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Euro 2016 - The Football Thread

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  • They are some ready odd comments on this thread.
  • sam3110 said:

    OMG I'm going ballistic, i celebrated that as much as a Charlton or England goal

    Same here!!
  • Also as it stands, Turkey are going through despite losing 2 games and having a -2 goal difference!
  • edited June 2016
    Unless Sweden or Ireland can upset Belgium or Italy... this'll be the line up for the 2nd round:

    SWITZERLAND v POLAND (c)
    v
    CROATIA v PORTUGAL (c)

    WALES v TURKEY
    v
    HUNGARY v BELGIUM

    GERMANY v SLOVAKIA (c)
    v
    ITALY v SPAIN (c)

    FRANCE v N IRELAND
    v
    ENGLAND v ICELAND (c)

    (c) is a confirmed fixture, otherwise it's still to be determined.
  • 1StevieG said:

    I know I shouldn't but I hope Iceland beat us

    Why?
    because our team is full of overpaid young men who are more celebrities than footballers from a a morally corrupt Premiership
  • Italy v Spain .. the winners of this could well be in the final ...... against Iceland ((:>)

    No. They are in the same half.
  • The ironic thing is that by Iceland scoring that late goal and winning the game, Portugal have been landed in the top (easier) half of the draw.

    Fancy Croatia to turn them over though.
  • edited June 2016
    Easily the best afternoons football so far. Can ROI, Italy, Belgium and Sweden, beat that.
  • Unless Sweden or Ireland can upset Belgium or Italy... this'll be the line up for the 2nd round:

    SWITZERLAND v POLAND (c)
    CROATIA v PORTUGAL (c)

    WALES v TURKEY
    HUNGARY v BELGIUM

    GERMANY v SLOVAKIA (c)
    ITALY v SPAIN (c)

    FRANCE v N IRELAND
    ENGLAND v ICELAND (c)

    (c) is a confirmed fixture, otherwise it's still to be determined.


    French police are probably quite pleased we didn't win our group and get Turkey then
  • Iceland it is
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  • Italy v Spain .. the winners of this could well be in the final ...... against Iceland ((:>)

    No. They are in the same half.
    cheers ..
  • Unless Sweden or Ireland can upset Belgium or Italy... this'll be the line up for the 2nd round:

    SWITZERLAND v POLAND (c)
    CROATIA v PORTUGAL (c)

    WALES v TURKEY
    HUNGARY v BELGIUM

    GERMANY v SLOVAKIA (c)
    ITALY v SPAIN (c)

    FRANCE v N IRELAND
    ENGLAND v ICELAND (c)

    (c) is a confirmed fixture, otherwise it's still to be determined.


    French police are probably quite pleased we didn't win our group and get Turkey then
    Wales could still play Northern Ireland if Sweden beat Belgium!
  • The only issue for us is Portugal would've attacked whereas Iceland will park the bus same as our other 3 games. Still can't complain

    My feelings exactly. We've struggled to break defensive teams down. But on paper you'd chose playing Iceland out of the two even though Portugal aren't a decent team and are nothing to fear.
    Whoever we play there's reasons not to be confident I s'pose.
  • 1StevieG said:

    I know I shouldn't but I hope Iceland beat us

    Why?
    because our team is full of overpaid young men who are more celebrities than footballers from a a morally corrupt Premiership
    Hahahaha straight out the England knocking cliche book this one.

  • I can't see the Anglo Saxons breaking down that Viking shield wall. Ironic that this year is the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Stamford Bridge though...
  • I know I shouldn't but I hope Iceland beat us

    Wot ???
  • edited June 2016

    1StevieG said:

    I know I shouldn't but I hope Iceland beat us

    Why?
    because our team is full of overpaid young men who are more celebrities than footballers from a a morally corrupt Premiership
    Wow. One of the best Premier League finishes in years and you think it is morally bankrupt? I don't want Charlton anywhere near that cess pit then....give me the innocent cloggers of league one anyday.
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  • Why hasn't the N Ireland/Turkey outcome been sorted? Both have played their games.
  • The Icelandic commentators are ecstatic

    "Josef Fritzl, Adolf Hitler, Red Bull. Your boys took one helluva beating"
  • 1StevieG said:

    I know I shouldn't but I hope Iceland beat us

    Why?
    because our team is full of overpaid young men who are more celebrities than footballers from a a morally corrupt Premiership

    In recent years with Beckham, Ferdinand, Gerrard, Cole etc and the whole WAG thing you might have had a point but right now i can't think of too many players in our squad who i'd consider to be much of a celebrity.

    The likes of Walker, Rose, Cahill, Smalling, Alli, Dier, Lallana, Vardy, Kane, Milner are all good honest, hard working players.
  • Why hasn't the N Ireland/Turkey outcome been sorted? Both have played their games.

    Well for a start, if Sweden and ROI both win then Turkey are out.
  • Why hasn't the N Ireland/Turkey outcome been sorted? Both have played their games.

    Turkey are the weakest of the current "qualifiers", if a team overtakes N Ireland, then Turkey will be out and N Ireland will become the weakest team and have Turkey's current opposition?
  • Why hasn't the N Ireland/Turkey outcome been sorted? Both have played their games.

    Turkey are the weakest of the current "qualifiers", if a team overtakes N Ireland, then Turkey will be out and N Ireland will become the weakest team and have Turkey's current opposition?
    Spot on.
  • Ahhhh I see. That's pretty simple actually haha.
  • So everyone who said England would be able to play a more expansive game against a team who come out and attack can now look forward to us playing Iceland, who like to sit back and hit teams on the break - and do it a lot more successfully than Slovakia and Russia. An early goal for us might open it up, but as it stands, this will be another tough little nut to crack.
  • edited June 2016

    I can't see the Anglo Saxons breaking down that Viking shield wall. Ironic that this year is the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Stamford Bridge though...

    I remember that well !

    We beat the vikings and the next battle was against the French when a defensive mistake let then in and we were out of the Euro wars of the 11th Century. The Irony was Harold used too many players that weren't Battle fit as they had too many miles in their legs.

    Sound familiar ?
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