Tooj Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Just realised I'm going to miss the final of this as I am at the Stone Roses gig on the Sunday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Just realised I'm going to miss the final of this as I am at the Stone Roses gig on the Sunday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Always excited before a tournement gets going and doubly so this time because Irelands actually in it for once, gonna be great Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Just realised I'm going to miss the final of this as I am at the Stone Roses gig on the Sunday. Could be worse, my fathers managed to miss every tournament final in the last decade because my mother managed to schedule to leave to go on holiday on the day of the final so he was usually somewhere in the sky when it was on while I was busy laughing at him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 14,000 went to watch Ireland train! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 14,000 went to watch Ireland train! Well they are a simple folk. http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/5693/newtornadosteamtrainmak.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Fuck your face Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 lol Nah most are Polish fans! Just shows the passion for football there, which is easy to overlook when people are stressing over the racist/hooligan minority. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MrSundlofer Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Will Affellay start for Holland? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 No Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MrSundlofer Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 No Why? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 No Why? Rvp, robben, huntelaar and.... *sigh* kuyt will all be ahead of him... fighting for 3 attacking places Oh, and Sneijder too if you consider him competition for the attacking mid position. Oh, van der Vaart too probs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MrSundlofer Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 No Why? Rvp, robben, huntelaar and.... *sigh* kuyt will all be ahead of him... fighting for 3 attacking places Oh, and Sneijder too if you consider him competition for the attacking mid position. Oh, van der Vaart too probs. Somehow I think we will see Affellay starting on the left wing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 No Why? Rvp, robben, huntelaar and.... *sigh* kuyt will all be ahead of him... fighting for 3 attacking places Oh, and Sneijder too if you consider him competition for the attacking mid position. Oh, van der Vaart too probs. Somehow I think we will see Affellay starting on the left wing. Ok Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Some canny previews up on Zonal Marking for those interested. http://www.zonalmarking.net/2012/06/05/euro-2012-preview-holland/ http://www.zonalmarking.net/2012/06/05/euro-2012-preview-portugal/ http://www.zonalmarking.net/2012/06/05/euro-2012-preview-germany/ http://www.zonalmarking.net/2012/06/05/euro-2012-preview-denmark/ http://www.zonalmarking.net/2012/06/05/euro-2012-preview-czech-republic/ http://www.zonalmarking.net/2012/06/05/euro-2012-preview-greece/ http://www.zonalmarking.net/2012/06/05/euro-2012-preview-russia/ http://www.zonalmarking.net/2012/06/05/euro-2012-preview-poland/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Will Affellay start for Holland? Yes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantu Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Some canny previews up on Zonal Marking for those interested. http://www.zonalmarking.net/2012/06/05/euro-2012-preview-holland/ http://www.zonalmarking.net/2012/06/05/euro-2012-preview-portugal/ http://www.zonalmarking.net/2012/06/05/euro-2012-preview-germany/ http://www.zonalmarking.net/2012/06/05/euro-2012-preview-denmark/ http://www.zonalmarking.net/2012/06/05/euro-2012-preview-czech-republic/ http://www.zonalmarking.net/2012/06/05/euro-2012-preview-greece/ http://www.zonalmarking.net/2012/06/05/euro-2012-preview-russia/ http://www.zonalmarking.net/2012/06/05/euro-2012-preview-poland/ Nice one, these are always a good read. The lad who does it is only in his early 20s though, he should be off out trying to do anything with a backbone, not explaining how Gemany's 'double pivot' makes them such a formidable counter-attacking force. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 They're better than a lot of the stuff on that site because they're concise and to the point, highlighting the weaknesses and strengths of each team. Sometimes the articles are ridiculous in their overanalysis of tactics and the outcome of games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 They're better than a lot of the stuff on that site because they're concise and to the point, highlighting the weaknesses and strengths of each team. Sometimes the articles are ridiculous in their overanalysis of tactics and the outcome of games. Interesting to read, but worth reminding yourself football isn't 100% about tactics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 They're better than a lot of the stuff on that site because they're concise and to the point, highlighting the weaknesses and strengths of each team. Sometimes the articles are ridiculous in their overanalysis of tactics and the outcome of games. Interesting to read, but worth reminding yourself football isn't 100% about tactics. No, I appreciate what he does. The lack of statisitcal and tactical analysis available football in English language is frankly somewhat embarrassing. My top sport is basketball and I often bemoan the lack of thought media put in the coverage of the game, but football is many times worse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 They're better than a lot of the stuff on that site because they're concise and to the point, highlighting the weaknesses and strengths of each team. Sometimes the articles are ridiculous in their overanalysis of tactics and the outcome of games. Interesting to read, but worth reminding yourself football isn't 100% about tactics. No, I appreciate what he does. The lack of statisitcal and tactical analysis available football in English language is frankly somewhat embarrassing. My top sport is basketball and I often bemoan the lack of thought media put in the coverage of the game, but football is many times worse. The articles on his site (and many other independent sources) put to shame the level of journalism, punditry, research etc amongst the mainstream media and press over here. That goes without saying. However some of the analysis is completely over the top. There is no way that even the best managers in the world concern themselves with tactics to such an extent and actually plan to do some of the things that he has observed and picked apart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Georgia Salpa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Damn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 nathanmurf: Alan Hansen has tipped Germany, Netherlands and Portugal to reach the last 4 despite them all being in the same group! http://t.co/LiULBtnx Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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