Euro 2024 chat & predictions

[edd_jedi]

To coin a Wengerism you need to play with the handbrake off. International football from the top sides should be more akin to the Barbarians in rugby, or the globe trotters in basketball. People want to see two sides managed by Kevin Keegan, not two Mourinho sides boring each other to death.

Funny you should say that, I agree, it would be much more entertaining if International Football was more like the NBA All Star game, which is an exhibition.

 

[edd_jedi]

Something I've just thought of, did anyone else notice that UEFA seemed to abandon the 15 minutes of injury time every PL game had last season? The ref in the final blew the whistle after 93:55 of what was supposed to be a minimum of four minutes, even though half the Spanish team were lying on the floor with "cramp". Wasn't that supposed to deter time wasting?

 

[lejackal]

I noticed the lack of extra injury time in the final - I actually said to my lad there would be about two minutes left and then the ref blew. I hadn't really thought about it in the context of the extreme levels of injury time played last season though

 

[edd_jedi]

Like everything in football currently, I don't really mind what they do, as long as it's consistent!

 

[weasel]

The latest name linked with the managers job is……..Serena Weigman.


Imagine the shitfest. Joey Barton would implode. Richard Keys would have a heart attack on the spot.