Euro 2016 Groups and Fixtures

by Irn Bru Mon Jun 06, 2016 9:48 pm

Not long now. It all starts on Friday. Bring it on cheers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/european-championship/euro-2016/schedule/group-stage

by Raggamuffin Mon Jun 06, 2016 9:57 pm

Oh, well done for starting a thread Bru. I'm looking forward to it. cheers

My mate and I are going to find a pub where we can watch the match on Saturday.

by Irn Bru Mon Jun 06, 2016 10:08 pm

Important that all the home nations and Republic of Ireland get off to a good start. Scotland ain't there though boo Hoo

I think England may do well this time and I don't read too much into the recent three warm-up matches.

I wish them all well.

by Guest Sat Jun 11, 2016 6:56 pm

Great gane by Wales. I thought they blew it after letting Slovakia equalize and were on the back foot for 20 minutes, but all credit to Wales. They dominated the first and came back after heavy pressure from Slovakia.
Great start for one of the British teams.

by Guest Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:53 pm

Right, time for the England game

"Come on England"

Catch you all later

by Victorismyhero Sat Jun 11, 2016 8:53 pm

why does this utterly fail to generate even the slightest amount of "excitement "in me????

by Tommy Monk Sat Jun 11, 2016 9:23 pm

England playing extremely well... and I've been saying for years that Rooney should be played as a central offensive midfielder with another 2 or 3 strikers up front... at last this is what hodgson has done with the squad!

And here's a great interview with hodgson... and his new football song...

http://omnyapp.com/shows/the-christian-o-connell-breakfast-show/hes-bought-a-comb-hes-bought-a-comb

Well worth a listen... most amusing!!!

lol!

by Guest Sat Jun 11, 2016 10:11 pm

Great game, shame England let their guard down in extra time.
They dominated the first half, at the beginning of the second the Russians came back into the game and then England started to dominate and scored a cracking goal.
Just a shame, they got complacent in the last minute or so.
Still, they played well and look promising

by Cass Sun Jun 12, 2016 12:49 am

Paul Ettinger wrote:Great game, shame England let their guard down in extra time.
They dominated the first half, at the beginning of the second the Russians came back into the game and then England started to dominate and scored a cracking goal.
Just a shame, they got complacent in the last minute or so.
Still, they played well and look promising

Cracking goal but it was the same old story after 88 minutes. They just gotta STOP doing this.

Watching the Copá now. Cracking goal by Dempsey. USA USA USA Smile

by Guest Sun Jun 12, 2016 5:29 am

Cass wrote:
Paul Ettinger wrote:Great game, shame England let their guard down in extra time.
They dominated the first half, at the beginning of the second the Russians came back into the game and then England started to dominate and scored a cracking goal.
Just a shame, they got complacent in the last minute or so.
Still, they played well and look promising

Cracking goal but it was the same old story after 88 minutes. They just gotta STOP doing this.

Watching the Copá now. Cracking goal by Dempsey. USA USA USA

Agreed Cass, they got complacent, and you are right they need to keep playing to the final whistle.
I was though encouraged at how they did perform well for most of the game.
This year is that much easier to progress as well as the as even some who finished 3rd will progress.

by Ben Reilly Sun Jun 12, 2016 6:34 am

I thought this was, like, y’all's sport?

by Cass Sun Jun 12, 2016 5:18 pm

Paul Ettinger wrote:
Cass wrote:

Cracking goal but it was the same old story after 88 minutes. They just gotta STOP doing this.

Watching the Copá now. Cracking goal by Dempsey. USA USA USA

Agreed Cass, they got complacent, and you are right they need to keep playing to the final whistle.
I was though encouraged at how they did perform well for most of the game.
This year is that much easier to progress as well as the as even some who finished 3rd will progress.

It has been the same old story since I started following in 1984. I thought they showed promise but PASS/PLAY THE FRIGGIN BALL!!!!! Stop acting like it's just yours. Communicate! It's SO FRUSTRATING when they won't do as I yell at them lol!

by Guest Sun Jun 12, 2016 5:20 pm

Cass wrote:
Paul Ettinger wrote:

Agreed Cass, they got complacent, and you are right they need to keep playing to the final whistle.
I was though encouraged at how they did perform well for most of the game.
This year is that much easier to progress as well as the as even some who finished 3rd will progress.

