Euro 2016

[londonblue]

This made me laugh:

 

[MK Shrimper]

I reckon we'll go out to France in the quarters and Roy will keep his job, mainly because he's by far and away the best man for the job, and has built a very young, inexperience squad. He deserves the chance to see it through.

Ireland to turn over France :winking:

 

[davewebbsbrain]

We've already shown we have no answer to teams parking the bus (despite people saying we played well I thought we were poor against Slovakia, it's not hard to have plenty of shots when a team sits back but only 3 or 4 of them were any good) I'm not sure Iceland will be an easy match to win.

I am not sure teams will park the bus in the knockout stages unless they score first.

 

[londonblue]

Ireland to turn over France :winking:

It's unlikely, but I wouldn't put it passed them.

 

[londonblue]

I am not sure teams will park the bus in the knockout stages unless they score first.

You're probably right, but it'll be interesting to see. Ultimately, unless you want to hang on for penalties from the first minute you have to show some attacking intent.

I remember a story about a drill the England squad used to practice under Glenn Hoddle: each team had something like 5 seconds to score or they had to give the ball back to the opposition. The idea was to practice a fast counter attack. That is something we really need to get better at.

 

[Clinton Baptiste]

Why cant Wales go all the way and win it? Greece in 2004, Denmark in 92.

 

[Supernaut]

Take a look at Wales side of the draw, I wouldn't have thought they would fear Belgium (didn't they draw twice in the qualifiers) or Croatia especially.

We could have been in that side of the draw :'(

Indeed, but don't forget that we'll only face 1 of Spain, Italy or Germany (assuming Germany beat Slovakia) IF we get to the semis.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Why cant Wales go all the way and win it? Greece in 2004, Denmark in 92.

Because apart from Bale, they're not that good. They'll get found out soon enough.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Spain are playing Italy.

Ha! I use the first person plural pronoun to refer to Engand.:finger2:

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Ireland to turn over France :winking:

No chance.And we beat Iceland,France will polish us off next.

 

[MK Shrimper]

No chance.And we beat Iceland,France will polish us off next.

Wouldn't Poland polish us off? :unsure:

 

[Shrimpersfan]

Having watched all 3 of France's group games I'm not entirely convinced they would beat us so easily. We may have struggled to score against Russia and Slovakia but they had much the same issue against Albania.

France will also come at us rather than sit back and I think this England side can be very good at counter attacking football.

I'm one fairly optimistic shrimper (about England that is. Southend will 90% of the time, disappoint).

 

[Pubey]

 

[Uncle Leo]

Because apart from Bale, they're not that good. They'll get found out soon enough.

But Bale is really good. And he's not been anywhere near his best yet (and still scored three times!)

 

[Uncle Leo]

Bloke at work has just sent round the latest update for our office Euro sweepstake comp. And I quote....

"A rather uninspiring group stage is over...."

He can't have been watching much of this tournament, right?

 

[Clinton Baptiste]

Because apart from Bale, they're not that good. They'll get found out soon enough.

Well I disagree. They play like a team, individuals like Ramsey, Williams seem to thrive on being the senior pros. They have leaders, their manager knows the way he wants to play and the players do too. I think you do them a dissservice and yes they do have Bale, he alone can carry them through. We dont have a player in his class.

 

[MK Shrimper]

But Bale is really good. And he's not been anywhere near his best yet (and still scored three times!)

One man does not a team make.

 

[Uncle Leo]

One man does not a team make.

See above from Clinton Baptiste.

 

[Supernaut]

One man does not a team make.

True, but 1 man *can* make *all* the difference, as we've seen so many times so far this tournament

 

[MK Shrimper]

True, but 1 man *can* make *all* the difference, as we've seen so many times so far this tournament

Didn't against England now did it....