Euro 2016 thread

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Hodgson says that there will be no diving or feigning injury from his players at the Euros. So does that mean Rooney, Sturridge, Vardy and Sterling will be benched the whole time?

Spurs or Sex? said:
Though I think Croatia could be the best outside bet, they've got really good players in all areas. Subasic is a very decent keeper, Spurs fans know how good Charlie is as a defender...
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Hopefully this isn't as bad as it sounds
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Is it just me (the wife says it usually is) or should Roy Hodgson be in the middle of the front row rather than as Rooney's right hand man?

Mrs Brian says it's like having the ugly sister in the centre of the wedding photo's rather than the bride. She has 2 such sisters which is why we eloped.
 
No Kane No Gain said:
Rooney's trying far too hard to control everything... He needs to calm down and stop trying to prove he can do everything. Walker has had an excellent first half though.
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Why Rooney is a detriment in big tournaments in a nutshell. Effective players at that level make their teammates better. Rooney has the old English habit of trying to take over the game.
 
littleDinosaurLuke said:
I think we forget how much of these England players' success at club level depends on the contributions of the foreign stars - many of whom are the creative hubs of their teams and are comfortable receiving the ball, probing and passing e.g Eriksen, Mahrez, Ozil, Coutinho. Workrate and/or pace are the best assets of all the England players vying for front 5 positions. As usual. we have few players who are comfortable on the ball - receiving. holding and using it repeatedly in the middle of the pitch and around the box. if Rooney is in form, he still represents the best option, although it may be best to play him in a free role rather than as a no.10 or deeper midfielder.
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Well I agree with you wholeheartedly up till your last two sentences. I think Alli is the one player who could take England places.
 
redwhiteandermblue said:
Well I agree with you wholeheartedly up till your last two sentences. I think Alli is the one player who could take England places.
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This is the crux of the issue. Rooney's not the player that he once was. His pace has gone. He can't go past players, he doesn't have the understanding with Kane that Alli does so that he'll be slower in releasing the ball forwards. He doesn't score significant numbers of goals any more. Sure, if we need to change things he has big game experience and might do that but anymore so than Carroll and an aerial threat or Rashford or Vardy's pace? I just don't see him being a starter in a winning team against the better sides (if at all).
 
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Denmark won their friendly against Bulgaria 4-0 with Eriksen bagging a hat trick...but I'm waiting for an explanation why this match took place in Osaka.

Equally confusing is why Australia are facing Greece in back-to-back friendlies, both of which serving as ample reminders why most people hate watching the football Greece play - except Leicester fans, obviously, as they find it enthralling.
 
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humanbeingincroydon said:
Denmark won their friendly against Bulgaria 4-0 with Eriksen bagging a hat trick...but I'm waiting for an explanation why this match took place in Osaka.

Equally confusing is why Australia are facing Greece in back-to-back friendlies, both of which serving as ample reminders why most people hate watching the football Greece play - except Leicester fans, obviously, as they find it enthralling.
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Didn't Greece win something? ... how did that feel? ...whoops ...wrong board... apologies ... :)
 
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humanbeingincroydon said:
Equally confusing is why Australia are facing Greece in back-to-back friendlies, both of which serving as ample reminders why most people hate watching the football Greece play - except Leicester fans, obviously, as they find it enthralling.
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vimhawk said:
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OK ... this one's a doozer ... plenty of clapping ... some singing too ... just a little geograhically inaccurate ultimately ...

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redwhiteandermblue said:
They did manage to win something, once, after decades of getting absolutely nowhere, and promptly disappeared again into the void, never to be heard from again.:emoticon-0104-surpr
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... not quite true .. Claudio Ranieri made a brief appearance there in order to lull a load of muppets over here into complacency :) ... worked bloody well tbf <ok>
 
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