Euro 2012

[pmchugh]

Didn't see that coming lol. Great game, poor defending at set plays from England. Sweden are very average, England will need to improve if they want to do anything in this tourney.

[Sniper08]

Didn't see that coming lol. Great game, poor defending at set plays from England. Sweden are very average, England will need to improve if they want to do anything in this tourney.

i think you just quoted the BBC pundits word for word walcott pretty much saved englands ass he was great when he came on and welbeck had a magnificant finish, goal of the tourney so far.

[Aradhus]

[robotic monotonous voice]Well done England. You were victorious. You defeated Sweden in a very exciting game. I almost had a heartattack it was so exciting. Good game. Good luck with the rest of the tournament.[/robotic monotonous voice]

I haven't been paying much attention to football recently, but I only recognised about half the English team. No Frank limpwrist? Nice one, about time England dropped that prancing pansy. This English team looks wank average though, if they can just barely scrape out a win against a mediocre Swedish side, then I don't expect much from them for the rest of the tournament. Some of the defending from both sides was pretty calamitous, but what the f*ck was the keeper doing for the English equalizer?

The absolute worst thing about tonights game though is terry venebles, glenn hoddle, and ray Wilkins giving their insight after the match. Jesus, why can no english commentator get through a program without mentioning 1966 or Gordan Banks save against Pele? The save wasn't that good ya bunch of tea drinking sissies. He couldn't stop the winning goal that game either could he, the useless gobshite. And you were given the world cup, so go sit down and stfu. English pundits are just the worst.

I'm not bitter, I'm just fuck-ing-Scottish.

[pmchugh]

Didn't see that coming lol. Great game, poor defending at set plays from England. Sweden are very average, England will need to improve if they want to do anything in this tourney.

i think you just quoted the BBC pundits word for word walcott pretty much saved englands ass he was great when he came on and welbeck had a magnificant finish, goal of the tourney so far.

Oh God, I must have been talking shite then. I take it back. I try not to listen to those cunts, for reasons why see arads post.

[Mr Changsha]

The key point from the England game was that England showed heart. Yes, the goals we let in were all shades of ridiculous..but we came back brilliantly. First time in a long time I've watched us and actually felt proud of our chaps. A very long time.

On that basis I predict (for isn't that the point of this thread) that we'll beat the Ukraine handsomely, avoid Spain and duff up Italy.

Such is the mind of a chap with a bottle of wine down.

However, I have a question. What to do with Rooney? I say we should continue with 442 for the third game. I also say that both strikers deserve to start. Therefore...where to place Rooney? I say on the left. The chap can play pretty much anywhere and, as Young was pretty much absent there (and neither Downing or Chamberlain would do much better) then Rooney should play on the wing..in a roving role.

Finally..poor Walcott. Superb performance, only three touches (all great), yet he'll be on the bench again. We need Milner in the first half for his defensive attributes, Walcott can't defend for toffee.

[Pedronicus]

I'm not bitter, I'm just f*ck-ing-Scottish.

You're also a miserable cunt

[pmchugh]

The key point from the England game was that England showed heart. Yes, the goals we let in were all shades of ridiculous..but we came back brilliantly. First time in a long time I've watched us and actually felt proud of our chaps. A very long time.

On that basis I predict (for isn't that the point of this thread) that we'll beat the Ukraine handsomely, avoid Spain and duff up Italy.

Such is the mind of a chap with a bottle of wine down.

However, I have a question. What to do with Rooney? I say we should continue with 442 for the third game. I also say that both strikers deserve to start. Therefore...where to place Rooney? I say on the left. The chap can play pretty much anywhere and, as Young was pretty much absent there (and neither Downing or Chamberlain would do much better) then Rooney should play on the wing..in a roving role.

Finally..poor Walcott. Superb performance, only three touches (all great), yet he'll be on the bench again. We need Milner in the first half for his defensive attributes, Walcott can't defend for toffee.

Carrol up front with Rooney in behind for me. Take out Welbeck.

[JBlombier]

As a neutral watcher of the Sweden - England game, I must say that I quite enjoyed it. Lots of action, chances. Very entertaining play by both sides.

And England scored 4 goals, what more can you wish for!

[SimplyObsessed]

As a neutral watcher of the Sweden - England game, I must say that I quite enjoyed it. Lots of action, chances. Very entertaining play by both sides.

And England scored 4 goals, what more can you wish for!

You can't have been watching that closely, England scored 3 goals.

[JBlombier]

Nah, I was watching pretty close, actually. But I know this is a bit lame. What I meant, was that the scoring players were Melberg (Sweden) and Johnson, Carroll, Walcott and Welbeck (England).

[betiko]

The key point from the England game was that England showed heart. Yes, the goals we let in were all shades of ridiculous..but we came back brilliantly. First time in a long time I've watched us and actually felt proud of our chaps. A very long time.

On that basis I predict (for isn't that the point of this thread) that we'll beat the Ukraine handsomely, avoid Spain and duff up Italy.

Such is the mind of a chap with a bottle of wine down.

However, I have a question. What to do with Rooney? I say we should continue with 442 for the third game. I also say that both strikers deserve to start. Therefore...where to place Rooney? I say on the left. The chap can play pretty much anywhere and, as Young was pretty much absent there (and neither Downing or Chamberlain would do much better) then Rooney should play on the wing..in a roving role.

Finally..poor Walcott. Superb performance, only three touches (all great), yet he'll be on the bench again. We need Milner in the first half for his defensive attributes, Walcott can't defend for toffee.

