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I like oxo..not sure about Milner..i felt he has been too negative when with Man City last season..though that may be down to tactics

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Milners a utility player, he'll track back and stuff. I'm not sure playing it safe in that way is wise vs France but we'll see if he's negative as you say or puts in a performance

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Performance data for season 11/12 for
Premier League
League Cup
FA-Cup
International Seniors

Stewart Downing
Total appearances: 50
Subbed on: 12
Subbed off: 15
Goals: 2
Assists: 5
featured in 23 full 90+mins

minutes per goal... 1.734

:shocked:

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Perhaps this speech will come in handy even though its not the correct day.:)

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On the upside: England kits have never been this cheap :)

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Now that the OX is here, we no longer need to dream :D

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den..you left out

(Act IV, Scene III)

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l will leave that to great actors like your goodself.:D

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Pretty low IMO. Not sure we would be pleased if the French came over and projected a French flag on the cenotaph.

England has to get over the notion that to be patriotic we have to go and show disrespect to other nation's cultures. :td:. Shameful.

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If the french beamed onto the queen's palace..you might see a reaction..bad show..but par for the **** (oops sun)

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Just imagine how the sun would react...

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Depends on where the edition is selling

Not unusual for the sun to change the message depending on what will sell

I always view society on the lowest common denominator, you can't get lower than the sun

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The french national anthem is always good...that you could sing with passion :D
(Makes me want to buy a little cafe somewhere hot)

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Poor miss by Milner there.:(

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Yes..you need to take these chances to win

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Nice one Lescott

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:cleader::cleader:

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England have done the hard bit for me..now all I need is France to score 2 for my 2-1 :D

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Great reaction save by Hart then..

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Sacrebleu..good save by Hart

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Sacrebleu....these Man City guys are playing great..Nasriiiiiiiii

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ooohh Sammy getting a bit heated. who was the silent gesture too? the England bench?

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And poor goalkeeping as well.:(

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Seems to be a game of Man City players atm.. Equaliser by Nasri

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Not really, I think that his sight was blocked by a defender... Also it was a great placed shot right in the bottom corner

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I'm too busy looking good singing La Marseillaise to see :D

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This game is just showing how bad both defences are...rather than how good the teams are.

Game is open for both to win

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Yep just saw the slo-mo replay, there was three players running just in front of Nasri, Joe stood no chance once he eventually saw it coming

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I wonder if the team would have been better with micah richards. I think he would have had a field day against the french defence

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kymmyyyy.. why you speak about this!!! :D

ladbrokes, game on!

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Hhhmmm Ref isn't having the best day. England in second half seems to be all
sideways pass
sideways pass
sideways pass
sideways pass
sideways pass
sideways pass
sideways pass
sideways pass
route 1
offside

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That makes the match sound interesting compared to watching it.

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still gong for the draw here

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How much has platini paid this ref?

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This referee is pathetic.:(:td:

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Italian officials doing fantastic tonight. great advert for match fixed Italian leagues

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Hope Johnson hasn't ruined Ribery's good looks.

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I'll take that.

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I wasn't impressed with either team

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think the french where a hell of a lot more dangerous compared the England.

yes the ref was a bit biased towards the french as well but some of the time the English players just went down like a sack of spuds with only a tiny touch.

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Mate, you`re scottish, you`re not going to be impressed by anything the England Team does are you.!
Remind me, when is Scotlands first Euro 2012 game?:D;)

Haven`t thought an awful lot to the refereeing in the first part of the tournament so far.

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Any game that England plays..we have automatic support for the opponents :D

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I think that in England we accept that as the Norm. No offence `The Norm`.:D:D

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I suspect this is true for most countries..though commentators seemed to be saying that russians were cheering England...i suspect though that they were still drunk from celebrating their win..and didn't know who was playing :D

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Colins a kill joy lol he was supporting City and got his reward :D

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No, that honour goes to the Germans. No-one likes the Germans, not even the Germans themselves.

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Yes, they do have a bad rep, i wonder why :D

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I've been racking my brain over that one, but can't quite put my finger on it :D

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Now what this match needs is a hatful of sendings off.

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Yes stuff meaning missing open goals.

There was one major positive from todays game as far as I'm concerned, the England band were band, about time to and they don't know why they were band, I'll enlighten them, it's 'coz you're annoying, very very annoying

http://m.guardian.co.uk/football/201...l&type=article

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That is definitely the best thing that has happened. I dont know who has made them think people enjoy listening to the great escape over and over for 90 minutes. Hopefully they are banned from the remaining games as well.

