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My point exactly Cashy!

Should earn the right to play in a Englad shirt and always value it when you get there.

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So they had equal points but it's the fact Greece won the game! OK! :do-one:

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Both had equal points, but on the night Greece won, the winner of the head to Head match (Greece) qualifies.

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Yeh! yeh! yeh! I just said that. :D

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Be gentle with Dave you need to nurture him more:D

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A Pint would suffice. :D And come on the Danes tonight against the Hermans, can't see the Cloggies turning it round though against the Potugiesies, ah well let's see what happens. :)

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Cheers :rolleyes: It's 1 all draws all round as it stands! :mad::mad::mad::)

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So it'll be Germans picking on the Greeks again & Portugiesies cashing in Czechs. :) Sounds like the EU. :D

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Safe to say Holland looked bad and Portugal looked good tonight "twinkle toes" had his boots on and was a decent game..all in all this has been an entertaining week thanks to the Euros.. bring on the Ukraine!

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I watched the Krauts, not as good as norm, but relentless. only side thats won all 3 in this comp, plus all 10 qualifying matches.:eek: What was pathetic though at 1-1 the danes should have had a penalty, Pundits said it was a stonewall un, I never thought so, until the slow replay, How those knobs can call the ref fer that is beyond me.......... N i wanted the krauts to get beat.

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I watched the Portugal/Holland game, a good one with Portugal worth the win. Looks like it should be Portugal and Germany going through to the semis with lots of possibilities who their opposition will be.

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Not a bad game today, Spain played the nice footy but Croatia had more than their share of chances. Spain win 1-0 on an offside goal but just about deserved to go through.

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Its a pity it wasn't a 1-1 in which case, using the convoluted scoring system Spain would be back home this morning and Croatia had more than one great chance to score, probably more clear cut chances than Spain

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I agree with both posts,I think in the premier that goal would have been offside. Help me out as any team been awarded a penalty kick even though there have been numerous fouls in the box, have they banned them?

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Sorry Jaysay, if the score had ended 1-1 Spain would still have gone through.
There would have been no advantage by any team as Spain, Italy and Croatia would then have tied all their games. They would have all ended on 5 points so Spain would still have won the division with Italy second and Croatia third on goal difference. I know, clear as mud but there it is!!!

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If yeh draw all 3 games,How the hell do yeh end up wi 5pts?:confused::confused:

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Anyway, the WAGS have turned up and Rooney is back.

Ukraine 2 - England 1

Lets say goodnight for another two years.

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He means all games between Spain, Italy & Croatia would have been drawn Cashy !!

Don't forget they've all given the Ooirish a beating !!!:eek:

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Now tealeaf stop stirring it, or maybe you had a dream last night. I'll take a pint on England.

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Spain would have been eliminated because Croatia scored more goals than Spain in the mini league of the three teams, or according to the boffins last night, when italy scored their second goal a goal the by Croatia would have knocked Spain out

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Ah stupidity, Thats the ooirish in me.:o

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Well thats a first Rooney's playing and he's actually tried to sing the national anthem:D:alright:

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Rooney said 'we can go all the way,did he mean all the way back to Manchester?

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I can safely say that was the most dire 1st half of any game I've watched so far in this tournament :(

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Totally agree - England are like cold rice pudding and Ukraine are the low heat trying to warm them up! :rolleyes:

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0-0 we're still there, it isn't pretty. If Rooney had lost a couple of pounds he might have got up to that header. 45 to go, come on you dozy crows.

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Calzoni to go Sunday night & some garlic breads please ! :D

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Of course a much better second half specially by England but the Ukraine were no better.. would never have thought we would win the group but yet again job done so nowt to moan about.

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Italy played the dirtiest game so far against Ireland - but maybe in this game against England will find the Italian Super Gear and ....

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With any luck they'll change sides half way through doubling our score. ;)

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We had some luck,fer once, Ukraine's was defo oer the line, We were due that un,in my eyes, But if it had been allowed,we still would be playing Italy, Fer me our only chance against em,is if we score first, if the Eyeties do forget it. Roll on Sunday.

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There was a missed offside before the ball over the line incident, so it evened out.

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Well aware, thats easy to miss when its hairline, Theres now Line Officials fer the goal. so no to me,luck on our side fer once.

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Ouch...glad you said that and not me.:D;)

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Yep ..we don't look very good but anything from now is more or less a bonus as long as we give it a go and don't get a hammering.

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Yeh but did the blind lines man stood 3 metres flush with the goal see that offside and thus ignore the Ukraine goal?

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It was in and the line official was right on the line but did nowt..like you say it went our way for once and can't see the point in having these extra judges if they don't or won't make decisions.:confused:

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As long as he's blind in our favour, that's all I'm bothered about! Now if it was the other way around, he's a blind b******!