It has been the same old story since I started following in 1984. I thought they showed promise but PASS/PLAY THE FRIGGIN BALL!!!!! Stop acting like it's just yours. Communicate! It's SO FRUSTRATING when they won't do as I yell at them

lol its only the first game Cass and we won the world cup after drawing the first game, but I see your point as its always that great feeling that comes craching down very rapidily, when they throw games away

by Tommy Monk Mon Jun 13, 2016 12:06 pm

Tommy Monk wrote:England playing extremely well... and I've been saying for years that Rooney should be played as a central offensive midfielder with another 2 or 3 strikers up front... at last this is what hodgson has done with the squad!

And here's a great interview with hodgson... and his new football song...

http://omnyapp.com/shows/the-christian-o-connell-breakfast-show/hes-bought-a-comb-hes-bought-a-comb

Well worth a listen... most amusing!!!

Did anyone listen to this link...?

by eddie Mon Jun 13, 2016 12:34 pm

English football in a nutshell:

Work hard only once the other nearly score a goal Score a goal
Get complacent and allow the other team to score by crap defence
Run around and panic throughout the rest of the game

Same story it always is.

And! I have no earthy idea WHY anyone thinks Rooney ever plays well for England: HE DOESNT

He is a big lump of a nothing player.

by Raggamuffin Mon Jun 13, 2016 1:03 pm

I watched the England match in the pub, but I got a bit distracted in the second half so I missed the goals. The next one is on Thursday - we shouldn't have any problem beating the Welsh. Laughing

by Raggamuffin Fri Jun 17, 2016 1:22 am

Yay! What a result eh? I watched the match in the pub and the air was blue during the first half. Fantastic goal from Wales though. That last minute goal from England was fabulous, and gave us three points! cheers

by Irn Bru Sat Jun 18, 2016 1:58 pm

Ireland match just about to start so I'll have to love you and leave you as they say.

by Guest Sat Jun 18, 2016 2:01 pm

OH and Dad already in front of the box lox

by elan Sat Jun 18, 2016 2:32 pm

Good luck to England for Monday evening!

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by Raggamuffin Mon Jun 20, 2016 8:44 am

It's our last game tonight before the next stage. Do we need one point to be sure of getting through? What if we lose?

by elan Mon Jun 20, 2016 9:02 am

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/jun/19/england-germany-euro-2016

Good luck England!

by Irn Bru Mon Jun 20, 2016 7:44 pm

Raggamuffin wrote:It's our last game tonight before the next stage. Do we need one point to be sure of getting through? What if we lose?

Here are the various permatations for qualifiaction to the last 16

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/06/19/euro-2016-permutations-what-does-each-country-need-to-qualify-fo/?WT.mc_id=e_DM129713&WT.tsrc=email&etype=Edi_Pre_New_Euro2016&utm_source=email&utm_medium=Edi_Pre_New_Euro2016_2016_06_19&utm_campaign=DM129713

Kick off approaching so I'm off to take up my seat. Good luck to both the British teams'

by Raggamuffin Mon Jun 20, 2016 7:56 pm

Irn Bru wrote:
Raggamuffin wrote:It's our last game tonight before the next stage. Do we need one point to be sure of getting through? What if we lose?

Here are the various permatations for qualifiaction to the last 16

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/06/19/euro-2016-permutations-what-does-each-country-need-to-qualify-fo/?WT.mc_id=e_DM129713&WT.tsrc=email&etype=Edi_Pre_New_Euro2016&utm_source=email&utm_medium=Edi_Pre_New_Euro2016_2016_06_19&utm_campaign=DM129713

Kick off approaching so I'm off to take up my seat. Good luck to both the British teams'

Thank you Irn. I think I'll wait to see who wins. Laughing

See you after the match!

by Irn Bru Mon Jun 20, 2016 10:37 pm

Raggamuffin wrote:
Irn Bru wrote:
Raggamuffin wrote:It's our last game tonight before the next stage. Do we need one point to be sure of getting through? What if we lose?

