Euro 2016 - hype, anticipation and general excitement

lol cech stopping the ball with his head

croatia lovely to watch

those 15 pts that cech was gonna gain arsenal never really materialized did they? unless arsenal were even worse than i thought.

And there it is.

lovely

Is Modric the best midfielder in the world right now?

him and iniesta have been a clear level or two ahead of any others in this tourney so far.

I would have said Kroos as well but I didn't see yesterday's game.

Wes Hoolahan, yo

settle down lads, 2-0 is plenty

since when were the czechs this abject

shit i used that adjective earlier

since when were the czechs this redolent of geese

altho geese know how to stay in formation so

we got there

mandzukic is such an injury-faking cunt, who knew

ah rats' cocks

altho geese know how to stay in formation so

― imago, Friday, June 17, 2016 10:21 AM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

saw a large flock of Canada geese flying in a nice v formation at sundown few days ago as i blazed a bifter on my roof. well coordinated, and they like to communicate with one another, many a call was heard.

even more unlike the czech defence with each word

lol have you read fergie's book? loved to use a canadian geese analogy when talking to players.

Plenty of time for a 3rd

hoping they come back now as punishment for mandukic's absurd play-acting tho

Milan Skoda is such a great name. The sort of thing you'd make up if you were writing a shoddily researched 80s spy thriller.

Clattenburg gets his moment in the limelight.

Wonder if these flares do contain lime

I got the fright of my life for a sec when I heard that explosion

this commentator is so earnest

Yes Clatts

ffs

This will be so sweet

lol bottle job

Utterly deserved for Croatia there

Croatian fans will take that one on the chin, I assume.

t/s tomas necid vs gary recid

Is this the game of the tournament so far? I think it might be.

perisic has been superb again

V glad I got back to the flat to see this second half

Just saw a video of one of the stewards picking up a flare that went off on him. Horrific, hope he's okay.

one German-Croatian legend just came on.

99th minute

corluka looking like a water polo player

Corluka's hat is awesome.

There are quite a few Croatia fans who are actively trying to undermine the FA for convoluted political reasons and would see them getting thrown out of the tournament as a win.

Interesting - has anything been written about that?

Aleksander Holiga writes about it a lot and has done some pieces for The Guardian. I'll have a look.

Can't find the one I am looking for but the FA is run by a corrupt, nationalistic, homophobic thug who also owns both Dinamo Zagreb and Lokomotiva Zagreb. He has been accused of rigging the domestic league and has blocked a string of reforms aimed at bringing in greater transparency. There were banners in various parts of the country last week, but particularly Split, saying 'by the grace of God you'll lose all the games'

There is a tangentially related piece here:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/apr/23/croatia-racism-italy-behind-closed-doors

that's the sound of the pulis

lol got krs1 in my head now

also lol ramos booked after a minute

immediately identifed with that great football man of turkish football fatih terim

you need leg beaters?