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8 minutes ago, enachops said:

I don’t know why you watch football - it makes you so miserable!

 

Me neither. Rubbish sport played by pathetic grown men and ran by corrupt old men. 

My favourite bit was where England gave away a corner by passing backwards so much when they started on the halfway line

ITV are calling it much more lively and that spark was there. Kane looked more involved, they said. 

Er.. lol. 

Scotland are lucky that Billy Gilmore has been training on his own for weeks

3 hours ago, rynny said:

Other than Portugal and Ronaldo, you mean? 

Urgh, that's horrible. 

I know Ronaldo is one of the greatest players ever. I know he's answered all questions and the guy is a legend. 

But... just like Gareth Bale, he can't just pass 10 yards without it being the most wonderful, fantastic, hypnotising, orgasmic pass you've ever seen. 

And his "deadly" free kicks. The ones in "Ronaldo territory"

I'm not saying he's bad at free kicks. But I bet there are players in the Championship with more free kick accuracy. He may score some amazing free kicks but he smashes another 200 at walls and big screens. 

8 minutes ago, kevinhectoring said:

Perhaps he’s trying to motivate his team   

Yeah probably. I've not heard anyone write them off. In fact I've seen more people say they do better than England than dismiss their chances of having a good tournament. 

Why are BBC pretending that Ampadou was sent off harshly for Wales? 

Do we have to have a snapped ankle?

Joe Allen talking about players rolling around on the floor. He's one of the biggest referee bothering bitches in the game. 

"If Bale and Ramsey had taken their chances..."

Yeah, and if Italy had taken theirs it would be 6-2. 

"We're proving people wrong" - Bale. 

Are you kidding? People have been more up your arse than any other team. Fair play Scotland have put in 2 performances above the expectations but Wales? Drew with Switzerland, beat Turkey and lost to Italy... who you proving wrong?

Is Rice a good player? I barely know anything about him. What does he do? 

I've only seen him for England and he's done nothing. As far as I can tell he's less stupid than Eric Dier but he looks like he's just happy to get a nice pass % and not mess anything up. 

Surely England can let Phillips do all that work and stick a slightly more responsible player in there? 

Just seems a waste of a shirt. Boring player?

2 hours ago, 86 Hair Islands said:

Never thought I'd long to see Henderson back in the side.

As for the Yorkshire Pirlo... Only Leeds fans could be so fookin deluded. He's not even in the same hemisphere at the Italian maestro and never will be. 

I'm not sure how they can even make the comparison even tongue in cheek. 

Pirlo - Deep playmaker capable of playing stunningly accurate long balls, strong set pieces, playing through the lines and relies on his positioning rather than physical traits to defend.

Phillips - roaming defensive midfielder looking to win the ball using strength and pace while passing it to the easiest option 99/100. 

Except for the position they play I can't think of a single likeness. 

Maybe Rooney is the scouse Guardiola. They're just as similar.

"The Yorkshire Pirlo".

I think he's a good defensive midfielder but fook me. No. No, no and no. Being a defensive midfielder is the only similarity. 

Rice is boring isn't he? Is he always a 6/10 player?

Either of them DM's could have taken on responsibility. Why didn't one? Southgate or just not enough talent?

At least Eric Dier isn't about though. 

2 minutes ago, Derbados said:

The worst thing about this is that Kane is the Captain!! 

I didn’t see him baalock, motivate, organise anyone once, in fact he spent the whole game sulking looking at the floor like an absolute prat, he was embarrassing. 

Look at the contrast with Andy Robertson tonight, the bloke looked possessed pre game, his pupils looked like dinner plates he was that psyched up. 
 

Che Adams embarrassed Kane. I bet Mings and Stones have a few bruises from him and I bet they mentioned his name a lot more than Grant Hanley mentioned Kane. 

Stood up there looking like he's 40 year old retired. 

1 minute ago, Eddie said:

An autistic child's (my grandson) take on the England v Scotland tripefest...

 

No, not really. It's something too many teams are doing knowing they'll get through. 

Allow the boy to use the word 'pussies'

Harry Kane will get away with it as always. 

Upstaged by 2 Scotland forwards worth his monthly wage. 

I'm glad others think Kane's contribution is rubbish. I didn't know whether he was beyond criticism like Bale, Ronaldo etc

I'd swap with Scotlands forwards right now. The QPR donkey has contributed more. 

Wake up you lazy bar steward

That looks a bit dry @Curtains. More gravy baby!

Have a good night by the way!

If Sweden are anything like they were vs Spain I hope they get knocked out

Another bottle job team trying to avoid defeat rather than win. 

5 minutes ago, Shuff264 said:

Best 3rd place teams as it stands

Urgh I don't like that then. No wonder they were happy to attack in 3's and 4's at 2-0 down. 

They should do it on points and GF not GD. Might make it better? 

Horrible seeing teams ok with losing

Austria last night... they did know they weren't winning? 

Seen a few too many teams that look like they don't fancy it. Is it because they're hoping to be one of the least crap teams to go through. 

At 2-0 down and Netherlands playing entirely on the counter and looking defensively vulnerable in both games, Austria took their leisurely time trying to walk the ball in. Wtf?

I thought Trippier was very good?

Walker was terrible on the ball but defended well enough. Can't criticise anyone defensively. Croatia could still be playing now and not score

So they won the tournament?

Maybe the media will stop making out Bale is some sort of God for 5 minutes now. 

Germany looked poo. Hear the groans whenever the ball went near Timo Werner.

France got such a strong squad. 

13 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said:

You trying’ to be funny?

Do you actually have a grasp of the situation?

show some compassion, man!?

Well you could get closer to the action for a better view. You know, like David Marshall did when Scotland played last time?

Yeah I don't see why England aren't in with a shout. 

England fans will sweat the small stuff but you can point to other nations wins and find weakness if you'd like.

England never looked in trouble v Croatia. Not at any point did Croatia look like scoring and they're a solid side too. 

Even Italy and their pretty perfect performance... but they look desperate to be hit on the counter. Insigne looked great but was so wasteful even though Turkey gave up their right side of the pitch within a minute. 

Just like Spain, very pretty but played an opponent that might as well have been a bunch of Spain fans. Sweden sat admiring them and Spain still couldn't do the job. 

I just think England have a few match winners. It's not just about Rooney anymore. It used to be "what did Rooney do?" when England lost like there weren't 13 other players used.

Grealish, Mount, Sterling, Kane, Rashford, Foden etc... these are players that either carry the arrogance of winners or they genuinely expect to star for clubs winning major trophies. 

It's got to be the best chance since Gerrard, Lampard, Beckham and Co. That team should have won something. 

Maybe England won't win it. But you can't laugh at the idea of them winning something now. 

We've got a swagger about us that I love to see. And they're young which means they aren't carrying the burden of underperforming/failure. 

40 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said:

So anyway... About Friday...

Anyone know the best (simplest!) way of watching the big game... on a mobile... in the Carneddau Range (northern sector) of Snowdonia National Park... on a campsite with no wifi... potentially in a thunderstorm?

 

Sometimes, my own stupidity astounds me!   

 

Massive telescope?

I just get annoyed that they think they have a right to not be touched while they play beautiful football. 

Everyone shows them too much respect and that includes referees.