EURO 2012

Hart; Johnson, Terry, Lescott, Cole; Milner, Gerrard, Parker, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Young; Welbeck

It's Milner that raises eyebrows there, when did he last play in central midfield?

john terry is losing his influence on the team

Milner is playing right wing

lol

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/556637_10150837888036886_1969500608_n.jpg

Milner will be sitting deep somewhere near Parker, or France could overwhelm that midfield

So it's a 4-4-2 rather than a 4-3-3/4-5-1? With Young upfront?

That's what i reckon. I'm assuming Milner is there to protect Glen Johnson

Have to play Young upfront, gives him the chance to dive in more beneficial areas

The trouble with that midfield imo is that Gerrard and The Ox both like to wander; unless they're disciplined, Milner is going to be drawn across, exposing Johnson to Ribery. An alternative of England camping narrow and conceding the wings doesn't seem like a great idea with Benzema up front.

felt certain woy'd go with carroll to try and beast mexes and rami, mildly impressed though unconvinced

i didnt really watch the friendlies, was it flat four in midfield for those? conceding the wings (of what wings the french even have) seems much preferable to being overrun centrally imo

http://euro-2012.sport24.com/football/euro-2012/journal-de-l-euro/actualites/pourquoi-l-angleterre-est-une-petite-nation-de-football-561341

lol

in that Given pic, it looks like he's about to give a Rutger Hauer type speech about 'seeing things you people wouldn't believe'

«Calamity» James

haw-haw-haw

Opinion on Torres divided in a pub yesterday between "useless cunt who misses chance after chance after chance" and "guy who turned the game by giving Spain a cutting edge and helped create a number of chances" - I was firmly in both camps.

Extended highlights of Brazil vs Argentina was the best thing I watched all day.

that's a pretty attacking England line-up, i think Blanc's sledging might've gotten to Woy

Carra dissapointly not mentioning the exclusion of Carroll from the line-up.

Carra's brilliantly positively English here. I expect him to nut Vieira in a bit.

'arry should've done commentary on all Eng games. I, for one, am disappointed the arrangements could not be made.

What's it going to be Britishers?

I filled in a 1-1 at half-time, 3-1 win for France.

(so you know, that won't be it)

england get their traditional opening goal early doors, then demoralising outplayed draw or 3-1 slump

a non-regular on the footy threads asks; how comes the England game isn't on the BBC?

they take it in turns with ITV

at least until the quarter fi...no, i can't do that with a straight face

ah right, gotcha. 2nd daft question then; is there an ITV stream online?

I want anything but a draw - I have separate bets that involve one of France/England winning the group.

google "ITV Sports" they stream all the games they show i think

i fancy an exciting but technically hilarious 2-2 here btw

http://www.itv.com/itv1/

ah grand, thanks.

itv.com has a shoddy player, i'd recommend looking for a stream. torn now, racist v nasri. why cant they both lose? nice for the ox i guess.

do France really have no one better than Malouda?

if we come thru this tournament without at least 1 new animated gif of EBGRCJT falling on his face as he forlornly chases after a breaking opposition striker i will be fucking amazed

1-1. Not too confident with that prediction.

A lot of hilarity guaranteed.

Stoked for your sadness.

nah, they don't care

Who could blame them?

"Agincourt, Waterloo and now Donetsk."

Hyperbole much?

fucking going nuts already at this coverage "Agincourt, Waterloo and now Donetsk"

EBJT, Parker and Hart belting out the anthem, everyone else mumbling away like proper footballers.

Ribery getting ready to kill some cunt.

lol xp

power cut just ended here so i've missed the build up and as such am still feeling quite predisposed to Eng. After 5 mins of commentary i'll have reverted to wanting them to get caned 4 nil. Still 5 mins of being an England fan is the most i've managed for a couple of decades .

Reckon it'll be 0-0. Debuchy is p good i think.

ten minutes in and nothing has happened

Putting it mildly.

It was like that at Agincourt too tbf

haha

ooh should have finished there

for goodness' sake

Well that was...well, never mind.

Townsend: "I think he should score"