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The Official Euro 2016 Megathread

Deutsch Wolf said:
Playing a pretty bog standard 4-4-2 as well. I honestly think it comes down to consistency and clarity, none of us were sure what formation England would play going into the tournament, we messed around with it during the competition, we've got players playing where they don't play for their clubs, it's very muddled. Now ok, Welbeck got injured and he was pretty important in a 4-3-3 if we went that way - but you can't tell me our entire tactical plan relies on one good but far from great forward being available.
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I think it's a lot to do with mentality. The Poles obviously stick to their game plan and work for each other, no massive egos. I'm still of the opinion that the majority of England players think 'I'm fucking ace' by default when they're actually not.
 
His best years were probably his last two at United and his first two at Madrid. Really did have everything in his locker back then.

These days he strikes me as a sort of super-deluxe Luca Toni.
 
FrankMunro-371 said:
He is indeed a very good player, but not the player he was twelve months ago. Or am I being a little harsh.
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Maybe relative to your usual self, Frank, but in this case I don't think you're wrong in the least.
 
This will go to ET. Poland looking the more likely to score if anyone.
 
Paddingtonwolf said:
Cutting a frustrated figure now. Diddums.
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He's in his own head too much. Blatantly obvious from his free kicks over the past few seasons. He had a technique that was unique and no one could stop it, then for some reason he changed it and now he just pegs the wall every time.

His work ethic has actually become a bit of a fault. If he could relax just a little, like he did in Manchester, I have no doubt he'd be back to his showboating, petulant, inhumanly talented self, at least for another year or two.
 
He's missed a couple of good chances tonight. Could have won it there
 
He's still an unbelievable player.

You can't really judge a player on a tournament like this though when they're consistently excellent for their club over a number of years. His record at Real is ridiculous. He's just far too self important for Portugal.
 
They don't have any attacking gameplan beyond giving him the ball. They're naturally quite stifling too, they like to squeeze the life out of games so he doesn't really get that many chances. Although I would say that he probably is on the way down now (from a very high peak indeed), albeit I don't expect the decline to be particularly sharp. This isn't a Michael Owen scenario where pace goes = no good any more.
 
Disappointed with Poland in that second half, much like in the Switzerland game they just sat back and soaked up the pressure without really trying to counter. Portugal will score if the game carries on like this even though Ronaldo is doing his best not to.
 
This has died on its arse. Somebody score FFS. These two deserve to be knackered and taking penalties really.
 
Del Bosque has resigned.

Santos is a proper dullard of a manager so these piss poor games with Portugal (Hungary aside) aren't uncommon. They'll be a better team when Bernardo Silva is fit again, he's been a big miss for this tournament.
 
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