So do you expect France not to beat sweden? We have a goal average advantage on you and hopefully we'll keep it. I don t know who is weaker, ukr or sweden.. But our game was a walk in the park vs Ukraine, the goalie made a few great saves, we hit the bar a few times and we got a goal unvalidated.. Hope we'll keep that first place! In the meanwhile i think we are mathematically qualified whatever happens in the eng-ukr game

[Timminz]

In the meanwhile i think we are mathematically qualified whatever happens in the eng-ukr game

Nope. No team is guaranteed to advance, yet. Two have been mathematically eliminated.

[Mr Changsha]

The key point from the England game was that England showed heart. Yes, the goals we let in were all shades of ridiculous..but we came back brilliantly. First time in a long time I've watched us and actually felt proud of our chaps. A very long time.

On that basis I predict (for isn't that the point of this thread) that we'll beat the Ukraine handsomely, avoid Spain and duff up Italy.

Such is the mind of a chap with a bottle of wine down.

However, I have a question. What to do with Rooney? I say we should continue with 442 for the third game. I also say that both strikers deserve to start. Therefore...where to place Rooney? I say on the left. The chap can play pretty much anywhere and, as Young was pretty much absent there (and neither Downing or Chamberlain would do much better) then Rooney should play on the wing..in a roving role.

Finally..poor Walcott. Superb performance, only three touches (all great), yet he'll be on the bench again. We need Milner in the first half for his defensive attributes, Walcott can't defend for toffee.

So do you expect France not to beat sweden? We have a goal average advantage on you and hopefully we'll keep it. I don t know who is weaker, ukr or sweden.. But our game was a walk in the park vs Ukraine, the goalie made a few great saves, we hit the bar a few times and we got a goal unvalidated.. Hope we'll keep that first place! In the meanwhile i think we are mathematically qualified whatever happens in the eng-ukr game

I would hope that either we can improve the goal difference by the end of the third game, or that France fails to beat Sweden. If England does finish second in the group then one can only pray that we play Spain in relatively cool temperatures.

With regards to the team for ukraine, I should explain that I have an abiding hatred of 4411 when watching England. We usually don't get enough men forward from midfield and end up getting deeper and deeper. I say attack Ukraine (who aren't all that good) with a brave 442 and try to score more goals than France. Why? Because playing Spain in the quarter finals is no joke...and, like most Englishman, I am fed up of watching us bow out at that stage.

[maxfaraday]

In the meanwhile i think we are mathematically qualified whatever happens in the eng-ukr game

Nope. No team is guaranteed to advance, yet. Two have been mathematically eliminated.

You're wrong, France is already qualified.
Whatever happens in the third games we'll still be at least in the first 2, because of the better goal average.

[Timminz]

In the meanwhile i think we are mathematically qualified whatever happens in the eng-ukr game

Nope. No team is guaranteed to advance, yet. Two have been mathematically eliminated.

You're wrong, France is already qualified.
Whatever happens in the third games we'll still be at least in the first 2, because of the better goal average.

Nope. For example, if France loses to Sweden without scoring any goals, and Ukraine beats England by a score of, oh let's say, 4-3, then Ukraine and England would move on.

[DiM]

In the meanwhile i think we are mathematically qualified whatever happens in the eng-ukr game

Nope. No team is guaranteed to advance, yet. Two have been mathematically eliminated.

You're wrong, France is already qualified.
Whatever happens in the third games we'll still be at least in the first 2, because of the better goal average.

Nope. For example, if France loses to Sweden without scoring any goals, and Ukraine beats England by a score of, oh let's say, 4-3, then Ukraine and England would move on.

as long as ukraine beats england (regardless of the score) i don't even care what france does )

[maxfaraday]

In the meanwhile i think we are mathematically qualified whatever happens in the eng-ukr game

Nope. No team is guaranteed to advance, yet. Two have been mathematically eliminated.

You're wrong, France is already qualified.
Whatever happens in the third games we'll still be at least in the first 2, because of the better goal average.

Nope. For example, if France loses to Sweden without scoring any goals, and Ukraine beats England by a score of, oh let's say, 4-3, then Ukraine and England would move on.

mmm... you're right.
However that's very unlikely.

[Timminz]

Gah! I forgot about the concurrent games at the end of the group stage. What am I going to do for the next 3 hours?

[Sniper08]

Gah! I forgot about the concurrent games at the end of the group stage. What am I going to do for the next 3 hours?

same here , i was looking through the tv listing thinking wtf where is todays match

[Timminz]

I wonder if the commentators will be smart enough to not mention the other game, or if they'll be assholes about it.

[Gypsys Kiss]

I wonder if the commentators will be smart enough to not mention the other game, or if they'll be assholes about it.

they'll be arseholes about.....especially if its a tight group

[pmchugh]

I wonder if the commentators will be smart enough to not mention the other game, or if they'll be assholes about it.

they'll be arseholes about.....especially if its a tight group

They will likely show the goals from the other game and show an updated table after every goal.

[nietzsche]

so basically if Polonia wants to advance they have to win right? same as Greece.. ties in those games advance Russia and Czech Rep. right?

can trust the idiots commentators they just said that Ukraine is eliminated..

[Army of GOD]

Poland has had so many chances to score. They should be up by 2 by now.

[nietzsche]

Poland has had so many chances to score. They should be up by 2 by now.

This is not golf where you can do what you want.. here the rival counts.