Euro 2016 - Group Stage thread

@Little_Lord_Fauntleroy played sigeurson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ4Kdl08nP8

Hope DDR owns the Spaniards again.

Hodgson is some hapless buffoon, dropping 6 players and handing the group to Wales. You’d have fancied Engerlund to do some damage the way the top half opened up, they’re totally fucked now.

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England are there to win it mate, they’ll fear nobody. And it wasn’t the managers fault that theye had no luck, best team in the group by some distance.

I take that as a huge compliment, cheers pal

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Ah stop. They drew against an abysmal Russian team, fluked a last minute win against Wales and let their arrogance take over as they dropped a number of starters and drew 0-0 against an average Slovakia team.

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Ya, it’s a funny old game :neutral_face:
I’ve been quite impressed, think they’ll improve as well.

You strike me as the kind of lad who only watches the Premier League and thinks that it’s the best league in the world

The changes didn’t really cost them one way or the other. They fairly owned the ball for most of it, they just don’t have a player to unlock a well-organised defence no matter who they put out.

The 24 team format is a shambles. Albania have just found out two days after playing their last game that they don’t have to hang around France any longer, they can go home, they won’t be playing another game.

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A decent attack will destroy them.

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ok
we have
Macgovern
Mcginn
Mick O Neill
Paddy Maccourt - altho not in squad as he is shit and his wife has a brain tumour i believe so we wish him all the very best and hope they get thru this.
Conor Maclaughlin?

sign in there @Nembo_Kid and do the honors will you please
castle catholics i belive you refer to them as

yer man Baird is a Taig, sure they fire bombed his house after a match once.

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If I was an Albanian I’d have been happier hanging around France for an extra day or two as well.

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There’s a bit of truth in that, life is too short to be watching football from all over the world.
But I see myself as an impartial football observer, I’ve watched almost all of the Euro games and I have no bias towards or against any team.
But it doesn’t take a genius to realise that England have been the best team in their group.

Wales topped their group, how the fuck can you call them the best in their group when they couldn’t top it ffs. They are shit, simples. There isn’t one player on their roster who would entice any of the decent European teams to sign them. Bale is the only domestic player worth a shit in a European context.
Anglophile scutter from you mate.

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Ah c’mere. don’t be so silly. I know full well how the group panned out, I shouldn’t need to explain because I know you’re a clever boy.

You’ve been biggin up England since the tournament began. I understand you are getting nervous now for obvious reasons I.e. they are shit. They will be gone first decent team they meet just like every tournament since 1970.

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In fairness mate, it wasn’t exactly the Group of Death or anything. Have you watched England? They are pure muck.

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Have I been ‘bigging them up’? I honestly didn’t realise, I figured they were a mediocre team in what was going to be a mediocre tournament. The teams that could have hit form like France, Germany and Spain have been shit, Belgium are still my favourites but they’ve a bit of work to do.
England have played quite well @Fitzy in my opinion, the’ve been a little unlucky not to score more often but they’ve nothing to fear from any of the teams in this competition.
I’m only expressing an opinion here, it’s not fact, and it’s based on my watching of the games.