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Post by Quarters on Jun 21, 2024 20:52:40 GMT
VAR perfect all tournament, stick the English officials in the mix and f;:king chaos. How crap our English refs from Prem to step 5-6 and beyond. Lino and ref got the decision right, not sure why var took so long unless not getting the camera angles. No idea why commentary is going on about it. |
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Post by percy on Jun 21, 2024 20:54:12 GMT
Who’s going to win it ? Are England as good as most keep saying we are ? Not long now can’t wait. Stick a few Bob on Poland. Last night they were 1001/1. Last 6 games unbeaten, I draw v wales. I have watched every game. The team now has a Polish manager and are getting better with each game. Lewandowski has only been a bit part player, goals coming from the whole team. I do not condone gambling but, for those that do, it’s worth a couple of quid. What were the odds on being the First team out?! Pleased Austria have been so good. |
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 21, 2024 21:00:02 GMT
VAR perfect all tournament, stick the English officials in the mix and f;:king chaos. How crap our English refs from Prem to step 5-6 and beyond. Lino and ref got the decision right, not sure why var took so long unless not getting the camera angles. No idea why commentary is going on about it.Possibly because it was the wrong decision. 😉 UTG! |
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Post by Gassy on Jun 21, 2024 21:06:52 GMT
Ball was in the back of the net before the GK even flinched. Never offside.
Ref did nothing wrong though, were VAR Brits too?
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 21, 2024 21:10:36 GMT
Ball was in the back of the net before the GK even flinched. Never offside. Ref did nothing wrong though, were VAR Brits too? I think it was Stuart Attwell on VAR. UTG! |
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Post by eric on Jun 21, 2024 21:19:48 GMT
Totally disagree about EH being “tainted” but I wouldn’t be too enthused about him or any other English managers at the moment anyway if looking solely at football credentials. I wouldn’t be fussed if we looked overseas - Klopp needed the break and would what is largely a part-time job where he could split his time between living in Germany and England tempt him? I would put every penny I have on him being able to get more of a tune out of this talented group of players than the drastically under qualified Southgate. Klopp is a good call eric but I’m not sure how realistic it is. Would be interested to know why you think that EHs football credentials aren’t good enough. Clearly an excellent coach, has dealt with senior players and gained their respect. They all speak very highly of him. He has an excellent record of making players better. Took a team from the relegation area and 18 months later secured Champions League football. And he plays football on the front foot, setting up a team to attack. Which with the players at the moment would be ideal. And he has stickability, he keeps to his way of playing even when on a bad run. Not overly important but for an England manager more so he talks well, understands how the press works and keeps all the crap stuff to the dressing room. One of the reasons why players respect him so much. What is it you don’t like? Serious question.👍 UTG! I think EH is a decent manager but not what England need right now, maybe in the future if he continues to progress? I think England need someone who knows what they are doing tactically but probably even more important is the need for a big personality and ability to get the best out of a talented squad - get them playing with fire and confidence as opposed to this conservative and fear laden approach we’ve seen for the past 25+ years. |
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Post by gasgas3 on Jun 21, 2024 21:28:39 GMT
Ball was in the back of the net before the GK even flinched. Never offside. Ref did nothing wrong though, were VAR Brits too? I think it was Stuart Attwell on VAR. UTG! Sums that one up perfectly. |
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Post by rememberhalifax on Jun 22, 2024 1:48:37 GMT
Unsung Austria have been so good so far, don't know there players but as individuals they compared very favourably to England's 'world' class players and as a team are miles better Poland not that bad either and they are off home.
