EURO 2012

The final's in Ukraine at least, I don't think Russia's hated there even in the west. The team is highly likeable too, I feel that should make a difference.

lol klassic klata

has dzagoev done anything arshavin-the-meme-esque yet to garner a thread before he is named player of the tournament and goes to real or psg

lot of ukrainan ppl who v much dislike russia

dzagoev will go to chelsea

marko marin will cry. again.

his hubris knows no bounds
http://i.imgur.com/X7ImD.jpg

he really is having an identity crisis

He looks like he should be on drums for Morrissey

poor guy can't pull of any look ever but that's a particularly bad choice.

Well he's not going to shave the transplanted bit of hair off is he? That would just be silly.

poor guy can't pull of any look ever

maybe he should try something along the lines of

http://i.tinysrc.mobi/550/http://static.sched.org/c/austin2011/97373ddfab0f965a075d66fe03d34064.jpg

working towards this imo
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/CynrWLe6mQQ/0.jpg

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/11/3/1320322613191/Bernard-Sumner-007.jpg

really want him to try a forlan/totti style mop

http://cdn01.cdn.justjared.com/wp-content/uploads/headlines/2009/01/shia-labeouf-paper-bag-head.jpg

twp looks a bit like some of the ppl w/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acromegaly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acromegaly

The glinting eyes of the hereditary syphilitic (also syphilitic in his own right), the illiterate day-laborer’s jaws, the rachitic acromegalic face already filled the pages of Italia Illustrata

as carlo gadda described alberto aquilani's favourite train timetable reformer

Did the paperbag guy donate his unwanted cuttings to the man on that acromegaly page?

rachitic acromegalic

I hear Chelsea are interested in this guy

ivan rakitić is an excellent player but i don't see him at chelsea

Noticing that in commentaries on matches involving Greece, the usual Greek mythological references trotted out by commentators are in danger of being superseded by Euro crisis ones

Maybe they are just giving you a minor tour of the greece's economic labyrinth?

twp seems notably less hateful these days, almost subdued, compared to terry he might as well be raoul wallenberg

i suppose you could cast aspersions on his open infelidities with whores, but then the unconscious implication that his bling-draped wife is no different is bitterly amusing

it's hardly his fault english hacks build him up as something beyond his actual talents

it's hardly his fault english hacks build him up as something beyond his actual talents

This applies to the entire England squad tho

yeah but twp seems notably less hubristic about it than the others

even when he had to be shoved out wide to accomodate ronaldo, he seemed to realize that that was a fair reflection on their relative talents

he doesn't seem as deluded as the rest of the golden generation, i don't remember him saying anything nearly as risible as gerrard claiming joe cole is better than messi

Wesley Sneijder has hit out at the "pathetic egos" inside the Holland squad as they prepare to face Germany on Wednesday night. The Dutch lost their opening game against Denmark and desperately need a result against one of the pre-tournament favourites if they are not to face an early exit.

But, as has happened so often in the past with the Dutch team, their preparations for an important game has been disrupted by disharmony in the squad and Sneijder has now voiced his displeasure with the situation. "It is time we let go of these pathetic egos," he said. "If somebody is creating a mess [within the squad], I will stand up against them.

thankfully wes 'give me £250k a week and a private plane' sneijder is there to sort out all of the egos

So the usually best informed journalists think Holland will play Kuyt instead of Afellay and see Matthijsen return at the back. The latter is obvious, but Kuyt... The logic would be that he can stop off Lahm better than Afellay. Which is true, but we also lose any creativity we had on the right wing. And no Huntelaar... Ffs.

i guess it's a case of "can't afford to lose, can maybe afford to draw"

just don't let robben take any penalties

NV, sad but true. While it should be "we want to fucking win".

Depends though, if Denmark draw with Portugal, Holland need a win.

No Huntelaar? Are they gek?

PORTUGAL: Rui Patricio; Joao Pereira, Bruno Alves, Pepe, Fabio Coentrao; Miguel Veloso, Joao Moutinho, Raul Meireles; Nani, Helder Postiga, Cristiano Ronaldo

DENMARK: Andersen; Jacobsen, Kjaer, Agger, S. Poulsen; Kvist, Zimling, Rommedahl, Eriksen, Krohn-Dehli; Bendtner

I feel like this portugal side should be really solid through the middle and exciting on the wings, but then there's helder postiga.

I always liked Hugo Almeida at Werder Bremen and it appears he's been scoring for Besiktas as well, they should give him a shot.

Read yesterday that the Oranje were using Kuyt at RB in training, as I believe was proposed for Liverpool in the past, with RVP left and KJH up top. But I'll trust LBI's sources.

Zimling has started well too. Shame he's had to go off.

zimling was one of their best players vs Holland too, not good

ugh

Pepe 1-0

nani looked like he was crying there?

Quite a bit of palming-in this tournament

glad to see pepe recover so quickly from blowing out his achilles

fuck off could the goalie have done better townsend. He had no fucking chance!

Glad you're glad xp

a miraculous recovery to be sure. Just call him lazu
xprus.

er lazurus. Tho lazu sounds like the missing frwd link for portugal by way of brazil

Tho Lazu = Danish left-back of Basque descent

so cynical

How the hell wasn't that a red card?

what'd he do? Missed it