June 11, 201214 yr Are you English/an Anglophile then Tracie? And what is it you agree with Bart about? I couldn't understand a word of that post :laugh3: No no. I agree that although the draw is a bit disappointing, it's better than a loss. I've been a fan since around '05. Saw them play when I was there in '06. Pretty funny allegiance since a lot of my background is Irish & Welsh,lol.
June 11, 201214 yr No no. I agree that although the draw is a bit disappointing, it's better than a loss. I've been a fan since around '05. Saw them play when I was there in '06. Pretty funny allegiance since a lot of my background is Irish & Welsh,lol. So, 'trails' means draw? Struggling to follow here! Yeah I'm probably as much Irish, Welsh and Kenyan as I am English, but heigh ho I was born here. I'm not especially supporting us unless we get to the QFs, preferably with Terry either injured or banned. He is a racist thug and I can't follow us while he plays, but it is no great loss really after 30 years of hurt, and I have to be honest I was already pretty indifferent before John 'shinpads' Terry was passed fit (physically, not mentally!!) :\
June 11, 201214 yr I think i saw Will Champion in the match England - France. But im not sure, it was just a tiny second that the cameras showed the crowd. Atleast he looked like him.
June 11, 201214 yr A shame England insisted on sitting so deep. Welbeck and Chamberlain showed a lot of attacking incentive yet they were let down by negative tactics. Ball retention fucking awful at times yet again. Parker put in a shift as usual but late on his passing was just a horror show at times. 1-1 is a decent result but they have to up the level to get out of the group still. It's not as if they don't have the players because individually England are still a good team.
June 11, 201214 yr A shame England insisted on sitting so deep. Welbeck and Chamberlain showed a lot of attacking incentive yet they were let down by negative tactics. Ball retention fucking awful at times yet again. Parker put in a shift as usual but late on his passing was just a horror show at times. 1-1 is a decent result but they have to up the level to get out of the group still. It's not as if they don't have the players because individually England are still a good team. You'll never win a game against half-decent opposition with Parker and Milner - it's far too negative/not progressive enough. I'm a Spurs fan but if it's one or the other I'd go for Milner, playing Parker's role - far more mobile and attack-minded (and capable). If you want someone to sit in that disciplined role (which you probably do at the Euros in later rounds - if we get there) there Parker's your man, but you sacrifice a lot going forward (he is the David Batty of his generation). It's ok :lol: We British are famous for our poor foreign language skills :embarrassed: It's something I wish I was much, much better at, but alas I have not the talent :( Quite funny really as my career is (until now) teaching English to foreign students :laugh3: A recurring element of the humour of Only Fools and Horses is Del's ignorance of foreign languages e.g. when the German girl is about to give birth and Del is so kind to her, and she thanks him, he holds her hand tenderly and says...'Vorsprung durch Technik' :laugh3:
June 11, 201214 yr I'd be amazed if Ukraine holds Sweden to a draw! Of course, it wouldn't hurt my hopes for England any.
June 11, 201214 yr Interesting fact is that England has never won their opening game in an European championship.
June 11, 201214 yr I thought it was going to be a trouncing by Sweden. What a surprise that turned out to be!
June 11, 201214 yr Ukraine deserved to win, beautiful passing all around, I'm rooting for them just in the name of attractive soccer.
June 11, 201214 yr Great album! Wait a minute, what thread is this?... :thinking: Well, I was being too polite to say 'FUCKIN' A!!',lol. But yes, That was truly a beautiful game, and I wish they weren't in the same group as England because I'd love to see them advance.
June 11, 201214 yr Thought Ukraine and Sweden were really poor until Sweden opened the scoring. Sweden couldn't hold onto the ball well enough and Ukraine were really poor until they got the equaliser. After that they were really good. After the first round of matches I have to say Denmark get my vote for being the most impressive. A toss up between them and Russia but because Denmark were playing the Dutch I thought their relaxed and cool attitude helping them to comfortably pass there way forward through the Dutch AND the superb defending (especially from Daniel Agger) made it an outstanding performance all round.
June 12, 201214 yr ugh, we really needed that game. Beating France and England will be hard :( Good on the Czechs, though. Great football.
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