Here are the various permatations for qualifiaction to the last 16

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/06/19/euro-2016-permutations-what-does-each-country-need-to-qualify-fo/?WT.mc_id=e_DM129713&WT.tsrc=email&etype=Edi_Pre_New_Euro2016&utm_source=email&utm_medium=Edi_Pre_New_Euro2016_2016_06_19&utm_campaign=DM129713

Kick off approaching so I'm off to take up my seat. Good luck to both the British teams'

Thank you Irn. I think I'll wait to see who wins.

See you after the match!

I quite enjoyed that match. Finishing second is actually not that bad because they will still miss one of the big teams. They will play the winner of the Hungary group which includes Portugal but the ain't doing too well at the moment.

Anyway, I'm off up the clun for a couple of pints before it shuts.

Catch you later.

by Raggamuffin Mon Jun 20, 2016 10:45 pm

Irn Bru wrote:
Raggamuffin wrote:

Thank you Irn. I think I'll wait to see who wins.

See you after the match!

I quite enjoyed that match. Finishing second is actually not that bad because they will still miss one of the big teams. They will play the winner of the Hungary group which includes Portugal but the ain't doing too well at the moment.

Anyway, I'm off up the clun for a couple of pints before it shuts.

Catch you later.

It was a good match wasn't it? England played quite well for a change. Pity they didn't get a goal, but still ... Laughing

Next match is next Monday.

Have a good pint or two!

by elan Tue Jun 21, 2016 8:47 am

I hope they can up their game a bit against the bigger teams.

by Irn Bru Tue Jun 21, 2016 11:41 pm

Well done Northern Ireland who even though they lost tonight to Germany they still join Wales and England in the last 16. Great achievement and hopefully the Republic of Ireland can add to that tomorrow.

Well done to all of them. cheers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36592524

by Irn Bru Thu Jun 23, 2016 12:41 am

Well done Republic of Ireland in defeating Italy 1-0 to make it through to the last 16. They pumelled the Italian team the whole match and thoroughly deserved their win.

The draw now is...

England v Iceland
Wales v Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland v France

No football tomorrow or Friday and it all starts again on Saturday.

Time for a break as I'm knackered.

by Raggamuffin Thu Jun 23, 2016 8:40 am

Well done for keeping up with it Bru. I've been filling in my chart, but it does your head in after a while. Laughing

I'm looking forward to Monday.

by Raggamuffin Mon Jun 27, 2016 11:34 pm

That's it for England - until the World Cup anyway.

Fancy losing to Iceland!

by Irn Bru Mon Jun 27, 2016 11:37 pm

Good win for Italy today and they thouroghly deserved their win.

What can you say about England? They just couldn't get past Iceland who are a counter attacking team and they just basically failed in a match they were expected to win.

So home hopes now lie with Wales.

by Raggamuffin Mon Jun 27, 2016 11:39 pm

Irn Bru wrote:Good win for Italy today and they thouroghly deserved their win.

What can you say about England? They just couldn't get past Iceland who are a counter attacking team and they just basically failed in a match they were expected to win.

So home hopes now lie with Wales.

Absolutely agree there Bru - the Iceland defence were very good and there was no getting past them.

by Irn Bru Mon Jun 27, 2016 11:46 pm

Raggamuffin wrote:
Irn Bru wrote:Good win for Italy today and they thouroghly deserved their win.

What can you say about England? They just couldn't get past Iceland who are a counter attacking team and they just basically failed in a match they were expected to win.

So home hopes now lie with Wales.

Absolutely agree there Bru - the Iceland defence were very good and there was no getting past them.

Thats the way Iceland play Raggs and if you look at their qualifying campagn they had some really imppresive results including beating Holland in Holland and knoacking them out.

Anyway Roy Hodgson has resigned. So who's next to take the job that has ended so badly for so many good managers in the past?

by Raggamuffin Mon Jun 27, 2016 11:47 pm

Irn Bru wrote:
Raggamuffin wrote:

Absolutely agree there Bru - the Iceland defence were very good and there was no getting past them.

