EURO 2012

PART OF THE TEAM BANTUH

you know the game's shite when they're name-checking kit men and physios

idk if the game is shite, england are shite

as much joy as I'd get from an England exit, this right-back-wearing-#9 thing Ukraine have got going on is bothering me and makes them difficult to watch.

Blokhin's weathered face really detracts from his quite superb hair

ukraine have that quintessential soviet bloc precision and flanking movements without really being coldblooded enough

I suppose if we sigh at Ukraine's overhit Hollywood balls and 30 yard snapshots they'll immediately score from one

idk if the game is shite, england are shite

Good point well made, Ukraine playing with purpose and what looks like a good strategy so far.

Wazza's half dozen bad touches to this point make me think he's either going to cunt one into the top corner from nothing or kick someone up the arse and get sent off. No middle ground.

selin will have looked rodrigo palacio and he will have thought that the genoa man has lovely hair

"he looks hungry"

he always looks hungry

Milevsky and Devic have 10 goals between them in 74 internationals. There's not really much threat without Sheva.

sheva is as good as retired next month, u can be sure he will be on by 70mins or so

Ukraine do get it forward fast & on the ground, I like that

They don't seem to know what defending crosses is about though

it's about bigness, and about passion

it takes a nation of bigs to hold Roo back

It's about marking more like, that's shocking

Good move, poor finish

big andy woulda stuck that one in any day of the week he would've.

he would of

Gerrard's crossing from dead balls has been very good in this tournament - nice low trajectory, giving very little time for defenders to adjust.

Struggling to see the point of James Milner.

provides a useful distractionary target for supporters' vitriol when more feted players are being similarly useless

gerrard is not a midfielder but as long as welbeck gets four touches per half, his crossfield passes / crosses / setpieces probably justify wor andy's inclusion

James Milner is there to make Theo's impact more impactful.

in the land of the waste, the 6'4 wasteman is king

Iain Macintosh ‏@iainmacintosh

Remember, the more frustrated Rooney gets, the deeper he drops. He'll be in Poland for the second half.

Is anybody watching France-Sweden?

this is the worst group, all teams should go out. send russia and croatia to the qfs instead.

andy carroll would have fucking buried that header that roo missed

xxp i am. france are shit tbh. sweden sort of trying.

Nearly a Ricky Villa.

Ukraine are a few less bloodrushed heads away from being v likeable I think, as it is they're just vaguely annoying

thought iarmolenko was going for the full ricky villa on that one ha xxp!

lol at scott parker crawling like the knave he is

http://i.minus.com/ibzRwvFsA0s9L7.gif

That Scott Parker contortionism was great. If Iarmolenko was thinking fast he should've just touched it into Parker's midriff, he wouldn't've been able to avoid a double handball.

chiles is just

Ha xp, love it!

ray winstone's dialogue with raimondo >>>>>> engerlund

An England match brings out the cream of adverts all right

i quite like raimondo at this point

does van Persie have a choice about appearing in that Mars thing?

that ribéry gif, it looks like he's saying va te faire enculer (direct translation would be go get assfucked). what a delightful player .....

keeping Rooney on to give him match practice for the QF ffs

Makes perfect sense that Tymo would be the joker in the Bayern dressing room really, most of them seem pretty dour.

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hows it going in the other game?

First time I ever went up Brick Lane there was a shop with a huge collection of icons, £12 each xp. I've always regretted not going to town.

Ah fuck.