[Archived] European Championship France 2016

[patrickvalery]

Bloody Portugal for Wales. Barring Ramsey being banned there is nothing stopping them getting to the final. Mind blowing.

[wolfie]

Well done Wales, great performance.

[AllRoverAsia]

Brilliant win by Wales. Quite stunning. Bale v Ronaldo in the semis.

[wolfie]

getting banned for 2 yellows in 5 games is a nonsense

[AllRoverAsia]

  On 01/07/2016 at 21:05, Ricky said:

Williams (born Smethwick)

Robson Kanu (born Acton)

Vokes (born Southampton)

That's a plus - at least we know good players can have been born in England. That's something to cling on to for the future.

[DE.]

  On 01/07/2016 at 21:07, AllRoverAsia said:

That's a plus - at least we know good players can have been born in England. That's something to cling on to for the future.

Players aren't our problem, it's the @#/? management. Has been for nearly twenty years. Time for the FA to stop overpaying managers out for one last payday and look for a young, passionate manager to take our national team forward. It can't get much worse, can it?

[wolfie]

They'll be dancing in the streets of Llanfairpwigwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwillantysliogogogogch to night

[roverandout]

  On 01/07/2016 at 21:12, DE. said:

Players aren't our problem, it's the @#/? management. Has been for nearly twenty years. Time for the FA to stop overpaying managers out for one last payday and look for a young, passionate manager to take our national team forward. It can't get much worse, can it?

Need an experienced head, an outsider who has no favourites, means a foreigner, English managers are @#/?, klinsmann would be the one for me

[RibbleValleyRover]

What a great game for a neutral and a fantastic performance by Wales. Wales and Iceland both the stories of this tournament so far with fantastic team spirit, hard to beat teams that give their all. Ramsey, Williams, Allen, Ledley, Bale, Robson-Kanu et al were brilliant tonight. Such a shame that Ramsey will miss the next game he's had a fantastic tournament.

[roverandout]

That one decision by the deluded senile old fart to rest players for the Slovakia game has cost us dearly, suffer Hodgo you moron

[Husky]

I'm almost pleased I'll miss both semi-finals and the final as I'll be at a music festival.

Have fun Wales.

[DE.]

  On 01/07/2016 at 21:16, roverandout said:

Need an experienced head, an outsider who has no favourites, means a foreigner, English managers are @#/?, klinsmann would be the one for me

I don't think experience is a huge issue at international level. A lot of it is about motivation. Coleman is no tactical genius, but look where Wales are. Sven, McClaren, Capello and Hodgson all had plenty of experience, two of them are foreign, and we've gotten nowhere. It's time to try something different.

[roverandout]

Wales have a superstar though, we don't, I doubt Coleman would have got Wales this far without bale

[DE.]

  On 01/07/2016 at 21:26, roverandout said:

Wales have a superstar though, we don't, I doubt Coleman would have got Wales this far without bale

Wales are very much a team. Belgium had a superstar in Hazard and they're out. Spain have the likes of Iniesta, out. We have Rooney (ha), out.

Bale is a standout player for Wales, no doubt, but he hasn't carried them through this tournament. Not at all. Their entire team/management have been superb (England match aside) and deserve every credit for what they've achieved.

[roverandout]

Don't doubt that, but now is not the time for young passionate managers, old heads who have tactical nouse and steel balls are needed and I don't mean a senile old pensioner like hodgson

[BlooBoy]

  On 01/07/2016 at 21:19, roverandout said:

That one decision by the deluded senile old fart to rest players for the Slovakia game has cost us dearly, suffer Hodgo you moron

Hang on if we d beaten Iceland then your statement might have some credence ....

[bazza]

Superb result for the Boyos. Didn't they play well. Three good goals especially the third by Sam Vokes when most other teams would be desperately defending the 2-1 lead the winger puts in a good cross for Vokes to head home perfectly.

Pity Ramsey isn't available for the semi-final. Stupid rule!

[DE.]

  On 01/07/2016 at 21:33, roverandout said:

Don't doubt that, but now is not the time for young passionate managers, old heads who have tactical nouse and steel balls are needed and I don't mean a senile old pensioner like hodgson

For me, we've tried that and it hasn't worked. It's time to find our own Joachim Low. Right now I'd settle for our own Chris bloody Coleman!

Saying that, it's hardly worth debating. We both know the FA will hire someone ridiculous like Pardew.

[roverandout]

  On 01/07/2016 at 21:33, BlooBoy said:

Hang on if we d beaten Iceland then your statement might have some credence ....

My point is we would have had a better chance against northern Ireland who aren't as good as Iceland, and a better draw for the quarter final where Belgium are missing two key defenders and a half fit hazard than playing france

[BlooBoy]

  On 01/07/2016 at 21:36, roverandout said:

My point is we would have had a better chance against northern Ireland who aren't as good as Iceland, and a better draw for the quarter final where Belgium are missing two key defenders and a half fit hazard than playing france

my point is we played the weakest nation in the last 16 and still got beat ..

[roverandout]

Don't agree, northern Ireland were the weakest nation

[BlooBoy]

  On 01/07/2016 at 21:41, roverandout said:

Don't agree, northern Ireland were the weakest nation

well if we aint beating Iceland ..we certainly aint beating Belgium ..lets just leave it at that eh .

[roverandout]

Lets not lol, Belgium were as bad as England as well as shorn of two defenders and a half fit talisman, if we had beaten Iceland, what has gone on the past week wouldn't have happened, the players would still have a shred of confidence left and belief and we would have come up against an underperforming team of stars

[BlooBoy]

  On 01/07/2016 at 21:47, roverandout said:

Lets not lol, Belgium were as bad as England as well as shorn of two defenders and a half fit talisman, if we had beaten Iceland, what has gone on the past week wouldn't have happened, the players would still have a shred of confidence left and belief and we would have come up against an underperforming team of stars

dream on ...beaten Iceland or N. Ireland ? make your mind up ..

[roverandout]

My point still stands, case closed, good night