Euro 2020

gormdubhgorm

y0ssar1an22 wrote: »

2-1 slovakia via skriniar

Caught it nicely in fairness, for a back man.

I have no issues with that sending off.

The pull back is a yellow and I think that's a yellow.


The trouble is the mentality that refs usually have of trying not to dish out second yellows too easily. If everything was enforced, we'd see a lot more red cards. I think this was one such case.

sligeach

Good finish from Slovakia. But the defending by Poland was diabolical. 6 players marking nobody.

gormdubhgorm

sligeach wrote: »

But the defending by Poland was diabolical. 6 players marking nobody.

Zonal marking gone wrong, apparently.

Guy:Incognito

Not near the level of claiming Irish people as British but I only noticed when I was listening to today's episode eof quickly Kevin and they played the clip of sterling's goal, the commentator says "born in the shadow of wembley" , how big is the ground that the shadow stretches to Jamaica?
I'm sure he meant raised but still. At least the media seem to have moved on from villifying him for buying a house now that he scored a winner for them I suppose.

Also, Matt Forde saying he's never seen so many people of drugs as he did in Wembley yesterday and that there was a sizable section of , shall we say, undesirables among the crowd.
Scrolling twitter and it was this tweet that reminded me of what he said

https://twitter.com/clvtno/status/1404061399337345028?s=09

Mr.Nice Guy

All over. Good result for Slovakia. Poland disappointing, and their next game is against Spain.

Guy:Incognito

Kevin Doyle talking about players diving "that's what players do these days". You'd swear he never dived

Muahahaha

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

Whelan sounds like he is holding his breath when talking. Plus adds zero insight to the game. As you correctly say he is very negative and there is no vibrancy in him. It is like he does not want to be there.

Ronnie Whelan is the Father Stone of football commentary, like he is technically alive but he sounds like he is dead

BillyHasMates

RTE is dire. Whelan is the antithesis of enthusiastic and is hard to listen to for any game for 90 mins. Now I am listening to Doyle and Duff go on and on about the 2nd yellow and their persistence in calling it soft and just a body check while RTE continue showing slow mo replays of it. Are they deliberately missing the stamp on the foot or what?

Dillonb3

Didn't realise Sebastian Larsson is still playing for Sweden

gormdubhgorm

Muahahaha wrote: »

Ronnie Whelan is the Father Stone of football commentary, like he is technically alive but he sounds like he is dead

Lisa Fallon surely would be a way better option?
Amazed Whelan has lasted this long.

Mr.Nice Guy

Team news for the evening game:

Spain XI: Simon; M. Llorente, P. Torres, Laporte, Alba; Koke, Rodri, Pedri; F. Torres, Morata, Olmo.

Sweden XI: Olsen; Lustig, Danielsson, Lindelof, Augstinsson; Larsson, Ekdal, Olsson, Forsberg; Berg, Isak.

Enrique keeps faith with Morata up top. Isak coming off a good season with Sociedad. Keen to see how he gets on.

I'll go 2-1 Spain.

Guy:Incognito

So odd not picking the full 26. Even if you've no intention of playing them, why not stick 3 players in there just in case?

Surely having and not needing Ramos is much better than needing and not having.

Burkie1203

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

So odd not picking the full 26. Even if you've no intention of playing them, why not stick 3 players in there just in case?

Surely having and not needing Ramos is much better than needing and not having.

Think 23 is the match day limit

breezy1985

Dillonb3 wrote: »

Didn't realise Sebastian Larsson is still playing for Sweden

Watching the EPL makes me feel old with all the new young players flying round that I have never heard of.

God bless the Euros for still having Yilmaz, Pandev running around the place

Guy:Incognito

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Think 23 is the match day limit

Yeah but they only brought 23 to the tournament AFAIK. They're allowed 26

Neeson

Liam Brady sorting his notes. Must have done lots of research!

Dillonb3

breezy1985 wrote: »

Watching the EPL makes me feel old with all the new young players flying round that I have never heard of.

God bless the Euros for still having Yilmaz, Pandev running around the place

This will probably make you feel old- Henrik Larsson's son, Jordan, is in the Swedish squad

NIMAN

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Poland disappointing, and their next game is against Spain.

Again.

Poland always are rubbish when it comes to tournament time.

Lewandowski may as well not have been on today.

breezy1985

Dillonb3 wrote: »

This will probably make you feel old- Henrik Larsson's son, Jordan, is in the Swedish squad

I'm also the same age as Bellinghams mother

Fr Tod Umptious

Mars Bar wrote: »

Turn it to ITV if you have the option. Besides her use of the word "irregardless" Emma Hayes is breaking it down. Talking about where the overloads and underloads are happening and about width and depth. Real football talk

Irregardless is one of the greatest words in the English language.