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Post by supergas on Jun 22, 2024 5:34:37 GMT
Unless England are playing Scotland, I always want them to do well and am quite amazed by the anti Southgate sentiments. The boy has got England consistently further than anyone since Sir Alf Ramsey. The grass is always greener, maybe. What we are seeing now I think is the effect of 20+ years of Football Manager games... Southgate has transformed the England team from a chaotic group that finished bottom of their group in 2016 and failed to qualify for the Euros/World Cup twice in the last 30 years, into a squad that has a six year tournament record second only to Alf Ramsey's 1966-1970 team. Is he the best manager in the world? Of course not, very few international managers are - most are at clubs. Is he getting the best out of the current players? Overperforming vs recent performances at major tournaments, but many think another manager could do better...have the FA been turning all these other managers away...? My reference to the FM game is that Southgate has clearly changed the culture in the squad off the pitch and that is hard to quantify - but it has clearly had a positive effect on performances at major tournaments. Most of the senior players have now known him for a long time and worked in the group for many years, time for them to step up and raise issues in private if they also think he is making mistakes... |
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 22, 2024 7:42:55 GMT
Klopp is a good call eric but I’m not sure how realistic it is. Would be interested to know why you think that EHs football credentials aren’t good enough. Clearly an excellent coach, has dealt with senior players and gained their respect. They all speak very highly of him. He has an excellent record of making players better. Took a team from the relegation area and 18 months later secured Champions League football. And he plays football on the front foot, setting up a team to attack. Which with the players at the moment would be ideal. And he has stickability, he keeps to his way of playing even when on a bad run. Not overly important but for an England manager more so he talks well, understands how the press works and keeps all the crap stuff to the dressing room. One of the reasons why players respect him so much. What is it you don’t like? Serious question.👍 UTG! I think EH is a decent manager but not what England need right now, maybe in the future if he continues to progress? I think England need someone who knows what they are doing tactically but probably even more important is the need for a big personality and ability to get the best out of a talented squad - get them playing with fire and confidence as opposed to this conservative and fear laden approach we’ve seen for the past 25+ years. Thank you for explaining. I don’t agree with you but appreciate the explanation. Klopp would be good, certainly has the big personality and is an excellent manager, but wonder at the likelihood of it. UTG |
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Post by aghast on Jun 23, 2024 16:39:34 GMT
I can't see the Germans doing Scotland any favours which might allow our friends north of the border to accidentally finish second.
I predict a Germany Switzerland draw with a lot of fellow backslapping, schnapps and lederhosen later on. Ooom pa pa.
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Post by mrgasman on Jun 23, 2024 17:18:52 GMT
I can't see the Germans doing Scotland any favours which might allow our friends north of the border to accidentally finish second. I predict a Germany Switzerland draw with a lot of fellow backslapping, schnapps and lederhosen later on. Ooom pa pa. 3-1 win to Germany for me. |
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Post by Gassy on Jun 23, 2024 18:01:29 GMT
I can't see the Germans doing Scotland any favours which might allow our friends north of the border to accidentally finish second. I predict a Germany Switzerland draw with a lot of fellow backslapping, schnapps and lederhosen later on. Ooom pa pa. Doesn’t matter really, if Scotland win they’ll get through. 4 points will certainly be enough as it has the last 2 Euros |
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Post by fatherbrown on Jun 23, 2024 20:14:48 GMT
I can't see the Germans doing Scotland any favours which might allow our friends north of the border to accidentally finish second. I predict a Germany Switzerland draw with a lot of fellow backslapping, schnapps and lederhosen later on. Ooom pa pa. Back slapping, schapps and lederhosen That's a typical weekend for me, being married to a Swiss girl and me being a Swiss National through marriage. UTG |
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Post by aghast on Jun 23, 2024 20:55:38 GMT
I can't see the Germans doing Scotland any favours which might allow our friends north of the border to accidentally finish second. I predict a Germany Switzerland draw with a lot of fellow backslapping, schnapps and lederhosen later on. Ooom pa pa. Boom! |
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Jun 23, 2024 23:03:42 GMT
Stick a few Bob on Poland. Last night they were 1001/1. Last 6 games unbeaten, I draw v wales. I have watched every game. The team now has a Polish manager and are getting better with each game. Lewandowski has only been a bit part player, goals coming from the whole team. I do not condone gambling but, for those that do, it’s worth a couple of quid. What were the odds on being the First team out?! Pleased Austria have been so good. Very naive set up and execution. Very young team who will get better |
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Post by nortongas1 on Jun 23, 2024 23:18:41 GMT
What were the odds on being the First team out?! Pleased Austria have been so good. Very naive set up and execution. Very young team who will get better Young team? 17 players over 26. You do chat some rubbish |
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Post by oliverhelmet on Jun 24, 2024 11:16:56 GMT
Did anyone see that number 9 Hungarian sub last night? Looked about 3 stone overweight and just ambled around as couldn’t run or jump.
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Post by percy on Jun 24, 2024 11:23:51 GMT
Fair play to Scotland, pretty difficult not to qualify for the knock outs this year with most of 3rd places going through but they keep up their 100% record
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Post by lastminutewinner on Jun 24, 2024 13:06:27 GMT
Fair play to Scotland, pretty difficult not to qualify for the knock outs this year with most of 3rd places going through but they keep up their 100% record  They can get back to supporting whoever we are playing now..  |
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They can get back to supporting whoever we are playing now..