Milner was also full of praise for England's performance against Russia, insisting that it was the best by any team in the tournament so far. "I think if you look at all the other games in the tournament so far, only one has really stood out and (we) put in a really good performance,"
"I think if you look at all the other games in the tournament so far, only one has really stood out and (we) put in a really good performance,"
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 13 June 2016 12:31 (eight years ago) link
god i hope Spain lose this
― Windsor Davies, Monday, 13 June 2016 12:55 (eight years ago) link
ITV have worked their magic on you?
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 13 June 2016 12:56 (eight years ago) link
lol is that what they've been saying? only just tuned in. i just thoroughly dislike a lot of this Spanish team. Iniesta and Morata exceptions, don't know enough about Nolito to comment on way or the other
― Windsor Davies, Monday, 13 June 2016 13:00 (eight years ago) link
xpost Are they anti-Spain? Thank fuck I can avoid those ITV cunts.
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Monday, 13 June 2016 13:01 (eight years ago) link
LOL, I was thinking the opposite, I didn't see it, but I can imagine them spending 30 minutes slavering over Spain and Spanish football and tiki taka and, "Who are they playing again? Czechoslovakia?" The sort of approach that turned a nation off Brazil and Brazilian football had them cheering the Germans on, in pubs up and down the land, as they demolished them 7-1.
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 13 June 2016 13:14 (eight years ago) link
Well there was a lot of criticism about Spain being conservative and boring in the 2010 WC
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Monday, 13 June 2016 13:22 (eight years ago) link
tyldesley seemed to be endorsing the view of the czech rep. manager that how spain play is no longer a novelty and teams know what to expect now...as if they somehow didn't in 2012.
― pandemic, Monday, 13 June 2016 13:24 (eight years ago) link
iniesta is still iniesta enough to thrill
― pandemic, Monday, 13 June 2016 13:29 (eight years ago) link
very arsenal @ the emirates performance from spain so far
― pandemic, Monday, 13 June 2016 13:37 (eight years ago) link
some of this stuff is lovely mind you
― pandemic, Monday, 13 June 2016 13:40 (eight years ago) link
So still 0-0 then?
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 13 June 2016 13:56 (eight years ago) link
for such a bloated tournament it's shameful that they're not giving me a 2 o'clock kick off to watch tmrw.
― pandemic, Monday, 13 June 2016 14:15 (eight years ago) link
really thought silva would bag that
― pandemic, Monday, 13 June 2016 14:28 (eight years ago) link
This is painful.
Amazing tackle there though.
― On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Monday, 13 June 2016 14:36 (eight years ago) link
lol thiago dawdles instead of shooting. AGAIN. great tackle tho'.
i still really enjoy watching spain play tbh. gonna end nil-nil tho'
― pandemic, Monday, 13 June 2016 14:37 (eight years ago) link
3 nil nils should send spain through.
― pandemic, Monday, 13 June 2016 14:38 (eight years ago) link
iniesta has been sublime this whole match. thought kroos was good yesterday but iniesta and modric have been beautiful
― pandemic, Monday, 13 June 2016 14:41 (eight years ago) link
there it isjustice for the spain 11
― pandemic, Monday, 13 June 2016 14:42 (eight years ago) link
cue czech goal in stoppage time
― pandemic, Monday, 13 June 2016 14:43 (eight years ago) link
very 2010
― pandemic, Monday, 13 June 2016 14:49 (eight years ago) link
I recorded the Spain match, but know the score. Is it worth watching?
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Monday, 13 June 2016 15:50 (eight years ago) link
“I don’t see anything wrong with the fans fighting,” Igor Lebedev wrote on Twitter. “Quite the opposite, well done lads, keep it up!”Lebedev, who sits on the executive committee of the Russian football union, is an MP from the nationalist Liberal Democratic party and the deputy chairman of the Russian parliament.“I don’t understand those politicians and officials who are criticising our fans. We should defend them, and then we can sort it out when they come home,” Lebedev wrote in a series of tweets.“In nine out of 10 cases, football fans go to games to fight, and that’s normal. The lads defended the honour of their country and did not let English fans desecrate our motherland. We should forgive and understand our fans,” Lebedev told the news agency.
