Euro 24

[bolty58]

1 hour ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

What a twat. May as well look like Dumbo.

[Rival Son]

55 minutes ago, Wullie said:

The way this is going, we could be the worst team to win the Euro's

Corrected for you:

The way this is going, he could be the worst manager to win the Euro's.

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

7 minutes ago, Zico said:

Difference is Spain have shown plenty already this tournament that you know they will get back into it 

 

Aye

[Cheese]

LOL

 

 

[paulhanley]

52 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

Aye. Argies lost to Saudi and ended up winning the World Cup 

I think Italy won it in 82 after drawing all three group games, Mick.

Didn't Portugal do the same in the Euros a few years ago too? 

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

1 minute ago, paulhanley said:

I think Italy won it in 82 after drawing all three group games, Mick.

Correct

Against Poland, Peru, and Cameroon

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

But they did then beat Brazil 3-2 in the next round, which is slightly different to scraping past Slovakia

[tomski]

8 hours ago, SatanGreavsie said:

Thing is the game is supposed to be about skill. Nobody has the skill to judge a fast moving attack, where they're looking for the ball and keeping half an eye on the man, to the level of a few centimeters when things are moving at printers pace. yeh you can play mind games with the opponent and leave them a full pace ahead or behind. But an inch or less? That's not skill, it's pure luck. And at speed and camera frame rates its meaningless anyhow. It almost comes down to a philosophical question - when do you "play" a ball? Is it the last moment you're in contact with it or after the first appearance of daylight from your boot?

At the very least there must be daylight between planted boots. That's an absolute baseline for skill to be genuinely involved surely i.e. the attacked has genuinely stepped behind (in any sense we meaningfully use the phrase in real life) the opponent before the ball leaves his teammate's foot. So in the above case if the back of his his boot was touching the grass and was directly below the right edge of that 2nd "E" in "respect" then OK. You could just about claim he'd fucked up or the defender had done well. They could just about realistically say they meant it. Anything less is bollocks. Especially when so much subjective stuff can then come in about obstructing keeper's views etc.

Still, Hawk Eye made £46M from global football in 2022, so that goose will not get shut of its golden egg any time soon; corporate jollies for FIFA elite will see to that.

Good post that Satan

[1969]

Sat in a bar in Gumbet and was actually embarrassed watching that shite 

Yes we won but fuck me we are crap, boring and what makes it worse is the bell ends going ape shit because we scabbed a win.

 

[Marc505]

Chill out Judith.

[DirtySanchez]

1 hour ago, Mantra said:

When Portugal won it I don’t think they won a game in 90 mins

Drew all their group matches

[wiggy]

Spain 3-1 up and looking for a 4th. Losers. You’ll never win anything playing like that 

[London Wanderer]

Now that’s how you respond to 1 down.

 

[tomski]

Just happy we are through 

[London Wanderer]

13 minutes ago, 1969 said:

 

Yes we won but fuck me we are crap, boring and what makes it worse is the bell ends going ape shit because we scabbed a win.

 

Shut up mate. 😂

Would you have not celebrated because we played shite but scabbed a winner against Oxford in a playoff final? 
 

Absolute nonsense to bemoan folk for celebrating 

Edited June 30, 2024 by London Wanderer

[Stig]

Not many Spain players you'd put in the England team, yet they're a much better team. All players in their actual positions and not trying to shoe horn players in based on name.

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

2 minutes ago, tomski said:

Just happy we are through 

To be fair, as unconvincing as it was, and despite my settled opinion on Southgate being the wrong man, Bellingham's goal was the first time I felt anything in this tournament and I'm now well up for it 

[Farnywhite]

Well there is always the chance of the teams that half been pulling the tripe out will run out of steam with such a heavy schedule were England look like there strolling around for a fortnight will come good when everyone else is fucked 😁

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

Well up for it might be a slight exaggeration, but I now at least feel invested in the tournament in a way I wasn't before

[Zico]

Football comes home when no one expects it to come home

[1969]

9 minutes ago, London Wanderer said:

Shut up mate. 😂

Would you have not celebrated because we played shite but scabbed a winner against Oxford in a playoff final? 
 

Absolute nonsense to bemoan folk for celebrating 

No because I'm a miserable cunt 🙃

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

49 minutes ago, Cheese said:

LOL

 

 

I wonder if they remembered to submit their postal vote for Reform before travelling?

[Cheese]

Just now, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

I wonder if they remembered to submit their postal vote for Reform before travelling?

I bet it's not the first time they've decided to leave something and been made to look like fools...

[tomski]

It’s interesting now that general fanbases demand performance now.

I think this is something IE has 100% been lost in. 

Id rather just win. Both are great but if I can choose one it’s not even close
 

[frank_spencer]

7 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

,Bellingham's goal was the first time I felt anything in this tournament and I'm now well up for it 

Felt sorry for my lad he was all set to go on the Xbox when the game finished and I wasn't overly fussed about the England result. Bellingham scored I went mental shaking him whilst proclaiming 30 minutes more football then I was fully invested in extra time.