sne Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 (edited) Kudos to the ref who had the balls to give a penalty against the home team that early in the game. Edited June 26, 2016 by sne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 3 minutes ago, kurtsimonw said: Vardy does that and it's a dive. Long does it, definite penalty. thats not the same as what vardy does, vardy steps in to the defender initiating the contact and then falls over its a big difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Clark would have headed that one into his own goal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Just now, villa4europe said: thats not the same as what vardy does, vardy steps in to the defender initiating the contact and then falls over its a big difference Long slowed down, threw his leg back. I know he has an unusual running style, but I'm pretty sure throwing his leg backwards like that is not it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HongKongVillan Posted June 26, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted June 26, 2016 (edited) 5 minutes ago, sne said: Clark would have headed that one into his own goal My immediate thought was Clark would have loss his marker (giroud) Edited June 26, 2016 by kwoktolai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Beautiful free kick from such a distance that was, right in the corner, shame it wasn't a couple of foot closer, you're never beating a keeper from that range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Certainly no home bias from the ref so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 It's disgraceful that this is basically a home game for France, Ireland should have been given far more tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 (edited) Surely Payet deserves any free kick within shooting distance? Edited June 26, 2016 by mikeyp102 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 There's time wasting, then there's time wasting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Ireland have been brilliant, didn't think they had this sort of performance in them, so much more positive. France looking a bit clueless and surprised how poor they have been in midfield, would get Coman and Martial on at half time to pen Ireland in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Ireland have been the better team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gharperr Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 just like group stages...is this 3 man midfield really necessary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Even if France turn this round and scrape through...Rami and Kante already out of probable England game suspended. Who's next in line at CB...Mangala? ROI have done really well exploiting big French weakness of no one being bothered to track back and cover their OAPs at full back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 11 minutes ago, Davkaus said: It's disgraceful that this is basically a home game for France, Ireland should have been given far more tickets. the ticketing is weird each FA will have been given an allocation to each game but then there is also a large allocation for the genral public, you could apply for tickets through the portal before the teams were drawn, i for example got B1 v B4 in st etienne which ended up being england v slovakia but i didnt know that when i bought them, france were automatically A1, france won group A, therefore its pretty easy for the french fans to anticipate that they would be playing in lyon today and for them to buy the general public tickets when it was A1 vs a 3rd place team, ireland on the other hand with them finishing 3rd in the group it would have been near impossible to guess they'd be here today id say at a guess a fair few england fans had tickets for the wales vs NI game in paris last night in anticipation of england being group B winners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Ireland are playing very very well, the attitude and defending has been heroic at times. My only concern if i was an Irish fan would be the instructions at half time, they need to keep playing as though it was 0-0, do that and they have a fantastic chance. The french defence is crap anyway, one is now on a yellow and the crowd will start getting frustrated soon. I'm just not sure they will be able to hold out if they decide to put 10 men behind the ball and try to hold out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Come on the Irish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 (edited) France are a poor team, they seemingly have to rely on one of their more talented players to pull the rabbit out of the hat every time. Ultimately there will be a game where one of their stars can't deliver this, and today might be that day. I still fail to see the point of Matuidi, he is a nothing player who contributes, well, nothing positive. They need someone more dynamic in his position who can do more with the ball. Giroud offers very little movement up front, unless you are going to cross the ball right on to his head he's not going to score, again, he should be subbed off for the faster and more dynamic Martial. Finally, France are an absolute calamity at the back, what a poor defensive line they have. Edited June 26, 2016 by Dr_Pangloss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 26, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted June 26, 2016 Manu Petit rocking the Game of Thrones look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted June 26, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted June 26, 2016 Not a fan of Dunne's cappuccino-coloured shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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