The official Euro 04 thread

Just to inject a bit of humour - I was sent this by a friend who is similarly fed up with the number of England flags everywhere on our streets, cars, children etc......



Please understand, this is not me having a go (although I cannot stand football), I just thought it was funny....

DVLA Warning

The DVLA at Swansea has issued the following warning:

"In order to assist other motorists in identifying potentially dangerous drivers, it's now compulsory for anyone with a lower than average driving ability to display a warning flag.

The flag (comprising of a red cross on a white background) should be attached to the top of at least one door of the vehicle.

For drivers of exceptionally low ability, additional flags would be appreciated."

My only hope is that this "lower than average ability" does not apply to persons entering Portugese football stadia with the intention of playing football...

Certif1ed wrote: ...and ENGLAND go through!!! To play Portugal...

  I doubted Rooney at first but now he has proved to be a great young player. I'm just hoping he keeps his temper against protugal and doesn't get sent off.

  I obviously want England to beat Portuga; but it's always a bit gutting when the host nation is knocked out because the competition loses a bit of its edge, the host nation are always good to watch.

   ENGLAND!!!!!

C'mon, Zidane has to get past England's defence

Hopefully we will not be in so generous a mood as to continue giving away goals through free kicks as we have been...

...mind you, Henri looked dangerous in that Switzerland game

I am, of course, assuming that we will make it through to the final, as France almost definitely will .

We want revenge

It's noticeable that teams playing negatively have been 'sent packing' -Germany,Italy and Spain while the teams playing positive football like England,France and Sweden have progressed.The Italians have no excuse,as you say Ivan.With the likes of Vieri,Del Piero,Nesta and Buffon they should have qualified comfortably.However to go out after winning one and drawing 2 (not losing) is extremely unlucky especially as other teams (like England) are continuing on with fewer points.As for The Germans they have a poor team and didn't deserve to progress further in the competition while the Spanish seem destined to fail at every major tournament they play in despite having many good players.

Yes Certif1ed it's unfair in mathematical terms, but not in reality.

Italy is used to that, remember Spain 82, they tied with Perú (The referee didn't saw 3 penalties against peruvian players), also tied with Polland and Cameroon and were Champions, when other teams as Brazil (not my favorites) took the risk.

In this Euro, they placed a butcher as Gattuso that kicks anyone that comes near (the referee didn't threw him out I don't know why) and place their 11 players in the penalty area if they make a goal, that's anti-football and a fraud against those guys who pay a tickett to watch a good football game.

Teams as England have less points because they take the risk and sometimes doesn't work, but you are happy after the game because you saw 11 warriors instead of 11 shy or timid players who hide in the area and kick every ball anywhere or throw to the grass 10 minutes.

Thanks God didn't worked for them and thay learn the lesson as Netherlads did.

Iván

 

We

Wuz

Robbed!!!

Again!!!

Even if we did play like a bunch of old ladies after Rooney had to go off - that last-minute goal should NOT have been disallowed.

Still.

ENGLAND have the MORAL victory.

Joren wrote: Beckham missed! I bet his tattoo was stinging!

I was amused by this as well. And I NEVER watch football!! Pretty damn exciting game (at least at the end)