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Re: EURO 2020 / 2021 CHAT

Post by rossi » Sun Jun 27, 2021 9:37 am

I don't see a problem against the Germans, as long as......
1) we go out and play with a positive attitude/tactics rather than negative as we have done thus far
2) we play at the pace of a Premier League game rather than try to copy the more slow build up play as employed on the continent
3) we move the ball forward, rather than the constant backwards and sideways passing (a la Skuse)

Surely that's not too much to ask?

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Post by hallamblue » Sun Jun 27, 2021 10:23 am

We’ve got the players to do that . But we have appeared by and large very pedestrian in many of the group games .

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Re: EURO 2020 / 2021 CHAT

Post by Shed on tour » Sun Jun 27, 2021 1:06 pm

rossi wrote:
Sun Jun 27, 2021 9:37 am
I don't see a problem against the Germans, as long as......
1) we go out and play with a positive attitude/tactics rather than negative as we have done thus far
2) we play at the pace of a Premier League game rather than try to copy the more slow build up play as employed on the continent
3) we move the ball forward, rather than the constant backwards and sideways passing (a la Skuse)

Surely that's not too much to ask?
4) Don’t let it go to penalties. :wink:

Was going to give this game a miss but the temptation was to great when a ticket became available on the UEFA website.

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Post by goldandblack » Sun Jun 27, 2021 6:39 pm

Shed on tour wrote:
Sun Jun 27, 2021 1:06 pm
rossi wrote:
Sun Jun 27, 2021 9:37 am
I don't see a problem against the Germans, as long as......
1) we go out and play with a positive attitude/tactics rather than negative as we have done thus far
2) we play at the pace of a Premier League game rather than try to copy the more slow build up play as employed on the continent
3) we move the ball forward, rather than the constant backwards and sideways passing (a la Skuse)

Surely that's not too much to ask?
4) Don’t let it go to penalties. :wink:

Was going to give this game a miss but the temptation was to great when a ticket became available on the UEFA website.

So what's the story on getting tickets Shed, I thought they would be like gold dust,

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Post by Shed on tour » Sun Jun 27, 2021 7:28 pm

goldandblack wrote:
Sun Jun 27, 2021 6:39 pm
Shed on tour wrote:
Sun Jun 27, 2021 1:06 pm
rossi wrote:
Sun Jun 27, 2021 9:37 am
I don't see a problem against the Germans, as long as......
1) we go out and play with a positive attitude/tactics rather than negative as we have done thus far
2) we play at the pace of a Premier League game rather than try to copy the more slow build up play as employed on the continent
3) we move the ball forward, rather than the constant backwards and sideways passing (a la Skuse)

Surely that's not too much to ask?
4) Don’t let it go to penalties. :wink:

Was going to give this game a miss but the temptation was to great when a ticket became available on the UEFA website.

So what's the story on getting tickets Shed, I thought they would be like gold dust,
G&B. Usually get my tickets through the supporters travel club but on this occasion as I had not applied for the last 16 game which was originally due to be played in Dublin I couldn’t be considered for a ticket issued by them.
UEFA have been selling tickets on their website but usually by the time you have logged in they have gone. Yesterday morning the boss in the household just went on the website to see if there was any available and some just suddenly appeared. Quickly put my card details in and to my astonishment got one.
If England did get to the final I would be a guaranteed a ticket as I applied through the supporters club and have enough loyalty points (known as caps) to get one.

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Re: EURO 2020 / 2021 CHAT

Post by goldandblack » Sun Jun 27, 2021 8:06 pm

Shed on tour wrote:
Sun Jun 27, 2021 7:28 pm
goldandblack wrote:
Sun Jun 27, 2021 6:39 pm
Shed on tour wrote:
Sun Jun 27, 2021 1:06 pm


4) Don’t let it go to penalties. :wink:

Was going to give this game a miss but the temptation was to great when a ticket became available on the UEFA website.

