Euro 2024: The Knockouts

[Giggles]

We really are the best nation ever. Bring the election back round I wanna vote Reform.

:cool:

[Waffdon]

Just read that Yamal was 12 when covid was a thing and now I feel old

[Giggles]

In fairness you seem about 12 so I wouldn't worry.

[Waffdon]

You’re a fat pikey so swings and roundabouts

[Bam]

You’re a fat pikey so swings and roundabouts

:rosebud:

[randomlegend]

Darwin Nunez likely to get a lengthy ban for his involvement in this crowd fight with Uruguay.

Probably improves Liverpool's chances in the upcoming season unfortunately.

[Manc]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jul/12/fa-wants-gareth-southgate-stay-england-manager-final-euro-2024

Yev in the mud.

[Magic]

:drool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

They need a change regardless, it's a very different scenario now compared to when he started, and a different approach is required. I'd put Potter in quite happily.

Can't see Gareth being able to raise himself for Nations League B anyhow.

[Adramelch]

Give him another 4 years and then get Martinez to replace him.

[Yevrah]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jul/12/fa-wants-gareth-southgate-stay-england-manager-final-euro-2024

Yev in the mud.

It was inevitable once we reached the semi-final.

[-james-]

I would be odds against on the next guy doing a "better job" than Gaz. But yeah time for a change. I don't think they'll get Potter.

[Adramelch]

There's not many managers that can reliably do a good job internationally to be honest. At best you're looking for somewhat more attractive football.

[Jimmy Floyd]

As in you don't think they'll choose Potter, or he will turn the job down?

Howe, Potter and Pochettino are listed as the 'succession plan' by most sources. Howe is so FA it's not true.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Allardyce is free...

[niko_cee]

Potter would be tragic.

May as well just carry on down the good vibes chancer route and stick Carsley in. It's not like any actual coaching ever gets done.

[-james-]

As in you don't think they'll choose Potter, or he will turn the job down?

Howe, Potter and Pochettino are listed as the 'succession plan' by most sources.

If England can get him, great, but I suspect he would turn it down. He seems quite fussy and I'm not sure he'd be willing to work under the constraints. Surely not Poch for various reasons and I think Howe would be a downgrade.

[Spikey M]

Pochettino is an absolute fraud.

[-james-]

Carrick's stock is rising but he seems a bit too autistic to me, and probably a year or two early. U21 watchers do seem to rate Carsley. Ange? Gary O'Neill?

Two more years.

[Magic]

Martinez would be poetically just.

[Magic]

Meanwhile give us Moyes.

[Gray Fox]

Darwin Nunez likely to get a lengthy ban for his involvement in this crowd fight with Uruguay.

Probably improves Liverpool's chances in the upcoming season unfortunately.

Heroes welcome when he returns. What a guy.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Something in me would love to see Southgate try to Tournament Football his way through a 48 team World Cup.

'Gareth, you drew 0-0 with Uzbekistan in Des Moines, and squeaked past Curaçao with a 97th minute own goal. Do you not accept that Kieran Trippier has lost his pace?'

'Listen, Harvey, there are no easy games at this level. We're top of Group N and we're through to the next round.'

[Magic]

There's a guy in my building covered in Liverpool tattoos and he can't speak a word of English. I think he's maybe Italian or Albanian. Freak.

[-james-]

Darwin Nunez is an absolute force of nature and Liverpool will be much worse without him. Just getting that out there.

[John Arne]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jul/12/fa-wants-gareth-southgate-stay-england-manager-final-euro-2024

Yev in the mud.

To be fair, it's written by Steinberg with no quotes, nothing news, just seems like a story release a few days before the final to get some clicks.

[Manc]

Darwin Nunez is an absolute force of nature and Liverpool will be much worse without him. Just getting that out there.

Woodwork merchant.

[niko_cee]

What did Nunez do? From the story it sounds like that thing was it Eric Dier did a few years ago. Did he manage to lamp anyone? I thought I'd heard he got a bit of a king hit himself.