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Yes let's hope so, one example of where living in a former totalitarian police state had it's advantages, either that or they'll have to learn some new songs, I feel sorry for the poor people who have travelled and paid who have to sit near those goons

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hilarious :LOL:

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in USSR, drum hits you

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Most likely, UEFA gave the order, over sponsorship concerns. Remember the last world cup, where people got arrested for planning an 'ambush marketing campaign'?

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Well they will dancing in the streets of Prague as they have scored two goals in the first six minutes against Greece.

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Hopefully we'll give those chuffing Russki peasants a good stuffing tonight. Doubt it though.

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I think someone has told greece that the winner has to host next tournament, so they are deliberately making sure they don't win. Eurovision fever

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Well its not Greeks bearing gifts this time but Mr Cech it seems.

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Iirc uefa gave their permission for them to attend, luckily the authorities saw different, I'd have sent them of to the nearest gulag personally.

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Well game on in the Poland/Russia after Poland's great leveller.

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stunner

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l hoping now Poland get the winner as l know a few Polish people where we live.

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What a game! Proud of our lads after that.

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Polish and Russian fans at their best behaviour, I see :erm:

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Situation normal unfortunately but with the European Championship comes the eyes of the world. Usually the Polish fans are beating eachother on a regular basis which is why we never go to any games while we're over there. Maybe now the Polish FA will finally do something about it.

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Be back on Friday apparently :(

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Bit of a domestic policy faux-pas there ;)

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Echt niet... :)

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LOL hey at least Merkel is supporting the Dutch as well :D

quite nervous about tonight really hope we can defeat the germans otherwise its curtains for us :(

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I'd like to see you do it...but I fear the worse

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I'd much rather hear the band than the crowd shout obscenities such as insinuating that the referee is a master of debates as they did numerous times on Monday

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Bryan Swanson ‏@skysports_bryan
Russia given six-point deduction, suspended, from next Euro qualifying campaign after fan trouble around Czech Republic game #Euro2012
http://twitter.com/skysports_bryan/s...25117804716032

wow

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Breaking news on the BBC as well.

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Its about time that the threat of more seriious penalties was used and lets hope this sends out that message.

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i can't find this story on bbc...can you post link

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18431163

It's a bit light on content though:

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Found it
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18431163

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cheers

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A bit more info on the Beeb now. Russia could face further sanctions over last night's troubles. UEFA should grow some balls and invoke the points deduction imo.

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Yes, I seen suspended...suspect it is..probably never be invoked

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They could invoke it, but I suspect that since last nights troubles occurred before the suspended points deduction was handed down, they are not going to invoke it because of that. Let's see what happens during the rest of the tournament.

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Good news for Holland as Portugal have just scored.

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Watched those goals and the Danish are nothing special so why couldn't we score against them argh

Hope tonight we can score as otherwise we are out

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tell robben to not be so predictable and pass the ball sometimes

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I think it's more important that he doesn't lob it into the second tier.

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i think he should be dropped

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An in-form Robben can win you matches. I think it's too early to drop him.

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Agree...just tell him that there are other players on the pitch, and on his side :D

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That's the problem with robben he doesn't look for others normally. Now who will start rvp or the hunt or both which would be good

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l think both the forwards will start Dan as they have to get at the Germans.

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wheres Colin? predictions please? i need to recoup some monies :D

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Holland Squad according to Volkskrant:

Stekelenburg; Van der Wiel, Heitinga, Mathijsen, Willems; Van Bommel, De Jong; Robben, Sneijder, Afellay; Van Persie.

Only difference with the Denmark game is the return of Matthijssen.

I'm surprised Affellay is in there. He'll have to do better than against Denmark.

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What a miss!!!

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oh my

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Denmark equalize.

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Bad news for Holland as they need something from tonight's match to take it to the last match now.:(

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I think we needed to anyway.

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I've got Van Persie to score @ anytime

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Germany 2-1...though my heart will be with dutch

i had portugal winning this...maybe ronaldo to do something and win game?

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They are...

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Well the Portugese are back in the lead now.

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Should think so too. Inparticular, that massive "This is Russia" banner was unforgivable. Presumably that was something to do with the Russian FA or whatever other authorities had their fingers in the matter. How to incite a riot in Poland. It's a football match, not a platform for political rhetoric, idiots.

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Wasn't the 'This is Russia' banner against Poland?

Technically, that would mean it hasn't been judged yet.

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It was yes, I see that the original article was the previous issue. I expect that the Polish FA will also get into trouble. Knew it would come to this somehow, any excuse to fight :(

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Daniel ik hoop dat ik "oh wat zijn die moffen stil" kan zingen later vanavond