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We came close to beating France in the last tournament. No reason we couldn’t do it now.
Really enjoyed that last 10 mins.
And instead of shooting, the Scotland player chose to go looking for the contact by sticking himself across the defender and got nothing. Well done ref
Quote from: DonnyOsmond on June 23, 2024, 10:04:18 pmReally enjoyed that last 10 mins. so did i, scotland were like rovers under schofield, keep ball but no end product, then the last 10 mins both teams just went for it
Oof.As it currently stands, England are looking at Germany in the QF and probably France in the SF.
Quote from: BillyStubbsTears on June 23, 2024, 08:36:45 pmOof.As it currently stands, England are looking at Germany in the QF and probably France in the SF.Instead of Spain and Portugal?
Quote from: DearneValleyRover on June 24, 2024, 08:04:33 amQuote from: BillyStubbsTears on June 23, 2024, 08:36:45 pmOof.As it currently stands, England are looking at Germany in the QF and probably France in the SF.Instead of Spain and Portugal?Yeah, exactly, “England have to play a big team shock” if they progress in the competition.
Quote from: drfchound on June 24, 2024, 08:58:51 amQuote from: DearneValleyRover on June 24, 2024, 08:04:33 amQuote from: BillyStubbsTears on June 23, 2024, 08:36:45 pmOof.As it currently stands, England are looking at Germany in the QF and probably France in the SF.Instead of Spain and Portugal?Yeah, exactly, “England have to play a big team shock” if they progress in the competition.I agree with BST’s post, would definitely prefer as easy a route as possible. Germany’s equaliser means that it would be either Italy or Switzerland (assuming we win our group and the R16 game), both of which would be preferable to Germany. Let’s try and delay the inevitable defeat to a heavyweight for as long as possible!
I do get it BST it’s just it doesn’t matter which route England take they are going to get one of the big guns in the QF and SF. Presently I’m struggling to see us making them
Quote from: DearneValleyRover on June 24, 2024, 10:42:28 amI do get it BST it’s just it doesn’t matter which route England take they are going to get one of the big guns in the QF and SF. Presently I’m struggling to see us making themThe point is, you sometimes need a bit of luck in tournaments. Given the choice between Germany in the QF and France in the semi, or Italy/Switzerland in the QF and Romania/Netherlands in the semi, which are you going to prefer? France and Germany are 1st and second favourites to win the whole tournament. You'd be very unlucky to come up against both of them in the QF/SF stages, and getting past both of them would be maybe 5-6/1 against odds. As it happens, Germany's equaliser last night puts them in the other half of the draw to the winner of England's group, so that's a bit of luck.