Euro 2016 - hype, anticipation and general excitement

Welsh tiki taka

Oh yes.

Quality finish

this idea they have thrown it seems implausible given how well paid the best rpl players are and how evident it would be in the sums wagered, even discounting the political ignominy of it given that this team will be defending national honour in a couple of years

holy muva England are uninventive aren't they

Nakh, wasn't entirely serious obviously, but there's been some baffling anti-play, picking up of cards. Noone wanting to be captain after the captain got subbed said it all though: they deeply dread being on the pitch tonight.

Wish I was watching the Welsh game, this is deadly.

maybe the death of gary speed symbolically enabled wales to become their own captain, whereas russia remain acephalic, confirming emmanuel todd's thesis about the essential congruity and irreducilibity of both fraternal egalitarianism and anti-authoritarianism in russian culture

this england game is just shit and boring what can i say

Slovakia playing for third place in the group, nice one UEFA.

Welsh crowd just 'wahey'd' 75 consecutive passes.

(The Dutch commentator counted along...)

hahaha that shot from 45 yards

question is, will the ITV/England curse strike ?

let's hope we can do this in a footballing way, because we've got all footballers out there at the moment

agree with that ftr

What England need is Andy Carroll.

1st/2nd probably doesn't make a huge amount of difference looking at potential opponents

you just feel his groin there

Utter dogshit

1st/2nd probably doesn't make a huge amount of difference looking at potential opponents

Yeah

opening draw vs russia looking more and more like a result for the brave england boys

the likely difference is that now england will play france in the quarter final instead of france, two roughly comparable teams, and even the home advantage of the latter is mitigated given that belgium would be playing in lille just across the border

this would change if portugal fuck up and end up second, but otherwise the last 16 teams would be weak in either case

(instead of belgium obviously)

symsym

lemme guess

you are using some data driven prediction tool

no way do i believe youre just guessing willy nilly

i smell bayesian inference on steroids

Anyone want to do anything as boring as listing the actual scores and scorers

wales 3-0 russia

ramsey
taylor
bale

england 0-0 slovakia

Andy Carroll >>>>>> Vardy/Studge/Rashford/Kane put together

Lololol

Please tell me ye dropped kane to achieve that

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13450257_1027788133924948_3467273865740818485_n.jpg?oh=1089b1bd71e47db9784bc9a73aad0b74&oe=57C69403

england dropped kane then shamefacedly brought him on with 15 minutes left

Andy Carroll >>>>>> Vardy/Studge/Rashford/Kane put together

I'm imagining a sort of Frankenstein's monster facing off against wor Andy. Possibly in a cage match scenario

Slutsky has resigned

that was dreamlike. Brazil / Germany-esque in terms of utter onesidedness btwn two ostensibly non-mismatched international sides

had the England game on pal's laptop, literally every time I got a glance of it it was a futile England corner on the right

it's almost as if roy hodgson is a clueless bumbling yes-man who is so good at lowering expectations that it's made him the longest serving english boss in the modern era.

really strange how nobody can gaf about wanting to sack the england manager anymore - it's like the job is an old abandoned shed and the fa are delighted to let hodgson give it a half-arsed lick of paint once a year.

Have u any history with the defendant

I loved hearing "England also qualify..." in a deadpan received pronunciation type voice on R4 tomight :p

Have u any history with the defendant

resting my case for years

in case you were wondering what kind of defense could possibly allow a Neil Taylor goal
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cla-LxQWEAAIpeW?format=jpg&name=large

those guys seem very upset that the men in the red jerseys have broken up their circle

symsym

lemme guess

you are using some data driven prediction tool

no way do i believe youre just guessing willy nilly

i smell bayesian inference on steroids

― F♯ A♯ (∞), Monday, June 20, 2016 2:06 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't know what any of those words mean. But I am 319th in the overall pool, out of 300,000

btw everyone from ILHoops is good at predicting shit with numbers bc basketball prepares ur mind for important things for ur life

that is also very true

Nowt wrong with an expectation lowering qualification. ENG's best 14 is as clear as Leicester's so I don't think Roy'll rather about from here on.

hodgson should just revert to playing his babylon system every match, who's with me?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iC0y-1LONA

Looking at permutations, I reckon Wales get Czech Republic next and England probably Iceland/Hungary as much as I'd love to see the look on Ronaldo's face as England put two or three past Portugal.

Yeah,I suspect that England will get Iceland. So expect the Slovakia game again, but against a side with a much better chance of nicking a goal.

and a Charlton player

Although if Portugal and Iceland both win 1-0 then it would be Portugal.

xp

Portugal would be sweet. Cron in his element!

Lol @ commentator quoting seamus Heaney as an introduction.

this is ugly