Lebedev, who sits on the executive committee of the Russian football union, is an MP from the nationalist Liberal Democratic party and the deputy chairman of the Russian parliament.
“I don’t understand those politicians and officials who are criticising our fans. We should defend them, and then we can sort it out when they come home,” Lebedev wrote in a series of tweets.
“In nine out of 10 cases, football fans go to games to fight, and that’s normal. The lads defended the honour of their country and did not let English fans desecrate our motherland. We should forgive and understand our fans,” Lebedev told the news agency.
this guy eh?
― real orgone kid (NickB), Monday, 13 June 2016 15:54 (eight years ago) link
Legend.
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 13 June 2016 15:56 (eight years ago) link
like omg guys
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Monday, 13 June 2016 15:59 (eight years ago) link
First "whelan no footballer" moment
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Monday, 13 June 2016 16:03 (eight years ago) link
Must designate a codeword im not typing that forty times every game
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Monday, 13 June 2016 16:04 (eight years ago) link
oh shit has it kicked off? good god i've mucked up my work timings
― real orgone kid (NickB), Monday, 13 June 2016 16:08 (eight years ago) link
Igor Lebedev is the son of Vladimir Zhirinovsky fwiw so public brawling in far more refined fora than the streets of Marseille is in the blood.
― On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Monday, 13 June 2016 16:10 (eight years ago) link
what's this about the eiffel tower shining the colours of ireland if they get the most #irl tags on socialmedia/instagram?
won't in-real-life tags get in the way
o wait this is footie i forgot nothing makes sense
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Monday, 13 June 2016 16:14 (eight years ago) link
Ireland look decent enough.
― On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Monday, 13 June 2016 16:34 (eight years ago) link
They sure do. That Hendrick lad is alright.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 13 June 2016 16:43 (eight years ago) link
McCarthy the weak link in that midfield. His technique is very poor for a 10-15m rated player and his tackling is poorly judged more often than not.
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Monday, 13 June 2016 16:48 (eight years ago) link
Great from Ireland i thought. Hope we dont slack off
Yeah McCarthy has been shite
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Monday, 13 June 2016 16:56 (eight years ago) link
@ work, so relying on you lads to keep me abreast of developments
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 13 June 2016 16:58 (eight years ago) link
Yeah!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 13 June 2016 17:04 (eight years ago) link
Lovely goal for houlihan
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Monday, 13 June 2016 17:05 (eight years ago) link
Ireland playing as well as i can recall in a tournament. Creating and making the most of chances, swedish goalie busy all game
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Monday, 13 June 2016 17:06 (eight years ago) link
V nearly concede a joke goal from kickoff oh welp
Oooffff
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 13 June 2016 17:07 (eight years ago) link
delightful
― imago, Monday, 13 June 2016 17:07 (eight years ago) link
And again from the setpiece. Great save and bad miss from rebound
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Monday, 13 June 2016 17:07 (eight years ago) link
Mccarthy is an idiot and needs to be subbed
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Monday, 13 June 2016 17:08 (eight years ago) link
that was practically asking for the red on bended knee
― imago, Monday, 13 June 2016 17:11 (eight years ago) link
The writing on the jersey is so 1987 paddys day i cant even
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Monday, 13 June 2016 17:12 (eight years ago) link
Lol otm
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 13 June 2016 17:13 (eight years ago) link
Long hangs his whole body out the way pires used hang a leg out
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Monday, 13 June 2016 17:13 (eight years ago) link
When did i first say long was lfc/spurs squad level? Me otm anyway
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Monday, 13 June 2016 17:14 (eight years ago) link
Were getting very lazy or very tired very early
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Monday, 13 June 2016 17:15 (eight years ago) link
God no not mcclean
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Monday, 13 June 2016 17:19 (eight years ago) link