Day 13 | Slovakia vs Romania + Ukraine vs Belgium | Czech Republic vs Turkey + Georgia vs Portugal

i’m as modern as any man, but having this yank lady in the ref room talking bollocks isn’t helping any equality cause.
 
England has a piss easy road to semi-finals.

I don't understand how most of the big guns end up in one half and are forced to kill each other in the early rounds whilst the other half looks like a retirement home.
Italy is easy? Netherlands/Austria is easy?

France ended up second, and that messed up the whole bracket.
 
Time for a knockout topic, lads… stop discussing formation laps!
 
England are genuinely big Favs with the bookies, as they should be.

Global market, not an english one before people pipe up.
 
You couldn't make this up. Portuguese channels showing Georgina left the stadium before the end of the match. It will be the issue now. You understand why I want this clown show to end ASAP. These never-ending Ronaldo soap operas annoy me. Ruining the good will I had during his career.
 
Portugal against Slovenia. They can meet France in the QF.

Spain-Germany is a possible QF.

England may meet Italy in the QF.

Netherlands-Austria is another possible QF.

All, with the exception of France, is as expected before the tournament started.
In salivating at the thought of a Spain-Germany matchup already.
 
England have to make it past Sovlakia first and there’s no guarantees with Southgate at the wheel
 
Relatively speaking, yes, but not “piss easy”. England is never the favorite if Italy is around, let alone clear favorite.
Italy and Netherlands have been awful way before the Euros and were nowhere near being considered as challenger for the title. The only team team that can cause you real problems is Austria.

England were the favourites to win it alongside Germany and France before the tournament. It didn't change now but you can add Spain to the mix. Three of those ended up in the same bracket.

You have no excuse if you don't at least reach the finals.
 
Italy and Netherlands have been awful way before the Euros and were nowhere near being considered as challenger for the title. The only team team that can cause you real problems is Austria.

England were the favourites to win it alongside Germany and France before the tournament. It didn't change now but you can add Spain to the mix. Three of those ended up in the same bracket.

You have no excuse if you don't at least reach the finals.
England didn’t look good either, so…

Personally, I would never bet on England against Italy.
 
You can pick one for your team to provide you goals to win the Euros:

a) Georges Mikaudatze

b) Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappé, Cristiano Ronaldo, Romelu Lukaku, Alvaro Morata, Memphis Depay, Rasmus Højlund
 
England didn’t look good either, so…

Personally, I would never bet on England against Italy.
Don't Southgate me.

Given the quality of your squad, you were and still are major contenders.
 
The confidence in England from some will never get old. If they d been setting the tourney alight I could see why but ehmmm..

The "confidence" in England seems to be coming solely from non-England fans, who are basically placing them on a pedestal so they can laugh when England eventually fall off it.
 
You can pick one for your team to provide you goals to win the Euros:

a) Georges Mikaudatze

b) Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappé, Cristiano Ronaldo, Romelu Lukaku, Alvaro Morata, Memphis Depay, Rasmus Højlund
Mbappé, followed by Ronaldo, then Morata.
 
Won the group, all you can do. Make your own luck.
There's "winning the group, all you can do" like Spain or Portugal did... then there's winning the easiest group due to a last minute block by a Serbian defender, which is pure luck.
 
I don't know about that. England and France were considered the two best before the tournament and they've both been brutal. Austria wouldn't have been anyones favourites but they've put in some of the best performances.

The problem is the absolute cowards that football associations seem to be drawn to when selecting national team managers.

I think its fair to say, despite the pre-tournament consensus, neither England or France can be considered the best teams so far.

In mitigation, France is generally poor. Even in the World Cup final France was mostly poor, then Mbappe did a madness and it was 3-3 out of nowhere. France is one of the few teams that, generally, does not need to be good to win. As long as they defend stoutly and create options for a counterattack, France will always have a puncher's chance.

On the other hand, Austria has undoubtedly been one of the better teams.
 
couple of red cards after the match following a few bust ups....the ref completely lost the plot
 
Mikautadze might be worth a punt for a mid table PL or Europa/Conference team needing firepower.
 
Still absolutely crazy that ITV have Matterface as their no. 1 commentator and Tyldsley as number 2.