Euro 2016

[The Lusophone]

I love this one:

 

Sometimes think football is over-thought. Too much tactics instead of, "Look, there's 11 blokes out there up for a game. Go and beat them"

— Danny Baker (@prodnose) June 27, 2016

 

I'm sure that's what the Italians, Germans, even the Icelandics get told by their gaffers: go beat those 11 other guys.

[Hobo]

I don't think Roy Hodgson ever over thought about tactics in his life, tbh

 

[Benji]

19 minutes ago, Mad Jack said:

I love this one:

 

 

I'm sure that's what the Italians, Germans, even the Icelandics get told by their gaffers: go beat those 11 other guys.

It certainly looked like England hadn't been told that. The amount of times they just passed around in the middle third hoping someone might be kind enough to show them an opening, only to then either lose the ball or lob it into miserable failure.

England have some great pace in the team at the minute, they shouldn't be playing a slow passing game and looking for openings, they should be forcing their opening.

[OctoberRaven]

3 minutes ago, Benji said:

It certainly looked like England hadn't been told that.

Hell, given how cohesive they were, the strategy talk was probably something like: "This is the ball, go and kick it about."

[DavidMarrio]

8 minutes ago, OctoberRavenO said:

Hell, given how cohesive they were, the strategy talk was probably something like: "This is the ball, go and kick it about."

They struggled to do that times. 

[Benji]

Just got an e-mail from my favourite customer who is from Iceland. He was very humble about their win and only said this in the entire e-mail...

Spoiler

 ICE 2 - ENG 1 >:o

 

[Lineker]

Colleen Rooney is super pissed at the Sun.

[Benji]

3 minutes ago, Lineker said:

Colleen Rooney is super pissed at the Sun.

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Similar pictures of the boy were carried on the inside pages of other papers, including the Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Daily Star and Metro.

[Colly]

Don't really care.

[Chris2K]

If only there was some precedent in the past of famous people having their photographs taken when in a public setting with their children. Obviously this has never, ever happened before.

[Benji]

They're in their rights to do it, but it is kind of shitty to plaster a kids face on things like that, no matter whose kid. Kids have a tough enough time starting to navigate the world as is without that kind of bullshit.

[Baddar]

No football until tomorrow night, so I'll just leave this here...

Bobby Charlton was asked how he thought the England team of '66 would have fared against Iceland. " I think we'd have won 1-0 " he replied. "Only 1-0?" Retorted the reporter. "Yes," said Bobby. "Most of us are in our 70's now!"

[MDK]

Just remember something I heard on the radio. Some bloke called in and said that Rashford was Englands MOTM. Can't really argue with that.

[Benji]

Was he? All I really remember is him running into the box in the final minutes and tripping over his own feet to lose the ball >_>

[MDK]

Just now, Benji said:

Was he? All I really remember is him running into the box in the final minutes and tripping over his own feet to lose the ball >_>

And yet that was the most any of the team did in the second half

[Benji]

Kane had that blistering effort. Probably the only good England shot of the game.

[MDK]

2 minutes ago, Benji said:

Kane had that blistering effort. Probably the only good England shot of the game.

 

[Adam]

8 minutes ago, Benji said:

Kane had that blistering effort. Probably the only good England shot of the game.

Straight down the goalie's throat though. Yes it was an okau effort but it wasn't that good, just made to look better by the rest of the dirge served up.

Rashford went past a few players a couple of times before that trip, genuinely more than pretty much any other player.

That performance from Kane was probably the worst I've ever seen by a striker in an international tournament.

[Benji]

Not really his fault it went to the keeper, he took a great shot with what he had. The way he hit it was as good as I could have hoped. The rest was dire, as was Kane's performance, but he still did more with his opportunity than Rashford did.

[Lineker]

I'm just pleased Kane will get over a month's rest before August now.