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    @majorrage said in Euros:

    @mikethesnow said in Euros:

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    Wow, talk about putting yourself on a non existent pedestal.

    Cardiff and Swansea fans are very famous for being such lovely people.

    Dickheads everywhere, nobody is immune.

    Very true, but at national level we’ve been good boys

    Especially in other people’s houses

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    Speaking of pedestals, it must be nice to have massive public support after failing so spectacularly on the second biggest stage - mainly looking at Southgate here but the players too. Imagine if the fans had been well-behaved and the racist had kept their thoughts to themselves - knives would well and truly be out.

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    @mofitzy_ said in Euros:

    Speaking of pedestals, it must be nice to have massive public support after failing so spectacularly on the second biggest stage - mainly looking at Southgate here but the players too. Imagine if the fans had been well-behaved and the racist had kept their thoughts to themselves - knives would well and truly be out.

    Not sure they failed spectacularly. They all but won the tournament and lost narrowly to a very strong Italian outfit. They certainly came nearer to winning a big championship than a England football has done in more than 50 years.

    The England squad is young and will always get better. Phil Foden and Jaden Sancho in particularly have the talent to become world-class players. Stones and Maguire will last another six years. They were missing the injured Liverpool duo of Joe Gomez and Trent Alexander-Arnold. I think they can approach Qatar 2022 and Germany 2024 with a lot of confidence.

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    @sparky
    Wrong choice of words, failing so dramatically?

    It was a choke anyway, even if they weren't the better side, they choked. I actually think they had a very good side and will be one of the favourites for the world cup. Need a different manager though in my opinion, but now he is seemingly in the clear.

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    @mofitzy_ I think it was a big mistake for Southgate to choose his kickers based purely on their performance in training Vs experience in the real world. Penalty shoot outs mostly a mental thing, those 2 young guys had never done it before art a high level.

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    @machpants said in Euros:

    @mofitzy_ I think it was a big mistake for Southgate to choose his kickers based purely on their performance in training Vs experience in the real world. Penalty shoot outs mostly a mental thing, those 2 young guys had never done it before art a high level.

    That and Kane massively underperforming the reasons England lost

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    @mikethesnow said in Euros:

    @machpants said in Euros:

    @mofitzy_ I think it was a big mistake for Southgate to choose his kickers based purely on their performance in training Vs experience in the real world. Penalty shoot outs mostly a mental thing, those 2 young guys had never done it before art a high level.

    That and Kane massively underperforming the reasons England lost

    He did score a decent amount of goals in the knockout games, and it was his pass to Trippier that led to Shaw's goal IIRC. And it wasn't the first of those passes from the EPL's assist and goal scoring leader for 2020-21....

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    @mikethesnow said in Euros:

    @machpants said in Euros:

    @mofitzy_ I think it was a big mistake for Southgate to choose his kickers based purely on their performance in training Vs experience in the real world. Penalty shoot outs mostly a mental thing, those 2 young guys had never done it before art a high level.

    That and Kane massively underperforming the reasons England lost

    I'm not a hueg Kane fan but it is tough to blame him for the loss - unless he was disobeying instructions to come deep. There were times when he passed to give an option to cross but nobody was in the box (as he should be there). In the second half, 7 of the 10 players were defending deep and those up front were just crowded out whenever they got the ball as there was nobody to pass to.

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    @kiwipie said in Euros:

    @mikethesnow said in Euros:

    @machpants said in Euros:

    @mofitzy_ I think it was a big mistake for Southgate to choose his kickers based purely on their performance in training Vs experience in the real world. Penalty shoot outs mostly a mental thing, those 2 young guys had never done it before art a high level.

    That and Kane massively underperforming the reasons England lost

    I'm not a hueg Kane fan but it is tough to blame him for the loss - unless he was disobeying instructions to come deep. There were times when he passed to give an option to cross but nobody was in the box (as he should be there). In the second half, 7 of the 10 players were defending deep and those up front were just crowded out whenever they got the ball as there was nobody to pass to.

    That's the way he played for Spurs. He's more of a threat that way

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    One of the reasons I stopped my subscription to this rag.

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    Emerson will be pleased to know that!

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    @bovidae And Jorginho

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    Oh dear, not only did they watch their side lose the final on penalties but hundreds of England fans who went to Wembley to watch the final on Sunday now have COVID.

    Molly Blackall  /  Jul 16, 2021

    Swathes of England fans report coming down with 'Wembley variant' after Euro 2020 final

    Swathes of England fans report coming down with 'Wembley variant' after Euro 2020 final

    One fan said he knew of people who had tested positive for the virus and gone to the match regardless

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    @sparky said in Euros:

    Oh dear, not only did they watch their side lose the final on penalties but hundreds of England fans who went to Wembley to watch the final on Sunday now have COVID.

    Molly Blackall  /  Jul 16, 2021

    Swathes of England fans report coming down with 'Wembley variant' after Euro 2020 final

    Swathes of England fans report coming down with 'Wembley variant' after Euro 2020 final

    One fan said he knew of people who had tested positive for the virus and gone to the match regardless

    Oh fuck here we go

    Lockdown in 3, 2, 1

    Hopefully it will take out a few of the fat, white, bald, rubbish that piled into the Italian fans

    Good fucking riddance

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    The Wembley Variant
    It’s coming to your home

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    @mikethesnow Not sure another lockdown is necessary yet, unless there is a new variant in NE England. Better would be to up the vaccination rate again which is half what it was a month ago.

    Sadly the problem is not supply, but younger people refusing to take up opportunities to be vaccinated.

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    @sparky said in Euros:

    @mikethesnow Not sure another lockdown is necessary yet, unless there is a new variant in NE England. Better would be to up the vaccination rate again which is half what it was a month ago.

    Sadly the problem is not supply, but younger people refusing to take up opportunities to be vaccinated.

    They’ll use any fucking excuse
    Mark my words

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    @sparky said in Euros:

    @mikethesnow Not sure another lockdown is necessary yet, unless there is a new variant in NE England. Better would be to up the vaccination rate again which is half what it was a month ago.

    Sadly the problem is not supply, but younger people refusing to take up opportunities to be vaccinated.

    Well frankly fuck them
    I’ve had it (both jabs), and it’s well reported my thoughts on the whole thing
    The youth are fucking selfish imbeciles

    Get it done
    Get the % over the Government’s target
    Return to normality

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    Of all the fallout over the past week, the feeblest response was the guy at the FA explaining that the shambles at the final would not impact England's bid to host the 2030 World Cup.

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    @kiwipie said in Euros:

    Of all the fallout over the past week, the feeblest response was the guy at the FA explaining that the shambles at the final would not impact England's bid to host the 2030 World Cup.

    It won’t. Take your pick of any country willing to « sweeten » their bid. Such as a hot desert country like Qatar…

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