The Football Thread.

Shrews

Holland creating good chances but just not putting them away. Bet they'd love a Van Nistelrooy, Van Basten or even a Van Morrison right now. 

Philly_Q

Nobody'd love a Van Morrison.  Clinton Morrison maybe.

Shrews

A 2nd had to come with that much creativity. Gakpo looks a real handful. Romania look exhausted. 

DrCornelius

Philly_Q said:

Nobody'd love a Van Morrison.  Clinton Morrison maybe.

Clinton is my favourite ever Palace player. We were cack in those days but he worked hard , had a good scoring record and encapsulated what we were about ie not very good but with an attitude and a fanbase of a team far better 

guitars4you

Philly_Q said:

Nobody'd love a Van Morrison.  Clinton Morrison maybe.

or Bill Clinton - A man who knew how to put it away 

DrCornelius

guitars4you said:

Philly_Q said:

Nobody'd love a Van Morrison.  Clinton Morrison maybe.

or Bill Clinton - A man who knew how to put it away 

or get it out

Shrews

Best creativity yet, albeit against a tired looking side. They lack a clinical finisher though, although there's still time for that to develop.

No surprises if it's a typical Dutch 'flattering to deceive' performance with not really being tested at the back. 

Shrews

Terrible defending Austria. Zero concentration. 

Shrews

Goalkeeper take a bow. Save of the tournament. Great defending Turkey and deserve to go through. 

S56035

Shrews said:

Goalkeeper take a bow. Save of the tournament. Great defending Turkey and deserve to go through. 

He deserves a mid strength beer tonight doesn't he.

thecolourbox

A shame to see my chosen team go out early but they just weren't at it tonight, ball control seemed patchy. Maybe they were shaken by the early goal as that was so unlike them, they are normally very organised and not so clumsy. 

Turkiye played a great game plan and defensively managed it well. And that save... Blimey. Definitely a match winner that one, beautifully saved. He'd done well earlier on a few times as well, Austria had a couple of chances and could have got back in it sooner were it not for done good goalkeeping and defending.

EricTheWeary

TeleMaster said:

AlbertC said:

Perhaps on a French guitar forum there’s a thread titled Le Fil de Football where everyone is complaining about how shit the national team is playing…

Yea they will be. The Spanish are also very hard on their team, they think they've got it bad here but over there they take no prisoners. And lets not talk about South America!

When we were in the Basque region of Spain (although they wouldn't thank you for calling it that) the amount of flags, posters, shirts, etc, in some places was like Bilbao were in a cup final every day of the week. 

Shrews said:

Terrible defending Austria. Zero concentration. 

Fastest goal ever in the Euros but shocking defending. 

guitars4you

Shrews said:

Goalkeeper take a bow. Save of the tournament. Great defending Turkey and deserve to go through. 

Great save, but not the Banks moment as some describe - Banks had to go from the near post at the start of the move and finish of at the far post with the ball almost on the ground when it came to knock it over the bar 

Creed_Clicks

EricTheWeary said:

TeleMaster said:

AlbertC said:

Perhaps on a French guitar forum there’s a thread titled Le Fil de Football where everyone is complaining about how shit the national team is playing…

Yea they will be. The Spanish are also very hard on their team, they think they've got it bad here but over there they take no prisoners. And lets not talk about South America!

When we were in the Basque region of Spain (although they wouldn't thank you for calling it that) the amount of flags, posters, shirts, etc, in some places was like Bilbao were in a cup final every day of the week. 

Shrews said:

Terrible defending Austria. Zero concentration. 

Fastest goal ever in the Euros but shocking defending. 

I happened to be in Basque country having lunch in a village when the women's world cup final was on. Nobody was watching it. Not sure if it was because we were in the Basque country or not...

EricTheWeary

Creed_Clicks said:

EricTheWeary said:

TeleMaster said:

AlbertC said:

Perhaps on a French guitar forum there’s a thread titled Le Fil de Football where everyone is complaining about how shit the national team is playing…

Yea they will be. The Spanish are also very hard on their team, they think they've got it bad here but over there they take no prisoners. And lets not talk about South America!

When we were in the Basque region of Spain (although they wouldn't thank you for calling it that) the amount of flags, posters, shirts, etc, in some places was like Bilbao were in a cup final every day of the week. 

Shrews said:

Terrible defending Austria. Zero concentration. 

Fastest goal ever in the Euros but shocking defending. 

I happened to be in Basque country having lunch in a village when the women's world cup final was on. Nobody was watching it. Not sure if it was because we were in the Basque country or not...

I wouldn't like to speculate.

There was a big (properly big) banner up in one town that said something like Tourists You Need To Know That We Are Basque And Not Spanish. Although I probably looked every inch a tourist I felt like I didn't want to take a photo of it and definitely out myself as one as it didn't feel very friendly. 

Back to the football,briefly, the only team left in where I don't have any holiday stories is Turkey so the forum should be greatful if they make it all the way to the final. 

MagicPigDetective

EricTheWeary said:

Creed_Clicks said:

EricTheWeary said:

TeleMaster said:

AlbertC said:

Perhaps on a French guitar forum there’s a thread titled Le Fil de Football where everyone is complaining about how shit the national team is playing…

Yea they will be. The Spanish are also very hard on their team, they think they've got it bad here but over there they take no prisoners. And lets not talk about South America!

When we were in the Basque region of Spain (although they wouldn't thank you for calling it that) the amount of flags, posters, shirts, etc, in some places was like Bilbao were in a cup final every day of the week. 

Shrews said:

Terrible defending Austria. Zero concentration. 

Fastest goal ever in the Euros but shocking defending. 

I happened to be in Basque country having lunch in a village when the women's world cup final was on. Nobody was watching it. Not sure if it was because we were in the Basque country or not...

I wouldn't like to speculate.

There was a big (properly big) banner up in one town that said something like Tourists You Need To Know That We Are Basque And Not Spanish. Although I probably looked every inch a tourist I felt like I didn't want to take a photo of it and definitely out myself as one as it didn't feel very friendly. 

Back to the football,briefly, the only team left in where I don't have any holiday stories is Turkey so the forum should be greatful if they make it all the way to the final. 

Aye, many don’t support Spain and don’t consider themselves Spanish. I went to see Wales play a friendly against the Basque Country team in Bilbao. We were given a great welcome… ‘f@£& Spain’ is what a few of their fans told us outside the San Mames 

guitars4you

Once again we have got through to the 'easy' side of the draw - I don't mean those sides on our 1/2 of the draw will ensure a place in teh final - But you look at Portugal, France, Spain, Germany - Probably the 4 favs to win, both now and at the start of the tournament - Yet they all take each other out, apart from 1 - Those 4 clubs and relevant games are effectively the finals 

Shrews

Good article on the Beeb website as to where we are at:

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cz5r38x6ky6o

As for being on the right side of the draw, yes we are, but that's only because we accumulated enough points to finish top. I am sure Gareth's cry has always been 'finish top' and grow into the tournament (how often have we heard pundits say that?). 

Creed_Clicks

As an Irish fella I would love to be in Englands position! Stop moaning  

Nitefly

Man United cutting 250 jobs: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c3grq5w2j55o

Also Sweary Mary has left for PSG, despite being offered a new contract - said something like their direction doesn't align with her career aspirations.  The men's team are taking over the women's facilities while the Carrington training ground is redeveloped, so where will the women go?