Soccerball Therad

Post by **dng** » Fri Jun 18, 2021 3:42 pm

daren wrote: Mon Jun 14, 2021 2:34 am England will be fine until their match is shown on itv

Oh no it's on itv tonight

Post by **endar** » Fri Jun 18, 2021 4:41 pm

Well, fuck.

Gravid · Post by **Gravid** » Fri Jun 18, 2021 7:03 pm

Hooray I don’t have to listen to tyldesley because I’m watching this in Scotland. So that’s a bonus.

Post by **dng** » Fri Jun 18, 2021 7:48 pm

Well this has certainly been an England Scotland match

Post by **dng** » Fri Jun 18, 2021 7:49 pm

Total shite

Post by **dng** » Fri Jun 18, 2021 7:52 pm

England need to bring Harry Kane on at half time

Post by **dng** » Fri Jun 18, 2021 7:52 pm

That's my best quality football banter

Post by **endar** » Fri Jun 18, 2021 8:50 pm

Gash.

Post by **dng** » Fri Jun 18, 2021 8:51 pm

ITV do it again

swizpig · Post by **swizpig** » Fri Jun 18, 2021 8:52 pm

Hot pissssss

Post by **richschnauzer** » Fri Jun 18, 2021 8:55 pm

Post by **endar** » Fri Jun 18, 2021 9:16 pm

A world class League 2 match

Post by **dng** » Fri Jun 18, 2021 9:17 pm

Southend would have won

Post by **dng** » Fri Jun 18, 2021 9:17 pm

if only we were still league two

Post by **dng** » Fri Jun 18, 2021 11:04 pm

This was England's 17th goalless draw at a major tournament (Euros + World Cup), two more than any other team in the history of those competitions.

Post by **dng** » Fri Jun 18, 2021 11:04 pm

good old england

Post by **blombluss** » Sat Jun 19, 2021 1:05 am

I'd predicted 3-0 to England, which shows how little I know.

Scotland performed well, and I was going to say they negated England's threats, but I think England did that to themselves.

Rice & Phillips - why both of them, when we could've had a more creative player in there instead? Scotland showed far more bravery by selecting the ball-playing Billy Gilmour in a central role.

Post by **blombluss** » Sat Jun 19, 2021 1:10 am

blombluss wrote: Mon Jun 14, 2021 12:27 am England will be fine until they play one of the top teams (Italy/France/Germany/Spain), then we'll come unstuck defensively, imo.

Or Belgium or The Netherlands or Portugal.

So the plan is... avoid all those teams, and then we can win this thing!

Post by **vom** » Sat Jun 19, 2021 5:54 am

it was very rubbish and Scotland would have been more deserving winners

but at least I got drunk

Post by **richschnauzer** » Sat Jun 19, 2021 11:34 am

dng wrote: Fri Jun 18, 2021 3:42 pm
daren wrote: Mon Jun 14, 2021 2:34 am England will be fine until their match is shown on itv
Oh no it's on itv tonight

The Czech Republic game is ITV too (tues)

Post by **dng** » Sat Jun 19, 2021 4:50 pm

After yesterday's day of dull matches, these two so far have been pretty great

Post by **dng** » Sat Jun 19, 2021 8:19 pm

Spain just got a penalty from VAR for literally exactly the same foul that sterling didn't get a penalty from var for yesterday

Post by **dng** » Sat Jun 19, 2021 8:19 pm

Football is shite

Post by **dng** » Sat Jun 19, 2021 8:20 pm

At least spain missed it

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 12:23 am

Okay, so I've changed my mind somewhat about Spain.

They really haven't got any forward/midfield players as half as good as Xavi, Iniesta, Xabi Alonso, David Silva, and David Villa, so there isn't any point trying to ape that style any more. :'(

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 12:24 am

Also: Portugal / Germany - a really fun match!

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 12:27 am

Also, I can only presume that Adama Traore has done a poo on Luis Enrique's second favourite time-piece or something...

Gravid · Post by **Gravid** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 12:07 pm

I'm glad the group stages are almost over. I've found it hard to take much of an interest when the format is so stupid.

Post by **dng** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 3:33 pm

yes. it seems like you really have to try your hardest to have any chance of going out at all

Post by **vom** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 3:54 pm

I've just been watching the games and not really thinking about what any of it means

Post by **dng** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 4:47 pm

Even Italy's second team look really good. Or maybe Wales just look a bit shit

Post by **vom** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 5:08 pm

But still better than England

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 7:35 pm

Well done Wales!

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 7:38 pm

Also - I'm already missing my thrice daily dose of ball-o-kick.

Post by **dng** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 10:01 pm

in the conference play off final today, the torquay goalkeeper scored an injury time equaliser, saved the first two penalties in the shootout, and still ended up losing

Post by **dng** » Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:57 pm

the denmakr russia game today was pretty great

Post by **dng** » Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:57 pm

the ukraine austria game today was pretty terrible

Post by **dng** » Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:58 pm

also england are through now because ukraine and russia lost, in completely different groups from both each other and also england

Gravid · Post by **Gravid** » Mon Jun 21, 2021 9:25 pm

Hooray.

Gravid · Post by **Gravid** » Mon Jun 21, 2021 9:26 pm

Yes the Denmark game was good. Denmark vs Wales should be a fun game.

Post by **richschnauzer** » Mon Jun 21, 2021 9:33 pm

dng wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:58 pm also england are through now because ukraine and russia lost, in completely different groups from both each other and also england

Effectively England have scraped through via a flukey goal and a boring nil-nil draw. Truly, the most Eggland way of getting through possible.

Post by **vom** » Mon Jun 21, 2021 9:54 pm

The Denmark game was wonderful

My favourite so far

Post by **dng** » Mon Jun 21, 2021 10:16 pm

Yep, lovely stuff

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Jun 22, 2021 12:31 am

Gravid wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 9:26 pm Denmark vs Wales should be a fun game.

Agreed. Wales have a decent chance, I reckons, but would've had an even decenterer chance if it had been Finland they were playing, which looked possible for a while.

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Jun 22, 2021 12:39 am

I was wondering who England might get in the first round of knockout matches, and according to Sky Sports:

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As it stands, England, in second place in Group D, would play the runners-up from Group E - currently Slovakia, although Spain, Sweden or Poland could all realistically finish second - on Monday June 28 in Copenhagen.

Were they to beat the Czech Republic on Tuesday night to top the group, they would then play the runners-up from Group F - currently Germany - in London on Tuesday, June 29. However, all four teams in that group - which also contains France, Portugal and Hungary - could ultimately finish as runners-up.
---

I wish I hadn't bothered, now!

Post by **dng** » Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:22 pm

Scotland are shite

Post by **endar** » Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:39 pm

"Jack Grealish is the most fouled player in the league"

= he falls over more than anyone else

Post by **dng** » Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:42 pm

Scotland are unshite

Post by **dng** » Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:43 pm

daren wrote: Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:39 pm "Jack Grealish is the most fouled player in the league"

= he falls over more than anyone else

Clever play from an Englishman, rather than dirty cheating like those foreigners do

Post by **vom** » Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:59 pm

daren wrote: Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:39 pm "Jack Grealish is the most fouled player in the league"

= he falls over more than anyone else

He said this himself during the pre-match interview