Topic: Euro 2016 Thread

Really lowered my expectations for England now

Joe Hart has just confirmed what Ive known for years - hes pants. The dodgy kick in the last game that hit smalling, costing us a corner also in that game rushing out of his box. Now the rubbish shot stopping. The guys lost it.

Glad Kane and Sterling got pulled, they are well out of form the pair of them. Good to see Vardy get his chance, the lads quality. Hopefully next game we throw Barkley on.

Rashford looked great when he came on, too.

@get2sammyb A better choice than Sterling at this point!

@ShogunRok: A number of players who didn't make the 23 would have been a better choice than Sterling based on his Euro 2016 performances so far... Nearly £50m?? City must feel robbed

Sterling n hart have gotta go! Congratulations to N Ireland for spanking Ukraine !!!!! Also thank you to Man city for giving Liverpool 50million for raheem sterling . He's foooking garbage!!!

Where is the love for N Ireland guys? I'm a bonafide Englishman , but i was made up when they beat Ukraine .

@Kyroki: i sincerely hope you beat Germany , what a story that would be!

@Kidfried: Great game. I don't understand the criticism CR7 is getting. Alongside Andre Gomes (who was awesome) and William Carvalho (finally back to form), he had an excellent game. His touch was immaculate, he moved into space brilliantly as a false 9 and his involvement in approach play was great. Just one of those days when you can't get a goal, days a lot of strikers have, even Suarez. A lot more criticism should be directed to Nani, Quaresma and Mountinho, who all had very average games. Can't keep relying on CR7. Then Santos took off Gomes and didn't even try to put Renato Sanches on. Mistakes all round. What CR7 said about Iceland was silly but it shouldn't take away from his performance, which was actually good

England vs Slovakia - surprised about the fullback changes but come on England!!
Wales vs Russia - Come on you Dragons - already 1-0 up (Ramsey)

Edit: Wales are currently 3-0 up - sending the Russians home! England 0-0 but dominating - if it stays this way, both England and Wales qualify for the knockout stages with Wales topping the group - 1 goal could change this but it looks like Slovakia are settling for the draw and 3rd place - 10minsto go England 19 attempts to Slovakias 3...

That performance from England tonight was shockingly predictable. So, so, so, so bad. But worse was ITV's punditry - I couldn't believe what I was hearing at half-time, and was beyond flabbergasted at full-time.

United got slated all season for performances like that, and rightly so. When England do it, though, apparently they're playing great.

Get out of here. So frustrating.

To be fair, England do play well... just not in the final third. As good old Woy would say "if you don't score goals, you don't win" - which is England's major problem. See what Wales did to Russia tonight? That's what England should have done to them. Russia have been appallingly bad this entire competition, yet England made the 1-1 look like a struggle at times. Don't know why I'm surprised that they still can't find the net.

As soon as England come up against a top team - the likes of Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Croatia - we're done. Heck, I think lesser but still solid teams like Poland could take us out if we don't start scoring. Very worrying.

Ah well, at least when England do go out I can just stop pretending to care and support Germany!

England vs Iceland

That's a draw and a half, if we lose that game Roy has to go.

The Irish fans are brilliant! Did y'all see that vid of them fixing the dented car roof?

Anyone fancy making a Euro 2016 Group Stage Best XI?
McGovern
Boateng Bonucci Corluka
Kroos Modric Ramsey Perisic
Payet
Morata Ronaldo
Silly formation I know. Not many surprises but there have still been a number of very impressive performances by players such Balázs Dzsudzsák and Breel Embolo.

@ShadowofSparta Not a bad side, that, actually picking 11 is a lot harder than it seems. I think I'd personally have to have Rakitic in there, though... And maybe Bale? It really is tough!

My 11 would be:

McGovern
Walker, Chiellini, Arnason, Hector
Ramsey, Krychowiak, Modric
Candreva, Bale, Payet

So Wales won, how cool is that? those Dragons have done brilliantly. Props to Northern Ireland, its a pity Wales have the George Best these days.

Who would have thought wales topping their group and now through to the quarter finals. Let hope England do not slip up against Iceland.

I thought things would get more entertaining in the knockout stage.

I was wrong.