Euro 2016 - hype, anticipation and general excitement

Lot of good football there tho, better than I thought

Most parodiable description of ones goal ive heard in manys the year

xp yeah brady, houlihan, coleman, long all decent footballers awaiting a framework.

Trap a cunt obv

At one time I was nearly cheering another Irish goal, but forty points is forty points.

lol i am doing terribly at the predictor thing. i have plumped for 0-0 in tonight's game which on current suggests that we're gonna be on for a 7 goal thriller

*current form

Chris Waddle:"Ireland are honest and genuine".

Imagine being Belgium and still playing Fellaini.

Also how shit do your fullbacks need to be for you to consider breaking up the Alderweireld-Vertonghen partnership, especially with Kompany out.

yeah that does seem an odd one but then otoh i guess all of Italy's problem players are gonna be in the wide areas so mebbe you'd prefer to have your best defenders out wide? idk clutching at straws here really, i agree with you, toby/jan/thibaut promises to be a defensive combo unmatched by any except Italy and possibly Spain in this comp., would be daft not to play them together

Alternative Belgium left-back is Lukaku's younger brother iirc. I'd be more worried about the guy playing for Montreal who's starting tbh.

If Lukaku is still in the form he finished the season with, and the alternative is Benteke, they might struggle. Would be good to see Batshuayi, Dembele and Carrasco at some point.

by "all of Italy's problem players" i apparently meant Candreva, seeing as Insigne isn't in the team tonight and Darmian is on the right. And fuckin Fellaini in the hole for Belgium. this game could be total dogshit

Imagine being Belgium and still playing Fellaini.
― Matt DC, Monday, 13 June 2016 18:26 (14 minutes ago) Permalink

Imagine being Ireland and still playing Glen Whelan

awww i thought big Glenn fronted up to Zlatan admirably

Eder is really unconvincing. Pelle has been the only real goal threat in the last couple of matches i've seen.

Again, lots of options on the bench with El Shaarawy, Insigne, Bernadeschi, Zaza, etc.

Feel like given we're all expecting this to be poor it's primed to throw up surprises

xp yeah, i was living in Rome for a few months after Xmas this year following the team quite closely and it was very cool seeing El Shaarawy come back into form at last, I hope he gets some time in these Euros.

Giaccherini is shite

O god Clattenburg

Italian anthem is my fav at the Euros (honourable mention to Russia and France)

Gigi Buffon probs best singer of an anthem amongst all the competing squads

Nobody has ever accused him of lacking national pride.

i'm still rewinding rio making his own butter out of olive oil and salt

Pelle is a p good target man and tactically sound its no shame on him that hes no shane long

Lads on RTE discussing whether Fellainis new do is ginger or blonde

The Belgian midfield is looking pretty Bowser Castle right now.

great goal

Absolutely. Terrific pass.

exorbitantly talented tho flaky Belgians getting turned over by underrated pragmatic Italians, who saw this coming

(tho i shd note that i plumped for 0-0 on the BBC predictor so clearly i did not see this coming)

Belgium no great shakes

Horrible gutless nothing pass when belgium had a counter on there fuck 2016 football

complete shambles this lot

Oh dear Oh dear Lukaku. Dat pass from DeBruyne tho.

Hazard is a brat

A brat,bill

Mertens v good ever since he came on.

DeBruyne though. Thats what you call an off-day.

Giaccherini has been excellent. Maybe The Prem didnt suit him

He was poor enough til the goal but vg since

Every single shot at goal is blocked by an Italian limb.

Any manager doesnt find a place for dembele midst these flash wasters is a shitcunt

Origi shouldnt be on this pitch either.

DeBruyne playing shit yet still giving both Lukaku and Origi massive assists. Makes u think.

Secomd of debruyne worth a century of whelan caps is what it makes me think

I like the way you think

Origi -_-

The stotting origi

Well played.

there there

yeahhhhh forza italia

leo bonucci the best playmaker in dis whole thing

Inevitable goal to deny my 1-0 prediction