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I was in the middle of writing you all a letter of condolance last night but himself came in and I had to offer sympathy here so I never finished it.

However in my attempts to cheer him up I touched on a very sore issue.I mentioned that they may possibly in the next two years have got it together enough for the World Cup.He said that he didn't care about the WC :shocking: as he didn't think they would be good enough but that he really thought that they only stood a chance of winning in Europe but not the WC.

Is this why the over the top support was so over the top?

Incog. :) Who will no doubt have to listen to the students moaning and b*tching about the ref AGAIN today.

Maybe I can cheer them up by pointing that they have two years to work on penalty shootouts.Or maybe not!

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WTF were the organisers thinking, giving us a SWISS ref?????????????? Disgusting. Sols goal was legit. We were robbed.

:cry:

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Incorrect, just ask Spain.


I said a few days ago that the extra days rest would count against us. In the Croatia match towards the end Gerrard looked dead on his feet, Beckham looked like a tired old man in the post match interview, after that game as well. Gerrard had one of his worst games last night and the midfield four with the exception of Lampard looked jaded. I thought the disallowed goal was a bad decision but had it been the other way round, I would be inclined to agree that Terry did have his arm on the goalkeeper.;)

Question, Has David Beckham scored from the spot since he did that advert with Jonny Wilko, hoofing balls over the bar.:(

Sol Campbell, Ashley Cole and Gary Neville all played very well.

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that first pic is hilarious

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Here Some more :p:

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Sorry I was wrong about penalty shootouts for England. As iadom said. England have had 5 shootouts since 1990 in World and European championships. Only 1 have we won. That was in 1996 Euro champions.Against Spain. We won 4-2 on penalties. That was the only time. Lost all the others. 1 out of 5. Not good enough. By the way, the following match after Spain in the Euro 96 was with Germany. We lost on penalties. So as I said we are not good enough. Mind you I still support them. It's just that I can't see them winning a world cup again or indeed a euro cup for the 1st time unless they do some drastic changes of playing style and training.

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Not really, we just need to play like we do in the premiership, attack as much as possible, they can't go forward IF we attack non ?

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For most of the time England were the most tired, lack lustre team I have ever seen. They were robbed in my opinion by that disallowed goal, but in the end the better team on the day won.

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According to a report on 5 Live, the Swizz:rolleyes: referee has since stated that he blew for a foul committed by Sol Campbell, before he even went up for the header.:confused:

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The saying what goes around comes around is very apt.

Remeber the 1/4 final at euro 96 England?

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what on john terry psfshh...

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France 0 - 1 Greece :Yikes: A major shock if it stays at this score.

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this is really beginning to suck now

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Greece a through to the semis. Makes a refreshing change...

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%&@?&*$%@ÂÂÂà ‚£$%

I mean £$%&!

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Did you have France in the sweep? Is that why you're mad? ;) :D

I just think in way, it's good to have the usual suspects out of the way. Let someone else win something for a change.

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No I am Half English and Half french SO I AM REALLY ****** OFF RIGHT NOW :mis:

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What a bunch of a*sholes :dozey:

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I think that is f-ing disgraceful. But there's always some so-called England fans who always violently spit their dummies out when they lose.

Ashamed non-violent England fan

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I'd heard of it, but didn't realize it was that bad. Ffing animals... Not a fan in sight I expect.

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One thing I like about the tournament so far is that the negative teams have all dropped out (I will excuse Greece for clinging onto their 1-0 lead). Though I wouldn't call France negative, they did look a little complacent.

I think it can only be a good thing that the creative, attacking sides are doing well. :)

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Is Denmark the only team left to have already won it?

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I have had a good tournament & only watched the England games, so far :erm:

so I didn't see Greece vs France ( wish I was in a Taverna atm, though ;) )

- good luck to Holland :tu:

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Holland won it in 88 (Van Basten/Rijkaard/Gullit). I think The Czechs have won it in the past as well.

Interesting/irrelevant stats: This is only the 12th european championship. Untill 1980 it was not very popular at all. In the 60s (when it was first held), it was a straight knockout tournament between 4 teams. Don;t know how they qualified though.

