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Post by agent69 on Jun 30, 2024 21:20:29 GMT
What the hell was that ? Didn't watch it but I knew it was going to be bad beforehand, its a squad pretending to be a team.
The Ronaldo or Messi effect can take a team a long way, win things and make an average team look like world beaters but I'm not sure Jude Bellingham or England is good enough even for that scenario.
Slovakia missing an open goal handed to them on a plate was the turning point well apart from the other turning point.
Switzerland in the quarters and then either Romania, Holland, Turkey or Austria in the semis. All the quality (Spain, Germany, Portugal and France) are in the other side of the draw.
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Post by registerme on Jun 30, 2024 21:45:36 GMT
Spain look very, very nice.
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Post by captainconfident on Jul 3, 2024 13:01:18 GMT
I am dismayed by the diving in this competition. Some teams do it, some don't but in the teams that do must be practising it beforehand as they are much better at it than ever before, crumpling to the ground as soon as they feel contact from an opposing player. Portugal.
It is tough for the refs to see what has happened in real time and there should be retrospective punishment. At very least they should be shamed by awarding a championship 'Fallon D'Floor' award to the most persistent. And if you hold up play by rolling on the floor clutching yourself such that the trainers come on, you should have to go off for a minimum 5 minutes treatment unless its on a stretcher.
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Post by benaj on Jul 3, 2024 13:08:50 GMT
 Could someone please find the rules for EURO 2024? The rules from the FA are clear, but it seems Referees for Euro have different standards. Careless, reckless or using excessive force may not result instant foul / misconduct in a few games I watched this tournament.
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Post by registerme on Jul 3, 2024 13:42:45 GMT
I am dismayed by the diving in this competition. Some teams do it, some don't but in the teams that do must be practising it beforehand as they are much better at it than ever before, crumpling to the ground as soon as they feel contact from an opposing player. Portugal. It is tough for the refs to see what has happened in real time and there should be retrospective punishment. At very least they should be shamed by awarding a championship 'Fallon D'Floor' award to the most persistent. And if you hold up play by rolling on the floor clutching yourself such that the trainers come on, you should have to go off for a minimum 5 minutes treatment unless its on a stretcher. Every time the diving gets too much I watch a "Courtney Lawes biggest hits" video on YouTube and feel much cleaner as a result. EDIT: Here you go, warning, not for the feint of heart.
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Post by bracknellboy on Jul 3, 2024 17:11:49 GMT
I am dismayed by the diving in this competition. Some teams do it, some don't but in the teams that do must be practising it beforehand as they are much better at it than ever before, crumpling to the ground as soon as they feel contact from an opposing player. Portugal. It is tough for the refs to see what has happened in real time and there should be retrospective punishment. At very least they should be shamed by awarding a championship 'Fallon D'Floor' award to the most persistent. And if you hold up play by rolling on the floor clutching yourself such that the trainers come on, you should have to go off for a minimum 5 minutes treatment unless its on a stretcher. Every time the diving gets too much I watch a "Courtney Lawes biggest hits" video on YouTube and feel much cleaner as a result. EDIT: Here you go, warning, not for the feint of heart. I didn't know this vid existed, but it was obvious it should ! Shame he is no longer in an England shirt.
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Post by captainconfident on Jul 3, 2024 18:57:24 GMT
Talking about BBC pronunciation (in another thread), their efforts at the names of the Dutch and Belgian players is all to cock. Amazingly they get the defender Faes right, but the Leeds player Praet, where the same 'ae' is present in his name was inevitably "Prat". No wonder he left the country. But the biggest annoyance by far is Kevin Debruyne who has played in England for a decade. But still they can't be arsed to to find out how to say his name. He must find it irksome.
Debruyne is pronounced De-brown-e, as in brown, not De-broin-e as in groin.
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Post by registerme on Jul 10, 2024 23:14:36 GMT
Well now. Here we are.
The good news is that we're in the final. Again. The bad news is Gamal. Still, he'll have turned 17 come the match. Old man legs.
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Post by bracknellboy on Jul 11, 2024 6:49:04 GMT
Well now. Here we are. The good news is that we're in the final. Again. The bad news is Gamal. Still, he'll have turned 17 come the match. Old man legs. Perhaps he'll over celebrate his birthday and having a stonking hangover. Oh, hang on, even in Spain he's still too young to drink.
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Post by overthehill on Jul 11, 2024 9:05:20 GMT
Well now. Here we are. The good news is that we're in the final. Again. The bad news is Gamal. Still, he'll have turned 17 come the match. Old man legs. Perhaps he'll over celebrate his birthday and having a stonking hangover. Oh, hang on, even in Spain he's still too young to drink.
Seconds from a humiliating exit Southgate becomes a hero manager for giving people like Watkins and Palmer no play time.
I guess Southgate thinks Watkins is a moving target so more difficult for his teammates to find than statuesque Harry Kane.
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Post by bernythedolt on Jul 11, 2024 10:20:33 GMT
England was the better team last night and deserved the win. Spain will be a much tougher test.
This tournament has seen so many goals scored in the dying seconds, it's unreal!
Harry Kane could even win the golden boot yet.
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Post by captainconfident on Jul 11, 2024 10:54:11 GMT
England was the better team last night and deserved the win. Spain will be a much tougher test. This tournament has seen so many goals scored in the dying seconds, it's unreal! Harry Kane could even win the golden boot yet. That was a match between two non-diving teams. England are now going to play a team that can also work its way up the pitch in dives. A lot hangs on the qualities I'd the next referee. If I was given a free hand to redesign this tournament, it would be a) 5 minutes in the sideline if you fell down and stopped play to have the trainers on to treat an injury. b) 2 substitutes not 5 c) Match decided by sudden death after extra time as follows, After extra time, no further substitutions allowed. Then after five extra minutes, the player on each side nearest the goal (excepting the keepers) on the stroke of the 5 minutes has to go off, and so on until someone scores. That would be a spectacle, as t goes to 9-8-7-6-5 a side.
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Post by keitha on Jul 11, 2024 20:17:10 GMT
Listening the Jeremy Vine at Lunch time, one guy said he's going on holiday on Saturday, but will drive 276 miles back on Sunday to watch the game in the pub with his mates and drive back on Monday, apparently the family are annoyed at him
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Post by agent69 on Jul 14, 2024 18:51:28 GMT
I have some cans of lager in the fridge, and was planning to drink one every time England score tonight. Just wondering if 4 will be enough?
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Post by overthehill on Jul 14, 2024 19:30:35 GMT
Would passenger Harry Kane on flight Euro final please leave the plane and return to the baggage area.
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Could someone please find the rules for EURO 2024? The rules from the FA are clear, but it seems Referees for Euro have different standards. Careless, reckless or using excessive force may not result instant foul / misconduct in a few games I watched this tournament.