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Euro 2024 AH thread

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    #602
    tom1ie
    Registered Users Posts: 10,335 ✭✭✭✭tom1ie


    Jesus that is so cruel



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    #603
    Allinall
    Registered Users Posts: 6,660 ✭✭✭Allinall


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122299845#Comment_122299845

    4-0 win for England would see Croatia go through.

    Come on the brits!!



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    #604
    StevenToast
    Registered Users Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭StevenToast


    Poor old Modric....

    Cruel...but fair play to Italy...

    I have a soft spot for them ever since they saved the football world in the last euros....

    "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." - Fletcher



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    #605
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 15,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122299845#Comment_122299845

    if Slovenia get beat by 4 goals then Croatia will overtake them and go into 4th place in the 3rd place teams… (this scenario also needs Czechia to lose)

    IMG_3413.jpeg



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    #606
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 15,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122299858#Comment_122299858

    that scenario also needs Czechia to lose…



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    #607
    Strumms
    Registered Users Posts: 25,248 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    stunning finish for the equaliser. Beautiful goal and some.

    Have to say I’ve liked any and every Croatian person I’ve met. Warm and courteous people….But some of those fans tonight, littered the pitch with bottles and other projectiles when they were winning. A pretty scummy element amongst them in that stadium and it was more than a handful. Ball boys / girls, camera people and others having to do their jobs with that going on…. Not much sympathy for them…. Trying to foul the fûck out of the Italians towards the end too…. Sorry Croatia, Bye now !



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    #608
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,292 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Croatians believe they are gone judging by their reaction.



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    #609
    Allinall
    Registered Users Posts: 6,660 ✭✭✭Allinall


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122299881#Comment_122299881

    fair point.



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    #610
    gym_imposter
    Registered Users Posts: 866 ✭✭✭gym_imposter


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122299904#Comment_122299904

    Croatia is a stunningly beautiful country but I wouldn't be a huge fan of the people, typical surly Slavs and rubbish customer service



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    #611
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,292 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Didi says Italy serious contenders.



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    #612
    wazzzledazzle
    Registered Users Posts: 998 ✭✭✭wazzzledazzle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122299932#Comment_122299932

    😂

    Montrose, the greatest infector of stupidity and mediocrity in the land



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    #613
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,292 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Class goal by Torres.



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    #614
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,292 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Richie hammering Kane for his response to pundits.



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    #615
    wazzzledazzle
    Registered Users Posts: 998 ✭✭✭wazzzledazzle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122299972#Comment_122299972

    Gary Lineker took the piss out of him too over on BBC during the game tonight



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    #616
    waynescales1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭waynescales1


    Kane was talking nonsense. It’s not a pundits job to build up players confidence. They’re there to provide unbiased analysis.

    Lineker is a weasel though.



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    #617
    standardg60
    Registered Users Posts: 4,614 ✭✭✭standardg60


    How often does it happen, last Croatian substitution doubles up on right backs and that's exactly where the goal comes from.

    Both run towards the ball carrier ignoring their positions. Some finish though.



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    #618
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,292 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    That was fun tonight, but it would have been more immediate and dramatic if it was only two teams from each group going through, no hanging around for a few days, that's it Croatia you're out go home.



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    #619
    Strumms
    Registered Users Posts: 25,248 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122300160#Comment_122300160

    true, the competition is too big now probably. Too many teams. No fun waiting for other permutations to unfold…

    Euro 2012 - 16 teams

    Euro 2024 - 24 teams



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    #620
    kowloonkev
    Registered Users Posts: 2,268 ✭✭✭kowloonkev


    It seemed good in the first round of fixtures but it's slowly dawning on me and others that the group stage is almost meaningless, and with great room for collusion and dead rubbers to boot.

    For the bigger nations it is utterly pointless. No chance of getting knocked out and you can't even knock out a rival.

    What a waste of f**king time.



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    #621
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 29,269 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Austria leading the 'Habsburg Cup'

    Untitled Image

    https://x.com/Antonio12I/status/1805329317951586800

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #622
    wazzzledazzle
    Registered Users Posts: 998 ✭✭✭wazzzledazzle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122300570#Comment_122300570

    Unless the real England turn up tonight then Croatia are doomed.

