Way of the Rodent

Chad_Sexington said:

If I was Hodgson, I'd give Walcott the last ten minutes, bring Milner off and let him have a run at Evra.

When I saw Defoe warming up, I thought Milner was coming off, Young going to that position, and Defoe going up front. I was almost correct. Should have left the Ox on I think.

It is quite ridicuculous

Wow. Chris Waddle got tubby.

We're seeing a lot of quickfire equalisers at this Euros, it seems to me.

Gimp mask - available in any colour as long as it's black. Hello UEFA.

Welbeck, Gerrard, and Milner just weren't good enough. Defence too deep which led to Nasri twatting one in past an unsighted-til-too-late Hart.

In fact I hate James Milner. I'd rather have Downing playing with a traffic cone tied to one leg than Milner.

Otherwise, nothing to get overly excited about but also nothing to write us off. Yet.

The back 4 + Parker looked good for the most part, the other 5 outfield players looked like they didn't know each other that well.

ely said:

The back 4 + Parker looked good for the most part, the other 5 outfield players looked like they didn't know each other that well.

I thought Welbeck was excellent though - his movement is really something. But not much else to get truly excited about, beyond a remark that it was a very competent and disciplined performance against a quality team. Their right-back BTW was brilliant - such quick feet and great close control.

Also - the Shevchenko headers were just brilliant - the tournament's finest moment so far. When I nod one past Jimmy again next week, I'll devote it to the people of Ukraine ;)

They've not been reading the North's training manual, page 4, pass it to Jimmy.

Hahahaha. Chris to Jimmy, every time.

And Damo - yes, I did rate him. In the first half at least, I lost count of the number of times he won the flick on, or slipped in front of his marker, held up play, and fed the ball back into midfield. He was increasingly isolated as the game wore on, and in the circumstances - and this from a Liverpool fan - I thought he looked a real prospect.

That picture is ace......

:)

I just saw a picture of Jimmy on Facebook and it looks like he's caught something off Damo.

In Ukraine ... Czechs bounce you .

I don't follow football, but I do wonder why it's apparently fine to fall over and scream in pain for no reason at all. Do they teach this at clubs these days?

That's the first time I've ever seen the score update only for the goal to be disallowed.

Gorilla_Biscuit said:

mugsy said:

I don't follow football, but I do wonder why it's apparently fine to fall over and scream in pain for no reason at all. Do they teach this at clubs these days?

Mrs GB asks me the same thing and asks how I can watch grown men behaving like it

We all ask the question, no one ever seems to have a good answer though!

Chad_Sexington said:

Is that the same Arshavin? The Arsenal one?

Doppelganger I reckon.

Chad_Sexington said:

Adrian Chiles is awful.

This game is nice and open, it's end to end stuff!

Chad_Sexington said:

Is that the same Arshavin? The Arsenal one?

Funny you should say that - I had no idea he'd been sold. When did that happen? January?

Also, the Poland equaliser last night was absolutely tremendous. The first proper belting strike that's had me out of the chair. Should be a great atmosphere for their qualification decider against the Czechs.

Eamon Keegan wasn't the only one getting to grips with the topless Croatian girls (Absolutely NSFW)

OnePunchMickey said:

Eamon Keegan wasn't the only one getting to grips with the topless Croatian girls (Absolutely NSFW)

Thus proving that Irish and Croatian men have equally low standards?

Arshavin was crap last night. Too many touches, ignoring players making runs, dribbling with his head down. If he had his head out of his arse they would have won.

Carrick might have blocked that Nasri shot instead of inexplicably playing 8 yards deep in his own penalty area. ;)

Ronaldo's miss, best moment of Euro 2012 so far for me.