2 hours ago, dermott said:

To be fair, he had zero service, isolated up front, chasing the occasional Albanian hoof-ball forward.

Always seems to be the case though. I just can't see what other teams see in him to even have a look. Its almost as if you'd want to invite them to training rather than actual games.

55 minutes ago, 2211 said:

I thought that rule only applied to keepers, I don't know any more TBH, EPL matches are refereed differently to Champions League and Internationals so it's a recipe for inconsistency.

 

44 minutes ago, dermott said:

No, it applies to all defenders. 

Cheers gents, so is that possibly why no red card?

2 minutes ago, dkw said:

 

Cheers gents, so is that possibly why no red card?

Must be then, I didn't know it applied to all defenders.

Why do teams use zonal marking when defending corners? It’s crazy.

I always enjoy a slapdown of Dutch expectations: 1-0 to Poland 😄

 

As exes go: on Aké watch. Keeping an eye on present and past Blues is a full time job!

Awww 1-1, a Gakpo goal.

Dutch are suffering from Chelsea syndrome, create loads of chances but can’t score for sh*t🤣

So Koeman is back in charge, Mr Nice for England and they have Mr. Nasty.

Still they also have a good squad on paper can they deliver this time?

If you want an idea how Chelsea's shirt will look next season, check out this Dutch shirt!

Polish manager looks a little overdressed like an Albania Mafia Boss for me, does get carried though.

This Dutch side is bang average. 

Even if I hadn't been watching the match, cheering in my neighbourhood would have told me Oranje had scored, the relief 6 minutes before full time is audible 😄

11 minutes ago, strider6004 said:

Polish manager looks a little overdressed like an Albania Mafia Boss for me, does get carried though.

Very dapper in his 3 piece suit.

Credit to Koeman gets the Netherlands off the mark.

Just remembered Czesny used to play for Arsenal though can't remember him actually playing there 🤔

 

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Erm......what the hell.

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10 minutes ago, dkw said:

Erm......what the hell.

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1 hour ago, ducavis said:

This Dutch side is bang average. 

The pols were unlucky, both sides went at it...fun match.

I don't want to jinx England but so far I've only seen 2 or 3 teams that might give them a run. So far...that is. Haven't seen France play yet.

15 minutes ago, dkw said:

Erm......what the hell.

Ok that's fkn disgusting...lol

Christensen-watch... seriously, have we had a match without a past or present Blue?

Anyway, come on Denmark! 

The subconcious is a weird thing: out of nothing I was humming the Steve Gerrard song. Turns out there's a Danish player called Bah.

Good goal by Eriksen, Slovenia in their first tournament threatening on the counter though not with much conviction to date. 

Looking forward to seeing Southgate put Alexander-Arnold in midfield later........😑

20 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

This has not been a great Milan interview for Broja. Broja has basically done what he does, which is nothing. This guy has height, strength, pace. I can't believe that he is so consistently ineffectual.  I'm astonished that he keeps getting talked up about a move. He literally has zero effect in any game.

See, playing devil's advocate, if you saw Broja and Sesko for first time in their respective matches yesterday and today, I would say Broja has done more. But it is really difficult when you are the huge underdogs. I mean FWIW, Sesko may end up scoring after this 😄 but Sporar has done more than him so far.

Slovenia look sh*te.