Footaball again? The Euro 2024 edition

A bit better from England, and ridiculous hyperbole from the BBC.

Klunk

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oh ffs not shearer as the in match pundit again he’s **** dreadful ? #prayforITV #thankgodformute

There’s the option of 5Live’s professional football describers on the iplayer. It’s much better/less awful

There’s the option of 5Live’s professional football describers on the iplayer. It’s much better/less awful

yeah It’s a life saver.

Rice is great at what he does, but if I was uber-picky I’d like one more thing. I know his role is a defensive midfielder, and I know the pundits said he hasn’t been as effective for England because he doesn’t have the movement ahead of him – but just once or twice getting the ball and driving a few yards to see what can open up would just ask a slightly different question.

Trippier definitely a square peg in a round hole at left wing back!

Gordon

england getting leggy already !

Going downhill now. But will Southgate actually use his subs?

They have no pace. Gordon and Watkins needed.

Bollocks.

Oh Ja

Bloody Starmer!

You could feel it coming.

Bellingham: I ain’t coming off!

We deserve to lose this.

We’ve been lucky to get this far

What a goal.

Quality. Nice hit.

He’s been our best player.

Southgate showing he means business, makes changes and gets an instant impact, how folk are on his back i’ll never know.

Was watching the Ireland South Africa rugby game, what did I miss?

Two goals interspersed by an hour or so of walking football.

5 great pens

You couldn’t really hope for 5 better penalty takers. I was pretty confident when I saw who was taking them.

Much better performance against a decent side. More super subs from Southgate: )

Short penalty run ups don’t do anything for my nerves…

fair play though, they were good pens.

let’s try and avoid them though eh?

It’s odd seeing England just chilling with pens

A better performance, but the subs need to come before England have faded, and  allowed the opposition to take control and score.

Hate penalties, mainly because certain media tend to crucify certain  penalty missers. Must admit, I was very relieved to see some of them go in.

I really don’t like penalties!

Five good penalties 🙂

That looked a happy team at the end – all good there

(Apparent’y Southgates ‘won’ more knockout tournament games than all other managers since 1966 put together.  Maybe he’s not a woke, lily livered idiot holding back a team of plucky blokes)

Short penalty run ups don’t do anything for my nerves…

Tell me. At least with Psycho you knew what you were getting, a run up starting from the next postcode and woe betide the groundsman who hasn’t used the long pegs on the net.

100% win ratio under labour.

Tell me. At least with Psycho you knew what you were getting, a run up starting from the next postcode and woe betide the groundsman who hasn’t used the long pegs on the net.

His penalty in ’96 is indelibly etched in my memory.

P.s. Go Turkey!

dutch  are getting tonked at the moment the Turks are all over them.

Oh dear, what a truly abysmal game. Turkish player throws himself to the floor, Dutch player booked. And repeat.

That’s going to worry all the others in the last 4. England used to be known for being bad at penalties so the opposition would play for the draw and win the shoot-out. That’s not looking such a good strategy with the current England crop.

Maybe there will be an expansive game of football in the semi-final won in regulation time as a result.

England v Holland, two teams more than capable of a 0-0 draw despite awful defending. Koeman was pretty average as a defender and it shows with this team. We’re in Kilkenny, we watched the England game in the pub with an England supporting Irish barman and now we’re watching the Dutch game with some Dutch fans back at the campsite. Great fun.

Koeman pretty average as a defender ???pmsl

Huh!? You’ve met an Irish man who supports England in the home of the wildcats?

Player Koeman
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Ajax

Eredivisie: 1984–85[97]
KNVB Cup: 1985–86[97]
PSV

Eredivisie: 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89[97]
KNVB Cup: 1987–88, 1988–89[97]
European Cup: 1987–88[97]
Barcelona

La Liga: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94[97]
Copa del Rey: 1989–90[97]
Supercopa de España: 1991, 1992, 1994[97]
European Cup/UEFA Champions League: 1991–92; runner-up: 1993–94[97]
European Super Cup: 1992[97]
Netherlands

UEFA European Championship: 1988
Individual

Dutch Footballer of the Year: 1987, 1988
UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1988[98]
UEFA Champions League top scorer: 1993–94
UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll: No. 26

Koeman was a great player, he got Graham Taylor sacked for hauling down a striker in USA 94 qualifying.

Without him there would’ve been no Terry Venables Euro 96.

Koeman was a great player but he couldn’t defend. Luckily for him he had Gullit etc all round about him.

Couldn’t defend? ???  who could then?

I have a feeling England would rather play Holland than Turkey – more of a known quantity.

Interesting article on the psychology of the shootout.

A subtle England penalty shootout innovation (since 2021) is their deliberate, structured & functional use of social psychology.

Here, Saka is picked up by John Stones after his penalty, to swiftly welcome him back in the team.

What did England do and why did they do it?
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— Geir Jordet (@GeirJordet) July 8, 2024

Any predictions for the semis?

I reckon Spain and Netherlands