Euro 2016 - hype, anticipation and general excitement

Switzerland v Poland

Croatia v Portugal

Wales v Northern Ireland

Hungary v Belgium

Germany v Slovakia

Italy v Spain

France v Republic of Ireland

England v Iceland

RIP Zlatan. It's sad he was a Swede.

Italy really didn't want to play Spain eh

there was no way Italy couldn't win their group fwiw

True, Italy were already group winners regardless of the result.

pandemic watching belgium - sweden = vmic btw

wonder if Thierry Henry could give us a hand for the next game

Italy v Spain

Oh fuck off.

pandemic watching belgium - sweden = vmic btw

― imago, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 22:05 (3 minutes ago)

so was i

u have a complex relationship with the old country lol

admittedly italy/ireland was a bit of a sham given that italy team and belgium/sweden prob featured better football and footballers

you have no romance in your soul

hey now i watched and was cheered

I watched Belgium Sweden too, as a neutral was the obvious choice. Did turn over for the last 5 mind of Italy Ireland and that 5 minutes was pretty compelling.

i was gonna switch over if italy scored tbh

England, Germany, Spain, Italy, France all on one side of the draw. Croatia and Belgium on the other side. Unusually lopsided.

have you watched England?

Instantly regretted lining them up with 'big names' tbh

:D

angleterre is quite long

I didnt see the goal.

The kids next door, theyre that kinda magic age for a summer tournament, three of them between 8 and 11, no girls no work schools out and nothing matters but this.

They watch tv on terrestrial feed. Three seconds ahead of me.

One. Hoolahan has the ball at his feet on the right.

Screams. Like all the lost boys at once. Hunh?

Two. The ball's in the air. I can see a green shirt in its flight path if it misses that defender.

Screams are going on long. Longer than the penalty shout. Longer than the near misses. Theres no edge to them, just sheer jubilation.

Three. The ball is on Brady's head. I don't see the goal. I'm already crying.

<3

if that had been your poetry competition entry i might have voted for it

now now

Needs to be a limerick

And amn't being thick

74/1 for an Ireland v Icelan quarter final

Viking grudge match.

r & c thrashing it out for possession in the middle of the word

We are shit but sometimes we beat good teams one nil. Never seen a game in which one side was given so much and achieved so few chances.

500/1 ROI v NI final

16/486 after gerrymandering

26 + 6 = 0-0

1/8 actually

quite probably my mind's going but ireland dummying corners, is this a new thing

Yoko Ono moonlighting as an Icelandic football commentator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t0FdKYhKpA

Co-commentator: Mark Lawrenson

I met Lawrenson last year and he’s a lovely man, so it genuinely pains me to be part of the chorus of voices calling for the poor sod to be put out of his misery. For some time now ‘Lawro’ has given the impression of someone who simply doesn’t like football anymore, or does like it but sees commentating as a really good way to audition for the role of sarcastic team captain on a BBC Two panel show. He’s now also slipped into making really bizarre remarks, such as suggesting the Sweden defender Andreas Granqvist “went down like custard” during their 1-1 draw with the Republic of Ireland. Seriously, let’s bring him home.

Rating 3/10

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/23/euro-2016-pundits-battle-sofas-pundits-slaven-bilic?CMP=twt_gu

nakrani mugshot in v-neck t and zip cardigan. unsurprising

Shearer 7.5 don't think i'll bother reading that piece

"at his forthright best"

p sure pulis kept referring to ibra as "zoltan" last night. i kinda liked it.

shearer had the proper hump with danny murphy after the england game the other night. wants a return to 4-4-2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z48_DSKh1Hw

WHATS UR FAVE FILM TONE?

Second Captains is seriously great today: https://soundcloud.com/secondcaptains-it-com/ireland-1-0-italy-the-game-the-goal-the-celebrations-the-tears-the-night-well-never-forget

I mean, if you're Irish, I guess.

quite probably my mind's going but ireland dummying corners, is this a new thing

i found this strange too. i was thinking it was a bit fancy and we needed that extra body in the jump zone (box).

it really induced a mild panic in me, like surely i must have seen it before but no files found

yeah i know what you mean. i don't think i've seen it before either.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/video/2012/oct/03/serbia-triple-dummy-football-corner-goal-video

i didn't see the Ireland match so maybe they were dummying in a totally different way? :P

no yeah they had two men standing over the actual corner like a free kick. one runs over

ahh.)

ita/spa and england game are the only 2 games not on at the weekend. you have got to be fucking kidding me.