Euro Championships 2016

[Mr White]

Very well done to Wales. Outstanding and I'm pleased for them :thumbsup:

[Finn2015]

Yip they have done very well and deserve their place and who knows, they may go further yet

[Mon Dieu4]

Bilic really is a class act:top marks

[pacoluna]

:agree:

Not asking for anywhere near a win - just qualifying would be nice. The last time Scotland qualified for a major tournament I was 7, and I had zero interest in football and wasn't even aware it happened.

You weren't aware Scotland were in the world cup group stages at the age of 7? What age did you start to take an interest in football?

[chinaman]

I am indeed

Good man.
Your fans were outstanding tonight best atmosphere at a game since ....hampden 21/5/16, well done wales

[pacoluna]

I was quite clear that it was absolutely a dig at Scotland.

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Scotland were extremely unlucky not to qualify, under vogts and levein we were dire, however under Strahan there was a massive improvement. You couldn't fault Scotland or stachan in the qualifiers other than perhaps settling for a draw against ROI. I'm optimistic with Scotland going forward.

[Iain G]

Bilic really is a class act:top marks

Have enjoyed listening to him this tournament, certainly more so than Wright or Crouch tonight!

[nellio]

Good man.
Your fans were outstanding tonight best atmosphere at a game since ....hampden 21/5/16, well done wales

Cheers pal. Just sinking a few celebratory beers.

[Jonnyboy]

Well done Wales :aok:

Though Bale and Ramsay were excellent I thought wee Joe Allen was outstanding

[The_Todd]

I hope this ends any lingering "one man team" chat. Not one of those players had a bad game, they were excellent to a man.

[green day]

I'm 38 and remember when we always qualified. Didn't go in 96 or 98 but thought I'll just go to the next one...

Still waiting.

I'm 48, went on many away trips in the 80s and 90s, also went to Italia 90 and France 98.

Both brilliant, great stories, great bevvy, great lads.

Feel a bit sorry for anyone not experiencing it at least once in their lifetime.

[MGmick]

Scotland were extremely unlucky not to qualify, under vogts and levein we were dire, however under Strahan there was a massive improvement. You couldn't fault Scotland or stachan in the qualifiers other than perhaps settling for a draw against ROI. I'm optimistic with Scotland going forward.

"Could have, would have should have............ DIDNAE" But we've known that for quite a while now. Huge congrats to Wales and well done to them for helping England through on their coatails.

[jgl07]

I am still supporting Norn Ireland.

Michael O'Neill is a Hibs legend.

[pacoluna]

"Could have, would have should have............ DIDNAE" But we've known that for quite a while now. Huge congrats to Wales and well done to them for helping England through on their coatails.
Sadly you can only p*ss with the **** you've got, We havn't got a gareth bale, don't care what anyone says he more or less singled handedly got them through the qualifiers, NI had a p*ss easy group. with players like McGinn, Griff and that yam Patterson coming through it's only a matter of time.

[DH1875]

England finishing below Wales :faf:

Have England not effectively got an easier tie in the next round by finishing 2nd?

[Billy Whizz]

Who are Wales likely to face in the next round?

[Dashing Bob S]

Wales showed what a joke Scotland are. With half of our population and far less of a football culture, they embarrass us. It must be 25 years since we produced a player of the stature of Bale, Ramsay or even Allen, FFS.

The Scottish football authorities should have watched that game and resigned on mass.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

"England are dominant on and off the field." :confused:

England had 30k tickets compared to Slovakia's 8k or you looking for something a bit more sinister to assist in your anti-England viewpoint?

[The_Horde]

Wales showed what a joke Scotland are. With half of our population and far less of a football culture, they embarrass us. It must be 25 years since we produced a player of the stature of Bale, Ramsay or even Allen, FFS.

The Scottish football authorities should have watched that game and resigned on mass.

Darren Fletcher had a better stature and won more than at 2 of those guys,

[Steve20]

Sadly you can only p*ss with the **** you've got, We havn't got a gareth bale, don't care what anyone says he more or less singled handedly got them through the qualifiers, NI had a p*ss easy group. with players like McGinn, Griff and that yam Patterson coming through it's only a matter of time.

Scotland wouldn't have got out of N.Ireland's group. Scotland players and Strachan had poor campaigns. Can make all the excuses, but finishing 4th in a 6-team group when one of them is Gibraltar is rubbish. Losing 1-0 away to Georgia is awful (before anyone mentions their win over Spain recently, I refuse to count friendlies as anything important).

[pacoluna]

Scotland wouldn't have got out of N.Ireland's group. Scotland players and Strachan had poor campaigns. Can make all the excuses, but finishing 4th in a 6-team group when one of them is Gibraltar is rubbish. Losing 1-0 away to Georgia is awful (before anyone mentions their win over Spain recently, I refuse to count friendlies as anything important).
Giving the ovation they received from us after the Gibraltar game, The tartan army disagreed with your opinion on us having a poor campaign and urged strachan to to sign a new contract. Georgia game a side we competed with germany were unlucky not to take 4/6 points from poland and took 4 points from ROI.

[pacoluna]

Darren Fletcher had a better stature and won more than at 2 of those guys,


:agree:

People using Wales success to lay into Scotland is pathetic.

[SlickShoes]

Darren Fletcher had a better stature and won more than at 2 of those guys,

Fletcher was a very good player but he doesn't have anywhere near the impact that bale and ramsay have on Wales. If you were to compare him to anyone in the current Wales team it would be Joe Allen. Allen is a very good player but if it was him alone as the one big player he wouldn't be making much impact.

