Football (Soccer)

[endo]

… and that‘ll be England going through the Spanish meat grinder.

[Tago Mago]

On tournament form and performance Spain deserve to win. The average England supporter shuts off the rational part of his brain as soon as the whistle goes, so I'm obviously expecting an England win

[mclaincausey]

Spain wins on paper of course, but as long as your there, there’s always a chance.

[louisbosco]

funny cause England has the strongest squad on paper

[mclaincausey]

Hm not in the betting markets

[Brian]

I don’t think the country could actually handle a win in the final

[mclaincausey]

Hope we find out!

[Tago Mago]

@Brian https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jul/11/englands-pubs-prepare-to-pull-10m-extra-pints-on-euros-final-day?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

[Seul]

@Tago-Mago said in Football (Soccer):

On tournament form and performance Spain deserve to win.

[mclaincausey]

I disagree with that. It’s not a cumulative award: you either deserve to win each game individually or you don’t. If the thinking is that one would think their chances of winning are greater based on how they’ve played, I’d agree. But they play the games for a reason.

[Tago Mago]

@mclaincausey true, although that will be the narrative that is pushed. It's the beauty of knockout games. In a best of 5/7 I'd go with Spain, in an elimination game anything can happen. So fingers crossed for an England win.

[mclaincausey]

Gutted. But what a match. Can’t believe the last goal and non-goal.

[louisbosco]

@mclaincausey with the way offsides has been called during the entirety of the tournament, I wasn't hopeful it would've gone the other way. absolutely gutted

[IrishHeart]

Disappointing but the best team on the night and for the entire tournament won.

[mclaincausey]

@louisbosco oh I wasn’t referring to that, just the actual plays themselves. Everything was kosher

[Brian]

I’m glad I got up at 4am to go to the pub to watch it not glad about the result
Will say though 5.30am beers on a Monday morning were surprisingly good, wouldn’t make it a weekly thing though

[Nocturama]

5 goals in 10 minutes of play - on a wet Wednesday in Stoke.
How bad could it get….@JamesB ? 🫣

[JamesB]

@Nocturama I have no words at least we scored one might have to have a word with the coaching staff over at Portsmouth just help them out

[IrishHeart]

@JamesB @Nocturama could be worse - my brother is a Celtic fan and travelled to Germany to see them mauled 7-1 by Dortmund.
That said, he had a brilliant time and couldn’t speak highly enough of the Dortmund fans.

[JamesB]

@IrishHeart Agreed it's all about the experience mate. But.... I'm thinking we dont talk about this loss anymore biggest one we've had in 16 years so I'll take that