Rossy Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Good game this one. Chances at both ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHfaeGTA Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Spot the German fan at start of second half wearing 'I've met the Tartan Army' badge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TA Sunshine Appeal Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 14 minutes ago, GHfaeGTA said: Spot the German fan at start of second half wearing 'I've met the Tartan Army' badge Available from the Tartan Army Sunshine Appeal Online Shop........ http://tartanarmysunshineappeal.moonfruit.com/shop/4590985124/_page/3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wembley67lisbon Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Can see why a lot of these teams have qualified. Defending has been top notch in most games. Our defence is shite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share Posted June 12, 2016 Aye. The standard of football...with maybe the N.Ireland and Wales games aside...has been top notch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariokempes56 Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 German 2nd goal offside, neuer red card and penalty just before.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariokempes56 Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Tbh they are all praising refs but they have missed a lot of contrived free kicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartandon Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 I muted the commentary, but can I assume that the BBC commentators were jizzing themselves over their English ref and how he did the nation proud? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 1 hour ago, mariokempes56 said: German 2nd goal offside, neuer red card and penalty just before.. Defo penalty, but maybe not a sending off? I'm not sure that the Ukraine fella was going to get to the ball and there was a German defender who might have got there first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Didn't think it was a pen, shoulder to shoulder. He was never getting the ball either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macy37 Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 7 hours ago, Orraloon said: Defo penalty, but maybe not a sending off? I'm not sure that the Ukraine fella was going to get to the ball and there was a German defender who might have got there first. That amazingly is never a penalty in today's modern game. Odd isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMcoolJ Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Those two Kroos lads in midfield were pretty handy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Konoplayanka was outstanding last night. I thought beforehand that him and Yarmalenko would cause Germany's full backs a lot of issues and so it proved. An excellent game. I'm really looking forward to seeing Ukraine in the flesh on Thursday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donaldo87 Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 37 minutes ago, Parklife said: Konoplayanka was outstanding last night. I thought beforehand that him and Yarmalenko would cause Germany's full backs a lot of issues and so it proved. An excellent game. I'm really looking forward to seeing Ukraine in the flesh on Thursday Interesting that a lot of people seemed to write off Ukraine. A very decent team. Also looking forward to the game on Thursday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 1 hour ago, Parklife said: Konoplayanka was outstanding last night. I thought beforehand that him and Yarmalenko would cause Germany's full backs a lot of issues and so it proved. An excellent game. I'm really looking forward to seeing Ukraine in the flesh on Thursday Have you decided to support Ukraine for the tournament or is that just the match you got tickets for? I think Ukraine are good enough to beat both Poland and NI. I'm supporting Croatia. This might just be tournament when they finally click. They have a load of players just in their prime with a huge amount of experience. They are in a tough group but should get through to the last 16 OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 1 hour ago, Donaldo87 said: Interesting that a lot of people seemed to write off Ukraine. A very decent team. Also looking forward to the game on Thursday Yeah, strange. I guess it's because people don't pay much attention to football outside the UK or the very elite clubs and therefore haven't heard of many Ukrainian players. In the same vein, I was amazed that folk hadn't heard of James Rodriguez before the last WC. 42 minutes ago, Orraloon said: Have you decided to support Ukraine for the tournament or is that just the match you got tickets for? I think Ukraine are good enough to beat both Poland and NI. I'm supporting Croatia. This might just be tournament when they finally click. They have a load of players just in their prime with a huge amount of experience. They are in a tough group but should get through to the last 16 OK. Just a game i got tickets for. I fancied Ukraine to do well though and i certainly think they are a better side than Poland. Going to see Spain vs Turks on Friday and Iceland vs Hungary on Saturday too. Ukraine, Russia (before they lost their whole midfield to injury) and Austria were my 3 under-rated teams to do well. I