EURO 2012

Strangely I didn't find myself wanting bad things to happen to Ozil or Khedira yesterday so I'm going to put it down to Ronaldo just being a cock. I mean there are obviously worse human beings in football but Ronaldo is such an obliging hate figure due to being such a ponce.

I'm 100% sure he doesn't give a shit about being hated either. He probably likes it actually

In reality if I were as talented as Ronaldo and had his looks I'd no doubt be 10x as obnoxious.

his looks?

the looks of envy, mockery and contempt from random people around him

Ronaldo, a stupid, petulant, creep. The most famous and rich representative of things people hate about football. Still harsh on him though, he is one among many.

that you Eamon?

eamon dun fie dem battymen

is there a particular department where he's the worst example of?

diving: there are worse offenders?
fannydangler: seems quite effective given the amount of goals he scores?
racism: has he been outed yet?
prostitution: i forget or is it just the other ronaldo?

maybe petulance? I dunno.

he always seem like actually quite a nice person in comparison to many others. but unlikeable definitely.

ronnie was in former newspaper the news of the world for effing hooahs with anderson and nani back in the day

he's like that guy who comes to your street fighter parties who has practiced all the 13 hit combos and pwns everyone but is really boring and gets really upset if you ever beat him. xpost

he is quite good at football it's true

bet he's shit at mortal kombat though

eamon dun fie dem battymen

there are persistent rumours that he's gay himself

Today, Dunphy generally resides at his home near Ranelagh village in Dublin. He also owns a holiday home in Deauville, France.[2]

Dunphy married RTÉ Commissioning Editor Jane Gogan, his partner of 18 years, at the Unitarian Church on St Stephen's Green on 24 September 2009.[20]

yeah i wasn't saying there's any truth in them. i know her daughter actually. for a long time a friend of mine was trying to persuade her to get eamon to come for a beer. she acted like it was possible and he might but it never happened.

Geir's technical rigidity will be a hindrance but can Ned cease trying to wink the ball into the net?

But that's how I roll.

cox to start for ireland. WHY?

ah fuck

i dont even know who he is

i mean i have heard the name and obviously he must play for one of wolves west brom or birmingham and i trust he is a game lad but beyond that

he's not one of ours.

does this mean Doyle is dropped?

he runs a terrific tactics blog iirc

if the irish fa finally give up on football they could start a discount gay escort service called ~game lads~

not sure if that's true about cox, a mate said it on facebook but i see no lineup confirmed yet.

i was doing Long and Cox jokes when the squad was announced tbf

fans banner (have we already had this?)
https://p.twimg.com/Au8ZeeyCMAArgQi.jpg

the logo helps to give it an official air offset by the thing that it says

John Delaney probably made the thing in fairness

the long cox thing is ancient, jpgs of the back of their jerseys in the same shot etc.

http://fourfourtwo.com/blogs/euro2012/archive/2012/06/14/botn-van-marwijk-identifies-dutch-defence-midfield-attack-kit-language-as-problem.aspx

loved this.

“I have a great many regrets,” Van Marwijk told press. “My main disappointments were the defence, midfield, attack, the way our kit has these weird patches on it and the odd guttural chants our fans sang in a language that makes German seem elegant.

“Maarten Stekelenburg is OK, though.”

Hahah!

lol i thought stekelenburg has been shite so far

i wasn't expecting croatia to start with both CF's today, although as they both played so well vs Ireland I should've been perhaps. Both teams unchanged from their opening game.

Think 3 at the back suits Italy but means pirlo plays a little deeper than ideal, well he did against spain anyway.

cassano looking a little chummy with mario there during the anthem.

back 3 vs 2 CFs should be a bit different than vs 0

Yeah should be ideal, the proper centre-backs to man-mark and De Rossi to sweep.

better cross by srna than he managed against ireland

croatia are letting chiellini be the one who takes the ball out rather than de rossi

is that van marwijk quote real?

i <3 cassano

no
xp

shit

wish it was

ian wright's buddy getting angry

howard webb ffs

lovely football, good stop

pletikosa made himself big there

pirlo!!!!

ooooooh yes direct free kick PIRLOOOOOOOO

Damn!