Euro 2024

[Tommygilf]

Good solid start for England IMO.

Kane and Foden were pretty poor and ineffective imo. TAA wasn't brilliant. Bellingham, Saka and Rice were excellent. Walker and Trippier were good and the defence more generally were decent considering the low expectations.

Will need to be better in the rest of the tournament.

[JohnM]

We get a goal up and then....

....we seem to lose our edge.

Reaction times increase a little bit, we retreat just that little bit, we ease off just a little bit. All  these little bits add up to allowing the opposition back into the game. 

is there room for Foden, Kane and Bellingham on the pitch at the same time? 

[Maximus Decimus]

21 minutes ago, JohnM said:

We get a goal up and then....

....we seem to lose our edge.

Reaction times increase a little bit, we retreat just that little bit, we ease off just a little bit. All  these little bits add up to allowing the opposition back into the game. 

is there room for Foden, Kane and Bellingham on the pitch at the same time? 

This does feel like the big issue. Do we have a Lampard and Gerrard situation all over again?

Although it still wasn't as bad as decades prior, there seems to be a peculiarly English way of underperforming at a major tournament. Over the weekend, I watched Italy and Netherlands both of whom didn't start quite as well as they'd like. However, even in doing so they created plenty of chances and moved with speed.

We rarely seem to do badly by being involved in high-scoring shootouts. English underachievement is always a slow way of play and creating few chances, but while rarely conceding either. It used to be an inability to pass a ball more than 3 times, along a general slow level of play. For instance, in the famously bad 0-0 draw with Algeria we only had 4 shots on target. 

[17 stone giant]

1 hour ago, JohnM said:

is there room for Foden, Kane and Bellingham on the pitch at the same time? 

I've checked and the pitch dimensions are roughly 105 by 68 metres, so despite Kane being quite a stocky chap, there should be plenty of space for all of them.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

1 hour ago, Maximus Decimus said:

For instance, in the famously bad 0-0 draw with Algeria we only had 4 shots on target. 

We only had 3 shots on target last night, only 7 shots in total. The Serbians only had 1 shot on target and 4 in total.

[Maximus Decimus]

Safe to say that was a great result for English morale!

[Sidi Fidi Gold]

Yay, a Leeds United player scores at the Euros, oh no, its an own goal

[The Hallucinating Goose]

Really enjoyable first half from Turkey and Georgia! 1-1 at the half, Georgia really holding their own, had some fantastic chances if not a lot of the ball. Turkey had a goal ruled out because the strikers toes were offside. 

[Maximus Decimus]

1 hour ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

Really enjoyable first half from Turkey and Georgia! 1-1 at the half, Georgia really holding their own, had some fantastic chances if not a lot of the ball. Turkey had a goal ruled out because the strikers toes were offside. 

Who'd have thought this would be game of the tournament? 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

1 hour ago, Maximus Decimus said:

Who'd have thought this would be game of the tournament? 

It was a fantastic game, certainly the score didn't tell the whole story, there's a lot Georgia can take from that, they were excellent and unlucky only to get the one goal.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

Halftime at Portugal v Czechia and its 0-0, the first goalless first half of the tournament. Portugal by far the more dominant team, Czechia have barely had the ball, barely got out of their own half but their defence has stood strong so far but it does just seem to be a case of when Portugal can break through it, its coming, Czechia can't hold out for the whole game and they've got absolutely nothing going forward.

Edited June 18 by The Hallucinating Goose

[Sidi Fidi Gold]

30 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

Halftime at Portugal v Czechia and its 0-0, the first goalless first half of the tournament. Portugal by far the more dominant team, Czechia have barely had the ball, barely got out of their own half but their defence has stood strong so far but it does just seem to be a case of when Portugal can break through it, its coming, Czechia can't hold out for the whole game and they've got absolutely nothing going forward.

Chechia 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

OMG!! OMG!! CZECHIA!! WHAT A GOAL!!

[The Hallucinating Goose]

2 minutes ago, Sidi Fidi Gold said:

Chechia 

????

[Sidi Fidi Gold]

2 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

????

Or should that be Czechia.

I'm not taking the P or anything, its just that I was reading your post when they scored.

And as I'm typing this, Portugal score.

[Route66]

Oh dear, ex Hyde united keeper of the Npl to blame unfortunately 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

That is heartbreaking! Considering how poor Czechia were in that game, a draw would have been as good as a win and they were so close. 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

29 minutes ago, Sidi Fidi Gold said:

Or should that be Czechia.

I'm not taking the P or anything, its just that I was reading your post when they scored.

And as I'm typing this, Portugal score.

Oh I see, thanks for clarifying that! I thought you found the name Czechia funny for some reason.

[RayCee]

Euro news:

England is taking pickle juice to avoid cramps. It hopefully works when they get in a pickle and playing cramp. 

Germany has their tails up after their first up win. They are now looking hungry.

France is worried about Mbappe's injury. They will leave it to the medics to sort it. They have a nose for this sort of thing. 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

Fantastic first half from Albania. Another early goal, making plenty of breaks and getting a lot of chances, strong defending. The Croatians have been poor in this tournament.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

What an incredible end to the game! What a performance from Albania to rescue that point! Game of the tournament! 

[Gerrumonside ref]

The Euros has had a good start for sure.

[Maximus Decimus]

45 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

What an incredible end to the game! What a performance from Albania to rescue that point! Game of the tournament! 

It's not often I let out an audible groan when the referee blows the whistle.

Best injury time ever!

[The Hallucinating Goose]

Here we go! Are we all ready for another battering of Scotland?!

[gingerjon]

An own goal puts Scotland ahead in what has been a pretty low quality, but still fun, game so far.