[Luke Emia]

Darwin Nunez is an absolute force of nature and Liverpool will be much worse without him. Just getting that out there.

If there’s no one to replace him then yes we would miss him. But no I don’t think so he does a lot of stuff well but there’s so many times you look at him and he’s actively harming attacks.

[Baz]

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Jimmy Floyd

[Jimmy Floyd]

Oh well, we had a good run. Absolutely no chance we're winning a final in all white. Fucking Lionesses bullshit.

Find me an important game that England Men's Soccer have won in all white.

[niko_cee]

I thought all white was frowned upon in the ladies game as being a misogynist imposition?

Are Spain at least going red shirt/blue shorts or are they going to be a block colour nightmare as well?

[Jimmy Floyd]

If Spain have red shorts, I'm sorry, I know everyone's excited and stuff, but surely there will have to be a mass boycott.

[Ben]

Surely Spain are wearing blue shorts which is why we, as the away team, have to wear a different colour shorts?

[Baz]

Yeah England aren’t wearing blue because Spain are.

[Lewis]

Frank Lampard would be a good England manager. It's all vibes, so we might as well have positive ones (and no listen some negative ones as well).

[Lofty]

I thought all white was frowned upon in the ladies game as being a misogynist imposition?

Are Spain at least going red shirt/blue shorts or are they going to be a block colour nightmare as well?

If you have your period in white shorts then it's the patriarchy oppressing you, if you have the shits then it's eternal meme time, them's the breaks.

[Baz]

Impossible to dislike Bielsa, isn’t it

[John Arne]

Reading some reviews and listening some pods reviewing the Netherlands game. The revisionism is staggering. "Top 10 semi final wins", "superb".

The first half was good, not out of this world, but decent. The second half was absolute bilge. The media 180 has been interesting to observe, and akin to DPRK propaganda.

[Spoonsky]

It's Southgate's Machievellian genius. He's got them wrapped around his finger in a way no England manager probably ever has (or who knows, maybe Alf Ramsey was a master of mind games too).

[Magic]

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Ftomorrow s-the-national-front-page-v0-5dza2tdxg5cd1.jpeg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3D17230e9f3bf 1e472540388bf54c707208a4b462a

:D

[niko_cee]

Reading some reviews and listening some pods reviewing the Netherlands game. The revisionism is staggering. "Top 10 semi final wins", "superb".

The first half was good, not out of this world, but decent. The second half was absolute bilge. The media 180 has been interesting to observe, and akin to DPRK propaganda.

:D

Best performance ever.

Yeah, it needed the dodgiest of dodgy penalties to get us back into it during the best half of football ever played which we were losing, and a last minute winner, but as long as Spain roll out a similarly sub-Championship standard midfield and have equivalent levels of composure if they get into some of the attacking positions the Dutch got into it'll be fine.

Whilst most of the neutral European fans surveyed by the beeb (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c9x87d2kj04o) seem to have our number the seethe if we scab our way to it is going to be glorious.

Hopefully it's pre-2008 shit-the-bed Spain that turn up.

[Lewis]

I think we either brush past them 1/2-0 and wonder what all the fuss was about, or they do a right number on us and score three. Tough to call.

[Yevrah]

It’s amazing how those comments are almost exactly the same as those said in England that created the “unusual atmosphere”.

Gaslighting Gareth must be upset reading that.

[John Arne]

Stodgy draws against Slovakia and Denmark, a last minute equaliser against Slovenia when we were minutes from second round elimination. Needed pens against the Swiss. 2 decent halves of football in 6 games.

If we win, great - but this idea that the fans are being harsh, or that England have grown into it is just weird.

They've been shit, and Southgate subs and tactics have been largely demonstrably crap.

That said, come on England!!!

[Yevrah]

As for the performance against the Dutch…, With no context we were good in the first half, poor in the second and scored an amazing winner.

Taken in the context of the absolute horror shows that had gone before we were very good in the first half, passable in the second and scored an amazing winner.

