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no_loyalty

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  • Jul 6, 2016
  • #1,331
Without Ramsay Wales look poor
 
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armybike

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  • Jul 6, 2016
  • #1,332
Otis said:
Did we finish a respectable 8th?
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9th!

During the eight team phase -

1980 - Group stage = 5/8
1988 - Group stage = 7/8
1992 - Group stage = 7/8
 
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no_loyalty

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  • Jul 6, 2016
  • #1,333
2 MK Dons player's on for Wales, desperate
 

Otis

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  • Jul 6, 2016
  • #1,334
no_loyalty said:
2 MK Dons player's on for Wales, desperate
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See, we have to support Portugal unless we want to be endorsing franchise football.
 
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covmark

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  • Jul 6, 2016
  • #1,335
Bale is so deep all the time, he won't do any damage picking the ball up off the keeper.
Wales are dire tbh, worse than their performance vs England

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Otis

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  • Jul 6, 2016
  • #1,336
covmark said:
Bale is so deep all the time, he won't do any damage picking the ball up off the keeper.
Wales are dire tbh, worse than their performance vs England

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Bale was very dangerous in that first half, but is having a mare of a second 45 mins.

Wales look clueless.
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Jul 6, 2016
  • #1,337
They look like a lower championship side.....
 

covmark

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  • Jul 6, 2016
  • #1,338
Otis said:
Bale was very dangerous in that first half, but is having a mare of a second 45 mins.

Wales look clueless.
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They're a poor side. They were well and truly dominated by a very average England team. Tonight they've been worse, absolutely abysmal.

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Pipehitterz

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  • Jul 6, 2016
  • #1,339
Well that was as bad as any shit game I witnessed in league one last season.
 
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lifeskyblue

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  • Jul 6, 2016
  • #1,340
Two very poor teams. Don't fancy Portugal against the Germans or French. Without Ronaldo they would be awful


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Otis

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  • Jul 6, 2016
  • #1,341
lifeskyblue said:
Two very poor teams. Don't fancy Portugal against the Germans or French. Without Ronaldo they would be awful


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Same if you take Bale out of the Welsh team.
 

lifeskyblue

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  • Jul 6, 2016
  • #1,342
Otis said:
Same if you take Bale out of the Welsh team.
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Very true. I wouldn't have fancied Wales v Germans or French either


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SkyBlueSid

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,343
Otis said:
Am I dreaming or at one point didn't it only be 8 teams?
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It was only 4 teams at one time. In 1976 Wales reached the QFs but were knocked out over 2 legs. Only the semi-finalists went to the tournament which was held over a few days. It was the year Czechoslovakia beat West Germany on penalties with that Panenka penalty to decide it.
 
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Otis

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,344
SkyBlueSid said:
It was only 4 teams at one time. In 1976 Wales reached the QFs but were knocked out over 2 legs. Only the semi-finalists went to the tournament which was held over a few days. It was the year Czechoslovakia beat West Germany on penalties with that Panenka penalty to decide it.
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Thanks, Wiki.
 
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Hadji10

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,345
lifeskyblue said:
Two very poor teams. Don't fancy Portugal against the Germans or French. Without Ronaldo they would be awful


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With Ronaldo they are awful. International football is dead. What an awful tournament.
 

Otis

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,346
Hadji10 said:
With Ronaldo they are awful. International football is dead. What an awful tournament.
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He means they would be even more awful.
 

Covstu

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,347
The tournament is clearly in the hands of ze Germans or le French if they bother to turn up for the final.

I have enjoyed the tournament, its been different as a 'one off' but I am not a fan of the extended format. It has a qualifying feel to it, teams like Portugal who just didn't turn up shouldn't have got through the groups never mind get to the final! I would have less issue if that the top two only qualify to make this more competitive, this would stop teams sitting back like Wales and Slovakia did against us and make them come out and attack more.
 

covmark

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,348
Heard on the news that Wales are having an open top bus parade around Cardiff. Pretty embarrassing really.

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Covstu

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,349
yep bit over the top really, no doubt it was an amazing feat but that's usually reserved for the winners.
 

no_loyalty

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,350
Euro 2020 should be a lot better, its being hosted in multiple cities across Europe with the semis and final at Wembley
 
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Hadji10

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,351
Reminder: England had an open top bus parade when they reached the semi finals in 1990.
 

covmark

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,352
Hadji10 said:
Reminder: England had an open top bus parade when they reached the semi finals in 1990.
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And??

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Otis

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,353
covmark said:
And??

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No, just the open top bus. There was no and.
 
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Hadji10

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,354
covmark said:
And??

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Everyone is mentioning how 'tinpot' it is when we done exactly the same.
 

covmark

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,355
Hadji10 said:
Everyone is mentioning how 'tinpot' it is when we done exactly the same.
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It's embarrassing, whether it's England or Wales.

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Liquid Gold

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,356
To get to the final Portugal have played Iceland (D) Austria (D) Hungary (D) in the group, then in the knockout Croatia (1 shot on target) Poland (penalties) and Wales to get to the final.

There is no way you should get to the final of an international tournament only playing that quality of opposition, they've only won one game in the 90 minutes. Shows everything wrong with the format
 
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Pipehitterz

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,357
This year has had a bit of a 'league cup ' feel to it , like the big players don't really want to be there and the reserves are having the time of their lives
 
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Monners

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,358
Wasn't there an open top bus, meet the PM and MBE's all round when England won the Ashes in 2005? Even the players were embarrassed (Except for piss head Flintoff who was just an embarrassment)
 
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stupot07

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,359
Monners said:
Was there an open top bus, meet the PM and MBE's all round when England won the Ashes in 2005? Even the players were embarrassed (Except for piss head Flintoff who was just an embarrassment)
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Yes, there was

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Monners

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,360
...and it was embarrssing
 

stupot07

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,361
Monners said:
...and it was embarrssing
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No it wasnt. The only embarassmemt was the drunken state of the players. You should celebrate success.

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Monners

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,362
Have it your way Stu - Cricket was great - the parade and medals was cringeworthy. Only an opinion
 

CJ_covblaze

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,363
no_loyalty said:
Euro 2020 should be a lot better, its being hosted in multiple cities across Europe with the semis and final at Wembley
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You must be joking. It's a stupid idea. Some complained about the journey this summer...
Midlands to Marseille 880 miles.
Marseille to Lens - 609 miles.
Lens to St Etienne - 453 miles.
St Etienne to Nice - 304 miles
Nice to Midlands - 976 miles.
3222 miles in total.

In 4 years we could face the prospect of going from Baku to Bilbao. That is a 3467 mile journey alone. It's a 60 hour drive (we'd miss the game even if we left at full time in Baku) or 10 hours by plane.
 
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Liquid Gold

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,364
Much better game with two proper teams
 

Wyken Sky Blue

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  • Jul 7, 2016
  • #1,365
Liquid Gold said:
To get to the final Portugal have played Iceland (D) Austria (D) Hungary (D) in the group, then in the knockout Croatia (1 shot on target) Poland (penalties) and Wales to get to the final.

There is no way you should get to the final of an international tournament only playing that quality of opposition, they've only won one game in the 90 minutes. Shows everything wrong with the format
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You can only beat what is in front of you.
 
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