Pericic! Let the fire works commence.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 19:45 (eight years ago) link
No, some other -ic. Sweet back heel though.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 19:46 (eight years ago) link
kalinic is rightly going to obtain the patronage of a hoy hoy as THE NEXT ZLATAN sometime next season after a backheel thru the legs of kieran gibbs, followed by a £16m january move to juventus and a bidone d'oro
― nakhchivan, Monday, 22 March 2010 11:16
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 19:47 (eight years ago) link
Wales Albania very much on the cards at the moment
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 19:50 (eight years ago) link
no fuckin way
― Windsor Davies, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:27 (eight years ago) link
YEsss
― Windsor Davies, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:28 (eight years ago) link
Clear peno
Ref that leave srna on the pitch there is a disgrace and needs to be cited
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:28 (eight years ago) link
Srna didn't concede it.
He clearly knew where Ramos was going to hit it somehow and told the keeper.
― On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:30 (eight years ago) link
why can't ronaldo and ramos have started missing penalties 3 weeks ago ffs
― imago, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:32 (eight years ago) link
I wasnt talking about the concession
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:42 (eight years ago) link
Lol
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:44 (eight years ago) link
2 sweeeeeeet
― Windsor Davies, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:44 (eight years ago) link
XD
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:45 (eight years ago) link
Robin Ivan Perisic
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:47 (eight years ago) link
So that's Italy, Spain, Germany, France and England in the same half of the draw
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:52 (eight years ago) link
Croatia deserved that solely because of their great anthem.
(Have we polled the anthems?)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:59 (eight years ago) link
this is wild and gives croatia a great chance of winning
― ogmor, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 21:27 (eight years ago) link
they're down to 7/1
― Number None, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 21:33 (eight years ago) link
as a bleu stan, i'm way more scared at Croatia than England.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 21:37 (eight years ago) link
this thing is awesome btw
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/18/upshot/euro-2016-how-republic-of-ireland-can-advance-to-the-next-round.html
― Number None, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 21:38 (eight years ago) link
this team compares reasonably well to the 1998 one
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 21:39 (eight years ago) link
yah but it boils down to 'they need to win'
― imago, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 21:41 (eight years ago) link
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, June 21, 2016 5:39 PM (48 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i'll take it
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 21:41 (eight years ago) link
this team is surely superior to the 1998 one, davor suker or no davor suker
prosinecki, boban, asanovic...
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:01 (eight years ago) link
The 'big names' used to be a hindrance to Croatia in the past. This year it seems they are actually a team. I can see them going to the final rather comfortably.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:04 (eight years ago) link
suker pretty obviously better than mandzukic, jarni a comparable threat to perisic, defences probably equal.....there's not a lot in it
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:04 (eight years ago) link
we're rather hastily writing off belgium here, no? yeah wilmots is shit but look at their team
― imago, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:06 (eight years ago) link
Mandzukic, their big name, wasn't in the starting eleven tonight, he was on the bench. Modric was absent. Croatia ain't about big ego's anymore, and rightfully so, as it's what made them highly annoying in the past. Player to player comparisons are silly when the whole squad has a different approach.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:07 (eight years ago) link
if belgium-croatia happens it will probably end up being the football hipster's choice for best international match of the modern era or something
― imago, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:07 (eight years ago) link
what the fuck is all of this shit
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:09 (eight years ago) link
Belgium are flying high for no real reason tbh. So they won 3-0 to Ireland, big fucking deal. They seem so convinced they are in the final already, it's almost as if they adopted our arrogance and confidence based on nowt, with Holland absent.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:10 (eight years ago) link
we're rather hastily writing off belgium here, no?
#sarcasm
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:14 (eight years ago) link
difficult to look beyond the
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:15 (eight years ago) link
in with a considerable shout
luka modric >>>> david silva >>> lee rigby >>>>> kevin de bruyne
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:16 (eight years ago) link
On current form sure
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Tuesday, 21 June 2016 23:04 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnkIjzDUq6Q
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 10:33 (eight years ago) link
portugal should be p comfortable here.
we have a wesley clarkson true crime book called 'gangs of britain' in our shop and i'm p sure CRon is on the cover
https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51mXUVN06fL._SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_.jpg
― pandemic, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 16:09 (eight years ago) link
what sort of people buy those books
― nakhchivan, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 16:14 (eight years ago) link
don't get me started.. it's a p small shop so we only have about a metre of true crime, approximately a third of which is various kray books
WOAH GOAL
― pandemic, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 16:19 (eight years ago) link
lovely half volley
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3c34ca2b3e23280dbeaeaa26b126175abf06c197/0_36_3256_2124/master/3256.jpg?w=780&q=20&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&dpr=2&s=6f1cae3c41e1bd43a94a5223f67e9d6b
― nakhchivan, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 16:21 (eight years ago) link
also to be clear cos i know darragh likes the actual facts..hungary 1-0 zoltan gera. iceland 1 nil up also.
― pandemic, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 16:22 (eight years ago) link
<3 Gera
― Windsor Davies, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 16:22 (eight years ago) link
Portugal don't work properly to regain possession. Obv they're good on the ball and create chances and with CRon you eventually expect goals - but out of possession they seem to hope the other team will give it back.
― a goon shaped fule (onimo), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 16:23 (eight years ago) link
they have a pretty good set of defensive midfielders in william carvalho, renato sanches and danilo
― nakhchivan, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 16:26 (eight years ago) link
don't let's be beastly to the HUN
― nakhchivan, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 16:28 (eight years ago) link
There were a couple of periods in the few minutes leading up the the corner and the goal where there was no pressure whatsoever on the ball - some half-hearted runs into areas but no urgency and no-one getting close enough to hurry the man in possession. Like they felt Hungary would make a mistake rather than be forced into it.
― a goon shaped fule (onimo), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 16:30 (eight years ago) link
Austria miss another penalty...off the same post as the last time too
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 16:37 (eight years ago) link