Any take more positive than that is deluded.

[Magic]

The narrative has been set. Greatest English team ever and greatest manager since Sir Alf Garnett.

[niko_cee]

I don't know much about Alf Ramsey but wasn't he a similarly disliked anti-football type - didn't pick Jimmy Greaves, didn't play with wingers as was the style of the time etc?

[Yevrah]

Stodgy draws against Slovakia and Denmark, a last minute equaliser against Slovenia when we were minutes from second round elimination. Needed pens against the Swiss. 2 decent halves of football in 6 games.

If we win, great - but this idea that the fans are being harsh, or that England have grown into it is just weird.

They've been shit, and Southgate subs and tactics have been largely demonstrably crap.

That said, come on England!!!

Actually, bar the winner the best thing by a mile in that semi was Southgate. He behaved and did things like an actual manager.

Edit: Again, taken in the context of what had gone before.

[Magic]

I don't know much about Alf Ramsey but wasn't he a similarly disliked anti-football type - didn't pick Jimmy Greaves, didn't play with wingers as was the style of the time etc?

Nobody remembers how. Only win is important.

[Yevrah]

A mate asked me this other day and I don’t repeat it to denigrate Southgate, but because I find it an interesting question.

How many European Championships would you need to win before they’d be worth as much as one World Cup?

[John Arne]

2 consecutively, or 3 in total.

Edit: actually, probably more. The World Cup is the pinacle of all sport.

[Yevrah]

I don't know much about Alf Ramsey but wasn't he a similarly disliked anti-football type - didn't pick Jimmy Greaves, didn't play with wingers as was the style of the time etc?

He also took Charlton off in 1970 when 2-0 up against Germany IIRC in the quarter finals and then lost. Which is proper amateur hour stuff.

[Magic]

No amount. Simple as that.

[Yevrah]

Edit: actually, probably more. The World Cup is the pinacle of all sport.

That was where I quickly got to. Then I took it to the extreme by saying we’d win every edition for the rest of time and I still wasn’t sure that was worth a single World Cup.

[Yevrah]

No amount. Simple as that.

Yep, this was my final answer. Curious to see if others agree.

Also makes for a very compelling reason for Sir Gareth to stay, win or lose on Sunday.

[Adramelch]

You were great in the first half hour but it took a singular sub from Koeman to completely neutralize you. I don't think it will matter for the final since you'd imagine Spain's midfield were already going to smother your play even without that knowledge, but it's not the most encouraging of things.

[-james-]

I am pretty pessimistic about tomorrow. I think England have to somehow crank the luck dial up even further.

[Yevrah]

I base this on almost nothing tangible, but I’m increasingly of the opinion that we’re going to win.

It just feels like this is it.

[Gray Fox]

Nobody remembers how. Only win is important.

This is it.

To go somehow about for a second. I've seen Liverpool win possibly the best ever CL final and possibly also the worst ever CL final. Both count the same in the history books and no fucker will remember in 5 years time how shite that Spurs one was.

[Kikó]

England (MENs) are in their second major international final and this place is just moaning. Never change lads.

[Giggles]

A Euros would be very close to a World Cup, it's just the same thing minus Brazil and Argentina.

[Magic]

This is it.

To go somehow about for a second. I've seen Liverpool win possibly the best ever CL final and possibly also the worst ever CL final. Both count the same in the history books and no fucker will remember in 5 years time how shite that Spurs one was.

It is annoying how good the squad is, though. Like if Scotland shat their way to a win nobody would care but it's annoying how the best squad is going to do the same.

[Shindig]

It's Southgate's Machievellian genius. He's got them wrapped around his finger in a way no England manager probably ever has (or who knows, maybe Alf Ramsey was a master of mind games too).

Alf put on a posh accent for all of it. I consider that a step up in commitment.

[Baz]

Nobody remembers how. Only win is important.

Like Barnes’ goal against Brazil. Never mind the rest of his games where he was basically Ali Dia.

[niko_cee]

Isn't that the complete opposite?