[nellio]

Wales will get 3rd place out of either Group A,C or D so could be anyone out of those as they will be decided tonight. Could be NI!

[nellio]

Sadly you can only p*ss with the **** you've got, We havn't got a gareth bale, don't care what anyone says he more or less singled handedly got them through the qualifiers, NI had a p*ss easy group. with players like McGinn, Griff and that yam Patterson coming through it's only a matter of time.

A big reason why we qualified was because we only conceded 4 goals in 10 games. It wasn't Bale keeping those out!

[pacoluna]

A big reason why we qualified was because we only conceded 4 goals in 10 games. It wasn't Bale keeping those out!
Bale pulled wales out the sh*tter against andorra

Single handedly got you the crucial goals that got wales out of the group. Take away Bale and wales are honking - yesterday however was a decent performance.

[Onion]

Bale and Ramsay would get into the Engerlander team. Can't think of any Scots that would come close.

Last night was best Welsh performance I've ever seen. Simply outstanding!

[nellio]

Bale pulled wales out the sh*tter against andorra

Single handedly got you the crucial goals that got wales out of the group. Take away Bale and wales are honking - yesterday however was a decent performance.

Cant deny that he isn't crucial but its a tea effort.

I actually agree with you regarding Scotland BTW. Thought you had a really tough group last campaign. & like you said I also think you have improved a lot under GS. Hope you qualify for the World Cup, Scotland are my second nation so always watch your games. Been to a few games as well.

[Velma Dinkley]

Wales showed what a joke Scotland are. With half of our population and far less of a football culture, they embarrass us. It must be 25 years since we produced a player of the stature of Bale, Ramsay or even Allen, FFS.

The Scottish football authorities should have watched that game and resigned on mass..

To be fair, those players were produced by very wealthy clubs that play in the English leagues.

[(((Fergus)))]

Wales showed what a joke Scotland are. With half of our population and far less of a football culture, they embarrass us. It must be 25 years since we produced a player of the stature of Bale, Ramsay or even Allen, FFS.

The Scottish football authorities should have watched that game and resigned on mass.

Bale is a God-given talent, nothing to do with the FAW and even the SFA can't fix that draw by heating the balls, so to speak.

[The_Todd]

Take away Bale and wales are honking - yesterday however was a decent performance.

This is so true. But only if you take out Allen, Williams and Ramsay as well. I mean, once you take out all of Wales' players they're basically just rubbish.

[(((Fergus)))]

Bale and Ramsay would get into the Engerlander team. Can't think of any Scots that would come close.

Last night was best Welsh performance I've ever seen. Simply outstanding!

Wales have a massive inferiority complex though, worse than ours (epitomised by that Yorath penalty where he slumps to the ground almost before he took the kick). Although they dominated Russia last night, there were times when they reverted to their age-old "we are Wales, we are cr@p" mindset, failed to keep possession and invited Russia on. I just hope this victory gives them more self-belief in the next game because that is their achilles heel.

[Smartie]

Wales have a massive inferiority complex though, worse than ours (epitomised by that Yorath penalty where he slumps to the ground almost before he took the kick). Although they dominated Russia last night, there were times when they reverted to their age-old "we are Wales, we are cr@p" mindset, failed to keep possession and invited Russia on. I just hope this victory gives them more self-belief in the next game because that is their achilles heel.

You can't dominate a game for 90 minutes.

They still managed to win 3-0. You can surely forgive them for letting the Russians have the ball at times?

Some of my favourite Hibs performances have been when we've been largely dominated at Ibrox by Rangers but still managed to go up the park and score 3 times after managing to soak up a bit of pressure without conceding.

I don't think a sense of vulnerability is a weakness - I think it is a strength.

They don't look like they lack any self-belief to me.

[The_Horde]

Fletcher was a very good player but he doesn't have anywhere near the impact that bale and ramsay have on Wales. If you were to compare him to anyone in the current Wales team it would be Joe Allen. Allen is a very good player but if it was him alone as the one big player he wouldn't be making much impact.

Impact wasn't in question though, was it? DBS mentioned stature.

[JeMeSouviens]

Wales have a massive inferiority complex though, worse than ours (epitomised by that Yorath penalty where he slumps to the ground almost before he took the kick). Although they dominated Russia last night, there were times when they reverted to their age-old "we are Wales, we are cr@p" mindset, failed to keep possession and invited Russia on. I just hope this victory gives them more self-belief in the next game because that is their achilles heel.

Eh? If they hadn't invited Russia on how would they have had the space to make the killer breaks they did?

Their game plan worked to perfection (much like a certain Scottish Cup final in fact :wink: except that we weren't as incisive and somehow let them score twice so had to resort to plan B).

[Posh Swanny]

1 shot on target in 95 minutes. That's some real "domination" and "superiority" right there. :aok:

:confused:

I can remember four!

[pacoluna]

This is so true. But only if you take out Allen, Williams and Ramsay as well. I mean, once you take out all of Wales' players they're basically just rubbish.
I'm sure if you took bale away robson-kanu would more than make up for it with his goals :wink: Bale =wales

for me NI qualification and story is more worthy than Bales sorry *wales.

[CallumLaidlaw]

I'm sure if you took bale away robson-kanu would more than make up for it with his goals :wink: Bale =wales

for me NI qualification and story is more worthy than Bales sorry *wales.

