Euro 2012 Tournament.

Posted by: Gale 401 on 08 June 2012

Come on Greece stuff Poland.

I have nothing against Poland other than they knocked us out of the world cup in the early 70s on a BW tv.

Stu.

Posted on: 10 June 2012 by Wugged Woy

Originally Posted by Chief Chirpa:

Originally Posted by Wugged Woy:

What happened in 1962 ???

Newly-promoted Ipswich Town won the league.

Second , third or fourth division ?

Posted on: 10 June 2012 by Wugged Woy

Crikey, seems it was the first . How could I have forgotten such a momentous occasion

Posted on: 10 June 2012 by Gale 401

I just hope tonights two games are better than yesterday's??

Holland were awful and i fell asleep and missed the German goal.

Stu.

Posted on: 10 June 2012 by Guido Fawkes

So far yawn yawn .... No forwards For Spain 4 6 0 what a formation ... Italy are just mediocre apart from Super Mario's back flick. Spain must surely improve. Pitch is rubbish so that should be good for us tomorrow. My tip is Ireland to win this group on their way to the final.

Posted on: 10 June 2012 by Gale 401

Originally Posted by Guido Fawkes:

Ireland is not a bad bet at the mo.

I won more than few bob on a irish team when they beat England a few years ago.

Stu.

Posted on: 10 June 2012 by Guido Fawkes

Originally Posted by Wugged Woy:

Crikey, seems it was the first . How could I have forgotten such a momentous occasion

1	Ipswich Town	42	17	2	2	58	28	7	6	8	35	39	93	67	1.388	+26	56
2	Burnley	42	14	4	3	57	26	7	7	7	44	41	101	67	1.507	+34	53
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	4	3	59	34	7	6	8	29	35	88	69	1.275	+19	52
4	Everton	42	17	2	2	64	21	3	9	9	24	33	88	54	1.630	+34	51

For me the greatest moment in the history of football and all brought about by the greatest manager ever: Sir Alf - we played beautiful direct football - goalie, Roy Bailey, kicked out up to Ted Philips, knock down to Ray Crawford 1-0.

Crawford and Philips

Posted on: 10 June 2012 by fatcat

Originally Posted by Guido Fawkes:

we played beautiful direct football -

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I can see why you don't appreciate Italy's style of football. I thought their first half display was outstanding.

Posted on: 10 June 2012 by Guido Fawkes

I like bit less passing and a few more goals .. Thought the second half was better and Spain should have won, but they brought on the wrong centre forward; the lad from Bilbao would have won them the game. Still , glad you enjoyed it. I hope there are a few more long throws in the remaining games haven't seen one good Rory Delap imitation so far.

Posted on: 10 June 2012 by Gale 401

Originally Posted by Guido Fawkes:

Originally Posted by Wugged Woy:

Crikey, seems it was the first . How could I have forgotten such a momentous occasion

1	Ipswich Town	42	17	2	2	58	28	7	6	8	35	39	93	67	1.388	+26	56
2	Burnley	42	14	4	3	57	26	7	7	7	44	41	101	67	1.507	+34	53
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	4	3	59	34	7	6	8	29	35	88	69	1.275	+19	52
4	Everton	42	17	2	2	64	21	3	9	9	24	33	88	54	1.630	+34	51

Crawford and Philips

Them were the good old days.

Posted on: 10 June 2012 by Guido Fawkes

Now this is a better game, both teams getting stuck in and having a go ... No tip tap and goals ...

And bring back Tolly Cobbold (good pic Stu)

Reminds me of England's second greatest manager who achieved the second greatest moment in football in 34 years ago.

Posted on: 10 June 2012 by Chief Chirpa

^ Yawn.

Posted on: 10 June 2012 by Fabio 1

Originally Posted by fatcat:

Originally Posted by Fabio 1:

Originally Posted by fatcat:

What struck me was the number of players feigning injury. God knows what it'll be like when Portuguese, Spanish or Italians hit field.

So we won world soccer tournament four times because of feigning injury?Hard to belive...

Apologies Fabio

Every national football team contains players who feign injury and dive. It's just that some national teams are better at it than others.

I suspect Italy won the world cup 4 times because they produced 4 very good teams.

fatcat,

thanks for your kind reply.

Posted on: 10 June 2012 by Guido Fawkes

Originally Posted by Chief Chirpa:

^ Yawn.

Sorry to keep you awake.