    England firing on close to full cylinders would put 5 past these tonight, but unfortunately they have Southgate as a manager, so looks increasingly unlikely that will happen



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    #623
    StevenToast
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122300586#Comment_122300586

    "The Real England"???

    That is exactly what you are seeing so far....

    This isnt some mickey mouse friendly in Wembley when there is no pressure on....

    This is a proper tournament....so of course they will fail miserably in the most hillarious of ways....ive seen it for nearly 40 years and its been happening for nearly 60....

    "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." - Fletcher



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    #624
    wazzzledazzle
    Registered Users Posts: 998 ✭✭✭wazzzledazzle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122300597#Comment_122300597

    Qualifying England. Where they brush all teams aside.

    When it comes to tournament football, different story.



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    #625
    randd1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭randd1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122300226#Comment_122300226

    Adds to it in my opinion. And of course it means an extra round of knockouts, and you just can't beta knockout football.

    Though I don't understand why it has to be stretched out over the four days. There's only 6 groups, surely having two days of 3 games would be better off for the tournament?

    PS - You wonder will UEFA ever go ahead with a shield tournament? Say the next 16 that didn't make the Euro's playing off until there's a winner. Can see it happening in the near future, if only as a deliberate ploy to make money from it.



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    #626
    AndyBoBandy
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122300888#Comment_122300888

    it means an extra round of knockouts, and you just can't beta knockout football

    This. Going from group stages straight to the QF usually meant only the best 8 teams being there, but now that 16 teams get to the knockout stages it gives some lesser teams the chance to go on a run, or to simply just get a knockout game with the chance of having extra time or penalties in their game, and thus heightened drama….

    It'll be sad tomorrow when the group stages end, but it almost feels like they've run their course now, and it's time to up the ante…. and thats exactly what the knock outs will bring…

    Thursday and Friday, won't know what to do with no games…. (even herself is getting right into these Euros)

    1st knockout game on Saturday 5pm, Switzerland v Italy, neither set the groups alight so maybe it could be a good game…



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    #627
    Arghus
    Registered Users Posts: 14,447 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    It does reduce the stakes of the groups considerably to have all these games - the vast majority of games in the tournament - to just remove eight teams.

    I think they'd nearly be as well off to go all the way to 32 so that the groups were real do or die stuff again - top two or bust - even if that would dilute the quality of the tournament an awful lot.

    It's great having an extra round of knockouts though. Once the groups were done with the old Euros it felt pretty much over.



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    #628
    ArmaniJeanss
    Registered Users Posts: 13,380 ✭✭✭✭ArmaniJeanss


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122300888#Comment_122300888

    Your idea (I assume you mean 3 of the groups finishing each day for 2 days) wouldn't fit in with the structure vis a vis rest days. They've aimed for min three full rest days between games for each team.

    So because Group B (Spain) was playing game 2 on Thursday gone it couldn't finish until Monday. Group D (France) played Friday so can't finish until today. E & F played Saturday so can't finish until tomorrow. And only the German group could finish on Sunday. Hence this round is spread over 4 days, but for good reason.



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    #629
    randd1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭randd1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122301301#Comment_122301301

    Ah, thanks.



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    #630
    randd1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭randd1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122300997#Comment_122300997

    Wouldn't it be some craic if for just one time, they just had a straight knockout tournament for every country in Europe? Play off the Nations League as normal, then used the standings in it to seed a knockout tournament?

    There's 55 countries in UEFA. Have teams ranked 49-55 play teams ranked 42-48 in Round 1. Have the winners of those 7 games join with teams ranked 33-41 play against teams ranked 17-32 in Round 2. Have the winners of those 16 games play teams ranked 1-16 in Round 3 (Round of 32). Then you'd have Round 4 (Round of 16), QF's, SF's and final.

    Pure cup competition, and better use of the Nations League.

    I'd tune in.



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    #631
    wazzzledazzle
    Registered Users Posts: 998 ✭✭✭wazzzledazzle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122301510#Comment_122301510

    You've too much times on your hands this morning Randd 😂



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