Wouldn't be surprised to be fair.
IT. IS. COMING. HOME.
Spain
Germany
France
Portugal
Italy
Actually I think [insert team who won't win] could win it!
I'm a bore and want league football back
I'm even more of a bore and want to discuss TRANSFERS
A glory-supporting turtle wearing the winners' kit
Wouldn't be surprised to be fair.
So I assume nothing has come of the Bellingham thing?
I see the Turkish guy is now in trouble for making a shadow puppet dog gesture, which is apparently ILLEGAL in Austria and France.![]()
Think they're cracking down hard on "extreme" political messaging, they also gave that Albanian player a two-match ban for his charming Balkan-ethnic-cleansing chants.
Not sure if the symbol qualifies as the same kind of message, the Grey Wolves are absolute wackos though.
I don't really buy the "that's not what I meant" excuse though. The thought must have more than crossed his mind and he still went through with it.
In lieu of a July thread I’ll post this brilliant video here:
I'm a twit
Ally McCoist looks more and more like Alan Brazil every day, he should probably quit Talksport and sever ties with the big man for the good of his health.
This Williams youth is surely on for a big move this or next summer too.
Pedri is made of glass.
Isn't he off this summer due to contract situation?
Not necessarily questioning Pedri here but players constantly just staying down to try and get the game stopped is becoming an ever increasing scourge.
Germans booting him out early doors, like the treatment Pele got in 1966. It's all lining up.
They should let it run so teams get fucked like Argentina last night.
I reckon he's done his knee ligaments, even if only a sprain, in that Kroos tackle. He should have been booked about 3 times already now too.
Great touch by Olmo there, it looked almost certain that he wouldn't be getting to it in time.
The fuck was that tackle?![]()
Wait a second, he is 16? Gtfo.
Has Yamal ever scored a direct free kick as a professional?
Games are the wrong way round. Can guarantee that France - Portugal game is going to be eye bleedingly boring.
Fullkrug buries that.
Get him and Wirtz on for Havertz and Same.
I like this Spain squad. I hope they win it all.
Players missing semifinals because of yellow cards is so shit. @JohnArne
God these fouls are annoying.
I honestly don't mind, but it should be after 3 yellow cards.
Or maybe wipe them after the groups and 2 yellows (so one in the round of 16 and one in the quarters) gets you suspended for the semi. There should be some repercussions.
I just don't think it stops anyone from 'technical fouling' yet it handicaps teams at almost random.
Yeah but the alternative is that yellows mean almost nothing and you have the Turks (and whoever else) getting 10 yellows per game. There needs to be a solution inbetween in my opinion.
Yellows mean what they mean in any other competition: that you can not foul anymore in that match.
I definitely see your point, I just hate seeing players miss important matches because of what sometimes feel rather inconsequential.
Honestly think the technical fouls should be a straight red. If the rules are such that someone gets an advantage from deliberately breaking them then the punishment is insufficient.
Good luck accurately defining a technical foul for that purpose. Was Rodri's on Musiala just there a red?
Gaizka Mendieta is a funny looking man. Something of Walter out the Muppet films about him.
Imagine if Spain had an actual striker.
You have to finish that, come on.
Deserved that. They've been the ones that seem to have an actual intent to attack.
That Olmo lad is shit hot. Might be my favorite current player.
Is Mendieta managing them now?
Nah they have a relative no-name that's been managing the youth teams for like the last 10 years or so.
How is Kroos still on the field. He’s been dirty in this game.
I can't believe they haven't hooked Kroos. He's been appalling and should have had at least three bookings.
EDIT: high five.
Spain are an absolute proper side.
I also haven’t seen much of Morata since his Chelsea years. He hasn’t changed. He’s still shite.
Spain playing actually skilled players. Unheard of.
Except for Morata![]()