EURO 2012

they bloody love a Mexican wave at this tournament

can I just say it's v weird to my ears to hear it called "mexican"

or, rather, weird to my eyes to see

started being called that (outside the US) after the Mexico World Cup in '86

England are playing well, in a kinda South Korea way.

Disappointed with France tbh. They're not very good.

Dullest, slowest game so far

Both teams are well matched, neither look likely on this evidence to reach a semi-final.

Have Uefa got it in for England?

making a substitution is an epic task in these Euros

Lovely strike from Cabaye

macca not even pretending any more, using "we" when analyzing england's play & upcoming games

there's a couple of hours I won't be getting back

what a horrible game for a neutral.

lol just slept thru the second half

Rooney with a side parting just looks...

http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2011/05/18/1226058/120735-bill-hunter.jpg

macca not even pretending any more, using "we" when analyzing england's play & upcoming games

Did you seem him after the loss to Germany in the last WC?

is the heat a factor? that was a dreadful game

england reflecting their manager hey clive? don't tempt me.

Both sides looked pretty sluggish.

Whenever I see Rooney I think of

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/159/420656494_9e7df1a5d0.jpg

i think that was yr archetypal "two teams frightened to lose with limited resources at their disposal" match

man that was deadful

dreadful but made me feel dead

and yet still one of the better England tournament performances of the last decade :\

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

lol nv youre right

LBI i've took the piss out of the books Theo's "written" on one of the Prem threads in the past i think

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01444/SNN2709BOOK-_1444101a.jpg

FILE UNDER FANTASY

I've seen 'em LBI. They're not great.

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

lol

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sorry MW but anything I felt towards Macca at the end has been replaced by white-hot loathing of Alexi Lalas being argumentative with Ballack & Martinez when both were criticizing England's tactics

srsly i'd watch the half hour i missed on ITV+1 but i'm not that much of a masochist

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.

Well done woy: organised, but grim and unexciting.

we've got "international" class players who can't trap a ball without it bouncing a yard off them tbf, options was limited

no lie tho, one of the better performances from Gerrard in an England jersey, at least until i fell asleep

Neither team is getting beyond the second round.

But Roo is coming back! :-)

duh duh
duh duh duh duh

Was a bit like a mediocre Premiership game

I dread to think what England-Sweden will look like

Mexès Coleslaw Massacre (Noodle Vague), Monday, June 11, 2012 8:13 PM (7 minutes ago)

Kudos

that is a p bad display name

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

by white-hot loathing of Alexi Lalas being

Mind you, I don't mind Macca nor Ballack but my hatred of Lalas borders on irrational. His self-assessment and my assessment of him differ by miles and he never fails to be a smug dick about stuff esp when he's clearly wring or talking out his ass. At least Wynalda's kind of funny.

no elmander no cred

Elmander ain't fit yet, no?

makes me sad to see a larsson on the team sheet but not THE Larsson.