UEFA Euro 2024: Mod Note Added 2/7/24

Shocking defending by Dijk

Delighted. Came out to stare Lewandowski both times. Could have been carded for the second one having already been warned. He put an elbow back on Lewandowski in the first half too and then fell down as if he had been pushed himself. I think France have been on top of the table for about 10 minutes today.

Jersey pulling not a thing anymore. Weghorst being pulled there as he heads over.

he should have started remonstrating to the ref. too honest.

Mad. Austria have topped their group ahead of France and Netherlands. Not many would have predicted that. Though Didi Hamann did tip Austria as dark horses for this tournament.

there goes my final prediction of france/portugal.

They were 450/1 and are now 28/1. They play runners up in Group F, and then potentially winners of Group E. Opposite half of the draw from France, Germany & Spain.

Yes, massive rumours and very short odds on there being a guaranteed draw between Slovakia and Romania! They are the only teams guaranteed to progress if they do draw. I am recalling the classic 2004 draw between Denmark and Sweden, although that one had to be 2-2. These guys can tap the ball around for 90 minutes. 0-0?

was only recently reading about the 82 draw between austria and germany. down the bottom of the wikipedia page there is an interesting section about similar games:

1982 World Cup - Spain vs Northern Ireland In the aftermath of the Disgrace of Gijón during the 1982 World Cup, another suspicious incident occurred in the match between Northern Ireland and Spain on June 25, 1982. Similar to the controversial West Germany versus Austria game, both teams knew that a narrow victory for Northern Ireland would secure their advancement to the knockout stages. After Gerry Armstrong scored the decisive goal in the 47th minute, the game witnessed a significant drop in intensity, with neither side making substantial efforts to score, raising concerns about the competition's integrity and prompting calls for FIFA to reconsider World Cup rules to prevent collusion.

The way England have been playing so far I wouldn’t fancy them getting by either Italy or Switzerland in fairness

Switzerland, in particular, would destroy them.

Sums Southgate as a manager. Already through been crap in the first 2 games and he makes one change and an uninspired one at that. What must guys like Palmer and Gordon be thinking as they get no opportunities.

If it was me tonight I'd probably made about 8 changes to the starting 11. You could see most of them were bollocked last game so what can go wrong.

Pathetic dive by Foden

The lack of ability of the English lads to create any patterns of play in any phase of the pitch is astounding.

Not an ounce of coaching on show. Ever.

It really hope Slovenia score. It might put a rocket up England

Southgate spends most of the season getting wined and dined around the PL grounds (perhaps a nice weekend break to checkout how Kane and Bellingham are getting on) and probably spends most of his England time enjoying the media limelight as opposed to actually doing anything.

Great work if you can get it

offside

and there it is. 1-0 england. well worked.

offside!

England to scrape a win and then get the handy side of the draw. Gonna jammy their way to it

Gallagher went down like he was hit by a sniper

Foden has received a lot of grief recently, but his teammates are not on his wavelength at all. That outburst to Trippier was telling.