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The Footie Thread

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I think Belgium are great value tonight. Hazard and KDB weren't fit in the games they played anyway and both were poor bar a great finish from KDB. Italy started the tournament strong but were sluggish against Wales and didn't look great against Austria.

Belgium do have an aging defence that Italy will look to expose but Lukaku given service has the potential to take Italy apart.
Here’s hoping ?
 
when England won the World Cup in 66, the first team to defeat England aft er that comp were the Scots. It has been ranked as one of there finest victories. And rightly so.
If and that’s a massive if, England win the Euros, how long will England fans have to wait til the Scottish fans remind us that they were the only team in the comp that managed to beat England 0-0 ?
 
I think Belgium are great value tonight. Hazard and KDB weren't fit in the games they played anyway and both were poor bar a great finish from KDB. Italy started the tournament strong but were sluggish against Wales and didn't look great against Austria.

Belgium do have an aging defence that Italy will look to expose but Lukaku given service has the potential to take Italy apart.

As much as KDB was nowhere near his best in the last game, I thought Belgium were very poor when he went off. That said, i Hope tonight’s game as a neutral is a stonker.
 
Disagree. It's reckless and an ankle snapper. They want rid of those sorts of tackles. If you go off your feet like that now then you are in trouble, players know this.
 
Disagree. It's reckless and an ankle snapper. They want rid of those sorts of tackles. If you go off your feet like that now then you are in trouble, players know this.

all about perspective, we clearly see it so differently

he wins the ball and the other player who is the one who is late then runs into him, he wasnt high studs werent showing wasnt out of control and he didnt get close to snapping his ankle!

they want the game sanitised beyond belief, may as well just make it a no contact sport lol
 
I do think that red was a bit harsh. Although I can see why it was given.

Just to clear something up. Whether a player wins the ball or not is completely irrelevant and has been for about 30 years.
 
I don’t want to see the tackle. Without being graphic, how does jet compare to Sweden v Ukraine?
Not even close to being as bad.

The Spain player went down like his leg had been snapped. Which didn't help.
 
all about perspective, we clearly see it so differently

he wins the ball and the other player who is the one who is late then runs into him, he wasnt high studs werent showing wasnt out of control and he didnt get close to snapping his ankle!

they want the game sanitised beyond belief, may as well just make it a no contact sport lol
The reality is though that in modern football that type of challenge is going to get you into trouble. It was acceptable in the past, it isn't now.

It's still a contact sport but you need to stay on your feet.
 
The reality is though that in modern football that type of challenge is going to get you into trouble. It was acceptable in the past, it isn't now.

It's still a contact sport but you need to stay on your feet.


why though, why should it get you in trouble? which laws is it breaking? its not dangerous and its not out of control at all, no studs showing, its at ground level so not high, it is not automatically a foul for not being on your feet is it or did i miss that being intrduced?
 
I don’t want to see the tackle. Without being graphic, how does jet compare to Sweden v Ukraine?
It's not graphic. My wording wasn't quite right. It had the potential to be bad but it wasn't in the end. It ended up being clumsy. The ref goes off it being reckless though I suspect.
 
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