Euros 2016

MiketheSnow

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Brilliant

MiketheSnow

It just keeps getting better and better :)
 
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Tordah

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It just keeps getting better and better :)
 
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didn't happen
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.101greatgoals.com/news/iceland-star-kari-arnason-denies-viral-story-england/'>http://www.101greatgoals.com/news/iceland-star-kari-arnason-denies-viral-story-england/</a>

Catogrande

Mike, you don't think you're taking a little bit too much comfort from all this do you?

MiketheSnow

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didn't happen
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.101greatgoals.com/news/iceland-star-kari-arnason-denies-viral-story-england/'>http://www.101greatgoals.com/news/iceland-star-kari-arnason-denies-viral-story-england/</a>
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Stand corrected

MiketheSnow

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Mike, you don't think you're taking a little bit too much comfort from all this do you?
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Gentle ribbing then nothing but admiration for the English rugby team when they deliver.
 
But when you're constantly bombarded with 'England football are awesome' by the media and England football fans, when they fail spectacularly it's hilarious.
 
24 hrs and then it stops :)

infidel

To those comparing this loss to SA v Japan etc, it was in no way much worse betting wise, Iceland were 10/1 so a 10% chance of winning, so this "upset" was more likely to happen.
 
Japan I think were 30/1, so more of a surprise.
 
Reputation-wise, it may have been much worse, as the population comparisons etc are embarrassing, and England football fans have a deluded sense of their team's ability and are shocked when the perform poorly, tournament after tournament.

Cookie

Do shit in tournament. National uproar, manager sacked. We realise we're shit. 
New manager and young team assembled. Optimism. 
We do well in the qualifiers. New hope. Media lauds new look England 
Next tournament arrives, this time we're gonna win it! it's a golden generation of new players 
Do shit in tournament. National uproar, rinse and repeat.

Bovidae

I read an interesting fact about the success of England and Germany since the 1966 WC final. 
 
England have won only 6 knockout games at major tournament since that time. Germany have won 6 tournaments.

Catogrande

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Gentle ribbing then nothing but admiration for the English rugby team when they deliver.
 
But when you're constantly bombarded with 'England football are awesome' by the media and England football fans, when they fail spectacularly it's hilarious.
 
24 hrs and then it stops :)
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Mate I get sick of the media beat up on the England football team too. They've played like shit for years. Staid, defeatist footy, followed by managers and officials that aren't even one-eyed, just Nelsonian blind that spout meaningless drivel. I haven't been able to stomach watching footy for Gond knows how long. The last two World Cups I didn't bother with, let alone the Euros or friendlies.
 
Bloody sad really. :mad1:

Hooroo

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Serious stuff first ;)
 
Italy looked great.
 
Iceland. The better team. End of. Fantastic, fantastic result.
 
Hooroo went 5-3 with Round of 16 predictions
 
QF DRAW
 
Thursday 30 June Poland v Portugal 0-0 Poland on Pens
Friday 01 July Wales v Belgium 0-2
Saturday 02 July Germany v Italy 1-0
Sunday 03 July France v Iceland 1-0
 
Heart says Poland, Wales, Italy, Iceland
Head says Portugal, Belgium, Germany, France
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Hooroo

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I saw that Shteve one earlier, it's fucking gold. You couldn't script it better, or improve it with Bill Murray's timing or facial expression
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It actually reminded me of David Brent. Brilliant

Virgil

To be fair England are/were ranked 11th in the current Fifa rankings, above Italy and France.

Billy Tell

The FIFA rankings are a crock of shit. Rugby rankings are way more accurate. I can't remember which world cup it was where USA were ranked number 1 I think heading into the tournament.

Catogrande

Oh and if I never see one of those poxy plastic St George's flags sticking out of car windows again I will be a happy man.

booboo

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Isn't there a degree of subjectivity in the FIFA rankings as opposed to WR where the points system is pretty rigid?

mariner4life

via Football365 i read a scathing article on the English football system by Stephan Henchoz. It's a really good, but far from complimentary article.

taniwharugby

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Gentle ribbing then nothing but admiration for the English rugby team when they deliver.
 
But when you're constantly bombarded with 'England football are awesome' by the media and England football fans, when they fail spectacularly it's hilarious.
 
24 hrs and then it stops :)
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so when do you start the 24 hours?
 
There is some brilliant stuff coming through FB!

Hooroo

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So good it even made our news
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/world-game/81572902/steve-mcclaren-puts-commentators-curse-on-hapless-england'>http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/world-game/81572902/steve-mcclaren-puts-commentators-curse-on-hapless-england</a>
 
Multiple times I have watched it and I love how his sentence fades away as he can see what is happeneing.

KiwiPie

On the "how big is this shock" o-meter, Iceland beating the recent semi-finalists in the World Cup home and away was way bigger than them beating the perpetual tournament also-rans.

The Silver Fern

Euros 2016