just leave it here
http://www.fullmatchesandshows.com/2016/07/13/french-player-accused-of-taking-doping-before-germany-france-semi-final-bild/
"Seriously, I said this earlier, can one of you crazy Portugal fans explain to me what Payet does with his trailing leg (the leg which catches Ronaldo as he follows through) that in any way implies intent to injure him."
You're an idiot.
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Egarran
07.14.16 | Doping makes people more murderous! It's textbook stuff.
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JamieTwort
07.14.16 | @Shuyin: So I'm guessing you can't?
There is clearly nothing idiotic about saying Payet didn't intentionally injure Ronaldo or indeed asking for someone to explain how they got to the conclusion that he did. |
Shuyin
07.14.16 | Watch the replay from all angles in slow motion, if you still think it isn't intentional then I have bad news for you |
JamieTwort
07.14.16 | I have watched the replay in slow motion and from all angles and every time I see it I still can't fathom how some people can think it was intentional. I mean can you answer my question or at least give some explanation to how you came to the conclusion that it was intentional? |
Artuma
07.14.16 | guys you're getting literally nowhere with this argument, just drop it ok |
danielcardoso
07.14.16 | Ahah i was thinking of this too, this discussion isn't really gonna go anywhere. |
