BOF Posted June 23, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 23, 2021 Saturday 26th Amsterdam 17:00 - Wales v Denmark London 20:00 - Italy v Austria Sunday 27th Budapest 17:00 - Netherlands v Czechia Seville 20:00 - Belgium v Portugal Monday 28th Copenhagen 17:00 - Croatia v Spain Bucharest 20:00 - France v Switzerland Tuesday 29th London 17:00 - England v Germany Glasgow 20:00 - Sweden v Ukraine 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Not a great tournament for the countries with the nuttiest political leaderships. Hungary, Poland, Turkey & Russia all crash out. Thoughts and prayers. Sweden through but that doesn't seem to have saved the Swedish government... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 It’s warming up, great night of football. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 1 minute ago, a m ole said: It’s warming up, great night of football. It is just me? But the England games have not felt like a tournament so far, more like low intensity friendlies. Both games tonight had full tournament vibes. Hoping that it will be ramped up against Germany. Hopefully the 40k in attendance will add more too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 1 minute ago, GENTLEMAN said: It is just me? But the England games have not felt like a tournament so far, more like low intensity friendlies. Both games tonight had full tournament vibes. Hoping that it will be ramped up against Germany. Hopefully the 40k in attendance will add more too. I think its down to the fact that 3 teams in most groups qualified. Takes the intensity out of some of the games. The expansion to 24 teams helps smaller teams get a chance but it kind of kills the tournament feel until you get to the knock outs. Plus lack of fans doesn't help either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 ZeGermans gonna end Safegate's tenure. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 15 minutes ago, sne said: Not a great tournament for the countries with the nuttiest political leaderships. Hungary, Poland, Turkey & Russia all crash out. Thoughts and prayers. Sweden through but that doesn't seem to have saved the Swedish government... Sweden are the most sinfully team in tournament football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Will Southgate pay the "penalty" for losing to Germany? Eh? Eh? I'll get me coat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, Xela said: I think its down to the fact that 3 teams in most groups qualified. Takes the intensity out of some of the games. The expansion to 24 teams helps smaller teams get a chance but it kind of kills the tournament feel until you get to the knock outs. Plus lack of fans doesn't help either. Wait for the world cup in 2026. 48 teams. Think I'll tune in after 2 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Just now, Wurzel said: Will Southgate pay the "penalty" for losing to Germany? Eh? Eh? I'll get me coat. I miss you being in Motorhead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 England's best hope is that sane plays 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Just now, Johnnyp said: Wait for the world cup in 2026. 48 teams. Think I'll tune in after 2 weeks. 16 groups of 3, top 2 teams qualify... Get the **** out of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Just now, rjw63 said: I miss you being in Motorhead I was just dead weight........too soon rj? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xela Posted June 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, Johnnyp said: Wait for the world cup in 2026. 48 teams. Think I'll tune in after 2 weeks. You'd miss out on Namibia vs Luxembourg in Group K though! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 I’d much prefer my tournament participant numbers to be divisible by 2 all the way down to 1. So my preference for the Euros would be either 16 or 32 over 24. Same goes for the World Cup, 32 or 64 if it’s necessary. Knock out football is way better, but groups and seeding protect the big nations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sne Posted June 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2021 Holland playing in Budapest, Denmark playing in Amsterdam, Spain playing in Copenhagen, Belgium vs Portugal in Seville. At least England as the only team get the home advantage in the last 16. This format is a blithering mess. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 England will beat Germany. Germany's defence is average at best and they don't have a striker. They have a fantastic midfield but that won't be enough for them. Then England will make the semis and from there it's about the day. If the Germans even had a Chris Wood level striker they'd win the tournament but thankfully they haven't. England have got nothing to fear. France are the strongest team but Portugal are capable of winning it too if they actually believe in themselves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted June 23, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 23, 2021 2 hours ago, sne said: Not a great tournament for the countries with the nuttiest political leaderships. Hungary, Poland, Turkey & Russia all crash out. Thoughts and prayers. Oh I don’t know, one or two have found a way through in a stylish manner… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rino8 Posted June 24, 2021 Visiting Supporter Share Posted June 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Sulberto21 said: England will beat Germany. Germany's defence is average at best and they don't have a striker. They have a fantastic midfield but that won't be enough for them. Then England will make the semis and from there it's about the day. If the Germans even had a Chris Wood level striker they'd win the tournament but thankfully they haven't. England have got nothing to fear. France are the strongest team but Portugal are capable of winning it too if they actually believe in themselves. This is a strong take Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 2 hours ago, sne said: Holland playing in Budapest, Denmark playing in Amsterdam, Spain playing in Copenhagen, Belgium vs Portugal in Seville. At least England as the only team get the home advantage in the last 16. This format is a blithering mess. Pretty sure the England - Germany game should of been in Dublin but they couldn't guarantee crowds, like Bilbao, games taken off them and redistrubed. England need to make it count. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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