Take away any clubs best player and they are not going to be as good. Thats a pretty easy fact. But at the end of the day, he's there, and as a Scotsman, I only wish we had our own Gareth Bale that could pull us out of the sh*** when required. We might have beaten Georgia if we did. As others have said tho, Ramsey, Allen and Ledley are all very good players too. All of which would walk into the scotland team.

[pacoluna]

Take away any clubs best player and they are not going to be as good. Thats a pretty easy fact. But at the end of the day, he's there, and as a Scotsman, I only wish we had our own Gareth Bale that could pull us out of the sh*** when required. We might have beaten Georgia if we did. As others have said tho, Ramsey, Allen and Ledley are all very good players too. All of which would walk into the scotland team.
None of them mentioned were a product of the FAW in fact you will find it difficult to find any player in their current squad who was. compare that to the Scotland squad - i'm not having it's the "SYFA's or Scottish football authorities fault" Scotland have failed recently. SYFA deserve more credit.

[CockneyRebel]

The wife is telling me to calm down but I nearly put my cup of tea through the telly when the commentators on ITV said if the games finish as they are now, "Wales will win the group FROM England",,,I didn't realise the groups were awarded to teams before all games were played!


England were leading the group before the last round of matches so what he said made sense - your ABE has addled your brain.

[marinello59]

You can't dominate a game for 90 minutes.

They still managed to win 3-0. You can surely forgive them for letting the Russians have the ball at times?

Some of my favourite Hibs performances have been when we've been largely dominated at Ibrox by Rangers but still managed to go up the park and score 3 times after managing to soak up a bit of pressure without conceding.

I don't think a sense of vulnerability is a weakness - I think it is a strength.

They don't look like they lack any self-belief to me.

Spot on. Wales look like a team full of self belief.

[The_Todd]

None of them mentioned were a product of the FAW in fact you will find it difficult to find any player in their current squad who was. compare that to the Scotland squad - i'm not having it's the "SYFA's or Scottish football authorities fault" Scotland have failed recently. SYFA deserve more credit.

Most of this team came up and played in the Wales youth, U21s etc together which helps explain the team spirit so yes, that is down to the FaW and the managers down the years from Hughes to Toshack to Speed and now Coleman.

Yes, not all are products of Welsh club youth academies, I grant you that. But that's quite hard when Wales only has 4 (yes four) full time pro clubs, only two of which in the top two tiers of the game, and one of them in non-league football. However the likes of Ledley, Allen, Ramsay are the products of either Cardiff or Swansea youth, and apart from Bale happen to be Wales best players so it's not as hard to find home grown talent as you're making out. Given that the pro clubs play in the English league you're comparing apples and pears when comparing setups. Hopefully with the new "Dragon Park" development centre the FaW things might change with youth development though.

[pacoluna]

Most of this team came up and played in the Wales youth, U21s etc together which helps explain the team spirit so yes, that is down to the FaW and the managers down the years from Hughes to Toshack to Speed and now Coleman.

Yes, not all are products of Welsh club youth academies, I grant you that. But that's quite hard when Wales only has 4 (yes four) full time pro clubs, only two of which in the top two tiers of the game, and one of them in non-league football. However the likes of Ledley, Allen, Ramsay are the products of either Cardiff or Swansea youth, and apart from Bale happen to be Wales best players so it's not as hard to find home grown talent as you're making out. Given that the pro clubs play in the English league you're comparing apples and pears when comparing setups. Hopefully with the new "Dragon Park" development centre the FaW things might change with youth development though.

The welsh league was an administrative ruse, so Wales could continue to have a national team without any questions - admittedly it's improved. When was the last welsh league player to have been capped by wales? if ever? Scotland's set up from youth to professional is second to none, Btw I am only referring to wales as some people seem to be using their success to lay into scotland.

[The_Todd]

The welsh league was an administrative ruse, so Wales could continue to have a national team without any questions - admittedly it's improved. When was the last welsh league player to have been capped by wales? if ever? Scotland's set up from youth to professional is second to none, Btw I am only referring to wales as some people seem to be using their success to lay into scotland.

Who said anything about the League of Wales? That's just an amateur league on par with the East of Scotland league. No I doubt any player from the LoW has even won a Wales cap.

[pacoluna]

Who said anything about the League of Wales? That's just an amateur league on par with the East of Scotland league. No I doubt any player from the LoW has even won a Wales cap.

I'm just using it as an example of why I don't think people should use wales success to lay into Scotland and the SFA.

If people are asking why we are not producing players like bale etc it's certainly not the SFA's fault.
Bale and ramsay etc are a product of the English clubs.

Even when discussing youth football scotland is second to none, you will struggle to see a better more successful youth set up in Britain than Hutchinson Vale.

[hibsbollah]

You can't dominate a game for 90 minutes.

They still managed to win 3-0. You can surely forgive them for letting the Russians have the ball at times?

Some of my favourite Hibs performances have been when we've been largely dominated at Ibrox by Rangers but still managed to go up the park and score 3 times after managing to soak up a bit of pressure without conceding.

I don't think a sense of vulnerability is a weakness - I think it is a strength.

They don't look like they lack any self-belief to me.

Teams that fight harder than their opponents usually win their personal battles. Wales seem to have a team spirit that encourages them to fight harder than anyone else. I wouldn't be at all surprised if they do a Denmark 92 or Greece 2004 and win the whole thing.

[(((Fergus)))]

Seamus Heaney OMG time for five live

[J-C]

When did the rules change for the kick offs, kicking the ball directly backwards instead of forward first, then back :confused: I just noticed it.

