Euro 2016 - hype, anticipation and general excitement

:) Xxp

notwithstanding that being a foul on Hart he seems mentally broken atm

This is just brilliant and im not even agin the tans here its just a great game

LG otm up here, Rooney moving mostly between the back four is amazing

This is one of the least hateful England teams I can remember and going into the tournament I, an extremely embittered Scottish nationalist, wished them well for the first time ever, but if there was ever a time that England deserved to be beaten by Iceland in a major footballing tournament to really hammer home the gulf between the nation's self-perception and its actual clout for non-footballing reasons this is it.

lol I can't believe England conceded the first directly from a Dave Challinor spesh

Clive now talking about England being a goal down against San Marino way back when and coming back to win 7-1 "it may just take a while though" jfc these guys just do not get it

squad may be likeable enough this time out but everything else about the presentation is as loathsome as it ever was, and it gets worse whenever the pundits think we're up against "inferior" opposition. especially jarring in the context of the last few days

This is one of the least hateful England teams I can remember and going into the tournament I, an extremely embittered Scottish nationalist, wished them well for the first time ever, but if there was ever a time that England deserved to be beaten by Iceland in a major footballing tournament to really hammer home the gulf between the nation's self-perception and its actual clout for non-footballing reasons this is it.

cosign -- but from an Irish American like

Tom ‏@zenithedtom 13m13 minutes ago

I like my football like I like my politics, a completely uncoordinated shambles.

tyldsley is another level of insufferable tho. his tight-lipped clucking is from another era of commentary.

https://mobile.twitter.com/AndrewSteel88/status/747510781412057088/video/1

(xps) This is so uncoordinated that Rooney could be the next PM.

if Iceland manage a 1-3 on a counter it's over. (though 3-2 still more likely, i think)

Just in. OMGWTF.

never wanted my own country to lose more than i do tonight

i hope they do us 5-1

how can a half with three goals and a penalty have no injury time

Rooney negotiating a post-Brexit settlement with the likes of Juncker is a perfect career move. No more 'experts'. xps

I have no problem with Sterling but he is the apotheosis of a culture that tolerates aaron lennon and theo walcott as professional athletes that have any business on a football pitch.

Please please please let barca believe the kyle walker hype. Useless at everything but running between areas where he is useless

Could another defeat for Europe's elites be on the cards here?

Likely not.

But this mismash of spurs players without spurs centre halves or inside forwards is a failed experiment.

can't believe they said "rooney urging his players to move the ball more quickly" without bursting into laughter or breaking down in tears

Rooneys not even fat now

Not even fat

Idiots commentating on 5 live were arguing about what counts as 'a youth'.

iit is actually hilarious to watch rooney getting on the ball deep, then doing some urgent-looking work on it, dribbling a bit, putting his foot on top of the ball, before passing it laterally to kyle walker.

"If he does not turn this around, talk abut the sword of Damocles - he'll be falling on that sword."

ITV panel did not just ask "does he drop Joe Hart for the quarter final?"

like I just saw claimed

did they?

ahaha xp

Just stop showing England games on ITV

PLEASE!

"Should Hodgson drop Hart for the Quarter Final?" seems a somewhat presumptuous question

hence my amused disbelief

how hard did tyldsley have to work to create the voice he has? he sounds like he's got the back of his throat clenched as tightly as possible.

"He's made amends with that save there"

Errrrrrrrr, nah.

Hodgson set to be the third manager in three years to lose his job thanks to blind loyalty to Wayne Rooney

seriously, what does he have on these people?

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Sterling probably the worst player i remember in an England shirt

rooney to centre mid and his own petulant justifications of it are some of the most wild falsehoods in football for years. like "rooney must play because he's rooney, so if rooney is no longer rooney due to losing his ability, then we must change what rooney is so rooney still plays"

it's bizarre

surely Mourinho doesn't fall for it though

Rooney must come off, he's dreadful here

Thats a real immobile cock vs irresistable force

how many times have england hit a pass to one of the full backs that's too long and goes out over the line? endless.

good on that ref for deciding that Rooney on the ball 30 yards out is no kind of advantage at all

lol

Horribly, I still expect England to win this.

Laughably bad free kick from Kane

felt no cognitive dissonance in laughing at Kane's hopelessness there

transition from complacency of "ok what day are we playing France in the QF" to tetchiness of "ok this isn't going quite how we'd planned" to "DON'T PANIC CAPTAIN MAINWARING WE MIGHT GET A GOAL HERE IF WE'RE LUCKY" is reminding me of something tho i can't think what

odds on Vardy getting a single touch before the final whistle?

Roonaaay, Roonaaay