So what's the story on getting tickets Shed, I thought they would be like gold dust,
G&B. Usually get my tickets through the supporters travel club but on this occasion as I had not applied for the last 16 game which was originally due to be played in Dublin I couldn’t be considered for a ticket issued by them.
UEFA have been selling tickets on their website but usually by the time you have logged in they have gone. Yesterday morning the boss in the household just went on the website to see if there was any available and some just suddenly appeared. Quickly put my card details in and to my astonishment got one.
If England did get to the final I would be a guaranteed a ticket as I applied through the supporters club and have enough loyalty points (known as caps) to get one.
Well Done mate, great to see proper fans getting the tickets,

Back in the 1966 finals, me and my mate looked into getting tickets for England at the Wembley games.

the format was, you had to enter a draw for 3 tickets in the qualifying round and if won the tickets could have been for any 3 games, so a chance of not watching England at all. (you did have to give them your preferred games)
then you automatically went into a draw for the next round and so on until the final.

Anyway i decided i wasn't paying good money to watch, France, Mexico or Uruguay play each other so i didn't bother.
My mate got his and they were for all the England games, he got tickets for every England match including the Semi, and the Final.
was i gutted and still have flash backs LOL.

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Re: EURO 2020 / 2021 CHAT

Post by Shed on tour » Sun Jun 27, 2021 9:28 pm

goldandblack wrote:
Sun Jun 27, 2021 8:06 pm
Shed on tour wrote:
Sun Jun 27, 2021 7:28 pm
goldandblack wrote:
Sun Jun 27, 2021 6:39 pm



So what's the story on getting tickets Shed, I thought they would be like gold dust,
G&B. Usually get my tickets through the supporters travel club but on this occasion as I had not applied for the last 16 game which was originally due to be played in Dublin I couldn’t be considered for a ticket issued by them.
UEFA have been selling tickets on their website but usually by the time you have logged in they have gone. Yesterday morning the boss in the household just went on the website to see if there was any available and some just suddenly appeared. Quickly put my card details in and to my astonishment got one.
If England did get to the final I would be a guaranteed a ticket as I applied through the supporters club and have enough loyalty points (known as caps) to get one.
Well Done mate, great to see proper fans getting the tickets,

Back in the 1966 finals, me and my mate looked into getting tickets for England at the Wembley games.

the format was, you had to enter a draw for 3 tickets in the qualifying round and if won the tickets could have been for any 3 games, so a chance of not watching England at all. (you did have to give them your preferred games)
then you automatically went into a draw for the next round and so on until the final.

Anyway i decided i wasn't paying good money to watch, France, Mexico or Uruguay play each other so i didn't bother.
My mate got his and they were for all the England games, he got tickets for every England match including the Semi, and the Final.
was i gutted and still have flash backs LOL.
Lol. My first England game was in 1967 a friendly against the USSR at Wembley. Ended up 2-2, Bell and Peters scored for England.
Because of COVID and the restrictions the atmosphere at the 3 group games have seemed subdued compared to other tournaments I’ve attended. Even the Scotland game didn’t seem the same.
The tournament I enjoyed most was the 2006 World Cup in Germany. They were fantastic hosts and I will never forget the group game against Sweden in Cologne when there were about 50,000 England fans in the city although our official allocation of tickets was less than 10,000.
Remember driving back in our hire car from Gelsenkirchen to Hannover airport after we lost to Portugal in the quarter-final feeling more pissed off because we were leaving Germany than by Ronaldo’s wink when Rooney got sent off.😂

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Post by Charnwood » Mon Jun 28, 2021 4:51 pm

Same year as my first England game Shed, mine was April 1967 v Scotland when we lost 2-3 at Wembley, our first defeat after winning the World Cup.

I’ve only been to one England v West Germany game and that was in October 1982 when we lost 1-2. England team included two Town players Terry Butcher and Paul Mariner.

My most recent was Spain v England in Seville in October 2018 which we won 3-2 with goals two goals from Raheem Sterling and another from Marcus Rashford. We were 3-0 at HT and this was England’s first win in Spain for 31 years. Just the sort of performance we need tomorrow night.

