EURO 2020

What's Benzema doing in the France team? I thought he was blacklisted from them for grassing Ribery in for being a paedo or something

 

Are they still on about 66 and i dont mean the route

 

Towards the end of the game that * Tydlsley said then that there was nothing to fear from both France and Germany. I reckon the managers of both those teams were thinking similar thoughts when watching engerlund and Croatia. Both him and McCoist give me the boak

 

It's no like them to be over confident (like they have been in every major tournament) Oh and I'm sure I heard just a few of the commentators and some media people etc. mention that they did actually win in 66 and that something or another is coming home

 

Except an arm can't play you on or off side, it has to be a part of the body you could score a legitimate goal with.

As for the game tonight, I was expecting more from both teams, Germany were toothless and France seemed to be doing just enough and no more. Mbappe's pace is just frightning though. Thankfully we are likely going to be out soon and won't have to witness O'Donnell trying to deal with him at any point...

 

VAR for me is fine if an offside is clear , a foot , arm , hand etc is ripping the * IMO give the striker the benefit and change that so its a clear space between the players , its getting used far too much and its stop start which spoils the game.

Agree that both sides should have an amount of uses , say 3 per game. Only thing with that though is imagine someone is miles offside and a goal is scored , linesman misses it and you have used your quota .... * it just bin it all.

 

I've said before I'd like to see something like the tennis system implemented for VAR, but I'd actually take it a step further. Each team is allowed up to 4 breaks in play during a game which could be for VAR checks or subs, so as it is now that would be 3 breaks for subs and 1 check, but they could make it more interesting by being able to choose how they use them, so 4 checks and you get no subs, or 4 subs and no checks (while 5 subs are allowed at least).

Probably not that exactly, but something along those lines where there is a risk factor, or tactical element, to counter frivolous uses of it.

 

They were fairly quiet before this tournament (for a change).... but the arrogance has well and truly arrived. Hopefully like in most competitions the England team will be exposed for the over-hyped, over-paid and over-rated players that they are.

Hopefully they will lose on penalties to Germany.

It was coming home 30 years ago and another 25 years on it’s still ‘coming home’.... you’d think they’d pipe down a bit when the likes of Spain, Portugal, Germany and France have won (some multiple) world cups and euros in that time... even Greece has won the euros

Yet we get the same * every tournament...

The Geordie wife beaters goal against us ...
66 and ‘think it’s all over ‘...
45 seconds into Belgium v Russia and the talk is about charlton and styles...

.. and repeat

In 66 It took a home hosted competition - (and They played every game at Wembley) - with refereeing in their favour, offside goals, wins against 10 men sides and a Brazil and Portugal hindered by the hatchet tactics (throughout competition) against pele and Eusebio - to actually win it.


Every game a home game (just about) this time as well... I thought there was supposed to be an even spread across several nations ?!?

The annoying thing is ... it will only get worse the longer they remain in the competition.

it’s a sweat as long as they are still in.. but we get that joyous high when they finally get pumped out.

 

Scotland are gonna pump England, then when they win it, means Scotland are champions


Although genuinly think France are going to give a big team a serious doing and win.

 

You're right mate/ Absolutely awful commentary

 

That Finland top is nice

 

it really is

 

Great finish

 

Some finish that

 

* me who are them commentators for todays game, absolute *!

* game into the bargain.