Euro 2016 - hype, anticipation and general excitement

got the Cypriot commentary on today, such a nice change

fucking Sterling man, get this little bottlejob OFF the fuckin pitch. what exactly about his job could Jamie Vardy not do better? i get that it's not maximising Vardy's usefulness sticking him out wide but who gaf really

think england will win this

dive from rose

like v blatant

options to follow games from online are binary between no detail and way too much. if someone here can do a quick update of what has happened say every 15 mins that would be terrific, ty

30 mins in. england marginally on top, robson-kanu runnning channels quite well, bale anonymous. 2 chances for england, cross from lallana that sterling put over from 6 yards, header from cahill with back to goal from 7 yards straight at keeper.

ooh handball from wales should maybe be a penalty for england there

wales giving away a lot of free kicks

wayne rooney's appearance displeases me

perfect, thanks man

lallana kuyt-esque with his closing down and running

lol

oh and kane isn't taking the corners today, rooney is.

omfg

is this real

BALE FROM 40 YARDS

HART LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

terrible terrible goalkeeping hahahahahaha

rooney gave the free kick away btw

LOL

Shocking

hart's contribution so far today, drop a corner and let in a free kick from 35 yards+ in.

Rubbish, rubbish keeping

Watching this in an outer Paphos bar, near the Tombs of the Kings, very surreal atmosphere under the baking sun. Everything is roadworks, tourist tat and historical football shirts. Wonder if Windsor is nearby

Get fucking in!

One man team my arse

think when i add it up england have probably given me more joy at tournaments than any other team.

Oh, and tt next to me, reading Perfume

in amongst the dross

xp

careful tactical analysis showed bale that a hopeful punt in hart's direction was worth a go

jesus. can't legislate for Joe Hart being a shite goalie of course but this is NOT good. England not looked like doing anything here at all, changes necessary but i'm not convinced that Hodgson has got it in him to change a game from the bench.

roberto - 1-0 wales at half-time, in the last 15 mins wales struggled to get out of their half, smalling had a chance with a header wide from a corner then rooney commits foul 35 yards out p central, free kick over wall looking to bounce on the line about 3 yards inside the post, hart shovels it into the corner with both hands.

I thought you looked fairly comfortable most of that half and that a goal was coming.

We'll probably sit back now and invite shitloads of pressure

xp

so, brazil 2002 over again?

Boring as hell until the goal. Hopefully see some football in the 2nd half.

xxp to groovypanda - agree that we looked "comfortable" but disagree that a goal was coming - there has been no cutting edge so far, nothing created except for a few crosses lumped in and that one Sterling chance.

xxxpost to LJ i'm not too far off i think, tho possibly i am totally wrong - we're in an apartment in Pegeia, up in the hills. internet connection is absolutely savage, can only get text-based websites and the signal drops every few minutes and then takes ages to come back. otherwise i'd have been in here clogging up the thread spamming complaints about this England performance. Weather's nice tho, difficult to get too mad!

studge on for sterling, vardy for kane

good

Lj what historical kits? See anything interesting?

vardy 1-1 from studge cross, think iot was offside

off williams so onside, poor from williams

wales have been p poor this half(and all game tbh)

woy tactical genius

There is Rochdale FC shirt sponsored by Carcraft here. Legit retro

good cross at last from walker, he has so much space all game

And a lovely Charlton from the Redbus era. JVC-era Arsenal if you're wondering

ben davies looks a little like iker casillas i just noticed

ah rose pwnd ramsay, sets up studge who miskicks completely.

studge has been p crap so far tbf blazed 2 long shots way way over and fucked up a volley.

serious championship playoff final vibe to this

lol yes

blimey roy sending rashford on as well

Wales bring on Bilbo Baggins.

last 15 mins have been okay for wales, as in england have dropped their level such as it was.