Euro 16 gamethread
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Don't know if they caught it on other broadcasts, but an Icelandic dude just launched the corner flag into the crowd. Very cool moment that looked awfully dangerous. ICELAND!!
This will make a great youtube compilation of terrible English plays.
Fantastic stuff from Iceland. I don't want to take anything away from them because the achievement is fantastic but England was completely wank.
Fantastic stuff from Iceland. I don't want to take anything away from them because the achievement is fantastic but England was completely wank.
Yeah it's a good squad, and they are built for a tourney in that they have a ton of veterans who have played together. However.... England should beat them, they have a better and deeper talent pool. I think of them as similar to a team like Ireland.
I believe now if Belgium can just get knocked out then all of City's players will have made it through the summer tournaments without injury. Yes, this has been what I've been rooting for all along.
I could've sworn I heard "shameful" and "absurd" but I was admittedly laughing too hard for the last ten minutes to accurately quote it.
The point is, Iceland had a plan, they all knew the plan, and the executed it to perfection. England don't look like they have a plan.
Ian just threw it back to the studio. I'd give anything to hack into the feed from that booth.
Macca has spiked his head set Rex Ryan-style, and is sprinting to the England dressing room.
It's cock-slapping time.
Macca has spiked his head set Rex Ryan-style, and is sprinting to the England dressing room.
It's cock-slapping time.
England looked like their players had never met until last night, when they then all decided to go out and got incredibly drunk. Iceland were good but England didn't even really make them work for it.
Oh that is definitely true. It's why they won, they play a well planned cohesive team game, which helps you beat more talented less cohesive teams. Helps when like England the manager has no clue what to do in selection and leaves himself with problems that even if he wanted to he can't solve because his bench is just slightly different versions of the same players in the starting XI.
This reminds me of when Norway beat England and their announcer did the most amazing post match speech ever, in English...I would love it if the Icleandic announcers did something similar.
The immediate aftermath of an England tournament exit is one of life's joys.
The immediate aftermath of an England tournament exit is one of life's joys.
Yeah, absolutely -- England should beat them for sure. I just wanted to point out that this is not an out of nowhere result -- my guess is the average viewer thinks that maybe Iceland is a beneficiary of the expansion of the number of slots in the tournament or the ability of third place teams to advance. But Iceland has been kicking ass for over a year now. They came really close to winning their group in qualification and they were a legitimate second place in their group in the finals, with a pretty resilient win over a very good Austria team. It's a pretty amazing story for a country with such a tiny population, and I just hope it doesn't get lost in the irresistible story, which will be England's futility.
so next round... Iceland versus another brilliantly talented but unsettled squad.
I think they lose if only because Payet and Griezmann bury the chances Kane and Rooney miss. If you give France 3 or 4 FKs inside 35 yards at least 1 is going in the net and they're deadly on corners.
I think they lose if only because Payet and Griezmann bury the chances Kane and Rooney miss. If you give France 3 or 4 FKs inside 35 yards at least 1 is going in the net and they're deadly on corners.
From the Guardian minute-by-minute:
England's players are a picture... They look dazed, embarrassed, ashamed, angry and full of disbelief and self-loathing as they wander the field, not quite knowing what to do or where to go. This is a total humiliation and their fans are letting them know in no uncertain terms that they’re not best pleased with this result.
England's players are a picture... They look dazed, embarrassed, ashamed, angry and full of disbelief and self-loathing as they wander the field, not quite knowing what to do or where to go. This is a total humiliation and their fans are letting them know in no uncertain terms that they’re not best pleased with this result.
If an inquest revealed tomorrow that Harry Kane was on the take this entire Euro 2016 I would not be surprised. He was horrid for two weeks. That Hodson stuck with him that long is Grady Little level mismanagement.
Congrats to Iceland, and England deserves all the approbation they will receive.
Congrats to Iceland, and England deserves all the approbation they will receive.
Pretty much.
Everybody likes to celebrate the achievements of the little guy and you always sound like a jerk deflecting credit from the upset winner but this match really wasn't about Iceland having a great tactical plan or playing particularly well. It was 90% England just being complete garbage, to an almost hilarious extent.
It was great to see Iceland continue their attacking style until the very end. They kind of went into a defensive mindset late in the game against Hungary and that didn't really suit them, as they got nervous and allowed the late tying goal. When this team attacks for 90 minutes, good things will happen.
Iceland are rock solid. Nothing stupid. Hard to beat.
But look England were awful.
They conceded to a throw in and a simple shot. Iceland was better than an awful awful team. But even then it took a keeping mistake and a utter failure on a basic set piece.
Btw Ian Wright on tv here is fucking epic.
But look England were awful.
They conceded to a throw in and a simple shot. Iceland was better than an awful awful team. But even then it took a keeping mistake and a utter failure on a basic set piece.
Btw Ian Wright on tv here is fucking epic.
Admittedly I know little about soccer tactics...but England's setup didn't strike me as all that thoughtful. Playing strikers on the wings?
Do you wear a salmon pink shirt to the rugby with a sports jacket with leather patches on the sleeves...and chinos. And real ale...take a bit of the old speckled hen?
It's a little hard to know for sure what their plan was, since there were goals so early and they went from losing to winning so fast -- so it's hard to know what they would have looked like if England had equalized.
It's true that England's futility is the bigger story. But Iceland have really showed something this tournament -- a 94th minute goal to secure advancement against a good side, keeping the pressure on Portugal, for two.
Woy giving a press conference...on behalf of the players who are snapping towells in the shower.
edit: he's resigned.
edit: he's resigned.
Quite some speech from The Hodge - must have fantastic writing skills to have come up with that in the 10 minutes since the end of the game. Or more likely he already had it in his pocket and ready to go.
Bye Bye Hodge, now the rest of the World know just why we wanted you out of Anfield.
Bye Bye Hodge, now the rest of the World know just why we wanted you out of Anfield.
Well yeah, and England doesn't have anyone of comparable quality to Griezmann or Pogba. Probably not Coman, Giroud, Matuidi, Payet, or Kante either.
Quite honestly if you switched Iceland's and Italy's kits I wouldn't have noticed a difference in how well thought out their gameplans were
So England played 4-4-2 with vardy and Kane up top and won 3-2 away vs Germany.
AND NEVER PLAYED THAT WAY AGAIN
AND NEVER PLAYED THAT WAY AGAIN
Joey Barton not mincing his words:
"Roy Hodgson will get the bullet 100%. But Lewington and Gary Neville have also got to be binned. Think the Neville myth has exploded anyway!
That's a WC as a coach, a Euros and the Valencia job, all huge myth exploding failures. Think a huge clear out is needed."
"Roy Hodgson will get the bullet 100%. But Lewington and Gary Neville have also got to be binned. Think the Neville myth has exploded anyway!
That's a WC as a coach, a Euros and the Valencia job, all huge myth exploding failures. Think a huge clear out is needed."
And we'll done brave players for sending hodgson out to resign and no one will give an interview and even Roy didn't answer a single question