And no one will forget the 2005 Champions League final, whereas most are completely forgettable, hopefully this one too from a wider football perspective as that'll mean England have probably won.

[niko_cee]

Gaslighting Gareth

You have to appreciate the craft.


Had we gone out in the first knockout round here, I know I've managed this period better than I did in Russia (at the 2018 World Cup), but that wouldn't be how it was viewed and it would sound like nonsense to the man in the street.

[Yevrah]

England (MENs) are in their second major international final and this place is just moaning. Never change lads.

Gaslighting Gareth and No Kontext Kiko.

[Shindig]

Man, I forgot how much that French linesman liked us in '96. No way we should've won that game. :D

[Yevrah]

Ok, it feels fucking weird to see a Wimbledon final and we’re still in a major tournament.

[igor_balis]

Something in me would love to see Southgate try to Tournament Football his way through a 48 team World Cup.

'Gareth, you drew 0-0 with Uzbekistan in Des Moines, and squeaked past Curaçao with a 97th minute own goal. Do you not accept that Kieran Trippier has lost his pace?'

'Listen, Harvey, there are no easy games at this level. We're top of Group N and we're through to the next round.'

I just want to have it known that I thought this was a very funny post and I felt like it was underappreciated.

[Magic]

Kalvin Phillips killed on D-Day.

[Danny]

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[Baz]

Any good sources for the likely lineups? I’ll be four Guinness deep by the time they’re announced tomorrow and I want to sort my fantasy team out.

[niko_cee]

Same team as last time for England.

Spain same but with Carvajal and Le Normand back from suspension unless chef Arsene can poison their paella.

[Dquincy]

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[Lewis]

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[-james-]

Anyone want to hazard a guess at the last time England were underdogs at a major tournament?

[Yevrah]

Anyone want to hazard a guess at the last time England were underdogs at a major tournament?

You’re talking about stupid bookies odds, right?

Hmmm. We should have been against France in the WC, but I’m guessing from the way you’ve asked the question it isn’t that so I’m gonna say Brazil in the 2002 World Cup.

[-james-]

I missed the 2018 third place play-off on my first scan but I'll conveniently ignore that.


https://i.imgur.com/1a8rd7H.jpeg


50/50 against France in Qatar. Euro 2012 opener against them before that. Tonight we are the biggest price since 2002.

[Spikey M]

I'm pretty sure we're going to get played off the pitch, but then I've thought that for the last 3 games.

[niko_cee]

Played off the pitch but somehow win.

[John Arne]

https://gyazo.com/e705ce50a6cba03e907b1695391a8d4b.jpeg

[Pepe]

:lol:

[Alex]

That's top tier work. :D

[-james-]

Shaw rumoured to be starting now.

[Yevrah]

I don’t think I’ve ever had as much unjustified optimism going into an England match as this.

[Dark Soldier]

Completely justified. We are gonna smash the absolute granny out these little cunts.

[Yevrah]

Shaw in. It’s coming home.

[niko_cee]

Fatman starts. Yamal in the mud [and pocket].

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yamal against the fatty :drool:

[Magic]

Build up already has me reaching for the Sombrero. Insufferable.

[Baz]

Pub is bouncing.

[Waffdon]

Build up already has me reaching for the Sombrero. Insufferable.

They’re in a final of the first proper tournament since 2018, let them off :D

[Manc]

Let's fucking have it you Spanish cunts.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

4-1 Spain.

Here we go.

[Lewis]

Imagine being Juan Mata and having to listen to Rio Ferdinand and Micah Richards in each ear.

[Lewis]

Mahow you are a faggot.

[Dark Soldier]

Shedding a tear here, at both the build up and the above post.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Mahow you are a faggot.

Ban please.

[Shindig]

Someone get the Spanish anthem some lyrics.

[Waffdon]

GSTK is a properly bad national anthem

[Pepe]

Morata hat-trick incoming.

[Magic]

Spain are going to tear them apart.

[Spikey M]

Ban please.

