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Post by stoke1989 on Jul 1, 2024 21:52:46 GMT
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Jul 1, 2024 22:13:13 GMT
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Post by LphPotter on Jul 1, 2024 22:13:13 GMT
Slovenia were fantastic but 3 absolutely awful penalties after all that hard work
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Post by cheadlepotter on Jul 1, 2024 22:15:04 GMT
Brilliant leadership from the best in the world taking and converting the first penalty after the brilliant save in extra time. You could see the confidence he put in the rest of his team. The least he could do after that embarrassment earlier. A ridiculous performance. I was just fishing after all the Ronaldo slating tonight. Itβs a shame to see him act the way he has, having been such a brilliant player.
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Post by spitthedog on Jul 1, 2024 22:16:35 GMT
Portugal are absolutely carrying Ronaldo. He was garbage throughout that game. He's become a joke. Weak management from Martinez like you would expect.
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Post by LphPotter on Jul 1, 2024 22:19:14 GMT
The least he could do after that embarrassment earlier. A ridiculous performance. I was just fishing after all the Ronaldo slating tonight. Itβs a shame to see him act the way he has, having been such a brilliant player. Heβs always been like that, just in the past he used to actually perform. You can tell heβs struggling to come to terms with the fact he canβt do what he used to.
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Post by musik on Jul 1, 2024 23:15:11 GMT
Fascinating game. Well deserved win.
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Post by superjw on Jul 2, 2024 7:23:16 GMT
I was just fishing after all the Ronaldo slating tonight. Itβs a shame to see him act the way he has, having been such a brilliant player. Heβs always been like that, just in the past he used to actually perform. You can tell heβs struggling to come to terms with the fact he canβt do what he used to. This is it, his days are numbered and he clearly struggles with coming to terms with that. He says he wants to bow out in the next World Cup, no idea if he will make it tbh. He is one of the greatest the world has seen, yet at his age he still shows up and takes responsibility by leading the line for the first penalty, got to be tough after missing one too. But st some point he needs to call it quits
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Post by prestwichpotter on Jul 2, 2024 7:39:09 GMT
The first two rounds of group games were excellent and it's definitely gone downhill from there.
I have high hopes of Romania v Netherlands and Austria v Turkey to ignite the tournament......
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Post by adri2008 on Jul 2, 2024 8:13:04 GMT
I had Portugal down to win this but they look very laboured last night, France similar. Surely 1 of Germany or Spain must be favourites at this point.
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Jul 2, 2024 8:26:00 GMT
I had Portugal down to win this but they look very laboured last night, France similar. Surely 1 of Germany or Spain must be favourites at this point. I had Belgium in our sweep and thought they had a chance having got rid of the useless Martinez
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Post by ohbottom on Jul 2, 2024 8:27:41 GMT
I had Portugal down to win this but they look very laboured last night, France similar. Surely 1 of Germany or Spain must be favourites at this point. You'd think that wouldn't you? But no, bizarrely it's still England apparently.
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Post by fullmetaljacket on Jul 2, 2024 8:30:41 GMT
The first two rounds of group games were excellent and it's definitely gone downhill from there. I have high hopes of Romania v Netherlands and Austria v Turkey to ignite the tournament...... Really looking forward to Austria v Turkey. Feel that could be the game of this round.
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Post by thisisouryear on Jul 2, 2024 9:07:58 GMT
I had Portugal down to win this but they look very laboured last night, France similar. Surely 1 of Germany or Spain must be favourites at this point. I thought they spent all game attacking but their problem was they kept trying to feed Ronaldo's ego and he is a yard off the pace nowadays
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Post by noustie on Jul 2, 2024 9:17:13 GMT
The first two rounds of group games were excellent and it's definitely gone downhill from there. I have high hopes of Romania v Netherlands and Austria v Turkey to ignite the tournament...... Defo a downside to a 24 team tournament as the middle gets really stodgy. In the last 16 of the 8 games 4 is a group winner vs a team scraping in through the backdoor a bit in third so typically ends up defense v attack (apart from Georgia in fairness to them). Without one of them squeaking a shock it's pretty turgid stuff and all really just an elongated pretense of who competes at the business end from QF onwards. One thing that's dawned on me recently is I remember loads about world cups but Euros since 1996 I'd struggle to list where they were held and last four in each - they're arguably harder to win but always seem to descend into much of a muchness.
