Just now, dermott said:

FIFA are the problem. Their only significant income is from the World Cup. The income is huge but only every four years. They look at UEFA raking it in with the CL, Europa League and Conference League annually, on top of the Euros. Hence FIFA look to create more sources of income and the players suffer.

Yeah it's greed more than anything. They still rack up hundreds of millions every year that isn't a world cup year. 

9 hours ago, Simplymo said:

 

I didnt get a chance to watch the belgium match, only caught the last 10-15mins properly. But it was on in the background.

 

I saw the pics and "heartbeat monitor" for the French disallowed goal 

VAR has been soo much quicker with those 2 add-ons...looking forward to see how it carries on during the tournament. I hope it gets really tested because so far imo it's been much better...so far!

Yeah they did show the offside picture afterwards.

Our VAR fannying about drawing and moving lines up and down the pitch looks medieval compared to the Euro way

 

What a goal by Guler.

Just now, Scott Harris said:

What a goal by Guler.

Yep and surprisingly against the run of play.

Georgia have impressed me, lets see if they can hit back again or whether the Turks can run away with it.

Georgia hit the crossbar!

That Turkey-Georgia game has been the game of the Euros so far! Proper good game!

1 hour ago, Mod said:

That Turkey-Georgia game has been the game of the Euros so far! Proper good game!

And the only bloody game I haven't watched at least a part of so far this tournament ☹️

In contrast Portugal v Czech is poor.

Czech are poor going forward and Portugal have only Leao running beyond thier defence yet his final ball is terrible.

Ronaldo is not seeing much of the ball and has had two attempts both saved and one was off-side this might end up as  0-0.

Out of nothing Czech score.

 

Just going to point out Antonio Silva who we’ve been previously linked with for somewhere in the region of £70-80m is currently sitting on the bench in favour of the 7000 year old Pepe.   

Hope the Ceczhs(?) hold on

 It's livened up since the goals, real drama now

Portugal are my most disliked international side. A bunch of cheaters and they are also really jammy with their luck. Like with that own goal.

f**k me. What happened there ?

Goal check !

Offside given after a couple of seconds!

So jammy Portugal 

Credit to Martinez the subs combined for the winner.

I criticised the match earlier as a poor one, the second half certainly improved.

I think Portugal would be better without Ronaldo though I don't think they will drop him. 

 

The Ceczhs gave everything , feel sorry for em , worked themselves almost to exhaustion.

1 minute ago, strider6004 said:

Credit to Martinez the subs combined for the winner.

I criticised the match earlier as a poor one, the second half certainly improved.

I think Portugal would be better without Ronaldo though I don't think they will drop him. 

 

True mate, it must be ages since Ronaldo scored from a free kick but he just has to take every one.  Martinez must be thinking of leaving him out surely?

But if he does , the fans will never forgive him if they lose

2 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

f**k me. What happened there ?

Goal check !

Offside given after a couple of seconds!

VAR is too quick now, no time to show us the images or replay. 

Nope, we should stick to our sh*tty one. There'll be nothing to moan about...lol

 

 

P.s. they did show them after the match.

Edited June 18, 20242 yr by Simplymo

Did anyone watch the extras on iplayer?

Is there a law against criticising Southgate?

They each want to say the tactics was wrong (not pushing high up) to playing the wrong midfield partner to the left side issue but all being long winded as to not criticise Southgate!

Maybe this and maybe that...but nothing direct.

Cesc, Lineker, shearer and lamps. You can see them going pale. Lol

Edited June 18, 20242 yr by Simplymo

9 hours ago, Simplymo said:

Did anyone watch the extras on iplayer?

Is there a law against criticising Southgate?

They each want to say the tactics was wrong (not pushing high up) to playing the wrong midfield partner to the left side issue but all being long winded as to not criticise Southgate!

Maybe this and maybe that...but nothing direct.

Cesc, Lineker, shearer and lamps. You can see them going pale. Lol

Yes indeed they are being so careful not to criticise.

I note Stuart Pearce came out about Foden, along the lines of the kid does not know what moves to pull on the left side of the pitch, it needs to be Gordon or Eze.

Foden is the golden boy of the Premier League will Southgate drop him or persist, might not make a difference in the group stage yet one the knockouts come along.

We already are compromised having Trippier at left back don't exacerbate it Gareth.........

4 hours ago, strider6004 said:

Yes indeed they are being so careful not to criticise.

I note Stuart Pearce came out about Foden, along the lines of the kid does not know what moves to pull on the left side of the pitch, it needs to be Gordon or Eze.

Foden is the golden boy of the Premier League will Southgate drop him or persist, might not make a difference in the group stage yet one the knockouts come along.

We already are compromised having Trippier at left back don't exacerbate it Gareth.........

It's the same issues that has plagued England for years. Forcing players into roles they are uncomfortable with because they are good players. Doesn't matter how good a player is, if you play them in a position or formation that doesn't suit them, they won't be that same player that played for their club.

21 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

It's the same issues that has plagued England for years. Forcing players into roles they are uncomfortable with because they are good players. Doesn't matter how good a player is, if you play them in a position or formation that doesn't suit them, they won't be that same player that played for their club.

That and the fact England players during that period simply didn't like each other. Massive cliques for obvious reasons. 

 

Looks like Kovacic and co will be joining Scotland on the first plane home........................!!

 

1 minute ago, Nibs said:

Looks like Kovacic and co will be joining Scotland on the first plane home........................!!

 

They certainly look underwhelming, but I'm not convinced Albania can hold on to their lead.

Scotland isn't happy about Lineker "sarcastic" comment about Steve Clark!

I guess they didn't see the montage the BBC made of schicks goal against them in 2020. I think it's in the extras on iplayer. 

It was the reactions and footage of that goal from 10 different countries...lol