Nice of you to volunteer. Ban Mahow please SvN.

[Pepe]

Germans still seething about Cucurella. :D

[Magic]

Love Carvajal.

[Pepe]

Good game so far.

[Lewis]

Luke Shaw should have seen that coming and taken the dive.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Enjoying our tactics. Should come into its own later on when Jostein Flo comes off the bench.

[Adramelch]

Morata and Kane on their own competition about who gets to ruin their team's plays the most.

[Magic]

Shearer has referred to Luke Shaw as 'alive' twice now...

[Magic]

Total snoozefest.

[Waffdon]

Spain’s final ball has been overhit every single time

[Pepe]

Spain lobbing balls into the box when the potential receivers are the likes of Morata, Williams, Yamal, and Olmo doesn't sound like the best of ideas.

[Waffdon]

Lights are too bright for Yamal. Needs to come off at half time

[John Arne]

Kane playing centre mid is an interesting concept.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Nico Williams is the only one who is looking bright.

[Lewis]

This is a bit nineties Premiership team in Europe up to now, except they are a bit piss and wind at our end so we're alright.

[Spikey M]

Total snoozefest.

You are aware that you don't have to watch it, right?

[Waffdon]

You are aware that you don't have to watch it, right?

Don’t be sassy now

[Pepe]

England started playing well but I guess Southgate must have told them to wind it in.

[Magic]

You are aware that you don't have to watch it, right?

Sorry, must I only watch things I enjoy?

[Pepe]

Carvajal is a bum.

[Spikey M]

Don’t be sassy now

A month of him and Mahow crying their way through every single game had to get old at some point.

[Adramelch]

England started playing well but I guess Southgate must have told them to wind it in.

It suits them to be honest. Spain look toothless and their defence is susceptible to the odd counter-attack.

[Shindig]

I expect a lot of attack vs defence and this hasn't disappointed. Not ... great to watch, though. Far too tense.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Once we get Kane off they're pan tostada.

[Magic]

Great game guys really enjoying it so far so much fun!

[7om]

Watkins on please, for the love of God.

[Pepe]

Lights are too bright for Yamal. Needs to come off at half time

Replaced by who? I think that this is all they got.

[Yevrah]

We need Kane off the pitch desperately.

[Gray Fox]

If Sir Gareth takes Kane off before Spain scores, they'll win this.

[Yevrah]

It’s worth pointing out mind, Sir Gareth will be delighted with this.

[niko_cee]

Perfect half.

Didn't make the mistake of scoring early. Absolutely no intent to play any football. Just bore them to death and wait for errors. Carvajal nearly obliged.

Yamal OG and this tournament will clearly have been scripted from start to finish to troll the world/the purist.

[Spikey M]

Unless Kane gets injured, there's no way Watkins is getting on the pitch before Spain score.

[Dark Soldier]

Kane getting pelters off a woman what is this woke nonsense

[Shindig]

Kane's on a yellow. I'd have him hooked soon.

[Yevrah]

Southgate’s had a word and that’s Rodri off.

[Adramelch]

Rodri out is huge.

[Waffdon]

Southgate really has the magic touch. Everything falling into place for them.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Boom.

[Spikey M]

Standard.

[Shindig]

React or die, lads. :uhoh:

[Gray Fox]

Yamal not blinded enough by the lights.

[Spikey M]

Walker in the middle of nowhere.

[Pepe]

:drool:

[Yevrah]

Well, all on you now Sir Gareth.

[Magic]

"no matter what"

Remember this, FA. No matter what. :drool:

[Spikey M]

Walker out of position AGAIN.

[7om]

Gareth gonna wait til the 86th minute to make a change.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Olmo really snatched at that.

Should have buried it.

[Dark Soldier]

Lull em in boys this is how we do it

[Lewis]

Luke Shaw doing Luke Shaw bits.

[Magic]

Unless Spain score again Southgate won't change anything.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Maybe Rodri was holding them back.

