European championships 2020 thread (43 Viewers)
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COV
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It’s gonna be same team I’d think, I can’t see Southgate changing too much, not in his nature
hill83
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Can't do it, I'm useless on a hangover, plus a 12 hour shift is a killer anyway.
TomRad85
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Do they even have them in the Euros? Not even taking the piss, genuinely no idea.Is the 3rd /4th playoff on Saturday, haven't looked because we aren't in it
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Skybluefaz
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In keeping with the Alien theme...
You wouldn't believe the sight's and states of some of the blokes I've worked alongside in the exhibition game .
Fair play!
COV
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Is the 3rd /4th playoff on Saturday, haven't looked because we aren't in it
Don’t know, we didn’t do badly enough to qualify for it
Evo1883
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No they don't sadly
Mucca Mad Boys
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The stattos at Goldman Sachs reckon we have a 58% chance of winning and are predicting England to win in extra time. They predicted 2-1 v Denmark and the same for Sunday.
I have had a few disagreements with mates on this, but Italy haven’t looked that good in the knockout stages. Their impressive win against Belgium was flanked by an unimpressive extra time win against Austria and they were second best against Spain. If I’m harsh, I think their group stage was harder on paper than in reality and that’s padded their stats. It’s going to be a tough game against them!
Are they beatable? Absolutely.
covmark
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Haha the memories of last night will get you through tonight mate.
My days off have fallen really well for this tournament, only had to book a couple off.
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Sick Boy
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The lengths that the forum goes to find new angles to argue over is amazing.
Sick Boy
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And England’s extra time win was a penalty against 10 men
covmark
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What's it like over there mate? Euros mad? Are they confident of beating us?And England’s extra time win was a penalty against 10 men
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COV
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Thinking of moving onto an analysis of the star signs of the respective teams next
Anything to pass the time
David O'Day
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COV
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It was a tap in .
I’d argue that the only reason they had 10 men was that they were under so much pressure that they had to use up all their subs. So we basically forced them to play with 10
Sick Boy
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It is indeed, England will be major favourites.
Well they used all available
Well they used all available
quite early on on and were Banking on taking it to penalties I think.
I’d argue that the only reason they had 10 men was that they were under so much pressure that they had to use up all their subs. So we basically forced them to play with 10
Well they used all available
quite early on on and were Banking on taking it to penalties I think.
Sick Boy
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I predicted Italy would be dark horses and then an England V Italy final despite Italy only winning in Rome.Italy England is the final i thought it would be after the stars aligned with the route .(thought we'd lose in the last 16 before that
I think we can beat them , but we have to get it right .
England 2 - 1 Italy AET
Kane x 2 and tournament top scorer
I reckon England will prosper - probably 2-1
Mucca Mad Boys
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And England’s extra time win was a penalty against 10 men
We could caveat that, but anyone watching the game would have felt we had the beating of Denmark from around the 70th minute. They defended well, but we passed on 2-3 really good attacking opportunities when we were 2-1 up.
It’s an academic point to make, but I believe we would have scored anyway had Sterling’s penalty not been given.
The game was a complete reversal from 2018, we looked quite fresh even in extra time.
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It was actually before that, as it was the 63rd minute when the Danes forced the 4-5 min break in play by having their chap sit on the floor whilst they sorted out their subs, and then farted around some more, had a drinks break and provided new team instructions. The tactic worked in putting us out of out stride for a while.
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Liquid Gold
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I was actually shocked how early Denmark tried to close the game down. It was only a little after an hour, that means if they were playing for pens with only half of the game gone.
You don't do that against a team you consider your equal.
I love how Southgate has them playing in phases where they are less intense and just keep the ball for a little bit to preserve energy. Doing that, and also being able to make so many subs when they were comfortably winning in the previous game, is probably why they seem so fresh.
You don't do that against a team you consider your equal.
I love how Southgate has them playing in phases where they are less intense and just keep the ball for a little bit to preserve energy. Doing that, and also being able to make so many subs when they were comfortably winning in the previous game, is probably why they seem so fresh.
It’s a really alien feeling after watching England since 1982 but maybe we are just good now. We have enough players to hurt Italy and a home advantage so who knows. In a sense we have already achieved more than ever in 55 years so perhaps the pressure is off like City in 87
Mucca Mad Boys
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I think their manager making all those subs early prevented the game from being ended within 90 minutes. It was also a shrewd move from Southgate to make the one sub in normal time. We were in complete control in extra time and that was epitomised by the way we just kept the ball for a few minutes to see the game out.
Good stuff, well managed.
Sick Boy
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I’m currently in Lampedusa at the moment so a bit cut off my from it. My Italian friends have had little expectations though, so they’re playing without the usual pressure that comes with tournaments here. The failure to qualify in 2018 was like a political scandal in the UK.
My neighbour has set up a giant screen in his garden for Sunday though with 100 beers for the occasion.
covmark
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Have a great day mate. Hopefully ends with your neighbour extremely pissed off hahaI’m currently in Lampedusa at the moment so a bit cut off my from it. My Italian friends have had little expectations though, so they’re playing without the usual pressure that comes with tournaments here. The failure to qualify in 2018 was like a political scandal in the UK.
My neighbour has set up a giant screen in his garden for Sunday though with 100 beers for the occasion.
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Liquid Gold
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I think if we actually managed to win on Sunday and get the hoodoo off our backs we could end up going deep pretty regularly. It's getting that first trophy and winning feeling, monkey off your back etc.
It would be good to be viewed by other big teams as one of them instead of just putting ourselves there.
It would be good to be viewed by other big teams as one of them instead of just putting ourselves there.
Bugsy
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Decent idea that thou think they should and add to the FIFA ranking
Mucca Mad Boys
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With the World Cup being next year, it’s very good for momentum and then the following Euros in 2024.
Looking at the squad, most of them will be around for the next 6-10 years at least. The only area of ‘concern’ we have is developing future world class central defenders.
COV
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Definitely, a complete change of mindset