Thats the way Iceland play Raggs and if you look at their qualifying campagn they had some really imppresive results including beating Holland in Holland and knoacking them out.

Anyway Roy Hodgson has resigned. So who's next to take the job that has ended so badly for so many good managers in the past?

Goodness knows. It seems to me that the problem with England persists whoever the manager is, and whoever the players are. They hesitate for too long when they do actually manage to get near the goal, they aim too high when they try to score, and they seem to have an urge to pass the ball to the nearest opponent. Laughing

by Raggamuffin Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:15 am

Well I was going to be cheering Wales on, but I'm not so sure now after they were caught cheering after England got knocked out. Of course they've said they're not happy because of that, but still ...

If they get knocked out by Belgium, maybe I'll cheer. Cool

by Tommy Monk Wed Jun 29, 2016 2:49 pm

The manager always seems to play the wrong players in the wrong positions.

by Irn Bru Fri Jul 01, 2016 12:36 am

Not one of Steve McClaren's finest moments as a football analyst. You gotta watch this Laughing

by Irn Bru Fri Jul 01, 2016 12:39 am

It's down to Wales now against Belgium and if they can get past them then it's Portugal they would meet and they haven't even won a game inside the 90 minutes. Three draws in the group stages and an extra winner in their last game. Wales have a decent chance and I hope they take it.

by Irn Bru Sat Jul 02, 2016 12:52 am

Wales 3-1 Belgium

What a fantastic result that was for the Welsh team against the world ranked number 2 side Belgium. They were outstanding and played to their strengths. Best football match I have watched in a while. Man of the Match Aaron Ramsay.

Next up Portugal and who's to say that the can't win that to get into the final.

Well done.

by Tommy Monk Sat Jul 02, 2016 1:02 am

Well done the Wales!!!

by Irn Bru Tue Jul 05, 2016 11:59 pm

Wales tomorrow v Portugal and let's hope the Welsh lads can put in another great performance and get right into the final.

Iceland finally fell to France but even then they put in a spirited and brave performance and they can be proud of what they achieved.

Somehow they managed to beat England but they were right up for that game probably to get us back for what we tried to do them in the two Cod Wars.

Game on for Wales.

by Raggamuffin Wed Jul 06, 2016 9:51 pm

Awwww, what a shame. I bet the Welsh team aren't cheering now. cheers

by eddie Wed Jul 06, 2016 10:09 pm

Is it just me, or is Ronaldo annoyingly smug?

by Raggamuffin Wed Jul 06, 2016 10:14 pm

eddie wrote:Is it just me, or is Ronaldo annoyingly smug?

Yes he is, but he looks nice. Laughing

by eddie Wed Jul 06, 2016 11:11 pm

Raggamuffin wrote:
eddie wrote:Is it just me, or is Ronaldo annoyingly smug?

Yes he is, but he looks nice.

Begrudgingly I agree.

by Guest Sat Jul 09, 2016 6:14 pm

Raggamuffin wrote:That's it for England - until the World Cup anyway.

Fancy losing to Iceland!

Tell me about it, happens every time. Still not over it Euro 2016 Groups and Fixtures Angry10

but as I only watch football when England play in the Euro's and the World Cup I've got some healing time ahead.

Never again, I say it every time Euro 2016 Groups and Fixtures Soccer10

by Irn Bru Mon Jul 18, 2016 12:00 am

Portugal turned out to be real party poopers beating the French. They won it fair and square but did nothing for football with their tactics.

That's over now and so is Wimbers won by Andy Murray.

The Open Championship today was one of the best ever finishes with Stenson and Mickleson shooting it out with Stenson taking the old claret jug with some amazing golf. His 50' put at the 14th was ridiculous and that really ended Mickleson's challenge.

Chirpy Andrew 'Beef' Johnston kept the home flag flying for a while and he put in an amazing tournament as well and even in 8th place he'll walk away with around 220,000 dollars in prize money.

Next up it's Rio cheers

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