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Its another good point fer Goal-line technology.

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I agree ... really over the line ... but I don't think that should take away from the fact that Terry made a great play.

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Totally agree mate, Thought him n Gerrard were immense in a crap game Ukraine really went fer it.;)

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That's the best I've ever seen Gerrard play in an England shirt, he was great and fair do's Terry had a great game too. The big let down today was Parker, he was totally lost, Milner ran his socks off but just is,'t good enough and I thought Welbeck should have been sub'd.
That was one great save from Hart, pushing that swerving ball out. Bring on the woperoos.

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Well it proved to me that those extra Linesmen on the goal line are a complete waste of time, if he couldn't see that that ball was over the line not even SpecSavers would be any good for him he was only 5 or 6 feet away and still didn't see it:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

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The last time I saw England play like this in a finals was 66 they were crap in the group stage and just scraped through, any chance of the Germans and a Russian Linesman for the final:D:D

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Not to forget the offside that the officials missed. If this had been called, there would be no argument about this "goal".

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Ya but he'd missed that too which doubly says the officials were a load of plonkers:D

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Yeh but as i said before, n hairline offside is much easier to miss, than someone 5ft away on the goaline.;)

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Ya can't believe it can ya in the slowmo replays the linesman could be seen in the shot, we could see the ball was over the line but he's nearly sat on the post and misses it:eek:

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Is the way they give points and thus judge a teams worthiness and ability fair? Not sure. There should be some points for goals that would make it fairer.

Anyway who's going to put their money where their mouth is and say England to get to the finals!? :rolleyes:

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No chance of the Germans in the final, if we beat the Italians we play the winner of Germany/Greece in the semi. The final won't be any easier either Spain,Italy,Portugal, no easy meat there. If we win it we will deserve it, I won't bet on us with more than a pint.

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I wouldn't bet on us full stop. only hope.

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Ya they'd have to be silly odds before I risked a penny stick of spanish on um cashy:D

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There again, I wouldn't have bet a wooden nickle on Chelsea to win the Champions League;)

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Ya you've got a point there Eric couldn't see them at any time in the competition as the eventual winners, United had by far the best chance of winning, yet they blew it, maybe that's why books never go broke:rolleyes:

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Germany and Portugal have played the best games so far, but back in 2004 Greece came out of nowhere and won it so who knows?

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In football, as in hockey, possession, dominating control of the ball (or the puck;)), shots on goal etc. doesn't count at the end of the game. What does count is how many shots actually end up in the net. I remember that first Chelsea game against Barca. In the first half, Barca outshot Chealsea several billion to one, and dominated the play. Yet they went into the dressing room one goal down. So much for shots on goal and having possession for 95% of the half.;)

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So, Portugiesies are the first semi finalists, reckon they'll be up against Spain again myself. That said I also thought the Cloggies were on to win the event at the start. :o

(one reason I don't bet :))

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Twinkle toes was superb tonight but the Czechs were rubbish!

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In Fairness "Carnival Head" was best man on the pitch.:D

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Harold Webb would be my choice:D But among the players, Ronaldo was the best of a mediocre bunch.

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Germany V Greece tonight - morally and politically Greece should win because that wlll be sticking it to the Germans who are controlling them financially in the EU. Football wise it should be the Germans.

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Thought the game last night was very mediocre, but for twinkle toes it would have been a real drag

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The Czech's were having a go in the first half but in 2nd half most times they got the ball in their goal area they gave it straight back to the Portugese, that was annoying.

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Ya they were having a go but never looked like scoring think they only had 3 shots all game, think they were trying to play for penalties, think that's the only chance they had of winning

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But it's not hard to soar like an eagle when you are surrounded by turkeys;)

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Well a few of the other Portugese had good efforts as well!:rolleyes:

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Ok ... well, maybe Pepe.

Today, I'm cheering for Greece:alright: I'm hoping they really put it to the Wehrmacht ... (but I ain't holding my breath on this one.)

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Got to agree with the consensus, I'd like the Greeks to do the Germans although it seems a tall order, it'd certainly shut a few gobby locals up. Here's hoping, "Give it the Gyros Lads !". :D

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Germans gobby Dave:eek::eek:can't believe that:rolleyes::rolleyes:

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How the hell is it only 1-0 at half time, the most one sided game I've seen so far, wonder if the Greeks will turn up and make a game of it in the second half

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Ah well, a Greek tragedy was avoided, 4 -2 against the Hermans, not bad going when you consider their first half performance for at least 5 minutes they were living the dream at least.