[Iain G]

Lennon in the studio, hopefully keeping an eye on McGovern and Muller for our assault on the league, Europe and the cups :agree:

[Pretty Boy]

McGovern playing well thus far.

I never really rated him at Falkirk but he's played well in this tournament.

[Haymaker]

I'm just using it as an example of why I don't think people should use wales success to lay into Scotland and the SFA.

If people are asking why we are not producing players like bale etc it's certainly not the SFA's fault.
Bale and ramsay etc are a product of the English clubs.

Even when discussing youth football scotland is second to none, you will struggle to see a better more successful youth set up in Britain than Hutchinson Vale.

Senrab boys clubs might claim that title. At one point I think they had 7/8 regular England international's that had started at the before moving to academy football plus plenty others since the 70s.

[Iain G]

McGovern playing well thus far.

I never really rated him at Falkirk but he's played well in this tournament.

A Logan-esque performance for him so far...

[Baader]

Seamus Heaney OMG time for five live

Jonathan Pierce referred to Rory McIlroy as Rory McGrath pre kick off!!

[(((Fergus)))]

When did the rules change for the kick offs, kicking the ball directly backwards instead of forward first, then back :confused: I just noticed it.

Introduced at this tournament. Here's an article on rule changes: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jan/08/kickoffs-backwards-rule-changes

[Iain G]

Jonathan Pierce referred to Rory McIlroy as Rory McGrath pre kick off!!

Was it not Paul McGrath or Rory Bremner? :greengrin

[Keith_M]

Come on NI, get stuck intae those dirty, stinking Huns!
















:greengrin

[J-C]

Introduced at this tournament. Here's an article on rule changes: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jan/08/kickoffs-backwards-rule-changes
Ta, good idea for a change

[Pretty Boy]

No one can say that wasn't coming. This could be a rout.

[JimBHibees]

No one can say that wasn't coming. This could be a rout.

Yep could be anything Germany different class.

[chrisski33]

scotland werent good enough to qualify not unlucky! needs to be addressed and acknowledged not by using the old excuse of being unlucky.
just because the tartan army applauded them after the Gilbraltor game doesnt mean our campaign was a good one the so called tartan army were probably pished.





Scotland were extremely unlucky not to qualify, under vogts and levein we were dire, however under Strahan there was a massive improvement. You couldn't fault Scotland or stachan in the qualifiers other than perhaps settling for a draw against ROI. I'm optimistic with Scotland going forward.

[Gordy M]

scotland werent good enough to qualify not unlucky! needs to be addressed and acknowledged not by using the old excuse of being unlucky.
just because the tartan army applauded them after the Gilbraltor game doesnt mean our campaign was a good one the so called tartan army were probably pished.

Rubbish...u moved on from slagging hibs at every opportunity to slagging scotland?

[chrisski33]

Rubbish...u moved on from slagging hibs at every opportunity to slagging scotland?

nope not true just saying scotland werent good enough to qualify

[SJM]

nope not true just saying scotland werent good enough to qualify

We aren't as good as Poland and Germany, both qualifying for the next round here.

Swap us groups with loads of countries that have qualified and we would have done similar.

[Gordy M]

nope not true just saying scotland werent good enough to qualify

Yep from that group we werent....but the group were in needs to be taken into account, thats why the scotland fans were keen for strachan to stay.

[Finn2015]

Wales have a massive inferiority complex though, worse than ours (epitomised by that Yorath penalty where he slumps to the ground almost before he took the kick). Although they dominated Russia last night, there were times when they reverted to their age-old "we are Wales, we are cr@p" mindset, failed to keep possession and invited Russia on. I just hope this victory gives them more self-belief in the next game because that is their achilles heel.

Agree with that. If they were a bit more courageous and without that complex, they would have got something out of the England game

[chrisski33]

Yep from that group we werent....but the group were in needs to be taken into account, thats why the scotland fans were keen for strachan to stay.

sorry youve lost me what group that we are in are you talking about? the world cup qualifiers?

[Holmesdale Hibs]

I thought we played well (without being brilliant) for most of the qualifiers except for Georgia away. Hard to argue with "we weren't good enough" but I still see saw some improvement under Strachan and maybe if we had played that way with an easier group then we might have made it.

It's hard work seeing all the other home nations playing and I'd be enjoying the tournament so much more if we were there.

[SJM]

sorry youve lost me what group that we are in are you talking about? the world cup qualifiers?

The group that consisted of Germany and Poland with Ireland in comparison with some of the **** groups like the ones Northern Ireland and Wales qualified from.

[Finn2015]

I'm a season ticket holder with the Republic of Ireland and tbh, I don't think there is much difference between us and Scotland and in the head to heads of course, Scotland actually got the better. I don't think Scotland are a million miles away from qualifying for a major tournament

[Gordy M]

sorry youve lost me what group that we are in are you talking about? the world cup qualifiers?

??No the qualifiers for euro 2016, the group with germany poland roi etc. Was the toughest group and we played well in the most part...hence the fans reaction.

[Pete]

Anyway...These current games are quite hard work.

It's a bit weird that Ukraine could win heavily, finish with a better goal difference than N Ire and most of the other third place teams yet they'll still miss out.

[Pretty Boy]

McGovern has earned a few pints in Belfast with this performance. Another brilliant save.

[HibbyAndy]

Anyway...These current games are quite hard work.

It's a bit weird that Ukraine could win heavily, finish with a better goal difference than N Ire and most of the other third place teams yet they'll still miss out.



Thats bizzare Pete, How would they miss oot like ?

