The new footy thread

[jstewismybastardson]

When you get caught on the big screen looking clueless, so have to make out you're deep in though #ENG #EURO2016

 

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See what happens when you vote to exit out of the EUro...

 

[jstewismybastardson]

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Plus side: England are out.

Plusser side: Maybe Greece over Portugal isn't the biggest soccer upset ever anymore? Maybe?

 

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I guess I should have put some money down on the +850

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

If Hodgson doesn't immediately resign I don't think he'll make it out of France alive.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Plus side: England are out.

Plusser side: Maybe Greece over Portugal isn't the biggest soccer upset ever anymore? Maybe?

I would say a team that's never made a major tourney before knocking out England would be bigger.

 

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I hope the hooliganism is kept to a minimum, methinks there are going to be some angry English "fans".

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

In completely unrelated news, the entire population of Iceland called in sick to work tomorrow...

 

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Pretty sad that Canada has 100 times the population of Iceland and we can't get close to their level of success as far as the men's team is concerned.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

I would say a team that's never made a major tourney before knocking out England would be bigger.

Greece had only qualified for a major tournament before once, and lost all 3 games without scoring. They beat the host country, who you could easily make the argument for having the best squad in the tournament, twice while also beating France and the Czechs while tying Spain.

It's a tough call.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Pretty sad that Canada has 100 times the population of Iceland and we can't get close to their level of success as far as the men's team is concerned.

I know he's Scottish but this guy probably sums up English feelings right now.

 

[Dacks]

I'm an England fan, but I guess at this point I'm the type of fan that hates their team so much I just sort of bemusedly revels in their increasingly comical disappointments. Somehow, a part of me enjoyed that game.

1. Rooney is garbage. Why would you wait for 5 minutes to sub him off?
2. Collectively, England's crosses into the box were the worst I've ever seen, at any level of sport, save for levels where the kids don't yet know how to kick the ball off the ground.

 

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I think I may have figured it out - Most of Iceland's surnames end in 'SON'.

Manager of England - Roy HodgSON.

/Roy's actually a spy from Reykjavik

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Back when I flew to Iceland, Iceland Air had an in flight magazine that listed "Cool Things About Iceland". Under the sports section they had "Almost qualified for 2014 World Cup" as their sports highlight. I think there will be an amendment to that section.

 

[esls79]

Pretty sad that Canada has 100 times the population of Iceland and we can't get close to their level of success as far as the men's team is concerned.

This is the thing about soccer in Canada and the US - is merely getting a participation ribbon good enough? It appears to be the case in the US as nobody will come out and say the team flat out underachieves or sucks; it's always they did ok.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Greece had only qualified for a major tournament before once, and lost all 3 games without scoring. They beat the host country, who you could easily make the argument for having the best squad in the tournament, twice while also beating France and the Czechs while tying Spain.

It's a tough call.

I guess hindsight is factoring in, given that Greece were the winners of the tournament and beat Portugal twice to do it. If Iceland goes on to win the tournament, we might look back and say that it wasn't as big of an upset as originally figured.

 

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This is the thing about soccer in Canada and the US - is merely getting a participation ribbon good enough? It appears to be the case in the US as nobody will come out and say the team flat out underachieves or sucks; it's always they did ok.

At least the US is qualifying for World Cups (they almost beat Belgium in 2014) and they had a nice run at Copa America.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

roy hodgson has resigned

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

At least the US is qualifying for World Cups (they almost beat Belgium in 2014) and they had a nice run at Copa America.

We've also got a massive population base and plenty of money for training facilities, etc. (to differentiate from countries like China and India). We should be better.