Euro 2016 Discussion

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Kompany to miss Euro 2016

Good result for England, if it stays like this.

Keeps things in their control even if they lost to the Welsh.

I fear for Welsh fans if Russia are effectively eliminated today. Being disqualified from the tournament becomes an empty threat.

GSC wrote:I fear for Welsh fans if Russia are effectively eliminated today. Being disqualified from the tournament becomes an empty threat.

What? That can't happen.

What a lash. Game over.

Hamsik has truly woken up.

Great goal. Class above anybody else playing really.

Goal of the tournament so far?

2-0 at halftime. Lucky to scrape a point against us, outplayed again here. Wouldn't put money on them managing to beat Wales on current form.

Prefer Payets myself Westi but eithers a good answer

I preferred that one and Payet's, but think consensus seems to be Luka Modric's right now.

In defense of Shatov there, absolutely no one made a meaningful run in that break.

Are Russia going to play awfully, but manage to get points each time?

The longer this game goes on, the more I'm sure that Leonard Stutsky is going to be killed if they get knocked out. He looks unbelievably stressed and nervous.

2-1, Russia back in. Slovakia have switched off a bit.

Slovakia's keeper is proper crap

If Slovakia don't get three points here, they deserve to be knocked out.

Russia well beaten and the score line flatters them again. Their campaign is on life support given their performances

I think England and Wales should both be disappointed if they don't finish above both Russia and Slovakia. Outside of Hamsik, neither team has a player that would get into either of their sides.

Even if England lose to Wales, we can still qualify, such is the state of play in the group. Might not even be a bad thing to not win the group, seeing as the runner plays the runner up of group F

If we lose to Wales and beat Slovakia we qualify in 2nd providing Russia don't beat Wales.

But we shouldn't lose to Wales if we have designs on doing some damage in the knockout rounds, they played well against Slovakia, but it really wasn't a special performance by any means.

Weiss the first player to score at the Euros while playing for a non European club?

Nice stat if true

Comes to something when the Slovaks finish off Russia yet we fail too :/ If Kane has another poor game tomorrow then Roy absolutely has to drop him for the final game because a loss tomorrow and everything will ride on us being clinical to make it through..whether we have 1 or 20 chances. Slovakia aren't any great shakes but in Hamsik they have a player who can score from anywhere and make a killer pass (especially given how porous our defence is).

Romania starting XI: Tatarusanu, Sapunaru, Chiriches, Grigore, Rat, Prepelita, Pintilii, Torje, Stancu, Chipciu, Keseru

Switzerland starting XI: Sommer, Lichtsteiner, Schar, Djourou, Rodriguez, Behrami, Xhaka, Shaqiri, Dzemaili, Mehmedi, Seferovic

Lovely touch from Seferovic but poor finish.

1-0 Romania another pen.

Switzerland have been pretty good so far, against the run of play

Fighting In Lille between Russian & English fans & Polish fans fighting in Nice

Russia may invoke their suspended ban by their fans letting off flares anyway.

Switzerland have had enough good chances in this game by now. Making England look clinical

Seferovic looks a useful player but he's not a lone striker. Looks like he'd be better playing off another forward

1-0 to Romania at HT.

Switzerland have been bright and spurned more than a few good chances, Romania posing some threat on the counter, good match so far

LiamB wrote:Fighting In Lille between Russian & English fans & Polish fans fighting in Nice

A strange situation as the English and Welsh fans stand against the Russian ones. They're singing:

"F**k off Russia, we're England and Wales."

Embolo doesn't look very good. If Romania can see this out & beat Albania, I can see the Swiss going out.

LiamB wrote:Embolo doesn't look very good. If Romania can see this out & beat Albania, I can see the Swiss going out.

4 points should see them through as one of the third placed teams

Have France really selected Giroud ahead of Griezmann

Pogba & Griezmann dropped

compelling and rich wrote:

LiamB wrote:Embolo doesn't look very good. If Romania can see this out & beat Albania, I can see the Swiss going out.

4 points should see them through as one of the third placed teams

It won't, if they get beat by France by a couple. There is only four 'best placed' third places. Four points, with a poor goal difference is unlikely to see you through.

France going 4-2-3-1

Deschamps wants 2 holding players so no Pogba and pace out wide

4 points and a poor goal difference will get England 2nd in their group if they get spanked by Wales and beat Slovakia.

Not if Russia beat Wales by a few

Maybe if the ultras take the Wales team hotel

LiamB wrote:Pogba & Griezmann dropped

dropped or rested?  france got more than enough depth to see Albania off without them

martial isnt exactly a poor replacement and payet will be playing in pogbas position

Karembeu says they've been dropped. Seeing as they struggled past Romania, you can't honestly think they would be that arrogant to think they could rest those two. They simply looked better in a 4-2-3-1 & Deschamps has made the call. Pogba is over-rated anyway & Griezmann was anonymous in the last game.

Absolutely dropped

Still think they will both come back later but Griezman really needs to rest a bit as he has played really a lot this season.

Think Albania will nick a draw, as Giroud has an atrocious night and France struggle with the pressure.

Pogba was really poor against Romania, a lot of talk that he was going to be France's Zidane or Platini this tournament, but no chance. Payet and Kante were France's best players, which is crazy, who'd have thought we'd have an international side, favourite for a major tournament, whose best players come from Leicester and West Ham.

pogbas a youtube player, capable of some magnificent strikes

everytime ive watched him live never been overly impressed. perhaps its just the games ive watched.

The pressure really isnt on France with the earlier result and their first game win.

Crimey wrote:Pogba was really poor against Romania, a lot of talk that he was going to be France's Zidane or Platini this tournament, but no chance. Payet and Kante were France's best players, which is crazy, who'd have thought we'd have an international side, favourite for a major tournament, whose best players come from Leicester and West Ham.

Wouldnt be the first time the host nation had the best player and he was West Ham's #50years

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:The pressure really isnt on France with the earlier result and their first game win.

France are expected to win, ergo there is pressure on them.

A draw, or worse, would be a resounding disappointment.

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:

Crimey wrote:Pogba was really poor against Romania, a lot of talk that he was going to be France's Zidane or Platini this tournament, but no chance. Payet and Kante were France's best players, which is crazy, who'd have thought we'd have an international side, favourite for a major tournament, whose best players come from Leicester and West Ham.

Wouldnt be the first time the host nation had the best player and he was West Ham's #50years

Nicked the trophy I reckon

No point in having a go just at Pogba against Romania, the whole team was poor until Payet's late strike. Without their only two world class players the starting team look's very mediocre. Dropping them won't do their confidence any good, they didn't drop Zidane in 98 when he got a red card in the group stages. Griezman i can kind of understand because he looked tired in the first game.

They also should be starting Digne at left back, very promising young player and Evra looks past it.