[Hibernia&Alba]

I'm a season ticket holder with the Republic of Ireland and tbh, I don't think there is much difference between us and Scotland and in the head to heads of course, Scotland actually got the better. I don't think Scotland are a million miles away from qualifying for a major tournament

France is only a few hundred miles away and we couldnae get there :greengrin

[Pretty Boy]

Thats bizzare Pete, How would they miss oot like ?

Head to head comes before goal difference so they'd finish below Northern Ireland in 4th place.

[Mr White]

Thats bizzare Pete, How would they miss oot like ?

Head to head. NI beat them.

[HibbyAndy]

Head to head comes before goal difference so they'd finish below Northern Ireland in 4th place.

:aok:

[MWHIBBIES]

1-0 Poland, cracker from Blaszczykowski

[Pete]

Thats bizzare Pete, How would they miss oot like ?

If they both finish on three points its head to head first which means N Ire finish third regardless of goal difference.

They might end up with a better record than most of the other lucky third place teams.

Edit: a bit irrelevant now as they are losing :-)

[Pretty Boy]

Save again. Hope Lennons watching although his performances this tournament may have bumped him out of our price range.

[HibbyAndy]

Save again. Hope Lennons watching although his performances this tournament may have bumped him out of our price range.

:agree:


The fact he is a free agent won't have gone unnoticed i'm afraid, Half decent signing on fee winging his way.

[Finn2015]

France is only a few hundred miles away and we couldnae get there :greengrin

😄👍

[Iain G]

France is only a few hundred miles away and we couldnae get there :greengrin

We could host the damned thing and still manage to not qualify :wink::greengrin

[(((Fergus)))]

With all due respect, you wouldn't want to shake hands with Yogi Loew.

[Pete]

Hummels said he wanted Will Griggs' shirt after the match.

[Mr White]

With all due respect, you wouldn't want to shake hands with Yogi Loew.

Not without gloves on.

[JohnMcM]

Those NIR fans were magnificent today.

[Pretty Boy]

Those NIR fans were magnificent today.

Singing the Dambusters tune to the Germans was particularly classy I thought.......

Anyway can see it kicking off tonight if things aren't going Croatias way, even if they are it still could tbh.

[Mr White]

Draw or win (by less than 4) for Turkey v Czech Republic and NI progress I think?

[Mr White]

Singing the Dambusters tune to the Germans was particularly classy I thought.......

Anyway can see it kicking off tonight if things aren't going Croatias way, even if they are it still could tbh.

A lot of the NI flags for the tournament commemorate the centenary of the Somme. There's one hanging up outside my neighbours door as it happens. I doubt that was the only war reference that was heard today in the stadium sadly. Otherwise they've done the country proud imo.

[(((Fergus)))]

That moment when you wake up drunk in a chair and find you've spewed up your paella down the front of your shirt.

[Mon Dieu4]

Brilliant by Spain again

[Mr White]

Fantastic goal for spain

[Pretty Boy]

A lot of the NI flags for the tournament commemorate the centenary of the Somme. There's one hanging up outside my neighbours door as it happens. I doubt that was the only war reference that was heard today in the stadium sadly. Otherwise they've done the country proud imo.

That have been fantastic no doubt but that wasn't great today.

In fairness with regards the Battle of the Somme stuff it is coming up to the centenary and the UVF (as the 36th Ulster Division) did play a huge part, and suffered huge losses, in that battle.

Oh 1-0 Spain.

[Pretty Boy]

1-0 Turkey :aok:

[Hamish]

1-0 Turkey :aok:

They win worst strip so far as well.

[Mr White]

That have been fantastic no doubt but that wasn't great today.

In fairness with regards the Battle of the Somme stuff it is coming up to the centenary and the UVF (as the 36th Ulster Division) did play a huge part, and suffered huge losses, in that battle.

Oh 1-0 Spain.

Yes I don't have to walk far to be reminded of that in the glorious medium of gable end art :greengrin

That turkey goal could be huge for NI.

[Mon Dieu4]

Unlucky by Croatia there, we might get a replay of it sometime this year

[Pretty Boy]

Yes I don't have to walk far to be reminded of that in the glorious medium of gable end art :greengrin

That turkey goal could be huge for NI.

:tee hee:

[One Day Soon]

Unlucky by Croatia there, we might get a replay of it sometime this year

Quite.

[hibee_girl]

Croatia equalise

[Mon Dieu4]

Croatia are doing really well here, great finish, Spain will need to go up a gear now, they've been holding back so far imo

[hibsbollah]

C'mon Spain. Put these pricks to the sword.

[Mr White]

The hand of god documentary eh? That's going to be worth watching for a chuckle :hilarious

[leither17]

The hand of god documentary eh? That's going to be worth watching for a chuckle :hilarious

Butcher talking about just being over it. I will never get over him in our dug out

[The_Todd]

Better that than the hand of Joe Jordan :grr:

[MWHIBBIES]

Horrible 3 way clash of heads in the Turkey game, blood everywhere.

[Mr White]

2 nil to turkey.

[Pretty Boy]

That's soft.

[Hanny]

Pish penalty

[Pretty Boy]

What a terrible penalty.

Keeper about 4 yards off his line though, why is that official there??? Most pointless 'innovation' ever.

[Mon Dieu4]

What's the point in all these officials if the keeper is yards off the line when a penalty is taken?

Was never a penalty anyway so justice done but that part does my head in

[Scouse Hibee]

Never a pen for me, keeper so far off his line was ridiculous

[blackpoolhibs]

That's soft.

