EURO 2016

And kicks to the head.

 

Or the one next to him..

 

He can't do those any more, his legs are shot. Just ask Craig Bellamy.

 

Speaking of Joe Hart, let's hope Roy sticks with him. What we don't need is an England side with Vardy and Sturridge up front, Rooney just behind them and the wall in goals.

That would make the * somewhat formidable. As is we can expect Hart to throw it all away in the knock out stages.

 

Anyone half decent and these lot will * it. They always do..

 

Northern Ireland McGovern, Hughes, Cathcart, McAuley, Jonny Evans, Ward, Corry Evans, Davis, Norwood, Dallas, Washington

Subs Barid, Carroll, Ferguson, Grigg, Hodson, Lafferty, Magennis, Mannus, McCullough, McGinn, McLaughlin, McNair


Ukraine Pyatov, Fedetskiy, Khacheridi, Rakitskiy, Shevchuk, Sydorchuk, Stepanenko, Yarmolenko, Kovalenko, Konoplyanka, Seleznyov


Subs Boyko, Budivsky, Butko, Garmash, Karavaev, Kucher, Rotan, Rybalka, Shevchenko, Tymoshchuk, Zinchenko, Zozulya

 

I dunno so much. Like I said, the changes they made at half time improved them a lot, and if they dropped Joe Hart for the wall? That would make them hard to beat.

Let's be honest, they * ran roughshod over Wales in that second half. Completely bossed it.

 

Thought you'd have been too busy watching Aguero get the odd ten or fifteen minutes for Argentina anyway mate? Surprised you have time for the Euros! :icon_mrgreen:

 

Are Wales counted as a half decent team?

 

Aye, because Kane and Sterling were pish. Hardly a masterclass decision, but he get's credit for changing it bang on half time..

Coleman literally got his tactics wrong, and was far too defensive. You'd of thought the Welsh woulda been more up for the club duals, but instead of swimming, they sank and bottled it with no calm football, poor first touches and camping in and hoping for the best..

Bale was pretty pish and that Welsh team is decent but not great. I'd expect England to come under severe pressure against the likes of Spain/Germany and France when they get it together as well as the likes of Croatia. All of whom I'd fancy to knock them out..

It'd be typical England to get papped out by Slovakia next though..

 

* *, NI have rung the changes

 

England manhandled Wales in the same way any top side would have. 69% possession, 20 shots on goal to 8, 9 corners to 3? That's quite impressive, not to mention that they came back from a goal down.

Like I said, if England can play the way they did second half and they go with the personnel that they did for that period of the game I think they'll be tough for any team to beat.

The only real weak link is Hart in goals, which is why I'm glad Forster isn't getting the nod.

 

This

 

Ukraine to win, Yarmolenko to score

 

Why is Grigg not starting for NI? Similar to Vardy with England he's coming off a great season

 

Sorry mate, don't think you can compare them to the Germans or Italians or that. Any of the real top aides.