Euro 2016 - Quarter-Final - France vs Iceland, 8 pm, RTE & ITV

mansize

trashcan wrote: »

Does I think. Iceland have done remarkably well to get this far, but they are out of their depth now. I'd like to have seen us play France on a rainy night like tonight, rather than a sweltering afternoon. Not saying we'd beat them, but I think we could have run them even closer.

No. Just no.

Kobe248

Hammer Archer wrote: »

So you'd obviously feel that Portugal are also hideously out of their depth, regardless of them being in the semis, given they failed to beat Iceland.

Thats some great thinking you have there

Not relevant at all

But great thinking

Mr.Nice Guy

TripleAce wrote: »

The aim of the game is to win. You do what you need to do to win. If you play against a better team and try to play retarded attacking football then you will get the results England got in the past 50 years.

That doesn't change the fact it was a dull spectacle last night.

Lackey

Poor Iceland but as our local coach has said 'you had to win every match to be in the position to lose here today, plenty of other teams didn't get this far'
Iceland have punched above their weight I'm sure they have inspired plenty of young Icelandic kids to kick a ball
Hope France don't score any more though

TripleAce

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

That doesn't change the fact it was a dull spectacle last night.

More fun tonight I guess, can really feel the tension in this game.

Strong Life in Dublin

Hammer Archer wrote: »

So you'd obviously feel that Portugal are also hideously out of their depth, regardless of them being in the semis, given they failed to beat Iceland.

lol apples and oranges

mansize

From Twitter :

Matuidi is what Cheryl Cole used to call her mum

trashcan

mansize wrote: »

No. Just no.

No to what ? We wouldn't have run them closer ? I think it's possible. I repeat, I'm not saying we'd have beaten them, they are better than us at the end of the day.

Cervantes2

They'll always have their wins against Austria and England whatever happens.

NIMAN

England should be embarrassed. Really embarrassed.

mansize

trashcan wrote: »

No to what ? We wouldn't have run them closer ? I think it's possible. I repeat, I'm not saying we'd have beaten them, they are better than us at the end of the day.

I don't think so. France are like Dane Bowers

trashcan

mansize wrote: »

I don't think so. France are like Dane Bowers

Who ? Confused what your point is now. You don't think they are better than us ? Earlier you seemed to be disagreeing that we might have run them closer. ? Maybe it's just me, but you're not making yourself very clear.

Mr.Nice Guy

The comeback is on!

namloc1980

Woohoo!

jamescd

The comeback is on. 4 - 4 here we come

mansize

Yeah the Comeback

TripleAce

Game on!

blindpilot

Ah good. glad they got a goal.

Agent Coulson

Yes the comeback is on

MonkieSocks

The comeback is on :eek:

COY ICELAND

sligeach

And so the comeback begins.

mansize

trashcan wrote: »

Who ? Confused what your point is now. You don't think they are better than us ? Earlier you seemed to be disagreeing that we might have run them closer. ? Maybe it's just me, but you're not making yourself very clear.

Another level

Mr.Nice Guy

I bet Steve McClaren was saying France were in complete control, only a matter of time before it became 5-0...

namloc1980

9.8 for Giroud there.

trashcan

mansize wrote: »

Another level

Cryptic.

Ulysses Gaze

Get another one quickly, and the French could start to panic.

Mr.Nice Guy

Ah heyor...

jamescd

Giroud again

mansize

trashcan wrote: »

Cryptic.

I thought everyone knew Dane Bowers was in another level!

Giroud!!!

blindpilot

Oh dear. Keeper.

Strong Life in Dublin

Lets go baby

sligeach

Icelandic keeper at fault again.

namloc1980

Jaysus that keeper is cat.

Paully D

Very similar to the first goal of the tournament there.

chillin117

I have seen enough. Slaughter here. Discovery Channel I think...

mansize

Giroud gets a standing ovation off the French fans 😱😱😱😱

Mr.Nice Guy

Great reflexes.

blindpilot

Cracking save Lloris

Lackey

I will begrudgingly say that was a fantastic save what a shot though

sligeach

namloc1980 wrote: »

Jaysus that keeper is cat.

the groutch

looked like a clear handball there

Lackey

Was that a French handball?

mansize

When your bae scores twice for France...

Francie Barrett

Elliott S wrote: »

Seeing this, Ireland actually did well against France. And we were a tired team with a lot less rest than them!

+1

no shame to be defeated by this French team.

Say Your Number

He's not like a GAA ref, who always give little calls the way of the team getting hammered.

Omackeral

Lackey wrote: »

Was that a French handball?

Obligatory ''that's what they do/Henry'' comment.

namloc1980

France had only given up 4 shots on target in the tournament before tonight (2 of those were penalties). Iceland have had 4 so far tonight.

NIMAN

I love to see how the French players are all laughs and smiles, see how much they are sliming when they are walking off after Germany beat them!

mansize

NIMAN wrote: »

I love to see how the French players are all laughs and smiles, see how much they are sliming when they are walking off after Germany beat them!

OK...

Mr.Nice Guy

Omackeral wrote: »

Obligatory ''that's what they do/Henry'' comment.

Mark Henry? 'That's what I doooooo.'