Zatman Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 2 hours ago, kurtsimonw said: Spain, Italy, England, Germany and France in the same half of the draw! potentially Portugal as well though in fairness it does open the other side up really and lets somebody else in with a shout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 5 hours ago, kurtsimonw said: Outstanding save from the NI keeper. They needed to lose by less than 4-0 and McGovern is the difference between them achieving that and not, brilliant performance. free agent apparently, could be worth a gamble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 amazingly if Belgium and Italy both win then Turkey go through even though they were so bad in 1st 2 games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 9 hours ago, Zatman said: amazingly if Belgium and Italy both win then Turkey go through even though they were so bad in 1st 2 games It's the most likely outcome of tonights games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowandlow Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 maybe this has already been discussed or i am missing something obvious but... why is Italy versus Spain already set in stone? why have certain group winners already arbitrarily been set to play certain group runners up when other group winners could play any old 3rd place team? wouldn't it make more sense to have the best performing group winner playing the worst performing third place team and so on, so that the worst performing group winners ended up playing some second placed teams? This could all be decided after the group games have finished as awhole As it is now, you could end up with a situation where Italy get max points from their group but have to play a second place team, when other group winners who have dropped points end up playing third placed teams on a system decided by chance as stated i could have missed something obvious in the structure of the tournament, but i cant quite get my head round it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Ronaldo threw a journalist microphone into a river 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 20 minutes ago, slowandlow said: maybe this has already been discussed or i am missing something obvious but... why is Italy versus Spain already set in stone? why have certain group winners already arbitrarily been set to play certain group runners up when other group winners could play any old 3rd place team? wouldn't it make more sense to have the best performing group winner playing the worst performing third place team and so on, so that the worst performing group winners ended up playing some second placed teams? This could all be decided after the group games have finished as awhole As it is now, you could end up with a situation where Italy get max points from their group but have to play a second place team, when other group winners who have dropped points end up playing third placed teams on a system decided by chance as stated i could have missed something obvious in the structure of the tournament, but i cant quite get my head round it It is very random and when has common sense ever made an appearance in Football?! Italy only team in tournament who could still win 3/3 in group stages, they should certainly be playing a weak 3rd place team in next round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Personally, I'm against seeding of groups and knockouts. Balls in a hat and take your chances. So much better. Just beat the team in front of you, not try and protect the rankings of the ones at the top. I say this as a supporter of a team that topped their group. So there is no self interest here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villanwesty88 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 2 hours ago, Zatman said: Ronaldo threw a journalist microphone into a river http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36597970 video of it here! No idea what was said, my Portuguese is limited to about 3 words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gharperr Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 21 minutes ago, villanwesty88 said: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36597970 video of it here! No idea what was said, my Portuguese is limited to about 3 words. Quote He isn't thou. It's only because it was that particular TV channel, CMTV; They are the ****tiest most disgusting piece of media that we have here, they do nothing besides make stuff up and once in an interview (after or pre-game, I don't remember), he refused to answer a question from them and said he would never speak to them again; It kinda became a meme for awhile, people outside the stadiums would go to them after the games, wait for the reporter to ask them something and then answer like Ronaldo did "I don't speak to CMTV" and walk away.; This reporter knew Ronaldo wouldn't answer his question, he did it to provoke a reaction like this. He got what he wanted, but I think Ronaldo did well.; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Phwoar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danwichmann Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 17 hours ago, Zatman said: free agent apparently, could be worth a gamble I wouldn't sign anyone based on international performances. They too often have no relation to how the player will perform week in / week out. How often has Sanchez looked good for Columbia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 portugal defence is a complete shambles. ronaldo will bail them out of this eventually though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Why is he taking Austria's penalty? According to the stats I look at, he's only taken 1 before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 As crap as England were he other night, I'd strongly fancy us to beat this Portuguese side. The defensive is absolutely shocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Good finish by Nani. Expect Portugal to nick this in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Very much justice for Iceland. One of the worst penalty decisions I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Just now, kurtsimonw said: Very much justice for Iceland. One of the worst penalty decisions I've seen. Their goal shouldn't have stood though tbf, player was on the pitch taking the throw-in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Haha Hungary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 This is all set up for England v Portugal. If Portugal score and Austria score, that's who we play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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