[Lofty]

Lull em in boys this is how we do it
The old Xenia Onatopp

[7om]

Why the fuck is Shaw jogging on the overlap ffs.

[Spikey M]

Why the fuck is Shaw jogging on the overlap ffs.

Because he's Luke Shaw.

[Lofty]

Moobs probably chafe when he sprints.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Morata is a twat.

[Luke Emia]

Walker out of position AGAIN.

It’s a good job we give up anything offensively to have the worlds best defensive right back in the team.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Is Walker blind to Williams?

[Luke Emia]

Why the fuck is Shaw jogging on the overlap ffs.

Judging by the size of Reece James we could have the world’s two fattest full backs best season.

[Yevrah]

This is pathetic.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Game could be done by the time the pre-decided subs are made.

[Spikey M]

And now Kanes trying intricate passes on the edge of the box rather than turning and shooting. Fuck me.

[Dark Soldier]

All part of the plan lads, relax.

[Magic]

The effort the 'lish have had to put in and the brilliant teams they've had to beat on the way here is really showing. They look knackered.

[Spikey M]

What are we thinking? Saka off on 70 minutes again?

[Lewis]

Kalvin Phillips ziplining in like Sting.

[Lewis]

Actually more like Owen Hart.

[Spikey M]

Blimey

[Danny]

Kane getting the Lineker treatment

[7om]

I would’ve preferred 442 brexit ball with Watkins and Kane together but he’s not progressive enough to think that way.

[Spikey M]

This is over.

[Adramelch]

England honestly unlucky that Walker didn't get injured early in the first half.

[Spikey M]

We are already being mobbed in midfield, what is that substitution?

[Shindig]

Aye, the Spanish have had us locked up.

[Shindig]

!!!

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Out of nowhere.

Really quality finish.

[Dark Soldier]

Never in doubt you bunch of fucking whiners.

[Spikey M]

But what do I know? :D

[Waffdon]

What a bloke. Imaging not thinking he’s England’s best player

[7om]

Great fucking goal

[Magic]

Magical subs. Absolute genius.

[Gray Fox]

DS the only true believer.

[Waffdon]

Now he’s got his goal, sort your shit out spain

[Yevrah]

Lovely goal. These players really are that good, aren’t they.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Just a sensational goal.

[Spikey M]

How many pints did you throw Baz

[7om]

We are so much more dynamic without Kane.

[Mike]

England have to start not starting Kane for the next qualifiers right?

[Spikey M]

England have to start not starting Kane for the next qualifiers right?

It's that or give him runners. He doesn't fit this system at all.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That was lovely from Spain.

[Adramelch]

But a very bad finish from Yamal.

[Waffdon]

Couldn’t finish his dinner this 17 year old shit head

[7om]

Pickford with all these important saves and he’ll probably let one roll through his legs in the last minute.

[Yevrah]

Spain have had enough chances to win two games here.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

They're starting to turn up the heat again.

[Magic]

Watkins goal in the 93rd anyone?

[Yevrah]

They're starting to turn up the heat again.

We’ve just reverted to not football again.

[Spikey M]

Inevitable

[Shindig]

Well, bugger. :(

[Lewis]

Getting done by that retard and somebody I have never heard of sums things up nicely.

[Adramelch]

Another great goal.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That had been coming.

[Spikey M]

Please be offside.

[Pepe]

:rave:

[Waffdon]

Cucurella :drool:

England have been a disgrace the past 5/10 mins

[Spikey M]

Are they not checking that?

[Dark Soldier]

All part of the plan lads, relax.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Are they not checking that?

It's semi-automated, they would have checked it for sure.

[Pepe]

If VAR cancels this I'll seethe big time.

[Adramelch]

Are they not checking that?

Semi-automated and all that. From the replay it looked like whoever's knee it was covered the scorer.

[Luke Emia]

Kyle Walker…

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Jesus fuck.

How?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Olmo is a beast.

Winning Spain yet another game.

[Yevrah]

If we’d actually played football we could have won this.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Rice so fucking shit and weak upstairs.

