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There are 2 players in the Turkiye squad that are out of contract :Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Cenk Tosun formerly of Everton who is 33 and most recently been playing for Besiktas, where he's had a decent enough season - 11 goals and 8 assists
Yusuf Yazici a 27 year old attacking midfielder who was at Lille scoring 12 and assisting 5 in ligue 1.
Most of the others in the squad would be too expensive for us you'd have thought, but I don't know much about many of them tbh
Might be the Turkish fans who are being scouted, get a bit of atmosphere going down the City.
That would be a delightQuote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Bellingham fined and suspended one game I just read.
Edit: he won't miss the next match though :shrug:
Flares will make a comeback.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
It's going to be at least one Turkish player.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Jude Bellingham will be allowed to play for England in its crucial match against Switzerland - and the rest of the Euro 2024 tournament - despite a controversial goal celebration.
The England star was investigated by UEFA over a gesture he made during England's game against Slovakia - after he scored an equaliser in injury time to keep the Three Lions' hopes alive.
He has been given a one-match ban - but that is "subject to a probationary period of one year, starting from the date of the present decision".
This means the ban will only apply if there is a further incident in the next year.
He has been fined a total of €30,000 (£25,400).
Friday 5th July
FT: SPAIN 2 - 1 GERMANY. AET
FT: PORTUGAL 0 - 0 FRANCE. France win 5 - 3 after penalties.
Saturday 6th July
FT: ENGLAND 1 - 1 SWITZERLAND. England win 5 - 3 after penalties.
FT: NETHERLANDS 2 - 1 TURKEY
They've got Tchouameni good players. I Kante believe how flat they've been so far though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
Big D in a pun battle with TBG! Sweet! I think you just won that round. Very good :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dembe
I was OLMOst ready to call it a day. Giroud to quit so early in the night though, so I'll hang about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew
Although I'll preface this all by saying TBG will win the war :hehe: an intellect I am not :hehe:
How hasn't Rodri been booked for that? He tried to rugby tackle him!
Looks like the Germans are, errr, going home.
Germany out and the Tories out . what a day
Well, that was a game wasn’t it.
Think Spain can be beaten .
Germany had enough chances to win .
There goes my dream of Ingerlund v Germany final ..
Oh well guess its England v France .
Truly enjoyable...Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
What a header to win it, needs to be a page in the training manual .
Pepe of Portugal great competitor 41 .!!!!!
CR7 how fit are theses players .
AbsolutelyQuote:
Originally Posted by Des Parrot
Ronaldo probably fitter than most, the shape he keeps himself in.Quote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
Great game this.
The inability of Portugal to cross the ball is telling .
Really??? Don't think I will bother to stay up for extra time. Am I the only one who doesn't rate Mbappe....or Kroos for that matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by William Treseder
You maybe in the minority .Quote:
Originally Posted by Maurice Swan
Freaky fitQuote:
Originally Posted by Dembe
As is Pepe.
Very driven dedicated people .
Youngsters should take note .
After watching today's Q/F matches, thinking of England being favourites for the Euros is like Accrington Stanley being made favourites to win the Champion's League.
France into a semi final scoring only 2 goals !!!!!
Plus whatever the score was in the Belgium game :hehe:
(Wasn’t one an own goal as well ? )
England are not favourites. Spain are, followed by France, who were poor against Portugal and have looked nothing special throughout the tournament and yet are in the semis.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moodybluebird
They definitely were before the tournament started and some bookies still had them there once they realised how relatively easy their path to the final was.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
The point I was trying to make is that the football we witnessed from Spain in particular and Germany is so far removed from the so called football England play that it is hard to imagine why England were ever rated so highly. Yes hindsight is a wonderful thing but seeing how these other teams pass and move makes you realise how over-hyped English footballers are.
It’s not the English footballers that are over-hyped. It’s the chances of a national team that is hamstrung by an ultra cautious manager and an unreasonable weight of expectation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moodybluebird
Kane was comfortably the top scorer in the Bundesliga this season. Foden was the player of the year in the multi-national Premier League. Bellingham was one of the stand-out players for the European champions. The England squad is full of top-class talent and many of the players in it would walk into most of the other top European sides. The biggest problem is the manager doesn’t really know what to do with them.
They were favourites for 2 reasons - the volume of bets placed on them is disproportionate to the other countries and bookies want punters to bet on others.
Being on the 'easier' side of the draw, the better teams on the other side of the draw would knock each other out.
The ‘harder’ side of the draw was brutal. Four teams that are would be finalists, little wonder the approach was so cagey. Over cautious, wary that one dropped bollock and you’ve conceded. Not one of the teams were that much better than the other that they’d be in the slightest bit cavalier. Interesting, damage limitation football rather than an ‘up & at ‘em’ approach. Understandable I s’pose.
Anyone else think that watching the Portugal/France game last night was like watching 10 v 11?
As good as we all know Ronaldo has been, he was absolutely useless last night (as he has been all tournament)
Can’t remember him contributing anything of note to the game.
There’s something sad about watching a once great sportsman dying on his arse.like a boxer who takes on one fight too many.
It’s difficult, as Portugal may have won last night if they’d played a different striker from the start, but as country and squad, dropping Ronaldo was always gonna be the big issue.
We would have felt the same if it were Bale in that position.
To be a winner, you have to have a ruthless streak, as well as the talent. I feel England will go down the same route as Portugal, with the Southgate issue.
They have the squad, the draw and the climate to take this tournament by the scruff of the neck, but in Southgate, they have a manager who is pathetically weak and scared of his own shadow.
My feeling is that if Portugal and England had been a bit braver, one of them could have lifted this trophy. I know England are still in it, but I’ll be amazed if they win it with Southgate in charge.
It’s difficult, as Portugal may have won last night if they’d played a different striker from the start, but as country and squad, dropping Ronaldo was always gonna be the big issue
As Splott Parker pointed out, if they’d dropped Ronaldo, he’d taken his ball home
i thought it was a boring match tooQuote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
Like most of this Tournament I've paused the TV and played back/fast forwarded later. It's pretty dull and tedious and predictable. You may be watching some of the best footballers on the planet but that doesn't necessarily result in exciting football. They're all coached to ridiculous levels - set piece defending coach, set piece attacking coach, etc, etc. PL, although better, is becoming the same..Quote:
Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK
Spain look so good but have they peaked to soon? They’ve lost a few players for the semi from the German game. You just get the feeling that France will turn it in on at some point after being pretty woeful, barely scoring and boring to watch.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
He should just tell them…go and do what you want, they would probably rip everyone apart:hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
Some top quality defending last night, and some tremendous goalkeeping performances in this tournament. How any City fan who endured last season, can complain about the quality of these Euros, is beyond me. Each to their own though 👍Quote:
Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish