Euro 2012 - Group Stages

[Royal Rother]

Ah, I'd forgotten them!!!

[Alan Partridge]

and the Czech's, and the Poles, and the Danes and the Ukrainians and the Greeks. But apart from them they are the 2 worst teams.

[Royal Rother]

Every time I have a rant we score...

That's an amazing finish.

No way in the world did he mean to do that

No way. DW knew exactly what he was doing there.

[Royal Rother]

and the Czech's, and the Poles, and the Danes and the Ukrainians and the Greeks. But apart from them they are the 2 worst teams.

You are having a laugh.

[peterroyal76]

Where is the width? We'd get crucified down the flanks. England can't play intricate football through the middle, we have to get it out wide and use pace there.

Ian Royal in talking sense shocker!

[Archie's penalty]

and the Czech's, and the Poles, and the Danes and the Ukrainians and the Greeks. But apart from them they are the 2 worst teams.

Let's wait until the last game before we make statements like that.

Agree with you re: the Greeks though.

[Super_horns]

Odd game.

A win and 3 well taken goals plus the positive impact of Walcott but issues in defence and ofcourse retaining the ball.

Another entertaining game though adding to the many so far in their various ways.

[cmonurz]

Must have been watching a different game, I thought bar 15 minutes at the start of the second half, we played pretty well, almost to a man (Young was poor).

[Alan Partridge]

and the Czech's, and the Poles, and the Danes and the Ukrainians and the Greeks. But apart from them they are the 2 worst teams.

You are having a laugh.

Sweden and England are better than those sides. Sweden in Group A would finish runners up. They had a crazy 5minutes against the Ukrainians but are a much better side than them. England are better than all of those and a couple others in this tournament.

[paultheroyal]

Balls to the negatives. Despite a TON of injuries, despite England's best player being unavailable, England have 4 pts from 2 games and barring a disaster will qualify from what is a tough group.

Happy Days. Roy's done fantastically over these first couple of games. Got the tactics, team selections and subs bang on for both occasions and got the best 2 results realistically possible from them.

England aren't going to win it but at least they are playing positively, look like scoring and playing with some freedom. They'll make mistakes because they aren't brilliant and their defense is makeshift but got to be pleased with tonight surely? Showed great heart and quality to turn that game around.

Post of the night.

[Maguire]

Welbeck's goal was absolute CLASS. What a way to notch the winner.

I've seen and indeed done those flicks with the instep but to slot it with the back of the heel? Superb.

[Tails]

Exciting game in the end I suppose, but we really are still a pretty crap team.

Fantastic finish by Welbeck but his 1st touch was bloody awful most of the night. Ashley Young was just appalling. And how slow is Terry now?

Probably the worst 2 teams in the tournament on display tonight.

MOTM - Roy Hodgson. Making the most of a bad bunch through tactical nouse.

By the way, Carroll's goal should never have been, because the clearance from the defender curled a foot out of play before reaching Gerrard....

[Ian Royal]

and the Czech's, and the Poles, and the Danes and the Ukrainians and the Greeks. But apart from them they are the 2 worst teams.

I'll give you Greece and Ireland, but that's it. England have always got some quality, they just don't have anything resembling a winning mentality. And that's why they'll be out the second they come across anyone half decent, and could well still bottle making it out of the group.

[leon]

and the Czech's, and the Poles, and the Danes and the Ukrainians and the Greeks. But apart from them they are the 2 worst teams.

I'll give you Greece and Ireland, but that's it. England have always got some quality, they just don't have anything resembling a winning mentality. And that's why they'll be out the second they come across anyone half decent, and could well still bottle making it out of the group.

England can't hold on to the ball, the high turnover of possession in the PL pretty much is the cause, rather than close control although we do lack the confidence. It's too direct , and that gets found out very quickly in international competitions against decent teams who stifle and then control games. Playing a defensive, counter attacking game might work, it did for Greece so who knows.

[rhroyal]

It appears that myself and the guys I was with in the pub are the only people who thought that Welbeck's goal as a fluke. I thought he was trying to control it, turn and slot home, only for it to hit his heel and go straight in. A miscontrol. Yet everything I read now I'm home says he meant it.

If he did mean it, great winner.

[just some bloke]

I only see there's Germany and Spain in this tournament I wouldn't fancy ourselves against. Holland have been well-beaten twice and are tearing themselves apart. Italy can't seem to win a game. Neither of the hosts look like they've got ambitions much beyond pleasing their fans and getting out of their groups. Greece, the Czechs, Portugal, Denmark, Ireland, France, Sweden, Croatia, Russia all fall somewhere between woeful (as in, they shouldn't be at the tournament) and half-decent.

It's not bad at all. It could be a lot worse.

[southbank1871]

Pathetic, just pathetic. An absolute disgrace.

Some particularly over the top nonsense from Avon Royal and Ian Royal on this thread.

[TBM]

I was keeping an eye on Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and what a poor performance.
He was at fault for one of the English goals, and generally throughout did not act as a team player, or put any sort of genuine effort in.
Any tactical dispositions will ultimately always fail if your "star player" is a player who does no team work and does not man mark on defensive situations like he should.

For all the hype, he just seems an utter luxury player with an attitude problem. They might as well have played 10 men.

Made me laugh when he was giving it large to Joe Hart when they went 2-1 up

[pea]

his passing was woeful but he's so strong on the ball. One of those players that needs other good players around him to shine otherwise he looks a bit clueless

[Uke]

It appears that myself and the guys I was with in the pub are the only people who thought that Welbeck's goal as a fluke. I thought he was trying to control it, turn and slot home, only for it to hit his heel and go straight in. A miscontrol. Yet everything I read now I'm home says he meant it.

+1, in fact....

Look at the King! Look at the the King! Look at the King, the King, the King!
The King is in the altogether, but altogether, the altogether
He's altogether as naked as the day that he was born
The King is in the altogether, but altogether, the altogether
It's altogether the very least the King has ever worn





:Tune now inserted into brain: