He is having a decent game
Round of 16 | France vs Belgium | Portugal vs Slovenia
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Jamie (@Vault Dweller) are here to talk about United's dreadful home defeat at the hands of Big Ange's Tottenham Hotspur. Should this have been the end of Ten Hag? How long does he actually have left? And does Nik finally want ETH out?!
He is having a decent game
Not the most exciting game, is it? 
France produces CBs but there is no more quality CM, the type who passes between the line. Let's not even talk about a proper playmaker who can be creative in the final third, it's become a dying breed
Guerehet Sudgrille.
Good first half for Belgium considering they are down to 10 men. Martinez and Tedesco are having their team play with a handicap due to their cowardice.
So Belgium want to give the ball to Doku with ZERO support and expect him to beat 2 or 3 players.
Get someone over there to at least draw a defender away.
Get someone over there to at least draw a defender away.
2 of the top 3 In the world rankings. Think that tells you.Who made that supposition?
There is Thuram who should have been in the team, he may not be ready but at least he is able and willing to carry the ball down the middle and try things. Camavinga is still too timid but maybe he should also be forced in the team.
That the ranking means nothing. France have been bad for the better part of 12 months.
Shite game.
I know Lyon had a poor season, so he probably did, too, but Caqueret seemed to be your best option there.
That's Tedesco for you. Horribly negative coach.
Has Thuram ever actually scored a goal in his career? Or made an assist, or anything remotely funny or interesting?
Still the biggest game of the round though.
Ye you can’t beat Spanish midfielders. I’d love us to sign a Spanish midfielder. So technically gifted and good at passing the ball. I feel like the French are based more on physicality in the middle.
That has been our tactic for a few years. Give it to Rashy & see if what we can get.
So many of these teams remind me of the football we have played for years. I am not missing United much this season break.
Wonder if this is KdBs last tournament (as an influential player at least)… seems to have dropped off for City in last season or two and another two years to the WC seems a way away
Your point was about entertainment neither teams have been close to entertaining in a while. This game was by some distance the most guaranteed to be boring. At least that's how I understood "the best".
That's the right profile but Deschamps will never call him up
He's done. Looks half the player he was and he just looks knackered
Onana channeling Vieira this tournament.
Its karma for Gourcuff being bullied
Ye but usually you’d expect the 2 biggest nations facing each other to be the best game of the round despite how bad they’ve been previously.
Great save
Openda by name
Thuram is fecking trash. When Kounde is your most dangerous crosser, something is truly fecked up
Any French in here knows why the fans have a flag that looks like a target?
Lukaku has been Kane from yesterday’s match.
How does Thuram have that CF spot locked? Did he suddenly become this world class player that's undroppable? Not only that he doesn't score thaaaat much in his club teams, he's also only scored twice for France in 22 games.
That's a shame. I'd love to see what he could do on a stage like this.
no one can shoot.
Mbappe
Thuram vs Guivarc’h, who was worse?
That's because we don't have any other "scorer" in France
In case they lose they will wrap the target flag around the French manager and use it as a target.
Kounde has locked up Doku
No one can shoot in this team
Yeah he's been OK. But that's about all I've ever seen him be. For an 80m or whatever it was player he doesn't seem to offer that much.
This is sucking the soul out of me. Eyelids keep trying to say hello
That’s not a foul?