The European Championships Thread

I watched the Wales game and Wales were very good. They dismantled the team that England drew with. From what I've seen of England they do not have any players with the flair that some of the Welsh have, though I suspect that England are better at grinding out a result.

I actually feel sorry for the English players. They are reasonable players, not world beaters but good enough to reach the quarterfinals of most tournaments, but the level of unrealistic expectation that is put on them must be awful. Even when it is accepted that they are not favourites the expectation that they could win is still there.

 

Well having Bale and even Ramsey must help knowing there are 2 very players in attack which means Wales can be very solid at the back.,

Against England they were a bit too negative if anything..

We lacked the pace and width again which will be a worry for the next round against Hungary or Iceland maybe who will not mind sitting back.,

Then again no one had been really outstanding.

 

Looking like NI will go through despite their defeat today..

 

A good game going on between Croatia and Spain.

 

NI definitely through - the other result sets up a Spain v Italy match in the last 16 ! The Germans will be delighted at that, their 2 bogey teams playing each other.

 

That result has really opened up one side of the draw for a Croatia or Poland to reach the semis - even Wales!

Meanwhile the big boys are on the other side of the draw.

 

AK must be delighted!
Great to see all home nations progress too.

 

They said on the radio that the top half of the draw have zero World Cups, zero European Championships. The bottom half has 11 World Cups and 9 European Championships. So glad we did so well against the Russians and Slovakians.
Good luck to the Welsh, I say.

 

Roy Hodgson said,
- England are afraid of no-one.

Alan Shearer said,
- No-one is affraid of England.

It is best for England to play against us and not a really good nation.

 

I feel like this...

 

Is that it for our representation in the Euros?

 

Feel sorry for NI....... But I do think that Wales have just that little more killer potential with Bale and Ramsay

 

I'd say so - might have to find something else to do now...

 

Cathcart has played some tidy football in these championships....

 

Great start by Ireland

 

HT Dare to dream ROI!

 

France come back in the end - shame.

 

I wonder how much it has cost the French taxpayer to jet Hollande around the country to watch football matches?

 

Yes.... they looked lethal at times in the second half... ROI missed a sitter though too.

 

Belguim on that form can go all the way...but Wales know how to beat them.

Looks like Hazard has found his form..