European championships 2020 thread (9 Viewers)
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Liquid Gold
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This group is set up really nicely now though. The team you’d have said was the weakest would be the only one with 3 points, Poland will need a win against Spain next Sunday.
Mucca Mad Boys
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Sweden just seem to always turn up and perform reasonably well at major tournaments. Fair play to them!
Blind-Faith
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Think they will struggle to finish their paella tonight. Couldn’t finish anything else, useless
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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Spain had 81% possession after about 25 minutes. They were really poor.
If they don't top the group, our path later on could change in our favour.
If they don't top the group, our path later on could change in our favour.
fernandopartridge
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Agreed, it's actually hyper defensive football designed to win 1-0
baldy
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Well to be honest,the team have got off on the wrong foot before a ball‘s been kicked with some fans by saying they’ll be taking the knee
Jamesimus
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Well to be honest, some fans have got off on the wrong foot before a ball's been kicked by booing when players take the knee.
baldy
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Trying too hard
Alkhen
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Makes me laugh the thick C*nts who boo are are types who bandy about terms like 'snowflake' yet get sand in their fannies when group of footballers want to make a small gesture against discrimination and inequality. Pathetic.
Name one good reason why they shouldn't be allowed to do it?
David O'Day
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Why should the team pander to racist twats?
If people are so thick they don't get why they are doing it after being told why by the team, manager and FA then fuck them. Let the racists join Lozza Fox in supporting anyone but England.
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Torquay Sky Blue
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Good point . That's what fucked the jocks up when Robertson was pinned down second half
David O'Day
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They are usually ok if Tierney is playing as he can do the same breaking forward from left cb but he was out.
HuckerbyDublinWhelan
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Guarentee 90% of them say “I’m not supporting a Marxist organisation” whilst conveniently forgetting they have no idea who Karl Marx is. I actually asked someone to explain Marxism to be and he’d never heard of him
fun conversation that
Alkhen
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Its not politics. but I get the sentiment. Just feel its important to shut down people talking misleading crap.
Back to football.
Most impressed by the Italians so far. will be very interesting to get a look at the group F teams as we will be playing one of those I feel
TomRad85
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I think unfortunately being on collision course with Group F will see us go out before our natural going out point.
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SBAndy
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I thought our natural going out point was when we lost to Portugal on penalties?
HuckerbyDublinWhelan
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See I couldn’t work out whether Italy were good or Turkey we’re just crap.
I hope Germany come 2nd, if we win our group that’s the likely position we play. They’re in transition, and with the game being at Wembley I fancy us to beat anyone. The quarter final in Rome worries me
TomRad85
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I actually think people are writing Germany off too early. Sure they are in a tough group, a group that I'm not even sure how it happened, but i can still see them coming through it. 3 players in that team just won the Champions League and a whole pile won the Champions League just 1 season ago. Sane and Gnabry can cut you to ribbons on their day.
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan
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I can see that. They’re usually a tournament team. I just think at the moment, we’ll be better than them.
im in the position where I’d rather play them than France or Portugal. Ultimately we’ve got to play them at some point so there’s no difference really to playing them next or the semi
Alkhen
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Yeah hard to get a proper feel after only one game, they did look balanced which is more than I can say about the Netherlands.
Germany will always be tricky but it does look a good time to play them. Odd situation with the manager too.
It's not ideal but I think avoiding the other side of the draw could help in the long run. More chance we can beat a Portugal or Germany at home
We go route A if we win the group, Route B if we come 2nd:
Route A probable teams:
2nd in F (Germany/Portugal)
Winner of E (Spain/Sweden/Slovakia?)
Winner C (Netherlands/Austria?)
Route B is stacked with big teams:
Winner F (France? )
Winner A (Italy)
Winner B (Belgium)
3rd in group F (Germany/Portugal)
Possibly even Spain if they don't start scoring
Neither easy but get past round 16 and it opens up more in Route A
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Mucca Mad Boys
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All their Group games are in Munich too. I really wouldn’t be surprised to see Germany win their Group.
France are still favourites, but home advantage is something worth considering.
SlowerThanPlatt
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Avoid Portugal and I’d be happy, think I can do without Bruno Fernandes falling over in the box in the 86th minute to knock us out
HuckerbyDublinWhelan
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We’ll send Grealish on and 3 minutes later Kane will be equalising from the spot
SlowerThanPlatt
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Aaron Ramsdale replaces Dean Henderson who withdraws through injury
Alkhen
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2 relegated goalkeeper and Pickford...
actually thought Johnstone looked good in the friendly
Liquid Gold
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Who decided no 2 o'clock game.
Joke
Joke
cc84cov
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Looking at it ideally a second place finish would be better avoiding the group of death lol I would prefer Spain,Sweden,Slovakia & Poland over France or Portugal,but then again momentum etc etc who knows where we could go I have a good feeling about this group they have an arrogance about them,I like the pairing of rice & Phillips in midfield...shame sheaf isn’t there tho 
SlowerThanPlatt
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The incentive to finish top is home advantage, if we finish second we will have to play in Copenhagen