There's wee purple pills to sort that now. :wink:

[Pretty Boy]

There's wee purple pills to sort that now. :wink:

:greengrin

[hibsbollah]

Norn through. Quite an achievement.

[hibee_girl]

Croatia score, is that them top of the group now?

[Scouse Hibee]

Yaas get in, keeper awful there

[Mon Dieu4]

Well done Croatia, bar a mad 10 mins against the Czechs them and Spain have looked the best so far

[renato]

Great. Now we get Spain...

[Pretty Boy]

Poor goalkeeping by De Gea. Takes a wee Nick but his positioning and feet are all wrong.

Croatia look a good side.

[MWHIBBIES]

What is Oxley doing there? Shocking...get it sorted Lennon.

[hibsbollah]

Argh. C'mon tae **** Spain.

[Pretty Boy]

Great. Now we get Spain...

I'd fancy Italy to beat this Spain team. They have huffed and puffed all night against a well organised Croatian unit, Italy are even better at that than Croatia have been. Might even be my 2nd bet of the tournament.

[hibsbollah]

What is Oxley doing there? Shocking...get it sorted Lennon.

Makalambay would have saved that. We always get rid of keepers too early.

[renato]

I'd fancy Italy to beat this Spain team. They have huffed and puffed all night against a well organised Croatian unit, Italy are even better at that than Croatia have been. Might even be my 2nd bet of the tournament.

Hope so PB. Spain are the one team I'm not confident of beating, they seem to have the game plan nailed against us recently, although I'd agree this time round we stand a better chance given we have Conte.

If we get through this tie, I'd fancy us against Germany, France or England..

[MWHIBBIES]

Makalambay would have saved that. We always get rid of keepers too early.Hibs? Spain? HibsSpain? :greengrin

[Pretty Boy]

Hibs? Spain? HibsSpain? :greengrin

:tsk tsk:

[hibsbollah]

The likelihood after tonight's games is I get 50000 Polish and Croatian fans converging around my Marseille hotel at the end of the month :rolleyes:

[SteveHFC]

Good chance we could have 1 smaller ranked team in the final. :thumbsup:

[Brightside]

Thats the old Spain showing there...letting Ramos take the penalty. Its shabby. Can't imagine they will do that on the knock outs. Well done NI getting through tho.

[hibsbollah]

Hibs? Spain? HibsSpain? :greengrin

I blame Gordon Marshall. Colin Nish off sides again.

Remind me, did we really win the Scottish Cup?

[Jonnyboy]

What a terrible penalty.

Keeper about 4 yards off his line though, why is that official there??? Most pointless 'innovation' ever.

Indeed. Put that together with Guy Mowbray giggling like a schoolkid that the keeper had gotten away with it. Had the pen been for England and that happened .....

Also, Hoddle saying 'Not one of Cesc's best games tonight" as the caption came up showing a 93% pass rate :blah:

[Craig_in_Prague]

Dont understand why Italy play Spain, or how its already confirmed (1st v 2nd) Never looked close at the format, load of nonsense this tournament with 24 then going to 16 in knock out.

[leither17]

8/1 Croatia looks tempting

[Michael]

Dont understand why Italy play Spain, or how its already confirmed (1st v 2nd) Never looked close at the format, load of nonsense this tournament with 24 then going to 16 in knock out.

I like the new format. It's a bit unusual because more teams progress from the group stage than get knocked out, but there's always something to play for in the final group games.

[lugz]

8/1 Croatia looks tempting

Especially when you see their half of the draw. Belgium, Wales and potentially Portugal.

[Craig_in_Prague]

I like the new format. It's a bit unusual because more teams progress from the group stage than get knocked out, but there's always something to play for in the final group games.

Fair enough.

Personally don't think sporting success should be possible with 2 or 3 points from 3 matches, but I can see the positives for the so called smaller nations.

[leither17]

Especially when you see their half of the draw. Belgium, Wales and potentially Portugal.

Into 7's already from full time

[Deansy]

Bale is a God-given talent, nothing to do with the FAW and even the SFA can't fix that draw by heating the balls, so to speak.

Even if Bale was Scottish, it would probably still be the case he'd have to play for RanTic before being considered for Scotland !!

[Dav1986]

Took Wales each way at 40s for a bit banter. Looks like playing Belgium in 1/4s but got a chance. Think Croatia will do it though. Looked good over 3 games.

[PatHead]

Son and his pals bought tickets for 1/4 tie before the tournament began. Turns out he will see Italy v Spain on Monday in Paris.

Lucky git.

Didn't even get his dad one!

Wonder what they would go for on black market? Might cover his (dad's) trip to Copenhagen/Iceland. :greengrin

[Danderhall Hibs]

Fair enough.

Personally don't think sporting success should be possible with 2 or 3 points from 3 matches, but I can see the positives for the so called smaller nations.

I think it's pish as well - it's encouraged a lot of sitting in and holding on for a point type performances.

They could have had 6 groups of 4 with the top 2 going through into the next round of 4 groups of 3 with the winners of each group going into the semis.

[CapitalGreen]

8/1 Croatia looks tempting

I put 20 on at 23/2 when they were 2-0 against the Czechs. Went even higher to around 30/1 after their collapse.

[silverhibee]

Hope so PB. Spain are the one team I'm not confident of beating, they seem to have the game plan nailed against us recently, although I'd agree this time round we stand a better chance given we have Conte.

If we get through this tie, I'd fancy us against Germany, France or England..

My money is on Italy to win the Euros.