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Post by AzzurroMark » Mon Jun 28, 2021 5:29 pm

The Spanish keeper will not want to see that goal again! :D

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Post by marko69 » Mon Jun 28, 2021 5:34 pm

Anyone ever done that before? Remember being in goals during a 5's tournament, must've been 1994 ish....., ball passed back to me....., was looking at the guy running up the wing, fresh aired it, ball rolled in. You really feel like a proper d!ck. To do it in front of thousands must feel horrendous.

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Post by Charnwood » Mon Jun 28, 2021 5:48 pm

That was the 9th own goal of the tournament so far, more than the total own goals in the history of the Euro’s.
Could this have something to do with the number of back passes ?

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Post by Shed on tour » Mon Jun 28, 2021 6:07 pm

Charnwood wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 4:51 pm
Same year as my first England game Shed, mine was April 1967 v Scotland when we lost 2-3 at Wembley, our first defeat after winning the World Cup.

I’ve only been to one England v West Germany game and that was in October 1982 when we lost 1-2. England team included two Town players Terry Butcher and Paul Mariner.

My most recent was Spain v England in Seville in October 2018 which we won 3-2 with goals two goals from Raheem Sterling and another from Marcus Rashford. We were 3-0 at HT and this was England’s first win in Spain for 31 years. Just the sort of performance we need tomorrow night.
Charny if I had known you were in Seville for that game we could have met up for a drink. Thing I remember most about that day is how hard it rained in the afternoon. We stepped out of our apartment and was soaked before we had gone a few yards up the road.

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Post by Charnwood » Mon Jun 28, 2021 6:37 pm

Shed on tour wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 6:07 pm
Charnwood wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 4:51 pm
Same year as my first England game Shed, mine was April 1967 v Scotland when we lost 2-3 at Wembley, our first defeat after winning the World Cup.

I’ve only been to one England v West Germany game and that was in October 1982 when we lost 1-2. England team included two Town players Terry Butcher and Paul Mariner.

My most recent was Spain v England in Seville in October 2018 which we won 3-2 with goals two goals from Raheem Sterling and another from Marcus Rashford. We were 3-0 at HT and this was England’s first win in Spain for 31 years. Just the sort of performance we need tomorrow night.
Charny if I had known you were in Seville for that game we could have met up for a drink. Thing I remember most about that day is how hard it rained in the afternoon. We stepped out of our apartment and was soaked before we had gone a few yards up the road.

A missed opportunity that was Shed ☹️.... as best I recall the largest gathering of England fans were in the uncovered upper tier at the end adjacent to the goal where all five goals were scored. Luckily I think the rain stopped before kick off.
Our biggest problem was getting back into the City after the game because taxi drivers and buses all stopped operating following fan trouble in the city on the day of the game.

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Post by Kerry Blue » Mon Jun 28, 2021 6:57 pm

Spain winning 3-1 only a few minutes left so I change channels, what a idiot I am 🤔😂

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Post by AzzurroMark » Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:14 pm

Likewise, i turned tv over to watch Wimbledon, then turned over just as Spain had scored their 5th. Doh!

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Post by marko69 » Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:23 pm

Missing the best game of the tournament to watch "laugh a minute" Murray? Jaysus H

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Post by AzzurroMark » Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:30 pm

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Missing the best game of the tournament to watch "laugh a minute" Murray? Jaysus H
SWMBO had the remote control and switched channel, just as Murray was on. All this from a self confessed Barca fan who lived in Spain for 10 years. :lol:

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Post by Charnwood » Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:35 pm

Emma Hayes commentary for itv must have prompted many viewers to switch channels. Thank f*ck tomorrow nights game is on BBC.

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Charnwood wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:35 pm
Emma Hayes commentary for itv must have prompted many viewers to switch channels. Thank f*ck tomorrow nights game is on BBC.
Charnwood..... hallefuckingluya buddy. I didn't want to say out of fear of an a$$ kicking from Hallam, but FFS ..... she was annoying as fk. Not as annoying as Andy Murrays facial expressions etc, but still annoying.

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AzzurroMark wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:30 pm
marko69 wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:23 pm
Missing the best game of the tournament to watch "laugh a minute" Murray? Jaysus H
SWMBO had the remote control and switched channel, just as Murray was on. All this from a self confessed Barca fan who lived in Spain for 10 years. :lol:
I thought SWMBO was a dog or something..... had typed out "Tell it to get back into its basket in the kitchen"......., but then googled SWMBO. :shock:

Better not type that out.

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Post by Shed on tour » Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:48 pm

marko69 wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:41 pm
Charnwood wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:35 pm
Emma Hayes commentary for itv must have prompted many viewers to switch channels. Thank f*ck tomorrow nights game is on BBC.
Charnwood..... hallefuckingluya buddy. I didn't want to say out of fear of an a$$ kicking from Hallam, but FFS ..... she was annoying as fk. Not as annoying as Andy Murrays facial expressions etc, but still annoying.
Glad I wasn’t the only one that thought that. Said to the boss for Christ sake where is the remote so I can use the mute button.

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Post by marko69 » Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:52 pm

Really hoping Azzurro got the remote and switched to BBC2 for Hollyoaks.

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Post by AzzurroMark » Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:55 pm

marko69 wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:45 pm
AzzurroMark wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:30 pm
marko69 wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:23 pm
Missing the best game of the tournament to watch "laugh a minute" Murray? Jaysus H
SWMBO had the remote control and switched channel, just as Murray was on. All this from a self confessed Barca fan who lived in Spain for 10 years. :lol:
I thought SWMBO was a dog or something..... had typed out "Tell it to get back into its basket in the kitchen"......., but then googled SWMBO. :shock:

Better not type that out.
Exactly why i typed in that form! :wink: :lol: :lol:

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marko69 wrote:
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Really hoping Azzurro got the remote and switched to BBC2 for Hollyoaks.
No our cat HWMBO :wink: ran off with it. :lol:

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Post by marko69 » Mon Jun 28, 2021 8:31 pm

Ally McCoist or the female commentator? I reckon the female should've stayed. Allys been muted.

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Post by goldandblack » Mon Jun 28, 2021 9:50 pm

Well that wiped the smirk of Drogba's face, :D :D :D come on you Swiss

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goldandblack wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 9:50 pm
Well that wiped the smirk of Drogba's face, :D :D :D come on you Swiss

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What an unbelievable day of football in Euro 2020! What sort of odds would you have got on both Spain and France surrendering 2 goal leads in normal time?

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Post by goldandblack » Mon Jun 28, 2021 9:57 pm

AzzurroMark wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 9:55 pm
goldandblack wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 9:50 pm
Well that wiped the smirk of Drogba's face, :D :D :D come on you Swiss

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What an unbelievable day of football in Euro 2020! What sort of odds would you have got on both Spain and France surrendering 2 goal leads in normal time?
its entertaining stuff for sure, cant see any team to stop us winning it YET, :wink:

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Post by AzzurroMark » Mon Jun 28, 2021 10:01 pm

goldandblack wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 9:57 pm
AzzurroMark wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 9:55 pm
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goldandblack wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 9:50 pm
Well that wiped the smirk of Drogba's face, :D :D :D come on you Swiss

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What an unbelievable day of football in Euro 2020! What sort of odds would you have got on both Spain and France surrendering 2 goal leads in normal time?
its entertaining stuff for sure, cant see any team to stop us winning it YET, :wink:
:lol: Putting it like that, if any of those teams can concede 3 goals then there is always hope! :wink: Of course the fact they can also score at will is more of a concern.

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Post by Charnwood » Mon Jun 28, 2021 10:17 pm

Having had visitors for the past 10 days today has been the first time I’ve been able to sit and watch full 90min games other than England v Croatia, Czech Rep and Scotland. What a day to pick, 14 goals so far and still a further 15 mins to play. Somehow I simply can’t imagine England v Germany being so entertaining, I hope not I don’t think I could stand it.

I can’t believe my luck picking these two games to start my viewing.

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