Euro 2016 Discussion

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Duty281 wrote:Sterling and Rooney have been woeful thus far and need to be dropped (but 1 of them certainly won't be), but I would favour giving Kane one final chance. He's had an excellent couple of seasons, and England shouldn't jettison him at the first sign of difficulty.

Rooney woeful? I'm not his biggest fan but he's been pretty good so far, working well alongside Dier allowing Alli to push on further

Looking at the draw, could be Ireland v England in qf.

Not looking past France though.

Will be tough on sunday.

Will enjoy the next few days.

Roy would have to be a fool if he didn't expect criticism for changing half the team in a game which we had to win. I'm not saying we would have won but still, don't f..k around. Italy did last night, though the result didn't matter to them, apart from having the negative vibes of a loss.

Every England fan's mantra should be, "I can deal with the despair, it's the hope that's killing me."

I have very low expectations and therefore rarely disappointed but occasionally England can still manage it.

DAVE667 wrote:Hodgson reports that Raheem Sterling is struggling for form and the hostility from the crowds and from social media isn't helping. So......

Raheem, if you're reading this, stay off social media you f*cking idiot.

My predictions in bold;

Switzerland - Poland
Croatia - Portugal
Wales - N.Ireland
Hungary - Belgium
Germany - Slovakia
Italy - Spain
France - ROI
England - Iceland (on penalties)

My predictions in bold;

Switzerland - Poland
Croatia - Portugal
Wales - N.Ireland
Hungary - Belgium
Germany - Slovakia
Italy - Spain
France- ROI
England - Iceland

My predictions in bold;

Switzerland - Poland 0-1
Croatia - Portugal 2-1
Wales - N.Ireland 2-1
Hungary - Belgium 0-1
Germany - Slovakia 2-0
Italy - Spain 1-1 (pens)
France - ROI 2-0
England - Iceland 2-1

Same winners at pretty much the same time Stella!

MIG wrote:Same winners at pretty much the same time Stella!

Thought I'd duplicated my post for a split second.

Switzerland - Poland
Croatia - Portugal
Wales - N.Ireland
Hungary - Belgium
Germany - Slovakia
Italy - Spain
France- ROI
England - Iceland

Poland
Portugal
Wales
Belgium
Germany
Italy
England

France-Ireland.

All the pressure on France.

I think the fact that France have had a few more days rest may come into factor.
Fancy it to go to extra time, with France going through 2-1.

But hey, lets hope im wrong.

I'm going for Italy to Beat Belgium in the final.

Now watch them both lose in the last 16

My predictions in bold

Switzerland - Poland
Croatia - Portugal
Wales - N.Ireland
Hungary - Belgium
Germany - Slovakia
Italy - Spain
France- ROI
England - Iceland

Theyre not exactly wild. Croatia and Germany are my two teams to support outside of England. And Payet.

Poland
Portugal
N Ireland
Belgium
Germany
Spain
Ireland
Iceland

No bias at all there....

Why weren't Australia let into the Euros, btw??? Any legitimate reason offered??

Switzerland - Poland
Croatia - Portugal
Wales - N.Ireland
Hungary - Belgium
Germany - Slovakia
Italy - Spain
France- ROI
England - Iceland

Switzerland - Poland
Croatia - Portugal
Wales - N.Ireland
Hungary - Belgium
Germany - Slovakia
Italy - Spain
France - ROI
England - Iceland

Do Iceland get a walkover now we've left Europe? Next time around we may be playing in the Copa America

owen10ozzy wrote:Do Iceland get a walkover now we've left Europe? Next time around we may be playing in the Copa America

That's the dumbest joke I've ever read.

For a start it would be the Home Internationals...

I'd forgot about the Home Internationals...although with Scotland and N.Ireland now potentially wanting independence it would be us vs Wales...not much of a home nations

And we'd still not win it

Two days without Football is driving me crazy!!!

Stella wrote:Two days without Football is driving me crazy!!!

Turn on the TV. There's plenty to occupy the mind for the duration.

SecretFly wrote:

Stella wrote:Two days without Football is driving me crazy!!!

Turn on the TV.  There's plenty to occupy the mind for the duration.

That'll be depressing news!

So might the Football.

Well possibly, but eight games in three days is full on entertainment, not that the mrs will allow me that much TV time!

Hope we play Belgium in the final

I'd take that!

I fancy a NI win, despite picking Wales the other day.

No real reason.

Hope they do it, nothing against Wales.

Should be 1-0 Poland within a minute, terrible finish

Shaqiri is genuinely awful.

Switzerland all over the place.

Reminds me of England against Germany in 2010.

Still should've been level at half time.

What I remember most was Capello throwing on Heskey with 15 minutes to go.

1-0 Poland, Blasc-something

Fairly **** goalkeeping to be fair.

1-0 at half time, Poland probably deserve it. Work to do for the Swiss

Switzerland's width is good, but their crossing has been abysmal.

Poland can just sit back and hit the opposition on the counter.

Candreva out of Spain game. Big blow for Italy

GSC wrote:Shaqiri is genuinely awful.

You've only targeted Shaqiri, because people still think he's a name, in European football. He isn't. He's not very good at all, Inter know that & Bayern know that. He's now at Stoke, which is about his level.

Bit of an overreaction from the commentators.

Yellow's fair.

I think Lawro is suggesting Arsenal have signed an average player

Xhaka? Not watching the 2nd half but hes been pretty good at this tournament.

Shaqiri! Moment of magic, as the cliche goes.

Happy for the Swiss fans, they deserve it!

GSC wrote:Shaqiri is genuinely awful.

Moments player, as that goal has proved. Rest of the time, bang average

Stunning goal from Shaqiri.

Well he can still do that!

Not convinced about the keeping again mind.

Clattenburg been the best ref I've seen here.

No question on the goalkeeping. He's got no chance to anticipate it and it's perfectly placed and well struck

100 minutes played and Poland have made zero substitutions.

Duty281 wrote:100 minutes played and Poland have made zero substitutions.

Old school.

Every time I see the Swiss fag I feel the need to revive somebody.