Euro 24

[Johnnyrotten]

2 hours ago, Steejay said:

Was it not Andy Taylor facing Traore?

No, I remember at the time wanting Robinson to get a chance instead of the pedestrian Taylor, I'm fairly sure Boro was his first start, he was hung out to dry against Traore and then dropped IIRC.  God knows how Taylor would have coped with Traore 😬

[Winchester White]

It's like watching Bolton at times 

[Steejay]

34 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

No, I remember at the time wanting Robinson to get a chance instead of the pedestrian Taylor, I'm fairly sure Boro was his first start, he was hung out to dry against Traore and then dropped IIRC.  God knows how Taylor would have coped with Traore 😬

I remember thinking ‘it’s not fair’.

It was like an 18 yo playing against a 12 yo.

Can’t believe he didn’t make more of his career.

[DirtySanchez]

5 minutes ago, Steejay said:

I remember thinking ‘it’s not fair’.

It was like an 18 yo playing against a 12 yo.

Can’t believe he didn’t make more of his career.

Had all the attributes to be great

Started off at Barcelona and ended up at Middlesbrough and Wolves 

Don't even know where he is now

[Zico]

[bolty58]

5 hours ago, L/H White said:

It's a friendly 

Yep. Meaningless and no impact whatsoever on the 16th June game.

Be easy to pile in on Wokegate but pointless. Didn't waste time watching it as I expected something uninspiring.

They'll get to the quarters.

[bwfc2003]

Was like watching Bolton at our worst

[W.cramp]

That defence has to be a worry regardless of how good we could be going forward.

Who,d er thowt we,d miss harry maguire !  

[gonzo]

Meanwhile we have Tomori playing for AC Milan...

Colwill at Chelsea too.

Both better playing than bloody Gooey and Dunk.

[Underpants]

Not got the bug for the Euros yet. At this stage I would be counting down the days to the first game and mapping out my itinerary around all the group games. Not even got a wall chart up!

[little whitt]

12 minutes ago, Underpants said:

Not got the bug for the Euros yet. At this stage I would be counting down the days to the first game and mapping out my itinerary around all the group games. Not even got a wall chart up!

THIS

[Mounts Kipper]

21 minutes ago, Underpants said:

Not got the bug for the Euros yet. At this stage I would be counting down the days to the first game and mapping out my itinerary around all the group games. Not even got a wall chart up!

No point… perennial bottlers. 

[frank_spencer]

England are the Spurs of international football a good side but will never win anything of note.

[captainmed]

38 minutes ago, frank_spencer said:

England are the Spurs of international football a good side but will never win anything of note.

Good analogy. 

[bolty58]

3 hours ago, captainmed said:

Good analogy. 

Owt anal. Even the beads he wears in his barnet.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

14 hours ago, bolty58 said:

Yep. Meaningless and no impact whatsoever on the 16th June game.

Be easy to pile in on Wokegate but pointless. Didn't waste time watching it as I expected something uninspiring.

They'll get to the quarters.

I think you're right, but it begs the question "why bother"?

Conning fans out of expensive ticket money, for a half-hearted performance in a practice game.

[gonzo]

11 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

I think you're right, but it begs the question "why bother"?

Conning fans out of expensive ticket money, for a half-hearted performance in a practice game.

Agree with this. They should play it in Dubai or summet. 

That last night served no purpose. No atmosphere, booing at the end, nervous players etc. 

Daft really and it's just added a load of pressure.

[L/H White]

players going through the motions to avoid injuries after a long season and a week out from the proper stuff 

roll on next Sunday 

[bolty58]

11 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

I think you're right, but it begs the question "why bother"?

Conning fans out of expensive ticket money, for a half-hearted performance in a practice game.

Have to agree. Even more so when you consider that your best remaining central defender picked up 'a knock'.

Southgate out.

[Arrested development]

Iceland game was flat but they created enough chances to win

Realistically England will get teams that sit back in the group stages, play on the counter and make it difficult. But they'll get out of the group and they won't knocked out by a team sitting deep. 

If/when they get knocked out it'll be by a decent team in the later rounds exposing the weak defence. 

 

[L/H White]

Wallcharts up

[CJG]

1 hour ago, Arrested development said:

Iceland game was flat but they created enough chances to win

Realistically England will get teams that sit back in the group stages, play on the counter and make it difficult. But they'll get out of the group and they won't knocked out by a team sitting deep. 

If/when they get knocked out it'll be by a decent team in the later rounds exposing the weak defence. 

 

Hungary dicked us in the Nations League meetings. Good thing they have to play Scotland instead.

[athywhite1958]

1 hour ago, L/H White said:

Wallcharts up

Our lot (8 of Athy's finest) are setting off on Wednesday, 2 cars, Hull to Rotterdam then driving around Germany for 4 weeks

[Dr. Feelgood]

On 07/06/2024 at 21:29, radcliffe white said:

Gordon played well 

He did, except no-one was on his wavelength so no-one central to take advantage.  Plus, ⅔ of his crosses were blocked.

[Winchester White]

8 hours ago, bolty58 said:

Have to agree. Even more so when you consider that your best remaining central defender picked up 'a knock'.

Southgate out.

That's Wokegate remember.