agree on Croatia, a top team (although suspect defensively, particularly at full-back IMO). They seem to be getting the recognition they deserve now. Out of the first 7 games, they're probably the best side i've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 2 hours ago, Donaldo87 said: Interesting that a lot of people seemed to write off Ukraine. A very decent team. Also looking forward to the game on Thursday They seem to be getting written off due to a lot of internal problems.....firstly you have Yarmolenko and Stepanenko who seriously can not stand the sight of each other after a history of bust up's (Stepanenko almost broke Yarmalenko leg a few years back in a game.... also they swapped shirts after a game and Yarmalenko went up to the Dynamo fans and spat on it.... then you had their massive brawl on the pitch at the last Ukrainia derby in Lviv a few months back).... and also you have Fomenko who is not all that popular in Ukraine with the fans, as he is worse than Strachan for picking his favourites (a lot of people in Ukraine feel Boyko should be the No1 keeper.... and even though he was brilliant last night, Pyatov form for the last few months at club and international level has been appalling..... a lot of people were shocked that Tymoshchuk did not feature last night, but there has been murmurs that Shevchenko is running the show behind the scenes before taking over as full time national coach ahead of the World Cup campaign). Thought they had a lot of great chances last night, but felt a lot was put on Zozulya shoulders up front on his own, as he was just back from a long time out injured.... based on last night, think it will be the winner of Ukraine v Poland for 2nd place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 3 hours ago, Parklife said: Konoplayanka was outstanding last night. I thought beforehand that him and Yarmalenko would cause Germany's full backs a lot of issues and so it proved. An excellent game. I'm really looking forward to seeing Ukraine in the flesh on Thursday I thought the two of them were really poor. Yarmalenko in particular is a greedy b astard. Thought If Ukraine had a little bit more self belief they could have at least got a point. Oils pass for the second goal was just beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 1 minute ago, Mox said: Oils pass for the second goal was just beautiful. Aye it was really slick... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 1 hour ago, Mox said: I thought the two of them were really poor. Yarmalenko in particular is a greedy b astard. Thought If Ukraine had a little bit more self belief they could have at least got a point. Oils pass for the second goal was just beautiful. You thought Konoplyanka was "really poor"? I'm a bit lost for words at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 22 minutes ago, Parklife said: You thought Konoplyanka was "really poor"? I'm a bit lost for words at that. https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1035178/Live/International-EURO-Cup-2016-Germany-Ukraine You shouldn't be, a quick glance at whoscored seems to back up my observation. 82% pass completion, 0 dribbles attempted, which for a winger is atrocious, dispossessed twice, one shot on goal and according to whoscored, there were 16 more effective players on the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 4 minutes ago, Mox said: https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1035178/Live/International-EURO-Cup-2016-Germany-Ukraine You shouldn't be, a quick glance at whoscored seems to back up my observation. 82% pass completion, 0 dribbles attempted, which for a winger is atrocious, dispossessed twice, one shot on goal and according to whoscored, there were 16 more effective players on the park. I'm not sure if you're serious? I'll trust my own judgement over an algorithm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 1 minute ago, Parklife said: I'm not sure if you're serious? I'll trust my own judgement over an algorithm. You trust your own judgement, but your judgements wrong in this instance as the statistics quite clearly back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 2 hours ago, Parklife said: I agree on Croatia, a top team (although suspect defensively, particularly at full-back IMO). They seem to be getting the recognition they deserve now. Out of the first 7 games, they're probably the best side i've seen. Do you mean Strinic at left back? I think he gets a wee bit exposed sometimes with Perisic bombing forward. I think Srna is still a top player although he seems to have lost a wee bit of his pace. It's sometimes hard for folk to believe that he has only just turned 34 even though he has 130 caps and played in 6 tournament finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 3 minutes ago, Orraloon said: Do you mean Strinic at left back? I think he gets a wee bit exposed sometimes with Perisic bombing forward. I think Srna is still a top player although he seems to have lost a wee bit of his pace. It's sometimes hard for folk to believe that he has only just turned 34 even though he has 130 caps and played in 6 tournament finals. I've always found it strange that Srna hasn't played in one of the bigger leagues in Europe. Been consistently good for years now and can defend as well as attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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