Cagey Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 With the threat of terrorism how the feck can they get 10 flares\smoke bombs into the ground. Why let them off when your team is winning.Croatia bound to get a tougher sentence than Russia as one flare was thrown at steward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlickDT Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 I think this competition has been a bit of a disaster so far. The footballs been very average the majority of the time and the constant problems are harming footballs reputation even further after recent scandals.Even a positive like Icelands result with Portugal is soured a little by Ronaldo being unsporting afterwards.Too many idiots spoiling the game for others. blueheaven, MySpazz and Indicator 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abernethy Saint Posted June 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 Think you have that right, sadly. If the home nations weren't in it, there would be very little reason to watch. Most games don't seem to get going until injury time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 Iceland v Hungary. Both underdogs,who to support ?. Will have to be Iceland.Anyway,have to go out in garden seeing as its 20deg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edstar101 Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 36 - THIRTY SIX - free kicks taken by Ronaldo at European and International level, and he has scored.........NONE!!His teammates need to grow a pair and tell him to step away from the ****1n ball and let somebody else have a god***Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edstar101 Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 and a penalty.... Ha f**kin haknob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex-montrosesaintee Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 Never really had a problem with Ronaldo, but his attitude is clearly that Portugal deserve more respect because it's his team, when fundamentally they (and him) have been absolutely honking. Â No player is bigger than a team. Â Same with England. Â They'd be far far better without Rooney, but he's so 'important' they have to build a team around him. Â Been really enjoying watching teams like Iceland, Austria and Hungary taking on these 'superstars' and making them look average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlickDT Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 Another day, another set of fans acting like idiots. It's crazy how supposedly a country can be on maximum level of security and yet fans can take flares in left, right and centre.Good to see Iceland give a good account of themselves. Also good to see Ronaldo fall on his face- as terrific a footballer as he is, his sportsmanship is poor to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 Been really trying to get into this tournament, but I'm just finding it incredibly tedious to watch. I've watched every World Cup and Euros since Italia 90 and can't remember a worse tournament than this. I think the teams and players are too familiar with each other these days, the styles are all too similar, and tactical overkill is starting to strangle entertainment level. I also reckon overkill of Champions League fixtures and TV coverage hasn't helped. There are just no surprises any more.Also agree with the above comment that the reputation of football and football fans is being set back years by some of the stuff that's been going on. Just feels like there are so many idiots watching football these days. And seriously, what is the obsession with letting off flares? They're rubbish and contribute nothing. Indicator 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiangsu Sainty Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 I've found this tournament to be far more enjoyable than the WC 2010 which was dire apart from Chile, and no worse than 2012 - at least up until the last few days when it has tailed off a bit. Flares I can partially understand but don't condone, but bangers are pointless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abernethy Saint Posted June 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 In a city waiting with bated breath for the next terrorist bomb or shooting, flares and bangers are beyond stupid. south inch, dunkeldneil and ex-montrosesaintee 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul N Shark Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 In a city waiting with bated breath for the next terrorist bomb or shooting, flares and bangers are beyond stupid.In a city waiting with bated breath for the next terrorist bomb or shooting, flares and bangers are beyond stupid.Anybody walking around with trousers flapping in the wind with a pound of sausages in his hand should be locked up immediately. HOODLUM65 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MySpazz Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Euros have been ok, though no amazing matches, or big scorelines etc. Maybe in the knock-out part but i think will be even more cagey.The Copa America has alot of fun. Anyone been watching those games? Some random teams, and crazy scorelines and tackles too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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myDarlingBeefeater Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 With the expanded format there's just too many games, sides can try and draw their way to the knockout stages with predictably dull results. The big teams' games have been disappointing so far. Iceland have been quite entertaining and Romania v Albania was surprisingly fun. Changed over from the France v Switzerland snoozefest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MySpazz Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 "England by far the superior team" says ITV commentator. Score is 0-0.... that's not very fking dominant!They might yet score, they might yet go through..... but when.....and it will come, they go out. IT'L BE A JOYOUS OCCASION!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
south inch Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Long shot* but I hope they get Portugal AND Ronaldo finally proves some of the hype is justified. *Requires Iceland to beat Austria by a bigger margin than Portugal beat Hungary - I think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abernethy Saint Posted June 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 NOOOOO. I have a fiver on them going out in the quarters. That leaves time for the "we will win this" shite before the inevitable humping. MySpazz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
541ntees Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Euros have been ok, though no amazing matches, or big scorelines etc. Maybe in the knock-out part but i think will be even more cagey.The Copa America has alot of fun. Anyone been watching those games? Some random teams, and crazy scorelines and tackles too!where can you watch the copa ? i see brazil got pumped out at the group stages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
541ntees Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 With the expanded format there's just too many games, sides can try and draw their way to the knockout stages with predictably dull results. The big teams' games have been disappointing so far. Iceland have been quite entertaining and Romania v Albania was surprisingly fun. Changed over from the France v Switzerland snoozefest.the best thing about the France v Swiss game was the ball getting burst myDarlingBeefeater 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Congratulations for topping their section & reaching the knockout stages.Scotland really are being shown up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejksjfc Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 I don't really get how Scotland are being shown up by what is happening in France.We weren't good enough to qualify and that is when possibly you could say we were shown up but not now. AthensSaint and MySpazz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MySpazz Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 where can you watch the copa ? i see brazil got pumped out at the group stageshttp://www.feed2allnow.eu/type/football.html Been some good matches. Some random teams with the one or two euro based players to keep it interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 I don't really get how Scotland are being shown up by what is happening in France.We weren't good enough to qualify and that is when possibly you could say we were shown up but not now. We were shown up in the fact that Wales,Nothern Ireland,England & Ireland were there & we were not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 I guess it doesn't show Scotland in a particularly good light when Republic of Ireland have looked pretty poor so far and yet they qualified ahead of Scotland fairly comfortably in the end.I don't watch Scotland much these days, but I think it's been noticeable that even the poorer teams at a bloated, expanded Euros seem to have players who are significantly better than Scotland's. Look at the Albania and Iceland squads and they both have a good spread of players playing their club football at pretty impressive levels across Europe. Northern Ireland's squad is probably on a similar level to Scotland's on a player for player basis, but they've got something Scotland definitely don't, which is a really good manager.I really can't see the situation improving for Scotland any time soon. Jiangsu Sainty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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