Euro 2024

[GazLaz]

Been some enjoyable matches so far.

I infinitely prefer national side football to top level domestic team stuff.

National sides can't be as drilled and disciplined, so things break down. No side has 80% possession and throttles the life out of games like Man City do.

National level football is a poor standard with generally quite a big margin between the best and worst players on the pitch. Does tend to make it more open.

[VivaRovers]

National level football is a poor standard with generally quite a big margin between the best and worst players on the pitch.

Have a day off Gaz, we're enjoying ourselves.

Also just want to applaud ncRover's attempt to consolidate this board's Euro 2024 chat onto a single thread. It was never going to pay off, but sometimes you have to reach for the stars.

[ncRover]

National level football is a poor standard with generally quite a big margin between the best and worst players on the pitch.

Have a day off Gaz, we're enjoying ourselves.

Also just want to applaud ncRover's attempt to consolidate this board's Euro 2024 chat onto a single thread. It was never going to pay off, but sometimes you have to reach for the stars.

Thank you.

The Euros is more fun than the Premier League definitely. Did anyone see Hungary’s meaty no.9? And Fullkrug absolutely wallop it top bins? Wonderful stuff.

[Pancho Regan]

I couldn't help but think that was 'karma' for Mbappe last night.

Goes down theatrically holding his face as if he'd been punched by Tyson Fury, then 2 minutes later gets his nose broken.

Not that I wish him any harm, obviously ......

[GazLaz]

National level football is a poor standard with generally quite a big margin between the best and worst players on the pitch.

Have a day off Gaz, we're enjoying ourselves.

Also just want to applaud ncRover's attempt to consolidate this board's Euro 2024 chat onto a single thread. It was never going to pay off, but sometimes you have to reach for the stars.

It wasn’t a slight at how good it is, how much I enjoy it. Just backing up BSTs point and giving reasoning why. Quality certainly doesn’t always equate to entertainment.

[Chris Black come back]

It’s cracking entertainment. Pep presumably can’t bear to turn on the TV next few weeks. Would be disgusted.

[BillyStubbsTears]

I hate the Spanish School of football with a vengeance.

It's certainly a work of art, but in my eyes it's destroyed top level club football as a spectacle.

Control possession. Camp in your opponents' half. Probe them patiently. Overwhelm them in the brief moments they have the ball.

It's the very anthesis of what I want football to be.

Open, fallible, end to end.

I'd happily never watch top level club football again. But Euro/WC football is exhilarating.

[DearneValleyRover]

The Turkey - Georgia game has been a great watch

[Alan Southstand]

Game of the tournament, so far, DVR. It had the lot. You couldn’t take your eyes off it for a second. Brilliant from both teams. That’s the football we all love to see.

[TonySoprano]

The commentary on the Portugal vs Czechia game is hilariously bad.

[BillyStubbsTears]

The commentary on the Portugal vs Czechia game is hilariously bad.

Danny Murphy is the worst ever.

In the time it took him to realise the Portugal player had been booked for diving, the Tories could have had 3 PMs.

[BillyStubbsTears]

But at least we haven't had "Oh he'll be disappointed with that" when a player does something disappointing, or "He's got to hit the target from there" when a player doesn't hit the target. From there.

[TonySoprano]

The commentary on the Portugal vs Czechia game is hilariously bad.

Danny Murphy is the worst ever.

In the time it took him to realise the Portugal player had been booked for diving, the Tories could have had 3 PMs.

He's bad, but he was only the co commentator. Whoever was the main one was horrifically bad, just conplete silence with the odd comment here and there, like they were commenting on golf !

[Chris Black come back]

Danny Mills on TalkSport. Not good.

[Smyth]

https://twitter.com/KTHopkins/status/1803383532732956855?t=V6rONbn-vNyakMRFsvRzhA&s=19

[Campsall rover]

https://twitter.com/KTHopkins/status/1803383532732956855?t=V6rONbn-vNyakMRFsvRzhA&s=19

Love that. Had a good chuckle.
Anything that makes you smile or laugh is good. All this politics is so depressing if it wasn’t for the Euros & watching YCCC self destruct ( as normal ) in the T20 I think I would be going mad 

[BillyStubbsTears]

https://twitter.com/KTHopkins/status/1803383532732956855?t=V6rONbn-vNyakMRFsvRzhA&s=19

Love that. Had a good chuckle.
Anything that makes you smile or laugh is good. All this politics is so depressing if it wasn’t for the Euros & watching YCCC self destruct ( as normal ) in the T20 I think I would be going mad 

You reckon that's not politics?

[BillyStubbsTears]

I'm guessing Croatia Vs Albania hasn't caught fire yet.

This from the BBC website must be the most tenuous but of trivia since Gerald Sindstat told us that an England win in the 86 World Cup was the first time a predominantly Caucasian team had ever won a game in Latin America by scoring an odd number of goals against a side from a Warsaw Pact country on the birthday of Jacques Cousteau.

"Andrej Kramaric, who turns 33 today, is the first Croatian to play a European Championship finals game on his birthday, and is the oldest player to appear on his birthday at the finals since twin brothers Aleksey and Vasili Berezutski for Russia v Wales in 2016 (both 34)."

[drfcsteve]

Croatia Albania turned in to a cracker in the end.

[DRFC_AjA]

The drug dealers out waving their flags and tooting their horns in their super high powered cars after getting a draw

[BillyStubbsTears]

But at least we haven't had "Oh he'll be disappointed with that" when a player does something disappointing, or "He's got to hit the target from there" when a player doesn't hit the target. From there.

Wey hey!

Just had a Murphyism in the Germany Hungary game from Martin Keown.

"He's got to put that away" he said, after the lad didn't put it away.

[TonySoprano]

Scotland much better tonight.
Bit of a fortunate goal though

[TonySoprano]

Absolute Rip Snorter from shaquiri there ! 

[Reg of the Rovers]

Awful awful defending to give the ball away for the Swiss goal.

[Filo]

The English keeper for Scotland is not very good

[Draytonian III]

Typical Scotland, couldn’t score or concede in the second half, knackered my bet up, I had got corners and bookings correct just want another goal

[Campsall rover]

Come on England v Denmark.
The Cricket team did us proud last night v West Indies. Need the Football team to do the same.
Just off to Headingley in a few mins to watch the cricket v Lancs in the T20 blast and the footy before in one of the 3 fan parks set up round the ground so we can watch.
Think I will go in the Long Room might even get a seat.
Yes some of us are getting to a certain age and don’t want to stand for nearly 2 hours. 

[Nudga]

What channel is Rio Ferdinand on?

[Padge_DRFC]

What channel is Rio Ferdinand on?

BBC. Game is ITV tonight. So the better pundits.

[Nudga]

What channel is Rio Ferdinand on?

BBC. Game is ITV tonight. So the better pundits.

The game is on BBC padge so I've got to suffer ferdy calling Jude "Bellynam" all the time.
It grates on my teeth