Euro 2016 - hype, anticipation and general excitement

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.

some sweet goals but not many good quality matches p much as expected really

there are no shit tournaments for me and i find the lack of an obvious frontrunner pretty interesting. there's not been a lot of "beautiful game" happening sure, but these things run in cycles maybe

Hitting even harder that despite this being an utter shite game I can't bring myself to turn off the telly to finish this important job I'm working on. Not even did the dishes like NV.

i could hear the TV from the kitchen tbf

Don't think it's a shit tournament though. Since I care -100 about qualifications, I like seeing more nations in this tournament, which seems a minority opinion. It's a nice tournament. This game, tonight, is just shite.

Xp you jammy bastard

lol forgot those posts

that was great from boateng

Im with lbi. Ive been enjoying the tournament so far

the tournament lacking miroslav klose, seems rude to have it without him.

Not seen Germany being this useless and shite since Dunkirk

(Sorry)

do you work for The Sun?

ah milik air shot

Been a big fan of Germany for the last ten years. Feared already - noted somewhere above - that I'd thought they'd have a tough tournament this time round. And still think it was a huge mistake of Low to leave Reus out.

Klose sorely missed indeed

Reus does not exist

Gomez will fix everything.

Have to feel sorry for Milik. Never undisputed at Ajax, but the board all to keen for him to play well so they can sell him for an outrageous price. It's just not happening.

gomez has seen off the pretenders to his 'super mario' crown gotze and balotelli, only mandzukic remains

It's amazing how many of their chances in both games have fallen to Milik rather than Lewandowski.

Harsh on Mario Perez tbf xp

Xp I agree! That is odd. In both games.

isn't that because of lewandowski?
xp

ie the defence is keyed on him

Might be

can nobody in europe cross the fucking ball accurately anymore?

so far the most frustrating match