Euro 2020 Thread (Or should it be Euro 2021?)

[Saint Willy]

So many armchair experts here. If the young lads had taken the penalties you'd all be claiming Southgate was a master tactician and genius.

He gambled and lost, simple.

[sabang]

He gambled and lost, simple.

Like roulette really. He gambled on black, no going back.

[Edmond]

So many armchair experts here.

What do you expect in a sport's discussion?

I'm not sure why that white team lost.
Me too, no idea.
That blue team won.
Did they play well?
I don't know. But their female fans looked nice.

[Headworx]

Now onto Qatar...

Where England will beat a few minnows, the it's coming home joke will start yet again on the back of those wins, the open-air bus ticker tape parade route to show the trophy off will be discussed, then some nation that can actually play while light them up 4-0. The only difference being if English supporters start throwing kicks and punches at opposition supporters while in Qatar, they'll wish they were never born.

[Saint Willy]

What do you expect in a sport's discussion?

I'm not sure why that white team lost.
Me too, no idea.
That blue team won.
Did they play well?
I don't know. But their female fans looked nice.

Must be nice to live in a binary world.

[Saint Willy]

Where England will beat a few minnows, the it's coming home joke will start yet again on the back of those wins, the open-air bus ticker tape parade route to show the trophy off will be discussed, then some nation that can actually play while light them up 4-0.

Accurate and hilarious!

[cyrille]

What do you expect in a sport's discussion?

Fewer posts with the poster ignoring the obvious benefit of hindsight?

He's right - if Maguire had missed it would have been 'You can't tell me that a centre half is one of our best five penalty takers!'

Possibly from me.

And I have to admit, Headworks has a point. A small but vocal minority of England supporters are embarrassing in defeat and absolutely cringeworthy in victory.

[dirk diggler]

Sorry but these players are world class internationals and I really don't give a fuck how old they are, when you're joining clubs like Man U for £78 million you should be trusted to take a pen, be it the first one or the decider.

Of course, there is a world class goalkeeper standing there ready to piss on your chips.


Supporters playing the black card and turning into a bunch of racists though...

... Priceless.

[Edmond]

Must be nice

It is.

if Maguire had missed it would have been 'You can't tell me that a centre half is one of our best five penalty takers!'

I'm just surprised he didn't head it.

[lom]

A small but vocal minority of England supporters are embarrassing in defeat and absolutely cringeworthy in victory.

I think that is somewhat related to why so many hoped that they would lose..
Expectation and pain walking hand in hand.

[harrybarracuda]

[harrybarracuda]

I think that is somewhat related to why so many hoped that they would lose..
Expectation and pain walking hand in hand.

Worth mentioning of course that Italian football has its own share of racist Nazi sympathisers....

In fact I seem to remember Lazio being fined for their fans making monkey noises and said fans turning up the next week in black face makeup.

[armstrong]

The Italians are some of the most racist supporters in the world.

[cyrille]

The Italians are some of the most racist supporters in the world.

Whereas racial integration is of course all roses and rainbows in dirk's homeland.

[dirk diggler]

I wouldn't say we have racial issues in Scotland.

We rip into everybody equally.

[HuangLao]

Historically reflective of all things European.

[Edmond]

Historically reflective of all things European.

FOJ..

[Joe 90]

That should have been a red card.

[Joe 90]

The Italians are some of the most racist supporters in the world.

Indeed, how many black players in their starting 11?

[Joe 90]

I wouldn't say we have racial issues in Scotland.

We rip into everybody equally.

Sectarianism is much more ugly.

[Joe 90]

I'm just surprised he didn't head it

[dirk diggler]

That should have been a red card.

I find it's more dignifying to be pulled down by an opponent in the final than to fall down all on your own with the sole purpose of cheating your way into this situation in the first place.

[dirk diggler]

Sectarianism is much more ugly.

That's Old Firm nonsense.

[Saint Willy]

Worth mentioning of course that Italian football has its own share of racist Nazi sympathisers....

Yes, they are. But why worth mentioning?

he Italians are some of the most racist supporters in the world.

Measured how, exactly?


Both of you are deflecting. The Brit fans are being racist, no need to introduce whataboutisms into the discourse.

[sabang]

It seems to me the whole thing is being blown out of all proportion. A few boofheads, either out of frustration, racism or both, play the black card. The whole country comes down on them like a ton of shit- rightfully so. Royalty, the PM, top football clubs, the media- you name it. The law is on it too. Good.

If anything, it demonstrates the average brit deplores racism. Good, that is as it should be.