[Mon Dieu4]

11 minutes in and I can't handle any more of Keowns absolute negative pish, mute

[hibee_girl]

Hungary 1-0 Portugal

Iceland 1 - 0 Austria

As it stands England will play Iceland and Portugal will be 3rd with 2 points.

[Pretty Boy]

Good on Iceland.

Given the performances of both their youth teams and 1st XI in the last 3-5 years they are obviously doing something right.

[Scorrie]

Hungary 1-0 Portugal

Iceland 1 - 0 Austria

As it stands England will play Iceland and Portugal will be 3rd with 2 points.

Spawny England again!

[Pretty Boy]

Ronaldo just hit the target with a free kick. Ring the church bells!

[Pretty Boy]

Normal service resumed. He wouldn't look as daft if it wasn't for the ridiculous build up every single time.

[Mr White]

Definite penalty, poor kick though.

[Mon Dieu4]

Feel sorry for Ronaldo, he's doing everything in his power to score goals unlike the second best player in the world Messi who is fluking goals from 25 yards and setting records, poor guy

[hibee_girl]

Portugal equalise

[Pretty Boy]

Some pass by Ronaldo.

[Mon Dieu4]

Some pass by Ronaldo.

Was probably a shot

[hibee_girl]

Hungary score from free kick in 46th minute

[Mon Dieu4]

2-1 Hungary

[Pretty Boy]

Oooft some goal by Ronaldo

[hibee_girl]

Ronaldo scores, 2-2!

My boy is supporting Portugal this year so happy for him at least! :greengrin

[Mon Dieu4]

It's only taken him 50 shots to get one, well done Cristiano, cheeky goal though

[21.05.2016]

cheeky wee back heel from Ronaldo!

[Mon Dieu4]

Ronaldo scores, 2-2!

My boy is supporting Portugal this year so happy for him at least! :greengrin

Scary thing is that even though I don't like Ronaldo much I actually really like Portugal and want them to do well

[Mr Grieves]

Quality goal, I'm in Portugal and the locals are going mental


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[hibsbollah]

Feel sorry for Ronaldo, he's doing everything in his power to score goals unlike the second best player in the world Messi who is fluking goals from 25 yards and setting records, poor guy

Say what you really think :greengrin

[Mon Dieu4]

Say what you really think :greengrin

He's a mortal compared to Figo or Rui Costa

[Pretty Boy]

He's a mortal compared to Figo or Rui Costa

Or Nuno Gomes. Gomes had far better hair anyway.

[hibee_girl]

3-2 Hungary!

What a game this is :greengrin

[Pretty Boy]

Go on Hungary.

Not a bad game this.

[Mon Dieu4]

This is mental haha

[Mr Grieves]

What a game!


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[hibee_girl]

Scary thing is that even though I don't like Ronaldo much I actually really like Portugal and want them to do well

I like Portugal too, it's somewhere we spend a lot of time so I'd like to see them do well :agree:

[Baader]

Game of the tournament so far for me

[Mr White]

Equaliser for Austria.

[Mon Dieu4]

Or Nuno Gomes. Gomes had far better hair anyway.

Indeed, the jet black locks of a superstar, none of this thin shaved sideburn nonsense

[21.05.2016]

Game of the tournament so far for me

agreed!

[hibee_girl]

3-3

Ronaldo again!

[Haymaker]

****ing have that.

[Mon Dieu4]

This game could end up pretty much anything

[Pretty Boy]

Ronaldo again. 3-3

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[21.05.2016]

3-3!!!!

[Pretty Boy]

Jeezo should be 4-3 Hungary.

Defending is Sunday league stuff.

[Mon Dieu4]

Hopefully it stays like this then the guy I love to slate can put England out, yes I'm petty and fickle!!

[cabbageandribs1875]

missed all six goals(sigh) anyway...Mon the Magyars

[Haymaker]

This game is AWESOME

[Thecat23]

Finally a game worth watching! Incredible stuff this. Should be 4-3 it's just end to end!

[Mon Dieu4]

Haha that woman's face was class that thought Quaresma's shot was about to hit her

[hibsbollah]

He's a mortal compared to Figo or Rui Costa
...or Quaresma.

[Pete]

You just know England are going to come up smelling of roses and get Iceland.

Bit off when Italys reward For Winning A group is also a second place team...but a decent one.

[stantonhibby]

You just know England are going to come up smelling of roses and get Iceland.

Bit off when Italys reward For Winning A group is also a second place team...but a decent one.

Will play Portugal as it stands

[Pete]

Will play Portugal as it stands

That's good.

[stantonhibby]

That's good.

Agree... . although a more open game may actually suit England

[(((Fergus)))]

Hopefully it stays like this then the guy I love to slate can put England out, yes I'm petty and fickle!!

Portugal settling for an easy tie in the next round.

[Pete]

Goal Iceland

Does that mean they play England now?

[Jim44]

England get a reprieve.

[Mon Dieu4]

England are lucky

[JohnM1875]

You just know England are going to come up smelling of roses and get Iceland.

Bit off when Italys reward For Winning A group is also a second place team...but a decent one.

You called it!

[cabbageandribs1875]

Austria hit with the sucker punch, Iceland v engerlund now

[Mr White]

Fantastic achievement by Iceland!

[hibee_girl]

England are lucky

It'll just make it funnier when Iceland knock them out!

[Mon Dieu4]

Fantastic achievement by Iceland!

Absolutely brilliant by them

[hibee_girl]

Are Portugal still through though?

[(((Fergus)))]

Ooft - haha

[Finn2015]

England are jammy bar stewards

[Billy Whizz]

England are lucky

In what respect

[JohnMcM]

Is it just me?

