Croatia v Spain - Monday 28/06 - 17:00

[littlebabyjesus]

And again holding his face. Should be getting yellows for that.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Jesus, the histrionics from Morata

 

[Diamond]

Fair play to Spain - they look to be coming good. Still hard to like, for me.

 

[Wilf]

I'd love to see Emma Hayes do a 'watching football formations on the telly' analysis thing. As a 40 year football watcher I'm vaguely aware of the different formations but it never seem to quite map onto the screen you are watching (because you are only seeing a 'screens worth', rather than the full pitch).

 

[planetgeli]

Jesus, the histrionics from Morata

He's a tortured man.

 

[campanula]

shoulda been 4

 

[Wilf]

Fair play to Spain - they look to be coming good. Still hard to like, for me.

Oh, I don't know, they've been getting it forward pretty quickly in this game. Like Wimbledon circa 1998.

 

[planetgeli]

Yep, thought that went in

 

[campanula]

10 minutes of mayhem then

 

[Lord Camomile]

if Croatia got one back it would be an interesting few minutes...but seems as likely as a snowstorm

grabs parka

But fuck me, they made hard work of that

 

[Rebelda]

Well well

 

[belboid]

What a very silly game

 

[ruffneck23]

Wow

 

[editor]

Game on!

 

[Diamond]

I'd love to see Emma Hayes do a 'watching football formations on the telly' analysis thing. As a 40 year football watcher I'm vaguely aware of the different formations but it never seem to quite map onto the screen you are watching (because you are only seeing a 'screens worth', rather than the full pitch).

Couldn't agree more - maybe get Emma Hayes alongside Michael Cox and do a super in-depth formations and tactics series.

 

[Wilf]

Is there a collection I could contribute to for Morata's facial reconstruction surgery?

 

[ruffneck23]

if Croatia got one back it would be an interesting few minutes...but seems as likely as a snowstorm

look outside your window

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Where did that come from?

Game on.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Wow

 

[campanula]

ref

 

[planetgeli]

Up the Balkan Catholics

 

[Rebelda]

In what way was that not clearly over the line?

 

[Lord Camomile]

I'd love to see Emma Hayes do a 'watching football formations on the telly' analysis thing. As a 40 year football watcher I'm vaguely aware of the different formations but it never seem to quite map onto the screen you are watching (because you are only seeing a 'screens worth', rather than the full pitch).

I've said before, but I've long thought there should be an additional programme alongside your Match of the Day 'just the straight highlights' type thing, that takes maybe a handful of key tactical elements of the week's games and goes really in depth on them with, and I cannot stress how important this is, people who know their tactical shit and can articulate it. Don't care if they're players, managers, journalists or camera crew, I just want them to actually know what they're talking about when it comes to tactics and be able to explain it all in a way that helps the rest of us learn.

Anyway, not for the first time, I feel like I'm maybe focusing on the wrong thing at this particular moment...

 

[Lord Camomile]

Oooh, extra time would give Alba time to come on and grab some fantasy points

 

[campanula]

dodgy refereeing

 

[campanula]

6 minutes

 

[editor]

Yes!

3-3. What a game!

 

[planetgeli]

Get in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Badgers]

Yessssssssss

 

[campanula]

superb