[Football] Euros 2024 - Matchday 12 (Netherlands vs Austria, France vs Poland, England vs Slovenia & Denmark vs Serbia)

[Krafty]

Head to head comes first and they drew 1-1

Head to head in the qualifiers was the deciding factor between Denmark and Slovenia, from what I’ve heard.

 

[Krafty]

We could still play the 3rd place team from group D (Netherlands), group E (Romania Slovakia Belgium Ukraine), or group F (Türkiye Czechia Georgia). It depends on whether Czechia put out Hungary tomorrow.

What would happen if Czechia put out Hungary tomorrow in terms of who England would face?

 

[Weststander]

Seriously though, who, apart from Shearer and 50k irrelevant Geordies, think Gordon is better than Grealish.

Guardiola seems to have had enough of the pisshead.

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Seriously though, who, apart from Shearer and 50k irrelevant Geordies, think Gordon is better than Grealish.

Err, me.

I actually love Grealish and think he should have been in the squad without doubt but Gordon is electric, he’s a brilliant player.

 

[portlock seagull]

Guardiola seems to have had enough of the pisshead.

Yep, and what exactly has the pisshead play boy actually achieved on the coat tails of Citeh’s first eleven? If Grealish’s the solution, then England have an even bigger problem than I thought.

 

[HangletonGull]

Things luzzard at Southgate not on

 

[Midget]

Head to head in the qualifiers was the deciding factor between Denmark and Slovenia, from what I’ve heard.

Oh yes I see what you mean. Yes Denmark won 2-1 at home, drew 1-1 away in the qualifiers. Denmark ended up ranked 9th, Slovenia 15th.

So after head to heads in the tournament proper and disciplinary points, they go 2nd on EQ ranking.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

FFS that was the biggest load of shit. Please put us of our misery

 

[BadFish]

Somewhere in Sweden the drawbridge on a castle made of pizza boxes has just been lowered

... Two figures step out into the cold Swedish night air.

"Can you feel it Mustafa? Someone on north stand chat is making fun of Graham again"

 

[Midget]

What would happen if Czechia put out Hungary tomorrow in terms of who England would face?

Balls I think I've got my combos wrong on that. It's complicated!

If Czechia (or whoever finishes 3rd in group F, could also be Türkiye or Georgia) go through and Hungary go out,
we play 3E which could be any of them.

If 3F and Hungary go through, putting out 3E,
or if 3F go out,
we play 3D, Netherlands.

We can no longer play 3F.

My brain hurts.

 

[pb21]

Balls I think I've got my combos wrong on that. It's complicated!

If Czechia (or whoever finishes 3rd in group F, could also be Türkiye or Georgia) go through and Hungary go out,
we play 3E which could be any of them.

If 3F and Hungary go through, putting out 3E,
or if 3F go out,
we play 3D, Netherlands.

We can no longer play 3F.

My brain hurts.

 

[Jackthelad]

 

[Midget]

Yeah this. I need to finish this glass of red wine and go to bed

 

[chaileyjem]

The difference between then and now is that German, Spain and France were top teams who delivered. Those England teams played against much better teams than we have today. We are on paper the top team and couldn’t deliver a newspaper if our lives depended on it.

It’s tournament football - they don’t even have to win matches to go through from now on. It’s not points for “delivery” .

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Balls I think I've got my combos wrong on that. It's complicated!

If Czechia (or whoever finishes 3rd in group F, could also be Türkiye or Georgia) go through and Hungary go out,
we play 3E which could be any of them.

If 3F and Hungary go through, putting out 3E,
or if 3F go out,
we play 3D, Netherlands.

We can no longer play 3F.

My brain hurts.

Utterly ridiculous tournament format.

 

[Midget]

Utterly ridiculous tournament format.

I wholeheartedly agree

 

[essbee1]

Things luzzard at Southgate not on

Clearly, England supporters thought it was on.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

He has absolutely no idea how to utilise the profiles of each player. At one point we had Foden, Bellingham and Palmer on. Three outstanding #10s who all want to occupy similar spaces, playing with a striker who also likes to drop in as a #10. If you’re going to play those three, you need someone who is going to run in behind. Likewise, if you’re going to play Kane then you need runners beyond him. You can’t just shove all four of them on together and hope something works.

We have no balance, no obvious patterns of play and as a result, players with no confidence.

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

It’s tournament football - they don’t even have to win matches to go through from now on. It’s not points for “delivery” .

That is the very reason why we won’t win anything. He goes into the game trying not to lose, rather than trying to win. You can’t consistently play crap and then expect to win.

 

[sakooshi]

Perhaps it's a cunning plan to lull our next opponents into thinking we're sh!t.