Good stuff!
Houghton-esque
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Good stuff!
Houghton-esque
Best game of the tournament so far, largely because they were so much better than Russia for large swathes.
Russia improved second half in fairness. Though hard not to have.
What was the free for that England scored from again?
Just came on to make the same comparison! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I'm waiting for Owls Fan to come on and say "England, the gift that keeps giving".
Good question - was it obstruction? Therefore should it have been an indirect free kick? I'm not sure although I can't remember the last time I saw an indirect free kick given for that...Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Anyway, Akinfeev was poor for the free. Gambled and lost - id have gambled against anyone getting it up and down from that close and covered the other side a little more. Way too much space for Dier to aim for.
The problem being an Irish footy fan raised Catholic is that I feel that that's my share of God's favour used up for the week.
New week start tomorrow Stutts. We're golden.
Yea I was gonna say pretty much the same, maybe the keeper should have done his homeworkQuote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
and expect it move back the other way.
Fortunately, Monday is the start of a new week. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
I'm thinking on a rolling 7 day basis
trouble tonight between the Northern Irish and Polish fans.
https://twitter.com/yannquerciaa/sta...39534711455745
Read today the crazy stat that in nine Euro appearances, England have never won their first game.
1. They had had a much better players.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks
2. Ireland gave them the ball so were asking for trouble. It was the worst away Irish performance under Trap imo, but they somehow got away with it.
3. Did not matter in the end as Ireland qualified for EURO 2012.
There have been some, um, clarifications of the rules ahead of this tournament. Among them no straight reds for pennos, unless it would be a red card red card on halfway lineQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36256441
Oh wow. So is the professional foul gone now?
Edit - no, that seems to be the BBC taking it up wrong; the rule is clarified later on as you say.Quote:
Changes include the end of an automatic red card for denying a goalscoring opportunity.
But still should have been a straight red for the handball denying a clear goalscoring chance outside the box?
Also, liking the Waterford Whispers daily round-up
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Elsewhere FAI chief and all round good guy John Delaney confirmed UEFA have directly consulted him on all organisational aspects of the tournament, claiming ‘Mr. Uefa said I was the best person in the world, and I agreed and said have you seen my girlfriend and he said yes, she is the most beautiful woman in the world, and then we high fived’. Delaney also confirmed he has turned down the chance to become the next James Bond.
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Today’s action sees England facing off against Russia, giving every neutral fan the chance of experiencing true happiness in the event of an England draw or loss. The 5pm kick off sees Gareth Bale take on Slovakia.
England manager Roy Hodgson has denied Wayne Rooney was injured by the manager as tried to shoehorn him into the starting line up.
Apologies, didn't see the incident an only trying to show rule changes. Having only seen second half of France game thought rule changes were just in favour of them 😀Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
That BBC article was first I found but having read it, it's badly phrased and possibly just plain wrong in places. My understanding is that denying a goalscoring opportunity is now a yellow card offence, unless it involves dangerous play that would get a red card anyway.
The article also skipped over some of the more interesting ones. Like a free for offside being awarded in your own half. Waiting for first commentator to wonder wtf when that happens
The incident was a handball in the D which definitely cost a goalscoring chance. So I'm still none the wiser as to whether it's a red or not! But the professional foul was brought in for a reason, and I don't see why it should go (unless a penalty is given, in which case there may be an argument for a double-penalty)
Can you be offside in your own half now? WTF? Don't like that; takes away the fun of a goalkeeper going up for a corner and being hit with a quick counter to an empty net.
Tip-off can go backwards now is another one that's been constantly mentioned. Also, an injured player doesn't have to leave the pitch for treatment if the foul brought a yellow or red card, which has an element of sense to it.
Enjoyed yesterdays games, albeit was a bit drunk by the time the England game came around!
Not much quality on show, but all the games were pretty entertaining. Thought Slovakia were going to get the win in the end, but by god Wales showed a lot of spirit and passion, I think that should be enough to get them into the next round.
Liking TV3's trivia questions at the breaks.
Though have yet to see a euro ad that hasn't made me seethe with rage.
Looks like the kickoff countdown fell to pieces ahead of Turkey/Croatia.
That's a better goal than Payet's I think, even if the keeper again might have done better.
Impressed with Croatia, thought they controlled most of the game easily enough, even if it was just 1-0. If they get their shooting boots on properly they could go far this time. The Turks look like nothing special. Their fans were so quiet by the end.
The north just swarming around the Poles every time the ball gets close to their box. Polish delivery from the wings has been utter rubbish.
Edit: Apparently NI didn't get inside the opposition box in the entire first half.
Poland another team that'd benefit from a Wes-style player
Not an error, but could McGovern have done better.
It wouldn't be football if NI didn't get one big chance....
Meanwhile, Uefa threaten England and Russia with disqualification if there's any more issues in the stadia.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36510550
Technically it's up to and including disqualification, so you'd imagine a fine or even a points deduction is more likely.
Russia got a suspended points deduction at the last euros - I presume that's expired by now?
Not overly encouraging ahead of the next World Cup in Russia though.
As if Russia 2018 needed any more bad press.
I don't think good PR is high up on Russian priorities.
The north opened up a bit and took a hold of the game in the last 20 minutes, to an extent, but could only make three chances: that glorious breakaway opportunity that forced a fine piece of goalkeeping, Lafferty's botched Zlatan impression and Davis snatching at the ongoing through ball. I think going behind to a team as good as Poland, at the Euro's, was a gigantic test of what the North is capable of, and they failed. Now they need to go out and beat Ukraine.
Brave defending from NI, but once they went behind they were always going to struggle to find any way back. Had so little to offer up front. They were so poor in bring the ball out of defence, and just kicked it away aimlessly from so early in the game.
So half the teams have played now - and it's all a bit underwhelming so far. 11 goals in 6 games is low enough. We haven't had a really memorable game yet. No team has stood out yet. England and Poland did well for a while against limited opposition, but neither really kicked on. No player has stood out either - Lewandowski was anonymous today, sterling was poor yesterday, Griezmann and Pogba got hauled ashore for France, and even Payet only played for half the game (though did very well obviously)
Long way to go of course, and maybe I'm being a bit harsh. But certainly hasn't grabbed me the way the early stages of the last World Cup did.
Neuer staking a claim for goalie of the tournament already. Great recovery by Boatang on the line too. Ukraine well in it, Germany don't look like World Champions.
It's very low when you stay up to watch games at 11pm, 2am and 5am. :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Tournament primed for a Shane Long hat-trick so.
RIP to the NI fan who died in Nice early this morning after falling from a promenade onto a rocky beach.
Torturous watching Spain pass it around the Czech box without scoring for 88 minutes. Couldn't believe they didn't equalise at the death though.
Ah the glory days of Ujfalusi, Jankulovski, Heinz, Nedved, Baros and Koller... It's just not the same is it?
Rosicky some man starting against Spain having not played a single league game all season.
Makes you wonder if Gibson would have made a similar contribution for us with Whelan and McCarthy on the verge of suspension and us needing a player to calm things down and get it on the floor.
I was just thinking that Italy did look really lacklustre against Belgium, and that was making me feel better about us going up against them, and then they scored a goal that made the Belgium CB pair look like morons. The kind of route one strike I could see us scoring too.
I just saw this on Twitter.
Old Hapspurg joke:
It's 0-0 in the Austria-Hungary game.
Oh, who are we playing?