Euro 2024

[kracken88]

Tadic will change things

[dai]

How many fouls have Serbia given away in this match?

[dai]

Kane is a right diving twat.

[cynonvalley]

1-0 quite underwhelming for them, no?

Harry Kane 6ft plus falls over like a twat.

[kracken88]

England definitely been told to act and dive alot more.

[dai]

Jun 16, 2024 20:55:21 GMT cynonvalley said:

1-0 quite underwhelming for them, no?

Harry Kane 6ft plus falls over like a twat.

He was being extra Tom Daly tonight, embarrassing to watch a big 'world class cf' falling around like that. Gormless t!t.

[kracken88]

Have to say Jude Bellingham seems a pretty grounded guy for just 20 and having done so much already,hope we have someone like him coming through,god knows we could do with it right now

[barneycat1]

England have no chance against the big boys. Lucky to win tonight in the end.

[dai]

Romania look incredible.

[allezlesrouges]

Jun 17, 2024 14:16:11 GMT dai said:

Romania look incredible.

Wondering who was going to put their hands up as the dark horses, but looks like they are the best candidates so far. Not expecting much from Belgium this campaign so wouldn't be surprised to see Romania top the group tbh

[saturn9]

Or the Ukrainians are completely out of their depth, very much like us at Qatar.

[aberbeeg]

Jun 15, 2024 17:49:33 GMT njdragon said:

Jun 15, 2024 17:40:42 GMT aberbeeg said:

I think even you are struggling to defend the indefensible now NJ ( even though most of us on here think your actually Page himself ) 

Pages race has been run… time to depart next stop before things turn nasty.

id hate to see a Cardiff home crowd turn on him. 

😂

Let’s go through every team in this tournament and compare the result against pages record against them.

Let’s stick to current facts shall we… 6 wins in last 24 

[aberbeeg]

Jun 16, 2024 13:21:40 GMT njdragon said:

Couldn’t score against a Rob page defence could they 😉

And we couldn’t score a goal against Gibraltar 203rd in the world.  Merthyr would have put 3 on them ffs 

[rushy]

Anyone noticing how the Baltic teams like Slovaks, Slovenia and Romania shoot on sight of goal.

[ddirpytnop]

Jun 17, 2024 16:38:43 GMT rushy said:

Anyone noticing how the Baltic teams like Slovaks, Slovenia and Romania shoot on sight of goal.

None of the teams you refer to are a 'Baltic' team. You mean, Balkans but even that's not geographically correct. Everyone loves a long range goal, but the most successful teams employ long shots pretty sparingly.

[rushy]

Jun 17, 2024 16:53:43 GMT ddirpytnop said:

Jun 17, 2024 16:38:43 GMT rushy said:

Anyone noticing how the Baltic teams like Slovaks, Slovenia and Romania shoot on sight of goal.

None of the teams you refer to are a 'Baltic' team. You mean, Balkans but even that's not geographically correct. Everyone loves a long range goal, but the most successful teams employ long shots pretty sparingly.

Yes I meant Balkans, bollox, I believe Slovenia and Romania are part of the Balkans. Nice to see the 'Pep' effect has not reached them yet.

[dai]

Great for the competition that Slovakia are winning, but this results will add more evidence to the Page In defence.

[iot]

Jun 17, 2024 17:53:36 GMT dai said:

Great for the competition that Slovakia are winning, but this results will add more evidence to the Page In defence.

The 4-0 loss can't be excused, and Belgium are a team in decline. There is an argument for keeping Page (if that's what you mean by the Page In defence), but the argument against doing so is probably stronger

[manulike]

Saw the game in a Flemish youth hostel bar. Never ceases to amaze me, how considerate, rational and sympathetic the commentator (and the lads in the bar) here in Belgium are, towards their players and coach!
I blame it squarely on robert page! Obviously they were bursting with confidence and the Belgians were terrified of a team that just beat us 4-0!

[mrpicton79]

So that was officially the biggest upset in the history of the competition, according to Clive Tyldesley. I'll trust he's correct because he's good with his stats, but that's surprising if true. Remember being far more shocked at Iceland beating England or Greece beating Portugal (x2) and France in 2004 when they happened.

[dai]

Jun 17, 2024 18:20:05 GMT iot said:

Jun 17, 2024 17:53:36 GMT dai said:

Great for the competition that Slovakia are winning, but this results will add more evidence to the Page In defence.

The 4-0 loss can't be excused, and Belgium are a team in decline. There is an argument for keeping Page (if that's what you mean by the Page In defence), but the argument against doing so is probably stronger

Belgium still no3 in the world (yes, Im surprised too). So for us to lose with our B team to a side that beat the 3rd best side in the world - that can only help Page’s case in remaining as manager. I reckon thats how the suits at the FAW will see it too.

[dai]

Jun 17, 2024 18:24:54 GMT mrpicton79 said:

So that was officially the biggest upset in the history of the competition, according to Clive Tyldesley. I'll trust he's correct because he's good with his stats, but that's surprising if true. Remember being far more shocked at Iceland beating England or Greece beating Portugal (x2) and France in 2004 when they happened.

Bollocks that is. Iceland beating England was far more of an upset.

[hooky]

Jun 17, 2024 18:24:54 GMT mrpicton79 said:

So that was officially the biggest upset in the history of the competition, according to Clive Tyldesley. I'll trust he's correct because he's good with his stats, but that's surprising if true. Remember being far more shocked at Iceland beating England or Greece beating Portugal (x2) and France in 2004 when they happened.

Perhaps he means in terms of difference in ranking (Belgium #2 in Europe, Slovakia below us), albeit I have no idea where Iceland or Greece were compared to the teams they beat at the time

[manulike]

Think that the Belgian commentators said that Belgium have not lost to a team outside the top 50 since 2010.

I agree. The Icelandic win over England in Nice was FAR bigger upset ... I was there :+)

[saturn9]

Looking forward to Friday v Austria.

Predicting an Austria win.

[surge]

FIFA rankings represent past form, pre-tournament seeding dated even more than that.

An upset is based on size of the nation, numbers in playing pool, what league players are playing in and how deep they go into major competitions, money involved in the associations, expectations going into the game...

[jbt95]

Jun 17, 2024 18:26:41 GMT dai said:

Jun 17, 2024 18:24:54 GMT mrpicton79 said:

So that was officially the biggest upset in the history of the competition, according to Clive Tyldesley. I'll trust he's correct because he's good with his stats, but that's surprising if true. Remember being far more shocked at Iceland beating England or Greece beating Portugal (x2) and France in 2004 when they happened.

Bollocks that is. Iceland beating England was far more of an upset.

Slovakia beating Belgium is the biggest in terms of FIFA ranking, 45 places between them - most ever in a European Championship.

[conwy10]

Jun 17, 2024 17:53:36 GMT dai said:

Great for the competition that Slovakia are winning, but this results will add more evidence to the Page In defence.

Imagine we only lost 4-0 to the European champions with Cabango, Stevens, Da Silva and Sheehan starting. Fair play to the lad.

[manulike]

If I were a betting man, I'd have a couple of lira (or lari) on Georgia tonight :+)

#AlwaysOnMyMind

[allezlesrouges]

Incredible atmosphere in the Turkey vs Georgia game. A lot of Turks in Germany but also a bit of a derby game I guess. Georgia making a good go at this after being a hair away from going 2 goals down. Been the better side since equalising