England v Sweden - 8pm KO

Lapin

Cracking save

Mars Bar

Shoulda left it to Chamberlain

Skid

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

''going to be a free in'' lol
gaa ha

I think that is the one GAA term that Football should adopt.

kryogen

gandalf wrote: »

Its ok we can test ourselves against them in the World Cup qualifying campaign (if Trap is still in charge thats a sobering thought eh!).

Sweden will get past us ok, they are monsters of qualifying campaigns

Francie Barrett

Pro. F wrote: »

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Ibrahimovic is by a mile the best player on the pitch, only a complete fool would't rate him. It's just a shame the rest of the Swedish tean is letting him down.

Just to be clear, I was saying he is lazy, not that I don't rate him. Easily the best player on the pitch tonight for me. But lazy as fùck so he could have been a lot better.

But he hasn't really been lazy. He is constantly showing for the ball.

Jax Teller

Keno 92 wrote: »

To score a goal like that after all that has happened to him. Having to abandon your own home because of the roughness of your neighborhood at that age. His Uncle Phil is doing a sublime job with him so far.

Carltons happy for him .

kryogen

"Elmander jumping"

Elmander isnt even on the pitch you tool

kingshankly

Why does Ashley young have to stand on the ball every time he gets it

gandalf

kryogen wrote: »

Sweden will get past us ok, they are monsters of qualifying campaigns

Austria will probably do us as well!

England have this sewn up now!!!

cson

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

What are you talking about? Koscielny has been on the bench for France, Mertesacker for Germany, Rosicky has been average, van Persie has contributed to the Dutch going out, ok Bendtner has been good

Those that have played.

adox

Young has put in a McGeadyesque performance tonight.

rebel girl 15

Thought Gerrard should have left it for Chamberlain - all over, good win

kryogen

Sweden have disappointed me

Fair play to England, showed fight

Skid

The match director really had a hard on for Wayne Rooney.

eagle eye

Well done England. Hope they go a long way in this.

mike65

Ashley Young, is he always like that?

kitakyushu

adox wrote: »

Young has put in a McGeadyesque performance tonight.

Young had a stinker but no need to insult the guy.

Will I Amnt

Thoroughly enjoyed that game,surprised it turned out as entertaining as it did.

yomtea98

mike65 wrote: »

Ashley Young, is he always like that?

Yes

Renn

mike65 wrote: »

Ashley Young, is he always like that?

Nah, normally like this

Francie Barrett

adox wrote: »

Young has put in a McGeadyesque performance tonight.

bizarre statement.

J. Marston

Skid wrote: »

The match director really had a hard on for Wayne Rooney.

It's his hair, it's fúcking fabulous.

Kerrydude1981

cambo2008 wrote: »

Thoroughly enjoyed that game,surprised it turned out as entertaining as it did.

Same here,end to end stuff in the second half,pure EPL stuff

steelcityblues

Happy for Walcott - he takes a ridiculous level of stick from his own club fans.

Gbear

Something I noticed again tonight, it feels like the refs have got a directive from UEFA to officiate the matches as poorly as they possibly can.

A raft of boggling decisions all throughout the tournament.

Hank Scorpio

great game, so if England avoid defeat vs the Ukraine they go through?

kingshankly

Delighted for England hope they do well they will need to improve though.
There 2 wingers tonight Milner and young offered nothing

Hank Scorpio

The Dunph is pissed

Francie Barrett

I can still see England playing for a draw against the Ukraine and losing...

mackeire

How the hell was melbergs first goal given as an o.g??

Pro. F

Francie Barrett wrote: »

But he hasn't really been lazy. He is constantly showing for the ball.

No he didn't constantly show for it. He showed for it sometimes, he stood still and watched other times. Bizarre attitude from him.

kryogen

Francie Barrett wrote: »

I can still see England playing for a draw against the Ukraine and losing...

They will play like they tried to play tonight, start and try to get a goal early and then hang on for dear life.

Drumpot

Apres match boys will have to do a skit with Brady being a grumpy git . .

Be funny if they had Brady calling Darragh Moloney Bill in that drony voice they use . . "The game was very low quality Bill"

steelcityblues

Are France through?

MagicMarker

steelcityblues wrote: »

Are France through?

How could they be if they drew with England and won tonight?

kryogen

Pro. F wrote: »

No he didn't constantly show for it. He showed for it sometimes, he stood still and watched other times. Bizarre attitude from him.

He was the only Swedish player who had an impact on the game, he was the only Swedish player capable of doing something.

Renn

Pro. F wrote: »

No he didn't constantly show for it. He showed for it sometimes, he stood still and watched other times. Bizarre attitude from him.

My advice would be to stop listening to the guys on RTE and start watching him play.

kryogen

I just hope Sweden play as poor as possible v France now, need a France win to be sure

steelcityblues

MagicMarker wrote: »

How could they be if they drew with England and won tonight?

Because Ukraine and England will play each other, and they beat Ukraine?

Actually, they and England could lose and there GD could be worse, so sorry about that. My bad.

Renn

Pro. F's hero.

blueser

mackeire wrote: »

How the hell was melbergs first goal given as an o.g??

Watch the replay again; when Hart saved the original shot, the ball was going to go out for a corner until it hit Johnson.

titan18

Thought Martin Olsson was excellent tonight for Sweden. Made Johnson look like a fool

blueser

titan18 wrote: »

Thought Martin Olsson was excellent tonight for Sweden. Made Johnson look like a fool

Not difficult, to be honest. How Johnson got the gig ahead of Micah Richards still baffles me.

Francie Barrett

kryogen wrote: »

He was the only Swedish player who had an impact on the game, he was the only Swedish player capable of doing something.

Kallstrom looked good in bits and bobs, but yea, your point basically stands.

Kilkenny14

That was a great game to watch - had plenty of goals, little playacting and high energy football.

From an Irish perspective we will have to be wary of Sweden - they can cause us serious problems in qualifying for WC2014.

G.K.

Martin Olsson's a cracking talent.

kryogen

G.K. wrote: »

Martin Olsson's a cracking talent.

Still so inconsistent though, he may turn himself into a great left back, but he may go the other way too

kryogen

Kilkenny14 wrote: »

That was a great game to watch - had plenty of goals, little playacting and high energy football.

From an Irish perspective we will have to be wary of Sweden - they can cause us serious problems in qualifying for WC2014.

From an Irish perspective we don't have a hope against Sweden unless we actually put them under pressure (Jack?) and not give them time and space, they dont like being under pressure but will play around you for fun if you let them.

G.K.

kryogen wrote: »

Still so inconsistent though, he may turn himself into a great left back, but he may go the other way too

Agreed.

adox

Francie Barrett wrote: »

bizarre statement.

It was meant light heartedly. I'm a fan of Youngs but he was brutal tonight.