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Post by noustie on Jul 2, 2024 9:25:20 GMT
I had Portugal down to win this but they look very laboured last night, France similar. Surely 1 of Germany or Spain must be favourites at this point. I thought they spent all game attacking but their problem was they kept trying to feed Ronaldo's ego and he is a yard off the pace nowadays The Ronaldo thing is weird - it's like Portugal are playing for Soccer Aid rather than the Euros and have brought a celebrity to play upfront. The entire focus seems to be him scoring in another euros rather than the team progressing and it's like the bloke's inability to deal with time catching up with him is playing out on live tele - his legs were gone at Man U! I think there's cracks starting to show though and players are defo getting pissed off - Leao didn't look happy at all coming off and there was something in Jota's body language too when he lost it but Ronaldo, instead of trying get it back for him, just walked up front so Jota had to run back 30-40 yards. Argentina do it for Messi because he's still producing but can't see the Portugal team not being massively pissed off at this internally. Martinez is piss weak too letting it carry on and it makes you wonder if part of his appointment was prolonging the Ronaldo media gravy train as bet it makes a fair bit of dosh for their fa.
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Post by lordb on Jul 2, 2024 9:30:21 GMT
I thought they spent all game attacking but their problem was they kept trying to feed Ronaldo's ego and he is a yard off the pace nowadays The Ronaldo thing is weird - it's like Portugal are playing for Soccer Aid rather than the Euros and have brought a celebrity to play upfront. The entire focus seems to be him scoring in another euros rather than the team progressing and it's like the bloke's inability to deal with time catching up with him is playing out on live tele - his legs were gone at Man U! I think there's cracks starting to show though and players are defo getting pissed off - Leao didn't look happy at all coming off and there was something in Jota's body language too when he lost it but Ronaldo, instead of trying get it back for him, just walked up front so Jota had to run back 30-40 yards. Argentina do it for Messi because he's still producing but can't see the Portugal team not being massively pissed off at this internally. Martinez is piss weak too letting it carry on and it makes you wonder if part of his appointment was prolonging the Ronaldo media gravy train as bet it makes a fair bit of dosh for their fa. The player clearly has the power not the manager if he drops him he would be sacked
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Post by spitthedog on Jul 2, 2024 10:11:07 GMT
The first two rounds of group games were excellent and it's definitely gone downhill from there. I have high hopes of Romania v Netherlands and Austria v Turkey to ignite the tournament...... Teams have been more cautious, nervy and strategic in the knockout stages compared to the group stages. With the group stages one win and you were more or less through and everyone fancied their chances.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jul 2, 2024 10:31:36 GMT
Dutch out in numbers again
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Jul 2, 2024 10:39:53 GMT
I thought they spent all game attacking but their problem was they kept trying to feed Ronaldo's ego and he is a yard off the pace nowadays The Ronaldo thing is weird - it's like Portugal are playing for Soccer Aid rather than the Euros and have brought a celebrity to play upfront. The entire focus seems to be him scoring in another euros rather than the team progressing and it's like the bloke's inability to deal with time catching up with him is playing out on live tele - his legs were gone at Man U! I think there's cracks starting to show though and players are defo getting pissed off - Leao didn't look happy at all coming off and there was something in Jota's body language too when he lost it but Ronaldo, instead of trying get it back for him, just walked up front so Jota had to run back 30-40 yards. Argentina do it for Messi because he's still producing but can't see the Portugal team not being massively pissed off at this internally. Martinez is piss weak too letting it carry on and it makes you wonder if part of his appointment was prolonging the Ronaldo media gravy train as bet it makes a fair bit of dosh for their fa. Defo weird. The commentator said he's scored 1 freekick in his last 58 attempts for Portugal. Think he took 2 or 3 more after that stat reveal. So 1 goal in 60 odd attempts π Time to maybe let Fernandes have a go...