Are we looking at an England - Germany semi ? How very tantalising. :)

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Thats the big question dave, I reckon if it is we will beat the Krauts, but its getting yon, fer me the Eyeties are a bigger challenge,Do them n then we will do the krauts.IMHO.;) Go a goal behind to Italy n i reckon wev'e had it.:eek:

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We've got to beat the Eyeties, it's that simple, nothing to do with tactics, possessional play or any of that guff ................ I've got an Ale bet riding on the outcome ! :eek:

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Jeez didn't realise twas that serious, Wouldn't like to have more than a pint on it.:eek:

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A shout often heard at many a Liverpool post office around 9 o'clock in the morning ;):D

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You've more faith in England than me cashy, the Krauts are by far the best team in the comp so far, we will have to pull our socks up big time, but we've to do the Eyeties first

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I'm deeply shocked & offended by that statement !!!!! You Sir, are obviously no scholar of languages or the intricacies of regional accents, where this the case you would know the plaintive cry would be espoused thus :-

"Wer's me JYRO Lad ?" (the G being pronounced as a J, elongated by the use of the letter Y as opposed to the more correct I & Lad can be replaced with Girl dependent on whoever is serving at the time) You Southerners, there's just no educating yis ! :D

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Oh come on Dave give him a break he's only A mockney:D

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I agree with you Jaysay - my Mother is German so I have a genetic disposition in favour of the Germans - but last night at the start I hoped the Greeks would do something until they started playing dirty! Glad the Germans hammered them.:alright:

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You do realise just how much stick you're going to get now don't you Kes ? Just top it by saying you're Dad's French & bingo ! :)

Speaking of which I do hear tell that the Spanish are attempting a new type of Paella tonight with the addition of diced Frog ....... Ole ! ;)

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:eek:..Is there no end to the politically incorrect language on here?..I mean "eyeties, frogs and krauts" ..anyway we wil still have to meet the Spics in the final. :rolleyes:

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No, it don't count on here as it's classed as free religious expression ! And anyway they're all Johnny Foreigners & should be pleased to have us even mention them in any terms. :D

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Reckon the frogs are gonna play tight tonight.. Evra and Nasri not even in the line up.. Spain got their best boys out.. 4 from Madrid and 4 from Barca in thier starting eleven. :)

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All this racial harmony...
Reminds me of this:
YouTube - Monty Python:Never Be Rude To an Arab

And may the best team win, as long as its not the Krauts, Fogs, Spics etc dammed Johnny Foreigner:jimbo:

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Spain - Portugal it is then, should be quite an entertaining match, hard to call but I think Portugal may just edge it on the night.

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Such low key support from the Spanish and French...no passion from the fans in a quarter final and sometimes seemed like the game was being played in a grave yard!.. reckon the England and Italian fans will be in good voice Sunday win or lose!

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Well what ive seen so far Italy are the only team i'm dubious about beating, The reason being, the style they play against the style we are playing in the euros, as i said before, if they score first wev'e had it. Spain were streets ahead of France tonight, but never looked like netting a ponfull. Portugals defence don't look that great, Of those through the Krauts have been the best n still fancy us to lick em if we get through.

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Well I didn't watch much of the game last night, football on Saturday Night her in doors would have gelded me if I'd even mentioned Spain V France especially when she'd already said suppose you'll be watching England tomorrow night with that, I hate flaming football look, but listening to Keano and co at half time it appears that the frogs never turned up, well I hear that there was a bit of infighting, so probably they got their justs

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Don't know how I missed this one ? :eek: Makes you proud to be an England fan doesn't it ? :D

Keep an eye out for the "Guardswoman" around 3.40, enjoy &

"COME ON ENGLAND !"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGFpz...eature=related

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I haven't got around to listening yet Dave I'm still admiring the cover:rolleyes::D

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Rowney's getting to be a liability.

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Omg come on england!!!!!

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Damm....

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And once again, the dream is over. :(

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Oh well........................:(

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The two Ashleys taking penalties???????.........we'd have been better off with the two Ronnies !!!:eek::o

At least it saves us from another humiliation by the Krauts!!!:o

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Forget the penalties, was only one side in it fer 105 mins, we had a 15 min spell in first half n that was it,after that was only one side gonna win the game, Was well deserved, n don't worry Dave, the wops will murder the krauts.;)

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Couldn't agree more Cashy, Hart, Johnson, Cole, Terry and Lescott played well, the rest were passengers. Not sure about your prediction on the semi though, I fancy Germany for a pint. Might be a couple of years before you get it though.

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England throughout the tourement were out classed.
Hart, worked his socks off as did Terry and Gerrard.
But overall it just was not good enough, as usual

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Ya our dreams once again ends in ASHleys:D