Euro 24

[Wanderlust]

Just now, ianofcleveleys said:

Good to see a ref not having a night of Portugal's ingrained cheating. Been in their DNA for decades. They have some great players for sure but a detestable attitude

Not as bad as some, notably the Italians and pretty much every country in South America.

[Wanderlust]

Georgia goalie is impressive. Plays for Valencia and he's only 23 but absolutely dominates,

[gonzo]

People only just discovering Kvara tonight then

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

Martinez beginning to exert his influence

[Winchester White]

Fair play to Georgia, battled to the very end to win

[Wanderlust]

By far the most heroic effort of the tournament.

Just goes to show what can be achieved with discipline, energy and hard work.

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

But fair play to Georgia

Great to watch

[Rizlar]

Enjoyed this game well done Georgia they deserve it !

[Wanderlust]

So it's Slovakia for England?

[radcliffe white]

1 minute ago, Wanderlust said:

So it's Slovakia for England?

Yeah 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

1 minute ago, Wanderlust said:

By far the most heroic effort of the tournament.

Just goes to show what can be achieved with discipline, energy and hard work.

And ability, skill, a game plan, and a willingness to attack as well as defend.

[Wanderlust]

...and Spain for Georgia

[Tonge moor green jacket]

4 minutes ago, gonzo said:

People only just discovering Kvara tonight then

Doing it at a decent serie A side is one thing, but being able to do it on the international stage, in an unfancied team, against a good team is something else.

Wasn't just him neither- they were all at it.

Total commitment and a passion for their country.

[Dr. Feelgood]

Now THAT is the Ronaldo I remember. Petulant arse.

[desperado]

So we can potentially get to the final with:

last 16: Slovakia

Quarters: Italy 

Semi: Austria   

Austria form team in that last round of games. 

 

[Wanderlust]

So it's decided:

England v Slovakia

Winners play winners of Italy v Switzerland in quarters

Probably Austria or the Dutch in the semis

Absolute bunfight in the other half of the draw.

Couldn't have asked for an easier path to the final.

[Didledee]

It's all set up very nicely and the Slovakia game could be a good game to get some confidence back into the team, but I'll not be confident given how crap we've been, Iceland 2016 could easily happen again, atm at least we're not allowing great chances happen v Pickford, 1 goal conceded which was a 1 in 100 or so strike, the only positive really to cling onto and the fact we have players like Palmer, Mainoo and Gordon who may spark us if given more game time.

[Greg_BWFC]

Better to be lucky than good, eh ?

Honestly, you couldn't really have drawn this up any better for us.

Didn't see us beating the Dutch. 

Still need to buck our ideas up though.

[Marc505]

Draw has opened up nicely for us to get out thought and out fought by someone we completely underestimate again 👍

[Mounts Kipper]

18 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

And ability, skill, a game plan, and a willingness to attack as well as defend.

Everything we don’t seem to have. 

[London Wanderer]

1 hour ago, desperado said:

I’d rather them than Germany, Spain, France, Portugal and Belgium.

And actually as things stand we’ll play Slovakia not Holland! Although I suspect Portugal will get at least one back. 

Aye

 It’s a great chance if we can find another level

[bolty58]

6 hours ago, Wanderlust said:

Not as bad as some, notably the Italians and pretty much every country in South America.

Methinks you are wrong if we are talking about recent times. Italy used to be bad up to two decades ago but have cleaned up their game significantly.

Mainly Uruguay and the Argies in South America.

I watch a lot of world football. I would place Portugal at the top of the pile for 'simulation', 'cheating' - whatever you want to call it.

[bolty58]

6 hours ago, gonzo said:

People only just discovering Kvara tonight then

My lot are depressed at the thought of him possibly leaving for PSG. Expecting a big turn around with Conte at the helm for next season. Osimhen will be off too so Lukaku on the radar.

https://apnews.com/article/antonio-conte-napoli-serie-a-08fceed2f1a74342416d491d6495d561

[tomski]

2 hours ago, bolty58 said:

My lot are depressed at the thought of him possibly leaving for PSG. Expecting a big turn around with Conte at the helm for next season. Osimhen will be off too so Lukaku on the radar.

https://apnews.com/article/antonio-conte-napoli-serie-a-08fceed2f1a74342416d491d6495d561

Reckon they’ll price him out of the market. Especially after a good tourno.  Reckon osimhen goes this summer as they’ll cash in on one.

Hope both stay. 

[tomski]

The way the draw has opened up for us is great. A little bit of me fears it’s de ja vu and feels like having 3 games in hand, 1 point of top. 
 

That said. This is a different team and manager. Looking forward to Sunday. Hopefully smash em