Euro 2020(21)

[Jordy Brouwer]

Good win but flat as a pancake. Not sorry that is over. 

[Jairzinho]

Croatia were appalling. Slow and unarsed. 

[Stickman]

Croatia look a shadow of the team they used to be…

 

I guess Sterling scoring will confuse the boo the take the knee morons

[Scott_M]

5 minutes ago, magicrat said:

Sterling wank fest incoming. Personally I thought he was very nearly average today. 

Apart from Phillips, it’s been an incredibly average game. 
 

I don’t know if England have intentionally tried to stifle Croatia but Croatia were so sluggish in possession. No tempo to their play at all.

 

I think if England had gone for it, they could have won by a very comfortable score line.

[Scott_M]

Nothing says England like fat blokes with their tops off, swinging their tops about above their head and beer belly’s jiggling everywhere.

[magicrat]

Just now, Scott_M said:

Apart from Phillips, it’s been an incredibly average game. 
 

I don’t know if England have intentionally tried to stifle Croatia but Croatia were so sluggish in possession. No tempo to their play at all.

 

I think if England had gone for it, they could have won but a very comfortable score line.

England did go for it for the first half but they were never going to keep the pace up in the heat after they couldn't score. 

[SasaS]

Typical Croatia performance since the World Cup, they are such a spent force, disjointed, toothless, old stars getting older, new players distinctly average.

Difficult to judge England based on this.

 

[Scott_M]

Just now, magicrat said:

England did go for it for the first half but they were never going to keep the pace up in the heat after they couldn't score. 

For sure, the first 25 minutes. The rest of it was very pedestrian. 

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Kalvin Phillips was good. But, two average teams (Croatia probably below average) separated by the one little bit of quality in the whole game. 

 

England will get out of the group and then get dicked by the first half decent team they face. 

[Mark M]

2 minutes ago, Nelly-Torres said:

Kalvin Phillips was good. But, two average teams (Croatia probably below average) separated by the one little bit of quality in the whole game. 

 

England will get out of the group and then get dicked by the first half decent team they face. 

Just like death and taxes…. 

[Bobby Hundreds]

2 hours ago, Nelly-Torres said:

How unpatriotic to not get up on the roof to put some flags there too! 

 

Ajmo Hrvatska! 

The bin is looking at the house like "what the fuck"

[Chocoholic]

5 minutes ago, Nelly-Torres said:

Kalvin Phillips was good. But, two average teams (Croatia probably below average) separated by the one little bit of quality in the whole game. 

 

England will get out of the group and then get dicked by the first half decent team they face. 

In times of such changes, we've never known before, in society, in the game we love, or at least used to, it's nice to think there will be one constant that everyone can enjoy.

[Josef Svejk]

2 hours ago, Anubis said:

They take the decision making out of the hands of traumatised individuals. Tell them it’s postponed, not to worry, and we’ll speak again in 48 hrs when you’ve had time to try and process what happened a little. 

Finland and Denmark are due to play their second games on Wednesday and Thursday. So, UEFA should ask them on Monday what they want to do about their first game? 

[Anubis]

Just now, Josef Svejk said:

Finland and Denmark are due to play their second games on Wednesday and Thursday. So, UEFA should ask them on Monday what they want to do about their first game? 

Yes.

[Josef Svejk]

Just now, Anubis said:

Yes.

Brilliant plan. 

[Anubis]

Thanks. I’m glad you think so.

[Red Phoenix]

They won?

 

[Red_or_Dead]

1 hour ago, magicrat said:

Wrapped up in the Union Jack ? 

Narh, just UJ undercrackers.

[Red_or_Dead]

26 minutes ago, J-V said:

Comfortable win

 

Phillips MOTM.  Mings and Stones played well also

Big Nat was playing?!

 

 

[Mike D]

Robbie Savage has let himself go.

[J-V]

2 minutes ago, Mike D said:

Robbie Savage has let himself go.

Has a deeper voice than Savage.

[Trumo]

Dull game. Croatia barely offered anything, England toiled a fair bit too. All the better moments came from England, as few and far between as they were. The two main Sterling moments encapsulated him perfectly. When he has time to think, he fluffs his lines. He couldn't overthink it for the goal, but he had so much time with his other chance that he effort belonged at Twickenham. Which is probably where that ball ended up.

 

It's hard to know if Croatia are that weak or whether they just had an off-day. Caleta-Car was Lovrenesque at the back, the full backs offered little in attack, and Kovacic in midfield continues to be a player who is very technically adept but tends to do little of significance out there. He's like a winger converted to playiin midfield because his lack of pace makes him useless out wide.

 

These early games when the day is at its hottest are never going to have any tempo about them. The players know they need to conserve energy so passing will always be static, cautious and predictable.

[Dr Nowt]

9 minutes ago, Mike D said:

Lily Savage has let himself go.

 

[DJLJ]

26 minutes ago, Josef Svejk said:

Finland and Denmark are due to play their second games on Wednesday and Thursday. So, UEFA should ask them on Monday what they want to do about their first game? 

UEFA has put a covid protocol in place that allows for games to be played 48 hrs later. They could have used that for instance. 
Their first priority should be the people, not the tournament and their money making machine. 
 

btw I have absolutely no idea what you are trying to do here, but seems totally futile to engage with you on this, you think it is fine to value the tournament over the people, I don’t. 

[Kevin D]

England go into Friday with momentum and now Croatia have to win their last game. Brilliant. Cunts.