The Portugal game has just finished less than two minutes ago and Linneker and co are already talking about England and their next game.

I hope Iceland stuff them. If they don't, I hope Tesco or Lidl stuff them.

[Mon Dieu4]

In what respect

That I'm sure they would rather being playing Iceland rather than Portugal

[Billy Whizz]

That I'm sure they would rather being playing Iceland rather than Portugal

Probably, but think Iceland are better than Portugal

Will be very pleasing when Iceland whip them

[Pete]

Still quite complicated as to who's playing who in the next round.

You need one of these wall charts to have any chance of understanding.

[Albanian Hibs]

Albania out 😣

[Pretty Boy]

I'm not sure England are that lucky. Iceland have surely proven they are no mugs and England have hardly set the heather on fire.

Certainly winnable but a tricky one.

[MWHIBBIES]

Wasn't there someone on here who put money on Austria winning it? :greengrin

[Treadstone]

I'm not sure England are that lucky. Iceland have surely proven they are no mugs and England have hardly set the heather on fire.

Certainly winnable but a tricky one.

I'd make England 2/5 to win that in the 90 minutes. Anything better and i will mortgage the hoose.

[hibsbollah]

Herman Hriederson has just been on five live to talk about Iceland and there's no doubt in my mind he's had at least seven pints.

[Billy Whizz]

Herman Hriederson has just been on five live to talk about Iceland and there's no doubt in my mind he's had at least seven pints.

Did he play for Iceland today😄

[hibsbollah]

Total disrespect for Iceland from Lawro and the other tits on five live. I would love it if ice land sneaked a 1-0.

[(((Fergus)))]

See the Iceland bench going mental at full time. Obviously relieved to avoid Germany or Croatia in the next round but a bit disrespectful to our southern neighbours.

[hibsbollah]

See the Iceland bench going mental at full time. Obviously relieved to avoid Germany or Croatia in the next round but a bit disrespectful to our southern neighbours.

:greengrin

James McLean playing well for Ireland. Hoping Ibra turns up tonight for the Swedes, I have them at 100/1.

[hibsbollah]

That's a clear pen. Terrible decision.

[Mr White]

That's a clear pen. Terrible decision.

:agree:
Totally.

[Scouse Hibee]

FFS this ref is blind or bent.

[Pretty Boy]

Ireland playing well here.

[Kavinho]

Some fairly typical Italian defending..

[Mon Dieu4]

Stokes would have scored, they only have themselves to blame

[Jonnyboy]

FFS this ref is blind or bent.

Agreed. A clearer penalty you will not see

[Betty Boop]

The Italian manager :love ya!:

[Golden Bear]

The pitch looks no better than a cabbage patch. It's simply not good enough for a Championship of this magnitude.

[renato]

Italy lucky to escape without conceding a penalty there, although Ireland lucky not to get a few bookings in the first 10 mins with those over aggressive tackles.

Poor game, Italy not interested / adapted to the pitch whilst Ireland look positive but a bit limited.

[Dunbar Hibee]

Ireland have been much the better team.

[jacomo]

Wasn't there someone on here who put money on Austria winning it? :greengrin

Ah, the hipsters choice. Bombed.

[Pretty Boy]

Insigne is a lovely wee player to watch.

[jacomo]

Italy lucky to escape without conceding a penalty there, although Ireland lucky not to get a few bookings in the first 10 mins with those over aggressive tackles.

Poor game, Italy not interested / adapted to the pitch whilst Ireland look positive but a bit limited.

ROI are rubbish.

Scotland would have done better.

[wpj]

Would Stokes have been a good choice for Ireland? Big game player

[Finn2015]

Not enough up front tbh. Never really threatened

[hibee_girl]

Would Stokes have been a good choice for Ireland? Big game player

He'd have scored that last chance!

[hibee_girl]

Ireland score!

[Finn2015]

Yasssssssssssssssssssss

[Pretty Boy]

Brady has Hibsed it after Hoolahan Hunsed it.

1-0 Ireland

[Mr White]

Get in :thumbsup:

[(((Fergus)))]

Ya ****ing beauty!! What was that goalie going though....

[col02]

Ireland are a bunch of hammer throwers. Hope they get pumped next round!

[Dunbar Hibee]

ROI are rubbish.

Scotland would have done better.

Hahaha can only hope you're joking.

[MWHIBBIES]

Ireland are a bunch of hammer throwers. Hope they get pumped next round!They will, playing France.

[Billy Whizz]

Ireland are a bunch of hammer throwers. Hope they get pumped next round!

Who do they go through at the expense of?

[Scottie]

Ireland are a bunch of hammer throwers. Hope they get pumped next round!
Come on the boys in green :wink:

[col02]

Who do they go through at the expense of?

Don't know and I don't care tbh as this third place pish has devalued the tournament thus far imho.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Looks like all 3 teams that came out of Scotlands group will be in the last 16, cannae be arsed checking if thats happened in any other of the qualifying groups.

[Pretty Boy]

Ireland aren't great but are playing to their strengths.

If they tried to match up to Italy, Sweden etc football wise then they would get humped. I don't particularly like it but I don't blame them either.

[KWJ]

Wales v Northern Ireland in the first knockout round of the European Championships.

WTF!?

[Dunbar Hibee]

Ireland aren't great but are playing to their strengths.

If they tried to match up to Italy, Sweden etc football wise then they would get humped. I don't particularly like it but I don't blame them either.

They've been brilliant tonight IMO. Thoroughly deserved.