EURO 2020 (2021 Edition)

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— JailTheEnglish.org 🇵🇸 (@JailTheEnglish) June 14, 2021

What the fuck are you talking about imago, a centre-back 25 yards out with about 5 Scotland players in advance of him witlessly smacking the ball straight into one of the many bodies in front of him leaving a 2 on 2 behind him. The finish was obviously incredible but it’s really stupid play for a team with plenty of time to come back from 1 down

that is excitingly wild of a post but it's also fucking nonsense

of all the expected outcomes of taking a 25-yard shot, 'block rebounds straight to attacker who instantly lays off teammate who scores from 50 yards' is not the percentage play now is it

anyway, the regular football threads will be ready and waiting for such vituperative takes next season

Scotland got the wrong end of the Schtick, thank you, thank you, I'll be here, all tournament

I didnt know it was a centre half but in the few seconds before that shot i did have it down as "sat up, worth hitting" and ive to agree with imago that its a long reach to latch in on that effort as "at fault for the ensuing wondergoal" tbh

Now...if twas spurs obv id feel otherwise

I think it's been explained adequately, even if it hadn't lead to a goal it was a stupid move from a dunderheaded central defender who couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo at the best of times.

this is the most ludicrous ad hominem criticism i've ever seen on a football thread

however i am not jack hendry's mum so i desist

actually no wait, he scored from outside the box against the netherlands LAST WEEK you silly twats

That's worse, now he'll be trying it in every game.

Classic toshack commentary snippet in my head from oh two decades ago

"Michel Salgado, from there? Right foot?

Should be booked for time wasting"

'block rebounds straight to attacker who instantly lays off teammate who scores from 50 yards'

it was actually this, there was no touch between the block and the hit, you can't expect that

Very soft goal.

Own goal, I gues.

Pretty good match so far, this.

Well that’s a way to start a half!

That is calm stuff

The summarizer in this match really knows what she's talking about, which is just as well as she's doing a hell of a lot of talking!

softest red ever

Nah thats a yellow all day

If you let big clumsy fuckers stamp on feet full force all day without accumulated punishment you hate actual footballers, basically

They are Marxists now so

how is this match going? i need something entertaining while i do some tedious task for work

It’s been a good one, currently 1-1

Nice goal

1-1 you say? No idea what Slovakia is like politics-wise these days but I'm sure they can't be worse than Poland, so get in there you Slovaks!

Make that 2-1 Slovakia!

They are Marxists now so

― xyzzzz__, Monday, 14 June 2021 17:23 (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I dont want this latest thing explained or anything it would just be good if it didn't happen any more

GTFABMTBF

My what disconcerting arms

oooh, thanks ned!

Ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts imo

aye, can't see past the slovaks here

Just catching up on the further bewildering defence of Jack Hendry and his bad decision, don’t feel ready to let this one go yet.

It was absolutely not ‘worth hitting’ if you are at all invested in a positive outcome for Scotland. It was a stereotypical example of ‘don’t fucking shoot for fuck sake’.

The amazing finish that followed is neither here nor there, it was more likely that the ball would end up going back over Hendry’s head somehow than that it would end up in the top corner. He had left a big gap behind him and one of the two people filling it was Grant Hanley.

Hendry averages a goal every 24 games, the fact he scored against the Netherlands the other week is not a reason to expect a 25 yarder to fly in every 70 mins, this is obvious and basic.

I’m surprised that Hendry’s decision being described as cretinous has caused such uproar. If it had been Davinson Sanchez taking that stupid fucking shot there’d be a whole thread for why he’s more of a cunt than Starmer within 10 mins.

i'll add to the slight defense of it. it was a daft thing, but the kind of daft thing that happens in every game of football pretty much.

also very much an embodiment of the scottish football geist of "just take a dig", "dont try passing it into the net" etc.

Starmer isnt a huge reference point for me tbh

A goal every 24 games isnt a bad return and allowing that its within hitting distance sitting up its not a ridiculous prospect

A goal every seventy minutes is some form of nonsense red herring and i reject it

Scored a goal against Holland and now he thinks Ronaldo is more like it.

Ffs

Just worked out the other voice Emma Hayes most reminds me of is Glenn Hoddle.

I was thinking Stuart Pearce.

Haha was just going to say she has an identical accent and speech pattern to Hoddle

She's making everyone else look like shit though, haven't really heard anyone close to this level of insight and preparedness for ages

Yep darragh was just going with the most ‘ilx’ option for a cunt, was a poor choice for my example and I’ll admit my error there.

Still not having any of this other bullshit though. Scotland were in a promising position and he took the most stupid/least imaginative option (just fucking have a go fuck it). The fact it was instantly followed by a member of the opposition very quickly executing the most effective option available to them absolutely perfectly only makes it more annoying if anything.

And more like starmer i spose

Slovakia hold to win, great match!

Scotland need a striker and to play to some of these players strengths, Steve Clarke!??

My instant reaction at the time, as a Scotland fan and not as a neutral observer, was "Aw naw, don't fuckin' shoot from there, ya fuckin' balloon", and, having just re-watched it, I can confirm that this reaction was thoroughly warranted. Firstly, he's 30 not 25 yards out and secondly he's Jack Hendry.