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Post by prestwichpotter on Jul 2, 2024 11:05:26 GMT
I thought they spent all game attacking but their problem was they kept trying to feed Ronaldo's ego and he is a yard off the pace nowadays The Ronaldo thing is weird - it's like Portugal are playing for Soccer Aid rather than the Euros and have brought a celebrity to play upfront. The entire focus seems to be him scoring in another euros rather than the team progressing and it's like the bloke's inability to deal with time catching up with him is playing out on live tele - his legs were gone at Man U! I think there's cracks starting to show though and players are defo getting pissed off - Leao didn't look happy at all coming off and there was something in Jota's body language too when he lost it but Ronaldo, instead of trying get it back for him, just walked up front so Jota had to run back 30-40 yards. Argentina do it for Messi because he's still producing but can't see the Portugal team not being massively pissed off at this internally. Martinez is piss weak too letting it carry on and it makes you wonder if part of his appointment was prolonging the Ronaldo media gravy train as bet it makes a fair bit of dosh for their fa. EURO 2080. Portugal v Sweden Round of 16.....
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Post by olias on Jul 2, 2024 12:21:57 GMT
Got to get in the box to score.
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Post by noustie on Jul 2, 2024 12:38:16 GMT
The Ronaldo thing is weird - it's like Portugal are playing for Soccer Aid rather than the Euros and have brought a celebrity to play upfront. The entire focus seems to be him scoring in another euros rather than the team progressing and it's like the bloke's inability to deal with time catching up with him is playing out on live tele - his legs were gone at Man U! I think there's cracks starting to show though and players are defo getting pissed off - Leao didn't look happy at all coming off and there was something in Jota's body language too when he lost it but Ronaldo, instead of trying get it back for him, just walked up front so Jota had to run back 30-40 yards. Argentina do it for Messi because he's still producing but can't see the Portugal team not being massively pissed off at this internally. Martinez is piss weak too letting it carry on and it makes you wonder if part of his appointment was prolonging the Ronaldo media gravy train as bet it makes a fair bit of dosh for their fa. Defo weird. The commentator said he's scored 1 freekick in his last 58 attempts for Portugal. Think he took 2 or 3 more after that stat reveal. So 1 goal in 60 odd attempts π Time to maybe let Fernandes have a go... He's scored the same amount of direct freekicks at a major tournament as Eric Dier apparently!
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Jul 2, 2024 12:42:16 GMT
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Jul 2, 2024 12:42:16 GMT
Defo weird. The commentator said he's scored 1 freekick in his last 58 attempts for Portugal. Think he took 2 or 3 more after that stat reveal. So 1 goal in 60 odd attempts π Time to maybe let Fernandes have a go... He's scored the same amount of direct freekicks at a major tournament as Eric Dier apparently! He's like the school team bully who nobody dares to question and as a result gets to do whatever he likes. It'll be their downfall in this tournament if Martinez doesn't intervene...
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Jul 2, 2024 15:55:39 GMT
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Post by JoeinOz on Jul 2, 2024 15:55:39 GMT
The Dutch look very orange
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Post by JoeinOz on Jul 2, 2024 15:57:34 GMT
Rumanian anthem is nice and bouncy
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Post by Jimm on Jul 2, 2024 16:13:06 GMT
Reijnders for Holland is quality and great to watch
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Jul 2, 2024 16:14:28 GMT
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Post by headsgoup on Jul 2, 2024 16:14:28 GMT
Man, that was close.
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Post by wrighter on Jul 2, 2024 16:19:31 GMT
Why is Haji wearing a hair net FFS ?
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Jul 2, 2024 16:40:09 GMT
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Post by headsgoup on Jul 2, 2024 16:40:09 GMT
The Dutch are looking much better than I was expecting.
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Post by wrighter on Jul 2, 2024 16:45:02 GMT
Why is Haji wearing a hair net FFS ? got a bandage, jusst noticed
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