Euro 2016 - hype, anticipation and general excitement

#deliverthemodule

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amused by the Times' lack of commitment to the bit here

Iceland defender Ragnar Sigurdsson has suggested England were complacent before their defeat last night.

Sigurdsson scored Iceland's equalising goal before Kolbeinn Sigthorsson got the winner.

"They thought this would be a walk in the park but we had faith in our ability," Sigurdsson said.

"It went well. We didn't feel that England created any chances. We were just heading away long balls. I wasn't stressed in the second half."

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Liking this Faragesque sore winners approach of the Icelandic team.

I dunno, I can totally hear Hart saying that

That bit about Kane surely can't be genuine, can it?

(xp) Oh absolutely, I said I liked the approach, didn't I? The Kane quote is o_0

It's a head scratcher for sure.

it is fake

We were just heading away long balls. We were just heading away long balls. We were just heading away long balls. We were just heading away long balls. We were just heading away long balls. We were just heading away long balls. We were just heading away long balls. We were just heading away long balls. We were just heading away long balls.

wonder if England fall back on these "tactics" because they're shit or because they believe each other are shit

They do it against top-quality opposition as well. It's because they're shit and just run out of ideas when things are down.

no i mean each player has so little faith in his team-mates to adhere to the plan that they descend into lumpball. i know it's a moot point.

We're all British, we should be cheering each other on

enjoying the second captain podcast on this

https://soundcloud.com/secondcaptains-it-com

a long piece merely to broadcast that he can't go to the beyonce show

talk about burying the leading

xp

lead*

when i read that roy's opening salvo at the post exit presser was "i'm not really sure what i'm doing here" i thought that i was reading a local garda parody.

It was fairly gutless the way he never actually resigned. It was "We'll my contract was up anyway" and "these things happen"

there's a proper passive-aggressive arrogance to woy beneath the "man out of time" exterior

the weakness in roy's character comes from having spent too much of his career abroad. he was never truly suffused with the indomitable english spirit. his failure was inevitable.

not to go too talksport on it, but to act like he's had a rough time with the media or give this "finally i'm free" type press conference is wrong for a guy who got such an easy ride. he earned 3.5m a year and compared to past england managers he got off incredibly lightly, after the worst world cup performance for years. the least he could do is go and talk, for the final time, about why he did such a shit job.

Unsatisfying he's not properly explained his 'tactical' approach, the odd subs etc.

England need a manager with PASSION imo

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OTM

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Brucey wrote the book on keeping mediocre placeholder teams more or less at their correct level

Cometh the hour, cometh the Pards.

Already stoked for him calling Joachim Low a pudding basin cunt on a Russian touchline.

Alain Pardieu

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/23/icelandic-firm-offers-england-players-whale-watching-holiday-euro-2016

morelike Bale watching amirite

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During the game I found myself wishing there was a Zidane 21st Century Portrait version of Rooney vs Iceland, the Vine only reinforces that desire.

hahahaha

soundtrack by stereophonics

soundtrack the theme from Chucklevision on a loop

Vertonghen has gone home with an ankle injury :-/

Shame.

Much as I enjoy watching Cron I really want Poland to win tonight... and Radwanska to win Wimbledon.

That was quick.

At least Portugal can't resort to killing the game like against Croatia now.

yeah perfect start entertainment-wise

p terrible by the portugal full back, but nice goal after that

This was the least enticing of all the QFs so that goal totally made this worth paying attention to.

heard someone else say that this week and i havent a fucking clue what ur on about tbh. easily the fixture with most contrasting but unstable styles

holy crap that was great build up

Poland v confident now. Though Milik thinking he's Ronaldo can only end in tears.

never looked worse than trying to sit on the lead v swiss but soaking them up and breaking to be expected tbf. getting better now

This is tasty from Poland so far, consider me chastised.

I hate watching Portugal.