saw little of Gerrard in that half. whats his role in this setup exactly?
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
Captain
― ooooiiiioooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaoooooh un - bi - leevable! (LocalGarda), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
England play a pretty good passing game when they're moving the ball through the midfield from the srtikers back to the defenders.
― Zaireeka Badu (NickB), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
Mexican wave again :(
― a permanent embarrassment and an occasional disgrace (onimo), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
they bloody love a Mexican wave at this tournament
― Number None, Monday, 11 June 2012 17:16 (eleven years ago) link
can I just say it's v weird to my ears to hear it called "mexican"
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
or, rather, weird to my eyes to see
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
started being called that (outside the US) after the Mexico World Cup in '86
― a permanent embarrassment and an occasional disgrace (onimo), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:19 (eleven years ago) link
England are playing well, in a kinda South Korea way.
― Matt DC, Monday, 11 June 2012 17:22 (eleven years ago) link
Disappointed with France tbh. They're not very good.
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
Dullest, slowest game so far
― HO WBEAUTIFUL IS THE GENTLYFALLINGBLOOD? (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
Both teams are well matched, neither look likely on this evidence to reach a semi-final.
― a permanent embarrassment and an occasional disgrace (onimo), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
Have Uefa got it in for England?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 11 June 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
making a substitution is an epic task in these Euros
― Number None, Monday, 11 June 2012 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
Lovely strike from Cabaye
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 11 June 2012 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
macca not even pretending any more, using "we" when analyzing england's play & upcoming games
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
there's a couple of hours I won't be getting back
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 11 June 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
what a horrible game for a neutral.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 11 June 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
lol just slept thru the second half
― 'Last Moments Robot' Comforts You To Death (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:51 (eleven years ago) link
Rooney with a side parting just looks...
http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2011/05/18/1226058/120735-bill-hunter.jpg
― William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 11 June 2012 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
Did you seem him after the loss to Germany in the last WC?
― Love Max Ophüls of us all (Michael White), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
is the heat a factor? that was a dreadful game
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
england reflecting their manager hey clive? don't tempt me.
― Chris, Monday, 11 June 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
Both sides looked pretty sluggish.
― Love Max Ophüls of us all (Michael White), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
Whenever I see Rooney I think of
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/159/420656494_9e7df1a5d0.jpg
― HO WBEAUTIFUL IS THE GENTLYFALLINGBLOOD? (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
i think that was yr archetypal "two teams frightened to lose with limited resources at their disposal" match
― 'Last Moments Robot' Comforts You To Death (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
man that was deadful
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
dreadful but made me feel dead
and yet still one of the better England tournament performances of the last decade :\
― 'Last Moments Robot' Comforts You To Death (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
Most valuable fact I got from the Dutch commentary: Theo Walcott writes children's books and has published four already. Had no idea o_O
― HO WBEAUTIFUL IS THE GENTLYFALLINGBLOOD? (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
lol nv youre right
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
LBI i've took the piss out of the books Theo's "written" on one of the Prem threads in the past i think
― 'Last Moments Robot' Comforts You To Death (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01444/SNN2709BOOK-_1444101a.jpg
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― 'Last Moments Robot' Comforts You To Death (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:58 (eleven years ago) link
I've seen 'em LBI. They're not great.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
tbf i thought the first half was good, the second was miserable. i think some combination of welbeck, ox, young, henderson, wilshere, cleverly etc could combine england's first nice passing move in 2014
― Smothered, Covered and Chunked!!! (a hoy hoy), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― 'Last Moments Robot' Comforts You To Death (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
lol but true
sorry MW but anything I felt towards Macca at the end has been replaced by white-hot loathing of Alexi Lalas being argumentative with Ballack & Martinez when both were criticizing England's tactics
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
srsly i'd watch the half hour i missed on ITV+1 but i'm not that much of a masochist
― Mexès Coleslaw Massacre (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:10 (eleven years ago) link
Dunno how England can be dissatisfied with that really, but I'd worry about the Ukraine game. Was a bit like a mediocre Premiership game.
Neither team is getting beyond the second round.
― Matt DC, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:10 (eleven years ago) link
Well done woy: organised, but grim and unexciting.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
we've got "international" class players who can't trap a ball without it bouncing a yard off them tbf, options was limited
― Mexès Coleslaw Massacre (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
no lie tho, one of the better performances from Gerrard in an England jersey, at least until i fell asleep
― Mexès Coleslaw Massacre (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
But Roo is coming back! :-)
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
duh duhduh duh duh duh
― too cool graham rix listening to neu (nakhchivan), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
Was a bit like a mediocre Premiership game
I dread to think what England-Sweden will look like
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
Mexès Coleslaw Massacre (Noodle Vague), Monday, June 11, 2012 8:13 PM (7 minutes ago)
Kudos
― HO WBEAUTIFUL IS THE GENTLYFALLINGBLOOD? (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
that is a p bad display name
― too cool graham rix listening to neu (nakhchivan), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
Ukraine: Pyatov, Gusev, Mykhalyk, Khacheridi, Selin, Yarmolenko, Tymoschuk, Konoplianka, Nazarenko, Voronin, Shevchenko. Subs: Koval, Kucher, Garmash, Aliev, Shevchuk, Rakitskiy, Butko, Goryainov.
Sweden: Isaksson, Lustig, Mellberg, Granqvist, Martin Olsson, Elm, Kallstrom, Larsson, Ibrahimovic, Toivonen, Rosenberg. Subs: Wiland, Svensson, Jonas Olsson, Antonsson, Wernbloom, Safari, Holmen, Hansson.
voronin is so so bad, oleh blokhin is literally worse than radioactive swamps of pripyat
― too cool graham rix listening to neu (nakhchivan), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:23 (eleven years ago) link