France v England Match Thread

Kylo Ren

France win. England will keep it tight for most of the game. Benzema to score.

IvySlayer

Who got injured there?

kryogen

Come on France!

theoneeyedman

England preparing to park the bus as we speak....

greendom

kronsington wrote: »

teams named yet?

As posted by the op on post 1 - I bet you could name them yourself

greendom

IvySlayer wrote: »

Who got injured there?

Was it Ray Clemence ?

~Rebel~

I actually think they have a good chance. I like the team that's been picked. Ox on one side is tempered by Milner on the other, and he does have close to the best fullback in the world covering him. I also think Gerrard will be keeping an eye on making himself an easy passing option for him whenever he can.

I see them spending most of their time on the pitch like this:

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Welbeck
Ox

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Young

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Gerrard

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Milner

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Parker

kryogen

I hope Englad try to win, not certain of France breaking them down if they play for the draw

Cardinal Richelieu

I have a feeling this is like the Spain v Italy game, the two strongest pool teams meeting in the first match. Ukraine v Sweden are very weak.

Blatter

Cardinal Richelieu wrote: »

I have a feeling this is like the Spain v Italy game, the two strongest pool teams meeting in the first match. Ukraine v Sweden are very weak.

Sweden are hardly very weak. They'll be fairly dangerous in this group and will probably give both France and England a good game.

J. Marston

I have nothing against England, I wouldn't mind them doing well but I'm hoping for a few John Terry cock-ups.

Professional Griefer

Come on Danny and Ash!

Stevecw

can only see a draw in this one

theoneeyedman

Disappointing to see so many empty seats for 2 big countries at a major championship

Oat23

4,000 English fans? Disgraceful attendance for a major final that is less than 3 hours away by plane.

Atmosphere here is terrible.

Nuri Sahin

So quiet.

Sergio

Oatesy23 wrote: »

4,000 English fans? Disgraceful attendance for a major final that is less than 3 hours away by plane.

Atmosphere here is terrible.

Only that amount at the game???I thought they normally have a massive crowd like us travelling to major tournaments!

Dozen Wicked Words

Oatesy23 wrote: »

4,000 English fans? Disgraceful attendance for a major final that is less than 3 hours away by plane.

Atmosphere here is terrible.

How exactly can you get to Donetsk in 3 hours?

monkey9

murpho999 wrote: »

Lots of shouts for England but people seem to forget who their manager is.

Hodgson's been a very good international manager in the past. I think he'll do a good job with England overall!

SirDelboy18

Shocking turnout. Looks half empty.

Nuri Sahin

Good spot by Cabaye.

Nuri Sahin

Oatesy23 wrote: »

4,000 English fans? Disgraceful attendance for a major final that is less than 3 hours away by plane.

Atmosphere here is terrible.

After all the threats from hooligans in Ukraine and warnings about Ukraine in general, I don't blame those who didn't go.

UnknownSpecies

Saw somebody saying Sweden are stronger than Ukraine. Am I the only one who disagrees?

Insect Overlord

Nice bit of work by Welbeck there.

Xavi6

Glen Johnson caught too far forward already, imagine that.

SirDelboy18

dorgasm wrote: »

Saw somebody saying Sweden are stronger than Ukraine. Am I the only one who disagrees?

Voronin and Shevchenko don't look too dangerous.

yomtea98

Good chance wasted by Milner,if only he had a left leg

Nuri Sahin

Nice play from England, wrong person in that position though.

Stevecw

Oh Milner should have stuck that away, what a chance!

Johner

What a sitter.

~Rebel~

Oh Milner!!! Had to do a hell of a lot better there!!


Have to say, some of the injuries may turn out to be blessings in disguise. They look a bit more balanced as a team.

flyswatter

Shocker from Milner, terrible.

SirDelboy18

Both teams looking fairly edgy.

Hank Scorpio

sitter

GLaDOS

France looking poor at the back

GavRedKing

France starting well but Benzema needs to stay central hes doing well to mkve wide but France have nothing through the middle if he vacaties the space.

SirDelboy18

I would be so much more confident if Kos was in the centre.

monkey9

Dan Walker has put up a stat on Twitter that France have never won a European Championship match without Platini and Zidane in the side.

Nuri Sahin

Mexes is a disaster waiting to happen. Debuchy needs to get closer to Ox when he's down that side as well.

Oat23

dooferoaks wrote: »

How exactly can you get to Donetsk in 3 hours?

I was thinking it was in Poland, which is about 3 hours.

-Ade- wrote: »

After all the threats from hooligans in Ukraine and warnings about Ukraine in general, I don't blame those who didn't go.

Yeah I agree. But 4,000 is terrible. I expected the travelling support to take a hit but jesus! I wonder where all the hard men who were running around Germany in '06 causing trouble are.

Jesus Wept

Welbeck off, ANDREW ON!!1!

wonderboysam

Swit swoo

Mars Bar

wonderboysam wrote: »

Swit swoo

wut?

Nuri Sahin

Andy Carroll wrote: »

Wellbeck off, ANDREW ON!!1!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rAHnwWfsaY

monkey9

-Ade- wrote: »

Mexes is a disaster waiting to happen. Debuchy needs to get closer to Ox when he's down that side as well.

I can't believe he's in the team ahead of Koscelny

Nuri Sahin

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Yeah I agree. But 4,000 is terrible. I expected the travelling support to take a hit but jesus! I wonder where all the hard men who were running around Germany in '06 causing trouble are.

Yeah, I'm a tad surprised it's only 4K but as I said, tis understandable. If England's games were in the majority in Poland like Ireland, I'd reckon we'd have seen double the figure present there currently.

kleefarr

LOL...

SirDelboy18

Mexes did well there. If he gets a few interceptions/tackles in he should grow in confidence.

Still rubbish though

Nuri Sahin

monkey9 wrote: »

I can't believe he's in the team ahead of Koscelny

Mexes shouldn't be in the squad whatsoever.

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France are so slow getting numbers forward, afraid of the counter.

Kerrydude1981

kleefarr wrote: »

LOL...

Classy looking birds