The Euro 2024 Thread

[Dark Munster]

10 hours ago, SNSUN said:

I made this comment straight after Bellingham’s goal…But the simple fact is that while we were poor on the whole, 6 more results like that and we’re coming home with the trophy. (Actually, technically, we could draw one of our next two and lose the other, still go through the group stage and then win the next 4 and we’d still have the trophy.)

(Actually actually we could not win another game and still come home with the trophy if we draw one of the next two games then succeed in 4 penalty shoot outs!)

[Dr Who?]

16 hours ago, SNSUN said:

I made this comment straight after Bellingham’s goal…

But the simple fact is that while we were poor on the whole, 6 more results like that and we’re coming home with the trophy. (Actually, technically, we could draw one of our next two and lose the other, still go through the group stage and then win the next 4 and we’d still have the trophy.)

(Actually actually we could not win another game and still come home with the trophy if we draw one of the next two games then succeed in 4 penalty shoot outs!)

It’s a results business ultimately… but anyway I do think England will improve.

The more that went on you morphed into Southgate! 

[sadoldgit]

I don’t normally turn to The Guardian for insights into Gareth Southgate’s England, but this is spot on.

https://amp.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/17/england-gareth-southgate-serbia-euro-2024

[Jeremy Corbyn]

15 hours ago, Saint NL said:

Danso has played very well tonight.

By all accounts he's developed in to a very good defender over the last couple of years.  Always thought he looked like he had a lot of potential at Southampton, but Ralph didn't seem to fancy/trust him.

[S-Clarke]

31 minutes ago, Jeremy Corbyn said:

By all accounts he's developed in to a very good defender over the last couple of years.  Always thought he looked like he had a lot of potential at Southampton, but Ralph didn't seem to fancy/trust him.

Which I always found odd as he was clearly one of his picks, given he came from Germany and was Austrian - someone Ralph would have vetted more than any of our scouts.

We used to paly him as a LB though which didn't help, he used to fly into challenges at LB and was a bit of a loose cannon. We never gave him the chance to develop at CB.

[Elmore Saint]

Turkey v Georgia is ridiculously entertaining for a Euros group game. The lad Yildiz who’s currently at Juve looks a real talent. 

[CSA96]

Fuck me, what a goal from Guler for Turkiye 

[S-Clarke]

Two goals of the tournament in one game! Great game this.

Guler is some player, hope he doesn't lose his potential by rotting away at Madrid.

[trousers]

4 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

Guler is some player, hope he doesn't lose his potential by rotting away at Madrid.

I reckon a loan move to a newly promoted PL club with Turkish connections would be his best development path....

[CSA96]

 

[trousers]

3 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

 

That's almost as good as Joe Rothwell's goal of the season, to be fair 

[Convict Colony]

15 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

Fuck me, what a goal from Guler for Turkiye 

I saw Thomas Frank saying the other day he doesnt like his teams to shoot from outside the box but in this tournament the majority of goals seem to be shots outside the box.

[LGTL]

Best game of the tournament so far. This is the football I remember from yesteryear before ‘Pep’ ruined it with all his mundane shite. 

[saintant]

Like the look of Turkish left back Ferdi Kadrioglu who plays for Fenerbahce.

[Killers Knee]

Georgian keeper, Mamardashvili, should be on the Saints radar.  Looks a decent upgrade from what we have.

[Elmore Saint]

Best game I’ve seen for years. Has it all!!

[LeBizzier69]

Top game that. Even the lesser European sides play so much more attractive and interesting football than our lot. 

[Elmore Saint]

4 minutes ago, Killers Knee said:

Georgian keeper, Mamardashvili, should be on the Saints radar.  Looks a decent upgrade from what we have.

I was thinking the same. Good hands and a bit unhinged. A bit like the Georgian rugby players. Would scare the shit out of a lot of premier league forwards. 
Edit: and our back four which would keep them honest!

Edited 18 June, 2024 by Elmore Saint

[AlexLaw76]

great game 

[EBS1980]

25 minutes ago, Killers Knee said:

Georgian keeper, Mamardashvili, should be on the Saints radar.  Looks a decent upgrade from what we have.

Plays for Valencia, bit out our price range I’d say. 

[S-Clarke]

Really good game, my favourite so far. Georgia may be seen as the minnows, but they have some decent players. Like you say above, their keeper is of a high level playing at Valencia.

Kvaratskhelia is also one of the best attackers in the world right now.

[AlexLaw76]

Portugal on soon. Surely one of the favourites with the team/squad they have

[The Cat]

Pepe must be about 57 by now

[Holmes_and_Watson]

13 minutes ago, The Cat said:

Pepe must be about 57 by now

In our age range to bring in, then. 🙂

[trousers]

1 hour ago, saintant said:

Like the look of Turkish

You're not the first Saintswebber to notice that and I'm sure you won't be the last

[hypochondriac]

Czech keeper looks handy. 

[warsash saint]

Thank the lord for the BBC red button!!  Managed to turn off the awful woman commentator & now listening to radio 5.  Even had Fonte on at half time.

[skintsaint]

C'mon the Czechs!

[sfc4prem]

Superb goal for the Czechs. Lovely finish.

[skintsaint]

meh

[sfc4prem]

Poor from the keeper there.

[skintsaint]

38 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Czech keeper looks handy. 

Looks a good fit for us.

[adrian lord]

BBC taters so biased towards Portugal. It’s nauseating.

[Göztepe]

2 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

Czech keeper looks handy. 

If I were you, I would try to transfer backup goalkeeper Matej Kovar, maybe on loan, Bayer Leverkusen was also very good. He conceded 6 fewer goals than he should have conceded in 13 matches.

[skintsaint]

Looks like some Saints fan lost their flag to the Serbs..

[LVSaint]

48 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

Looks like some Saints fan lost their flag to the Serbs..

I did spot the Millwall (No One Likes Us) obscuring the Saints one (both above) during the game. They might have captured a bunch in that area of the stadium. It'll be Kosovo next...

 

[benali-shorts]

In today's Times

 

To the first game against Serbia in Gelsenkirchen and a ray of sun catches some England fans from Southampton high in the stands,

[Toadhall Saint]

9 hours ago, skintsaint said:

Looks like some Saints fan lost their flag to the Serbs..

I think it’s owned (was) by a 9 year old saints fan.

[East Kent Saint]

Broja on the bench today 

[Give it to Ron]

1 hour ago, East Kent Saint said:

Broja on the bench today 

Not even on after 81 seems to have fallen out of favour maybe? Thought he would have been ideal when Albania hanging on 

[Give it to Ron]

Great finish Albania

[warsash saint]

Andros Townsend is a great co-commentator

[Jimmy_D]

This has been a ridiculously good tournament so far.

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Game over. 

[Jonnyboy]

So I thought Stuart Armstrong had pickup up a long-term injury?

And is Fraser not deemed good enough these days?

[coalman]

Scotland can lay claim to being the most clinical side at this tournament. They've scored one goal from 0 shots. And now they've had a corner too.

[sfc4prem]

Scotland's 6th ever goal at the Euros. Aptly shite, deflected in.

[sadoldgit]

Cracking equaliser after a big mistake

[Turkish]

One time hipsters choice for the Saints managers job, Murat Yakin in the dugout for Switzerland 

[Sheaf Saint]

Severe lack of quality in this game from both sides.

Except Shaqiri. Take a bow son.