Euro 2016 Thread

[Para Handy]

Well, not exactly harsh LUX, but maybe a bit churlish. Not entirely convinced he meant it.

Either way, delighted for the Welsh and Reading boys.

[sputnik]

Brilliant performance by Wales, fully deserved their win.

Hope Wales stuff Portugal now.

^This

[Steve_Upper_West]

Brilliant performance by Wales, fully deserved their win.

Hope Wales stuff Portugal now.

^This

+1
Delighted for Wales - even though I backed Hal to be last scorer

[bcubed]

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/night-world-realised-hal-robson-11557008

[stealthpapes]

Well, not exactly harsh LUX, but maybe a bit churlish. Not entirely convinced he meant it.

Either way, delighted for the Welsh and Reading boys.

When he shaped up to do it, there was a 50:50 chance of a fan getting injured.

[stealthpapes]

but that was lovely. lovely. lovely stuff.

[From Despair To Where?]

Bale fairly invisible, except for that pass to Ramsey for the second goal.

That's been Bale all tournament, done nothing apart from be involved in the key moments of the games.

The comparison between him and Ronaldo will be unavoidable in the run up to the semi but I'd rather have Bale's tournament than Ronaldo's. Bale has been quite low key but his contributions have been game changing. Ronaldo's been involved in everything but has been hugely profligate and Portugal are yet to win a game in normal time.

[Ian Royal]

Wales v Iceland Final anyone?

Well done Wales, even if Belgium are hugely overrated that win was still some achievement and deserved.

[double d]

Belgium aren't over-rated at all. World class team with world class players

[Ian Royal]

Belgium aren't over-rated at all. World class team with world class players

I was thinking earlier, that between them Belgium and England have rather a lot of their best players at sides in England who have choked this season.

Spurs - contrived to finish third in a two horse race by utterly bottling the last few games
Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Dembele, Walker, Rose, Dier, Alli, Kane

Chelsea - defended their title by being a 10th placed shambles
Hazard, Courtois, Cahill,

Man City - great squad, finished 4th
Hart, Sterling, Denayer, De Bruyne

Not exactly the kind of season you want to take into a major international tournament and suggests quite a lot of mental weakness.

Belgium have some fantastic players, although not as good or as many as people like to make out. I'm just not convinced they have a team. I mean, they lost to the first good team they played at the World Cup, lost to the only good side they played at the Euros and went out to Wales. The record of this 'golden generation' of theirs is remarkably like England's traditional performance.

[Victor Meldrew]

Loved the inference in the commentary last night that Kanu will have no trouble finding a top club.
Competitions like this have seen many over the years where players have exceeded their normal standard and then reverted to type.
The obvious one was that dreadful man El-Haj-Diouf who IIRC was bought for £10 million.

It will be interesting seeing clubs queuing up to sign Kanu.....and then he ends up at Cardiff after flopping in the next game.
In fairness his goal was good but I had said to the missus earlier (she feigned interest) that Vokes might well have scored with the header that Kanu meekly headed over-I felt a bit vindicated by the last goal.

[6ft Kerplunk]

a very good Belgian team

They were certainly my dark horses

Well played genome.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Italy Germany

Looking forward to this game

The tournament winners elect

[double d]

Italy Germany

Looking forward to this game

The tournament winners elect

Iceland will do both of them.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Let's hope so

[Ascotexgunner]

This game is heating up nicely. I reckon 0-0 and penalties.

[Winston Smith]

40 minutes in and Low is yet to sniff his own testicles.

[harry]

40 minutes in and Low is yet to sniff his own testicles.

Time for a good sniff

[AthleticoSpizz]

....only in Germany, a black v-necked jumper, black bobbed hair and smelly testicles

[Deadlock]

These penalties are hilarious