[Pepe]

:harold:

[Magic]

Finally that's what you get. Fuck terrorball it should win you NOTHING.

[Gray Fox]

Olmo MOTM by some distance.

[Pepe]

Olmo MOTM by some distance.

Best player in the tournament.

[Shindig]

I still think we lose if we play more openly. Spain would exploit the space and knack us.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Southgate out now. You don't win finals against the best teams playing like this. All you can do is draw them and hope to win on penalties.

[Lewis]

Another wasted opportunity.

[Yevrah]

That was absolutely pathetic. I’m actually annoyed.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Stunned the ref didn't add on more.

[mugbull]

Football’s coming home lads

[Dark Soldier]

Its all part of the plan lads, relax.

[Pepe]

Best team won.

[Spikey M]

Why are we completely unwilling to play football unless we are behind? Fucking infuriating.

[randomlegend]

Hmmmm, how surprising. Southgate once again losing against the first good team he comes up against after shitting his way through an incredibly easy draw off the back of his players producing winning moments in spite of his shocking "tactics".

He is genuinely the luckiest manager in the history of football to have the "record" he has.

Cunt.

[Magic]

Chuffed with that. Best squad by a mile and that's how you play? Fuck off home. Disgrace.

[Yevrah]

Best team won.

Best team by a country mile in that game. We were a complete and utter disgrace.

[Waffdon]

England were pathetic aside from 10 mins. Spain by far the better team.

Perfect outcome. Spain win and Palmer proving he’s better than all the other dweebs that keep him out :drool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

That was absolutely pathetic. I’m actually annoyed.

I'm less annoyed than I was in the Qatar quarter-final, as this Spanish side is FAR better than any of the French shitfests that Deschamps has fielded.

But this wank approach has had its chance now, time to play actual football. Kane needs to go for a start.

[7om]

Its all part of the plan lads, relax.

Don’t people even realise? This squad is being prepped for Euro 2028.

[Adramelch]

Spain were by quite some margin the best team in the tournament it has to be said. I think England played ok-ish today, but obviously we've seen the shit they've served throughout the tournament which makes it feel worse.

[Shindig]

You don't sack managers over final losses.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Why are we completely unwilling to play football unless we are behind? Fucking infuriating.

Too risky.

[Waffdon]

Jay slater is never coming home now

[Yevrah]

You don't sack managers over final losses.

You wouldn’t have before Southgate but no one has been anywhere near as lucky as him.

He’ll stay, but everyone can see it for what it is now. Absolute dogshit.

[niko_cee]

England honestly unlucky that Walker didn't get injured early in the first half.

He's been trolling being injured in EVERY game and yet he never is.


Best team by a country mile in that game. We were a complete and utter disgrace.

Tale as old as time. Play a team with a midfield and a population greater than Wales and we're fucked, and what is worse, we are doomed to this forever because this was a massive success and Gaslight is never going to go.

[7om]

I was willing to discuss the Gibraltar situation but you can fuck yourselves now.

[randomlegend]

Hmmmm, how surprising. Southgate once again losing against the first good team he comes up against after shitting his way through an incredibly easy draw off the back of his players producing winning moments in spite of his shocking "tactics".

He is genuinely the luckiest manager in the history of football to have the "record" he has.

Cunt.

I am genuinely seething. He has been allowed to waste an incredible generation of players, having them playing awful football in the name of pragmatism but with nothing ultimately to even show for it.

They've got to the positions they have in tournaments in spite of him, not because of him. We could genuinely have a couple of tournament wins over the last ten or whatever years with a competent manager.

I fucking hate him and his stupid fucking face and his wanker knitted sleeveless cunt jumper fucking TWAT.

He thinks he's good as well.

[Cord]

Another example of not really bothering to attack unless behind, as throughout the tournament. Much less gutted than last time because we were rubbish the whole tournament, and clearly second best in the game.

[Waffdon]

Hang John stones’ knee cap up in the louvre

[Pleb]

Someone check on Yev.