EURO 2012

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.

He is an avid collector of wines, t-shirts, and icons.[33]

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.

Well there ya go.

My mind turns to wondering how Ukraine are going to lose this ... ah ffs

WOULD ROO BELIEVE IT

that fucking keeper

That would've been an all-time Nostradamus post if I'd started it ten seconds earlier

keeper's fucking rubbish there

Carroll would've missed that

Welbeck's tiny touch made a huge difference there, but still

the white stripes will be spinning in their graves

Gerrard did really well for that goal

These Ukraine corners are crying out for Shevchenko.

what a pass that is from gerrard

IBRA WONDERGOAL

Agbonlahor would've scored that

holy fuck ibra !

Are itv not going to show it, then?

Surprised Rooney couldn't get across his man there - clear foul at the end though.

nice from ibrahimovic

is this his last game for sweden?