Euro 2016 - hype, anticipation and general excitement

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.

wales have been desperate

Why is Ramsey shit?

nasri hair

STUDGE IN IJURY TIME

or injur time eveny

hodgson genius

smart finish tbh

always in doubt

owain glyndwr thwarted again

england totally dominated without really being any good somehow?

top of the group. lol. hart so so lucky.

yeah well Wales have been cack. no creativity from England today, a leaky defence and a shit goalie. w/e man, a win's a win! also fuck Gareth Bale from here to eternity

I hope to fuck Wales don't qualify, utter shite.

lol england have never won a game from behind in a tournament before! really???

that prick hart kissing the badge

have a feeling we'll remember today as the day european football sat up and took notice of our feisty island nation

I had this same confusion with Russia - more or less violence if you win?

Northern Ireland finally score a goal and god says nah, that's not right, here's some hail.

Stuart Messi Dallas

have a feeling we'll remember today as the day european football sat up and took notice of our feisty island nation

― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 16 June 2016 14:58 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Today will be remembered for other reasons.

Sorry, but.

What was all that with that supposed substitution?

wellity wellity wellity

2-0 they've bossed this

Ukraine were good against Germany but this has been an awful performance. NI have been great value.

Commentator on ITV going nuts.

Well done the Norn Iron.

Didn't see the NI game as got distracted by subsequent events, but I thought that - free kick aside - Bale was mostly uninvolved and that might actually have been down to smart tactical instructions from Roy. There seemed to be long periods, especially in the first half, where England were playing these pedestrian little triangles around their left side rather than crossing to the player in acres of space on the other side of the pitch, and I suspect that was to keep the ball as far away from Bale as possible.

First half was mostly shite obviously, and I feel bad for Kane, but England were so much better with Studge and Vardy on in the second half.

Real Championship vibe to the whole game, mind.

yeah not a great game/performance but in a classroom full of massively over-excited 17 year-olds shouting and booing i wasn't really concentrating on the finer points of the game

have the vague impression that germany usually struggle in their 2nd game in a tournament but always win their 1st and 3rd, have no idea if it's true or not.

surprised gotze makes the starting 11.

Just checked WC 2014 games and yeah Germany thrashed Portugal 4-0 first game then drew 2-2 with Ghana, then won 1-0 against USA

remember the 2nd half of that ghana game being great

'Andy, what's Goetze's best position?'
*defeaning silence*
*Townsend glares at co-commentator*

This is trite garbage Germany have shown for nearly two years now. Poland the perfect opponent to make this dull as ditch water.

yeah but good for doing some washing up/making a big scampi and chip sandwich

That is true. I wouldn't mind such a fine sandwich meself.

the low murmur of a bored-shitless crowd was quite ambient

i am a sucker for a dour arm-wrestle tho

italy, spain and croatia the cream of the crop so far, but who knows what they'll look like in their 2nd games

The Disintegration Loops amirite

Xxp

Disinclination Loops

There are various reasons not all connected to football but this is a shit tournament so far.