Euro 2020 - AH Official Thread *READ OP BEFORE POSTING*

Bobblehats

Tippy tippy bollox. Good toe blow into the net, do them right

YFlyer

Where is Zlatan?

Did you smash it

YFlyer wrote: »

Where is Zlatan?

Injured

AllGunsBlazing

crikey

mzungu

Great save.

AllGunsBlazing

crikey ....again

Arghus

For all their possession, Spain are totally static. No one making a run to change it up or give Sweden something different to think about, all very slow and repetative. Completely toothless.

Bobblehats

Chances rued!

Bobblehats

Funk that I’m off to Argentina - Chile.

AllGunsBlazing

Enrique putting the mask on straight away. Smart move, sunglasses and a hat might help as well.

Polar101

Not too bad for a 0-0 game at least. Didn't think Slovakia would be top of the group after today.

odyssey06

Good result for Sweden in what was effectively an away game..

chrissb8

Spain doing their best to bore the s**t out of me again.

Thelonious Monk

Pretty sure they lose their first World Cup 2010 game 1-0 to Swiss, and went on to win it, did they even have any strikers back then? David Luiz?

odyssey06

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Pretty sure they lose their first World Cup 2010 game 1-0 to Swiss, and went on to win it, did they even have any strikers back then? David Luiz?

Yep lost first game... it was David Villa who popped up with a few crucial goals

Thelonious Monk

odyssey06 wrote: »

Yep lost first game... it was David Villa who popped up with a few crucial goals

Ha yeah Villa not Luiz. I think they were a bit like recent Man City where strikers didn't matter too much however.

Elmer Blooker

The first post in this thread for about 17 hours?
I presume that means none of the big footballing nations are in action today so I'll the telly a miss this evening.

Elmer Blooker

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

The first post in this thread for about 17 hours?
I presume that means none of the big footballing nations are in action today so I'll the telly a miss this evening.

Portugal are playing at 5.

Then the small matter of...


France vs. Germany at 8

:pac:

I see sheep

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

The first post in this thread for about 17 hours?
I presume that means none of the big footballing nations are in action today so I'll the telly a miss this evening.

Biggest match so far is on tonight!

EmmetSpiceland

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

The first post in this thread for about 17 hours?
I presume that means none of the big footballing nations are in action today so I'll the telly a miss this evening.

No 2pm game, coverage starting at 4:30pm for Hungary Vs Portugal. That should bring a flurry of “comments”, a woman is presenting.

Chips Lovell

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

No 2pm game, coverage starting at 4:30pm for Hungary Vs Portugal. That should bring a flurry of “comments”, a woman is presenting.

Relax. It'll all be just "banter".

buried

Full stadium attendance in Budapest?

archfi

buried wrote: »

Full stadium attendance in Budapest?

It's fantastic to see - a real, proper feel to it!

AllGunsBlazing

Have they set a number on how many will be allowed in for the final itself?

Arghus

Ger Canning commentating on association football always feels wrong to me.

archfi

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Have they set a number on how many will be allowed in for the final itself?

I don't know, final at Wembley and UK plan to ditch all covid restrictions delayed again doesn't look good

AllGunsBlazing

They're talking about full capacity for both Wimbledon final matches. Seems optimistic.

Much smaller capacity than Wembley but still a lot of people packed in close proximity.

Arghus

I used to dislike Pepe, but he's just been around so long now that I kinda like him.

It's a pity he cut the 'fro though: it made him look twice as mental.

Bobblehats

Flippin hell, full house at the ferenc puskas arena or what.
You’d know they don’t allow too many foreigners in

Arghus

"First time Ree Percussio has been involved."

buried

Is that the referee that sent off Nani for Man U in that champions league match against Real Madrid in Fergusons last season?

AllGunsBlazing

Lovely girl spotted.

Bobblehats

Well they say football is nothing without the fans and it’s a beautiful thing to behold, isn’t it?

All those Hungarians; in full song. A joyous occasion

jojofizzio

Arghus wrote: »

Ger Canning commentating on association football always feels wrong to me.

Especially when he sounds like he probably uses that term to refer to it too:)

Hyperbollix

Arghus wrote: »

Ger Canning commentating on association football always feels wrong to me.

Yeah! Always thought this too.

I remember back in the day he was commentating on an Italy match in the World Cup and he said something like;
"Roberto Baggio, a great bit of skill there, fair play to him" but he tailed off in the end realizing he had to tone down the Gah lingo while he was covering the garrison game!

Arghus

Stephanie Roche in studio.

I remember the comedy gold of her being in studio doing analysis during one of the Sundays during the world Cup and her voice was completely shot to shyte - she'd totally been roaring her head off at something the night before, I think she was posting stuff on Instagram the previous night about going to see Phil Collins - she really couldn't talk, just croak. Just absolutely brutally hoarse.

And it was a long Sunday, one of those all day three match affairs and her voice never improved, just got worse and worse and every time they went to a wide shot of the studio she was necking that water like crazy.

Honestly, my favourite memory of the last World Cup.

Say Your Number

At least Maroon 5 aren't a blight on the coverage this time around.

Arghus

jojofizzio wrote: »

Especially when he sounds like he probably uses that term to refer to it too:)

He definitely calls it soccer or the garrison game.

jojofizzio

Arghus wrote: »

He definitely calls it soccer or the garrison game.

:D:D

AllGunsBlazing

Harsh on Ger, he's been doing football a long time. I remember him calling the '83 fai cup final.


But like a lot of Rte employees he's been at it a bit too long by this stage.

Sadler Peak

Just tuning in and WOW a full house, fantastic to see.

Say Your Number

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Harsh on Ger, he's been doing football a long time. I remember him calling the '83 fai cup final.

Used to do the interviews and sideline reports for Ireland games in the nineties as well.

Arghus

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Harsh on Ger, he's been doing football a long time. I remember him calling the '83 fai cup final.


But like a lot of Rte employees he's been at it a bit too long by this stage.

Let me have my baseless opinion that he's not a football man.

Deep down he wonders whether Ronaldo could puck one over the bar from a difficult angle.

AllGunsBlazing

Arghus wrote: »

Let me have my baseless opinion that he's not a football man.

Deep down he wonders whether Ronaldo could puck one over the bar from a difficult angle.

My bad.

Truth to be told I always preferred Ger over Hamilton. :P

Arghus

A lot of people don't like George, I guess familiarity breeds contempt, but I still prefer him as a commentator - occasional mistakes and all - to anyone else.

Pipmae

Darragh getting very little of the Euros so far. He's normally on practically every soccer match.

Bobblehats

Don’t know which way this one is swinging… that passionately patriotic crowd is a powerful force proving not just a 12th; but a 13th man too -

I’m going Hungary.

Arghus

Arghus wrote: »

Let me have my baseless opinion that he's not a football man.

Deep down he wonders whether Ronaldo could puck one over the bar from a difficult angle.

I don't count Ger as a GAA man either to be honest. He is just an RTE employee. Marty would be a good GAA man.

Say Your Number

"He always looks like someone has told him a dog has eaten his favourite jumper"

Bobblehats

Shave.