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Silly me. I forgot about Holland. :dunce: :)

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Chechoslovakia won it in 1976 (as I have now found out), so I think the Czechs have a claim as well.
Some interesting trivia on the tournament history here (under tournament flashback):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ry/default.stm

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Thanks for that. :tu:

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Thought you guys might appreciate this and this.....

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Page 41 russ :)

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Didn't see those....wasn't sure anyone would have had enough of a sense of humour to post anything like that after thursdays game....:)

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Go err, damn. I was actually cheering for England here at school, among the 3 people that watched the game in a corner of the student life center. Someone even had a big white flag with a red cross draped over his shoulders. Ah well. I'm not into soccer, but I was cheering for England just because, well, they are anglophones. :)

Better luck next time.

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Just seen quite a good one in the Daily Mirror. It is a picture of the solar system with all the named planets orbiting the sun, right on the outer edge is a football, "Beckhams Penalty" Anyone seen an online copy ?

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Holland are through on penalties (0-0 after 120 mins). Very tight game, very little between the teams. Holland were due to win a penalty shootout though. They lost all four penalty shootouts they played before this one...

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good result for holland last night......tonights game will see the czechs win i think.......their B team mauled the germans so the danes should be no real match

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Czechs through now and playing Greece.. think they will make the final.. Unless portugal get some more hometown decisions i think Czechs will win it..

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No, only Gary Neville Played "very well".

Sol was a little better than that and Ashley Cole played the game of his life. He was brilliant!

Cole was so good it was funny, almost no one could get past him and towards the end of the match I was cracking up at how superb he was, especially seeing as some people said he couldn't defend. The way that he was peeing all over fake Ronaldo for the best part of 120 minutes was the funniest thing I've seen in ages. :rofl: :rofl:

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Vent you anger to Urs Meir Courtsey of the daily sport here are his phone number 0041564368050 Fax: 0041564368055
Email your gratitude: info@ursmeier.ch

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See the other thread on this.

Then repeat to yourself "The referee's decision is FINAL".

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Yawn.....

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Last one :p: :D honest guv....

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Well that was a complete bloody waste of time, we could have stopped after the first match. Greece v Portugal in the final.;)

The loss of Pavel Nedved was as damaging to the Czech's as Rooney's early departure for England. Well done Greece and the Bolton Wanderers, ex Leicester City, ex Sheffield Utd players and the rest of the team, they look a very fit side.
With the exception of Figo and Ronaldo very few "galacticos" from the Premiership, La Liga or Serie A have reached the final. I think that this competition has come to soon for the "superstars" they are all knackered.

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Yes, I have heard this mentioned as a reason for why the big footballing nations have all gone out early. The leagues their players are in are all so heavy that their players just aren't as fit as the smaller nations' players. Still, nice to see the small ones do well. :)

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though this was amusing, got it from another site.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...achmentid=2608

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Which part did you think was 'amusing'?

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I find it worrying that there are fans willing to *kill* somebody because he made a wrong decision in what is, when all is said and done, just a game.

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They are not genuine fans,they are just moronic numbskulls with the IQ of an ameoba. :rolleyes:

Genuine fans would be slightly down and then pick themselves up and start thinking about the World Cup. ;)

Incog.

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"UEFA Praises English fans" directly below it.
I know that relates to a different news item, just though it was funny directly below the other headline.

I was't saying that it was funny that england fans were sending treats.


I'll get my coat....

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:disturbd:
Religion and sport. The world would be a beter place without religion or sport.

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No prizes for guessing which members of our wonderful press are behind this disgusting campaign.:mad:

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No need to get your coat - that's what I thought - I was just checking ;)

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Well done Greece - I wish I had had a bet on them :D

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Well done greece, im 70 better off ;)

Dad placed a bet on them just after the france game, unsure of the odd's but it brought in 140.. On the way home from work he needed some petrol, so I lent him a fiver, and he said I could go halves on that bet (Thinking they had no chance).. How gutted he is now :D

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Well done Greece. It would have been nice to see the winning team go for the second goal, rather than defend the lead, but hey, they've taken some scalps. They definitely deserved the win tonight. Portugal never seemed to threaten them really. :tu: :)