Still that was an excellent game between Ireland and Croatia full of incident and excitement - shame the ref didn't give the penalty, as that would have made for an excellent last 15 minutes. Thought Jon Walters and Keith Andrews did really well for Ireland.

We'll see tomorrow if Roy can emulate the spirit of Sir Alf and Sir Bobby,

Posted on: 10 June 2012 by Gale 401

Fingers crossed the boys will come good.

I have a feeling in my water it will be a good game.

It could just be my dodgy prostate though.

Stu.

Posted on: 10 June 2012 by fatcat

Originally Posted by Guido Fawkes:

We'll see tomorrow if Roy can emulate the spirit of Sir Alf and Sir Bobby,

I'm expecting he'll play Baines in front of Cole and Johnson in front of Jones.

Starting the game with insufficient fullbacks would be pure folly.

Posted on: 10 June 2012 by Guido Fawkes

Sounds good to me - I'd also like to see Jagielka as a sweeper to safeguard Terry and Lescott and then Milner behind Gerrard and Carroll up front - forget all this playing through midfield - get it forward and hold it up for Baines and Jones to bomb forward. Lots of high balls in to box, lots of pressure on the keeper and we can win this one. Lets not get hung up on possession - goals win matches. Here's hoping

Posted on: 10 June 2012 by OscillateWildly

I'd like to see Terry ripped apart by France.

Johnson + Jones/Kelly and Cole + Baines makes sense given they are better at attacking than defending. Milner is too slow to justify being wide; not enough pace to get on the end of the pass when breaking, and not quick enough to get back when the opposition counter. England need to get at Mexes and Evra.

Mixed feelings given the BS reasoning from Hodgson and the FA - still, hope the younger players do well.

Cheers,

Posted on: 10 June 2012 by BigH47

Posted on: 10 June 2012 by OscillateWildly

Originally Posted by BigH47:

England's style under Hodgson?

Posted on: 10 June 2012 by King Size

Originally Posted by OscillateWildly:

Originally Posted by BigH47:

England's style under Hodgson?

No change then...

Posted on: 11 June 2012 by BigH47

Originally Posted by OscillateWildly:

Originally Posted by BigH47:

England's style under Hodgson?

No, your same old, same old comments.

Posted on: 11 June 2012 by TWP

Hodgsons style ? I am afraid it is going to be defensive , soak up the pressure and bang hopefull balls to the wings to then cross in to whoever has the energy to get in the box. i am still not convinced carroll is international quality .

What i would like to see is England playing like spain , possesion football on the ground. total football . sadly this is never going to happen until we have the players to do so.

So we should play to our strenghths ,, high tempo attacking footall , closing down , breaking up play as the italians did against spain i mean come on its only france after all

Posted on: 11 June 2012 by Wugged Woy

Originally Posted by Guido Fawkes:

Originally Posted by Wugged Woy:

Crikey, seems it was the first . How could I have forgotten such a momentous occasion

1	Ipswich Town	42	17	2	2	58	28	7	6	8	35	39	93	67	1.388	+26	56
2	Burnley	42	14	4	3	57	26	7	7	7	44	41	101	67	1.507	+34	53
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	4	3	59	34	7	6	8	29	35	88	69	1.275	+19	52
4	Everton	42	17	2	2	64	21	3	9	9	24	33	88	54	1.630	+34	51

Guido, How the 'ell did u know I'm a Spurs man ?!

Anyway, I don't blame you for harping on about past glories - us Spurs boys do it all the time...... !!!!!

Posted on: 11 June 2012 by OscillateWildly

Originally Posted by BigH47:

Originally Posted by OscillateWildly:

Originally Posted by BigH47:

England's style under Hodgson?

No, your same old, same old comments.

Thought you'd want the younger players to do well.

TWP,

OC, Young and Welbeck can play on the wing and up front, hopefully they will interchange - a bit of movement and not letting the defenders settle.

Cheers,

Posted on: 11 June 2012 by Hook

Not exactly a big fan of the sport, but I needed a break from work, so I laid on the couch this afternoon just as the 2nd half of the Sweden/Ukraine match started on ESPN...

And I was riveted. Three goals in ten minutes. A huge number of chances for Sweden to get the equalizer. The great camera work...the emotions of the players, the coaches, and the fans...I guess this is the biggest thing to happen in Kiev since what, 1943?

Am shocked to be writing this...but I may actually wind up watching another match or two.

Go Ukraine! (My mother's mother was born there, ok?).

Hook