Euro 2016 - hype, anticipation and general excitement

If not we'll just blame mccarthy

Result

Castlemilk might just have to come to your rescue once again.

Heh that ones passed me im afraid

Houghton, McCarthy and McGeady (is he there?) are all from Château de Lait.

mcgeady isnae i don't think, but from close by/has family there

Oh right, Wiki has him as a 'Notable Resident' - along with 50 other footballers and 5 other people.

Good info

Just saw Emirates are showing the games live in flight, making my decision to go with Qantas because they have marginally better wine regrettable.

I will miss all the games today but think England should win fairly comfortably. Slovakia should also be too strong for Wales.

How in the hell did West Ham manage to sign Payet

will just say that my current predictions for today don't match either of SV's

so, Albania - Switzerland. a drubbing?

i have somewhat pessimistically opted for 1-0 Switzerland on the BBC predictor thing. form book suggests that they've been rubbish this year, they squeaked past Moldova last week with a late winner(2-1).

Albania i know nothing about except that during qualification they only conceded more than one goal on one occasion (0-2 defeat to Serbia), which suggests that they are at least organised.
3rd place qualification thing means that weaker teams and boring bastards who are keen to progress might just shut up shop and pray for a point.

this is my reasoning, though i hope i'm dead wrong and Shaqiri tears the Albanian defence to pieces

yeah i don't trust the qualifying/pre-tournament form too much when it comes to the pressures, stupidity and dumb luck of tournament play. feel like Switzerland are flat track bullies too.

this is fun, crowd are making a nice racket

Good call, NV.

uh oh, could indeed be a drubbing

(xp)

Plenty of time! But obv Albania 's will to keep it tight is gonna be tested now

Otoh Romania last night kept good shape without being negative. Albania look made in a similar mould - they're not gonna sit in their own half

Lol rooney

Stupid twat.

ah you cunt i was on for the 1-0 as well

oooh Embolo, he's the boy on the latest FM, i love seeing these guys in real life

Switzerland's lack of commitment to matching my Predictor score here has been a disgrace

I predicted a 1-1, and tbh Switzerland would deserve that

Ohhhh you fool!

X(

whatever the result now either side only have themselves to blame

altho Albania not being given that pen 10 minutes ago didn't help them

Oh you jammy Swiss bastids.

Albanian incompetence rather than Swiss luck I'd say, the Albanians had plenty of chances

Swiss shd've won it at a canter but for lack of application. couple of big saves from Berisha after fucking up for the goal, too.

yeah the Albanians had chances too, it's just that by rights Switzerland could've bossed it much more convincingly

let us hope that is the most inept game of the day

Otm. The way they played the second half was a disgrace, esp against ten. Xp

Xxp otm.

I'd fancy Romania's chances after that game

i am willing to bet cash that that isn't the most inept game of the day

yeah Romania clearly 2nd best in the group on those first performances

BBC's D&D trailer for Wales pretty fucken embarrassing huh?

Looks like Terry Yorath takes a drink, as they say North of the Border.

when he was assistant at Town he wasn't shy of hitting the road after a drink either. In my irl dealings with him he was a real horrible tosser tbh, he's got that indelible Dirty Leeds spirit in him for sure.

Dave Edwards, brings a tear to my eye, not for the first fucking time

Ffs Wales. Wake up

Great block though

Amazing start

Get fucking in! Bale you beauty!

BOOM

I thought he was going the other side too

keeper's fucked it

bunderful!

Slovakia look extremely inept