enzo gambaro Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Am I the only one on here who actually enjoyed this tournament, you miserable shower of shitI thought it was pretty good, too. I quite enjoy watching teams defend, though, and don't need every game to finish 4-3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalfordOriginal Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I preferred the group stages to the knockout (that could be due to England), due to the 2pm, 5pm and 8pm timeslots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madthatter Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 They knew how to play tournament football. Give nothing away, score on the break and be good at pens. Good luck to them. In one. #winners Thought they were pretty immense as a unit yesterday and could/should have won more games than they did. Different topic, but not sure how I feel about 3rd place QF's though . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalcolmW Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 If Ronaldo hadn't equalised against Hungary Portugal would not have qualified for last 16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Carlos Posted July 11, 2016 Moderators Share Posted July 11, 2016 Watched the final in Lisbon centre on the big screen, not a single pint thrown, not even a plastic chair. Absolute scenes all night after, I knocked it on the head at 1am. Happened upon the victory parade this afternoon, people everywhere happily waving flags, seeing what it means to them, we need to do something like this once in this generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Alf Hartigan Posted July 11, 2016 Site Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2016 The 8 goals shown by the BBC for goal of the tournament were all absolute belters, dunno which won, could have been any for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted July 12, 2016 Moderators Share Posted July 12, 2016 The 8 goals shown by the BBC for goal of the tournament were all absolute belters, dunno which won, could have been any for me. Robson-Kanu won it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc505 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Returned from Paris today and back to real football at last. Went over to watch the Final in the fanzone, arrived nearly hour and a half before kick off and it had closed 30 mins before that, over 90,000 packed in there! Bit gutted (not least because I still had a load of euros on my Fanzone card from last time) but ended up watching it in a busy bar in an area where there were quite a few pubs, so was a good atmosphere. It was still good after the game too where I was, loads of mopeds speeding about beeping horns waving Portugal and France flags. In the end, missing the Fanzone meant I missed a night long riot too, so not all bad. The tournament as a whole in my own opinion followed what seems to be becoming a regular thing; interesting - occasionally brilliant - group stage followed by a mostly stultfyingly boring knockout phase with the odd great game here and there. 24 teams doesn't work for me, but I had that opinion before it kicked off and it would have taken a lot for that to change. Away from the games though, brilliant. Really glad I was able to experience some of it and the way fans from all over mixed to drink and chat football together will stay with me for a long time.Heard quite enough of the Will Grigg song though. Quite enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 I can't wait for Big E's trip report, however, given how fucking long he was over there it's probably going to take as long as the Chilcot report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc505 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 He's probably been typing it since Sunday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Carlos Posted July 12, 2016 Moderators Share Posted July 12, 2016 He's now known as Gros E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 He's now known as Gros E. He always was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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