Irregardless of the fact that irregardless and regardless mean the same thing, it's a brilliant word.

irishguitarlad

Luis Enrique is a clown, to not bring Canales, Aspas or Nacho and then to start Morata Who is tripe over moreno, it's almost like he wants to troll the Spanish nation.

sterz

"Prediction tonight, Liam?"

"I'm watching tonight, Darragh..."

Second time in two evenings I've heard Brady come out with this. Bizarre.

namloc1980

Not the Spanish anthem without Ramos staring up at the sky.

Mervyn Skidmore

Not one player singing the national anthem there.

namloc1980

Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »

Not one player singing the national anthem there.

Spanish anthem is instrumental, it has no words.

duffman13

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

So odd not picking the full 26. Even if you've no intention of playing them, why not stick 3 players in there just in case?

Surely having and not needing Ramos is much better than needing and not having.

Get your thoughts but bringing Ramos and not having him involved might not be the best solution for the dressing room. But id still bring 26 like, it makes sense in anyone logical way of thinking

Mervyn Skidmore

namloc1980 wrote: »

Spanish anthem is instrumental, it has no words.

I know, it was my attempt at a joke.

Rayne Wooney

Anybody else enjoy watching Spain lose?

I’ve never warmed to them for some reason.

Neeson

Who’s commentating? George is being rested for the blockbuster fixture tomorrow night.

TheMilkyPirate

Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »

Not one player singing the national anthem there.

There are no words to sing

eagle eye

This looks like a Spanish team for the World Cup. I like it, lots of exciting young players.
With the exception of Alba and maybe Koke it's a pretty young team.

Forget the national anthems, the only song that needs attention is that god awful U2 song that gets played before the matches.

breezy1985

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

Anybody else enjoy watching Spain lose?

I’ve never warmed to them for some reason.

I hated tiki taki. I get that it was effective but the football Barca played and even worse the version of it Spain played when they were successful was so boring.

Bad enough having to watch it but then having to listen to the circle jerking over it made me hate Spain

Irish_rat

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

Anybody else enjoy watching Spain lose?

I’ve never warmed to them for some reason.

Completely different team now.

~Rebel~

Celtic Husky wrote: »

Forget the national anthems, the only song that needs attention is that god awful U2 song that gets played before the matches.

Hold up - excuse me? Are you telling me we are not the people we've been waiting for?!

Irish_rat

I'm liking this Spanish team so far.

~Rebel~

Spain playing a lot more like their pretty-fun 2008 iteration, rather than the over-passing dogmatics they turned into later.

Funnily enough they were in a group with Sweden back then too.

jimmytwotimes 2013

Spain look knacky, nice pace to what they're doing.

Mr.Nice Guy

Not often you see two left-footed CBs together. They've not been tested yet.

Vicxas

Who's this Redri chap and why are people going nuts over him

~Rebel~

That's two great chances for Spain now. Looks only a matter of time.

Vicxas wrote: »

Who's this Redri chap and why are people going nuts over him

Pedri - 18 year old Barca player. I've not seen much of him to be honest. Fabregas seemed very excited about him though.

Father Hernandez

Hard to believe there are more Brighton players in the Spanish squad than players from Real Madrid.

Equium

Wee Pedri is sensational in midfield. Just 18, making his 5th International appearance, but he controls the game like a pro twice his age.

~Rebel~

Equium wrote: »

Wee Pedri is sensational in midfield. Just 18, making his 5th International appearance, but he controls the game like a pro twice his age.

There aren't too many great 36 year old midfielders out there, so I'm not sure if this is a compliment or an insult :o

Mr.Nice Guy

Didn't expect Sweden to be this negative. Hope Spain score to open this game up.

Duff

~Rebel~ wrote: »

There aren't too many great 36 year old midfielders out there, so I'm not sure if this is a compliment or an insult :o

Wessi is 39

Vicxas

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Didn't expect Sweden to be this negative. Hope Spain score to open this game up.

Think Sweden were hoping to do a war of attrition and catch Spain out.

~Rebel~

~Rebel~ wrote: »

There aren't too many great 36 year old midfielders out there, so I'm not sure if this is a compliment or an insult :o

Modric!

NIMAN

Sweden offering nothing.
Like Poland.

What's the point qualifying for tournaments if you going to go and play like this?