Euro 2012

[Feicarsinn]

Does anybody ever win at football?
Every bloody game is a draw.

Yeah, you're right. Well, except for most of the games in this tournament that is.

 

[Amobokoboko]

Poland-Russia was a good game.
Tomorrow Germany wil beat the Netherlands

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

France England yesterday summarised why I find football so boring (I still try and watch England games). For about 80 of the 90 minutes the ball is passed pointlessly backwards and forwards between the keeper defence and midfield, by unskilled chavy men. You then get about 5 minutes of quality attacking football by genuinely skilled guys, and the remaining time is taken up with lazy c*nts rolling around on the floor pretending to be injured.

 

[Feicarsinn]

France England yesterday summarised why I find football so boring (I still try and watch England games). For about 80 of the 90 minutes the ball is passed pointlessly backwards and forwards between the keeper defence and midfield, by unskilled chavy men. You then get about 5 minutes of quality attacking football by genuinely skilled guys, and the remaining time is taken up with lazy c*nts rolling around on the floor pretending to be injured.

Well, a lot of that was down to the way England set their stall out. They're not a good team to watch tbh. Football is like any other sport, you have great matches and poor ones. For example, the Italy - Spain game was absolutely top notch.

 

[lucky number 7]

Ireland did ****ing shite ...but my god I was watching it on the big screen in town...yes My shitty little hometown got a huge screen for this in the streets ..and when St.Ledger slotted that header...My god I've never been drowned in as much beer ever...

 

[TRF_heineken]

Well, a lot of that was down to the way England set their stall out. They're not a good team to watch tbh. Football is like any other sport, you have great matches and poor ones. For example, the Italy - Spain game was absolutely top notch.

Yes, but that has been so for a while... It's Agony to watch England as the National team play. While the Premier League is the most exciting league to watch. If English players started to play elsewhere like Seria A or La Liga, I wonder how that would influence their style of play, because to me it's pretty predictable.

Also England might have good midfielders like Gerrard, but you need a creative pocket rocket, someone that just pops up when you least expect it and then turns the game on its head, guys like Nasri, Iniesta, Fabregas, Rosicky are just a few that has an individual influence on the match.

With France, I would seriously consider another Striker to assist Benzema up front, It was clear that the English marked him and this made the space a lot less and the defence very tight in the box, by adding a striker the french can play wider, with their midfielders coming into the middle banging long shots in at will...

 

[Feicarsinn]

Have a fiver on Johnner to be first scorer tonight. 90/1.

 

[Wilko's left boot]

My God, I assume a few of you caught the England match tonight. As usual they manage to make it as agonising and painful to watch as possible...

 

[bushytop]

My God, I assume a few of you caught the England match tonight. As usual they manage to make it as agonising and painful to watch as possible...

Fair play, they dug themselves out of a hole tonight and I haven't really seen England do that since they came back and beat Cameroon in the 1990 WC... its a good sign.

 

[Focus]

Haha, I love Irelands fans. They are just forever with their team, and in fact, they know how to make a party

 

[SelimNiai]

My God, I assume a few of you caught the England match tonight. As usual they manage to make it as agonising and painful to watch as possible...

For the sort-of neutral that was a good game to watch. England attacked well but couldn't defend.

 

[SelimNiai]

So England go out. In the QF. In penalties. Again.

They did well to get it to penalties though as Italy should have won it well before then. Andrea Pirlo was magnificent and cool as you can get in the shootout;
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So its Portugal v Spain and Germany v Italy in the semis

 

[LittleGuy]

Germany and Spain I should think in the finals.

 

[Sneaki]

So England go out. In the QF. In penalties. Again.

They did well to get it to penalties though as Italy should have won it well before then. Andrea Pirlo was magnificent and cool as you can get in the shootout;

So its Portugal v Spain and Germany v Italy in the semis

Pirlo had nerves of steel to do that, and it was perfectly executed too.

Really looking forward to the semi's. The four teams all deserve to be there, although I hope Portugal can get past Spain who can be fairly dull in their game plan.

 

[Shovenose]

Portugal are pressing brilliantly but Spain is getting the chances. Its like a Barca vs Madrid game

 

[SelimNiai]

Portugal are pressing brilliantly but Spain is getting the chances. Its like a Barca vs Madrid game

Can't be, this game is interesting unlike that shower of overhyped dross

Well it was. Now its just crap

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Y. A. W. N.

A nil nil draw, who'd have thunk it. Now 30minutes of more dross before they basically flip a coin to see who wins.

 

[TRF_Cymro]

Penalties likely destination.

 

[hermanshire]

Germany will make Spain look like a squad of toddlers.

 

[Feicarsinn]

Ahem,




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