Beren Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Really hate Henry as a pundit, offers very little I don't know joey, i think he has a certain je ne sais quoi.... (this is what it feels like joey ) Send me some horrific vegan crocs and we'll have fully swapped Ho! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Interesting to see if Conte tries to play the 3-5-2 at Chelsea. Thought it looked tremendous today for the Italian team. Defended and attacked really well with the formation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Find it funny everyone is having a go at Hazard when he was constantly running around getting on the ball trying to get them back into the game while De Bruyne was utterly shit throughout and is getting fuck all flack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollof rice and pea Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Recall him being good for BBC at previous tournaments but he's defo learnt all the cliches at Sky Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Find it funny everyone is having a go at Hazard when he was constantly running around getting on the ball trying to get them back into the game while De Bruyne was utterly shit throughout and is getting fuck all flack Oh yeah, De Bruyne was crap, but he was in the better form going in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 I first saw Lukaku play at St Jame's for West Brom and I thought he was amazing just a kid at the time and totally dominated our defence, but now I'm thinking perhaps it was Colo and fist pump Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionOfGosforth Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Nice also to see a team play with 2 actual forwards and look dangerous throughout, without looking compromised at virtually any time defensively. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AY Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Find it funny everyone is having a go at Hazard when he was constantly running around getting on the ball trying to get them back into the game while De Bruyne was utterly s*** throughout and is getting f*** all flack Hazard was also very selfish and run himself to 2 or 3 opponents couple of times. Belgium were poor throughout though.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Find it funny everyone is having a go at Hazard when he was constantly running around getting on the ball trying to get them back into the game while De Bruyne was utterly s*** throughout and is getting f*** all flack Hazard was also very selfish and run himself to 2 or 3 opponents couple of times. Belgium were poor throughout though.. He was at times but I'd prefer that to standing out on the wing doing fuck all while your team needs you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Italy were beautiful to watch, best team by a distance so far. Just so organised. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Absolute pleasure to watch that Italian performance live. More or less in the Italian end too. Fantastic controlling of the game and keeping of shape and playing as a unit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Belgium are rubbish. Called it pre-tournament and got a load of s*** for it You got a load of s*** because you said their squad wasn't great which isn't true. Belgium were good once they made the subs Said Lukaku has 3 in 6 months, shown nowt to reiterate the hype. Was s**** today. Said Hazard was s**** this season. Was s**** today. Alderwiereld & Vertonghen are top defenders. De Bruyne is class. After that, it's a load of good to just above 'good' players, nowt special Hazard was good in the second half IMO. De Bruyne was about a million times worse. Mertens and Carrasco are very good players, Dembele is very good and should be starting. Courtois is class. The manager is the problem not the players Disagree, manager is s*** but to say the players aren't the problem is far too simplified and is taking attention away from the fact they don't have that great of a team. All their players are overrated as s*** . They don't have a single good playmaking CM or decent DM, no good fullbacks, Lukaku has like a 1 in 5 record at international level and most of their CBs are poor defenders but get hyped because they can score. ( the Spurs ones deficiencies get hidden because Pochettino is so good at protecting them) There's just zero balance or changes of pace in this team and as alluded to they lack goal threat, yet somehow they are treated as some amazing team. Not to mention Hazard has hardly had a big match great performance in his career really( only one i can think of is against City when Demichelis played in midfield ), De Bruyne is probably their best player and even he isn't of the level required. The rest are nowhere near as good as advertised and especially not good enough to make them a legitimate international threat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Gotta love a proper Italy performance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Think the tournament needed a game like that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollof rice and pea Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Definitely think a lot of the Belgium hype is cause they're all Prem players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Candreva > Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Lukaku is overrated, I will stick to this conclusion for the rest of my days. And Hazard been crap for ages, that leaves De Bruyne. You called it early last season when he was in the form of his life as well, so fair play. He can cause havoc when he's given the freedom of the park, but that's not going to happen against an Italian defence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 He's just turned 23 man. He's got another 3-4 years before he's at his best, yet still has a very good scoring record. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 I do like Lukaku, but he should never be starting at this level. Certainly not against a team like Italy. Today was terribly embarrassing for him. Having said all that he really should have still come away with a goal. That one on one he missed was ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmoset Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Not doing well against one of the best defences in the world does not equal overrated, unless you're rated on a Messi level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Lukaku is overrated, I will stick to this conclusion for the rest of my days. And Hazard been crap for ages, that leaves De Bruyne. You called it early last season when he was in the form of his life as well, so fair play. He can cause havoc when he's given the freedom of the park, but that's not going to happen against an Italian defence. He'll probably prove me wrong again in a couple of months TBF... I just think his fundamentals aren't that good. Obviously he is young but I wouldn't predict he'll get much better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Hoping Italy ruin Sweden in their next game and are already gauranteed qualification by the time they play Ireland. Fearing a Belgian backlash on Saturday, I just don't get how a team with so much talent could be as shit as they were tonight again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozy Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 That performance from Italy was fantastic, tournament high so far. I love Chiellini man, proper defender. Belgium won't do shit under Wilmots, what style of play is he trying to create here. Hazard to run around a bit and try to skin players, when that doesn't work pump the ball into the 1 striker surrounded by countless defenders. And that midfield 3 were completely awful, how on earth Dembele doesn't start is beyond me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixx Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Belgium are rubbish. Called it pre-tournament and got a load of s*** for it You got a load of s*** because you said their squad wasn't great which isn't true. Belgium were good once they made the subs Said Lukaku has 3 in 6 months, shown nowt to reiterate the hype. Was s**** today. Said Hazard was s**** this season. Was s**** today. Alderwiereld & Vertonghen are top defenders. De Bruyne is class. After that, it's a load of good to just above 'good' players, nowt special Hazard was good in the second half IMO. De Bruyne was about a million times worse. Mertens and Carrasco are very good players, Dembele is very good and should be starting. Courtois is class. The manager is the problem not the players Disagree, manager is s*** but to say the players aren't the problem is far too simplified and is taking attention away from the fact they don't have that great of a team. All their players are overrated as s*** . They don't have a single good playmaking CM or decent DM, no good fullbacks, Lukaku has like a 1 in 5 record at international level and most of their CBs are poor defenders but get hyped because they can score. ( the Spurs ones deficiencies get hidden because Pochettino is so good at protecting them) There's just zero balance or changes of pace in this team and as alluded to they lack goal threat, yet somehow they are treated as some amazing team. Not to mention Hazard has hardly had a big match great performance in his career really( only one i can think of is against City when Demichelis played in midfield ), De Bruyne is probably their best player and even he isn't of the level required. The rest are nowhere near as good as advertised and especially not good enough to make them a legitimate international threat. Come on man. Nainggolan is sought after by the biggest clubs in the world, Alderweireld is maybe the best centre back in the EPL, Dembele had an amazing season and Lukaku just wrapped up a 25 goal season with a pretty meh Everton side. And that's leaving out the likes of Courtois, de Bruyne, Hazard, Batshuayi etc. It's a great group of players no matter how you look at it - however they've clearly not moulded into a team and that's the problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Wilmots seems to be pretty clueless and Belgium play with an air of self-entitlement which they haven't even come close to earning yet. Only Hazard seemed to be up for it and that's because he'd done fuck all with Chelsea this season. Axel Witsel and Fellaini starting ahead of Dembele and Mertens was also a joke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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