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[kharma45]

Good save

 

[ColossalLazy]

Great save.

 

[Oriel]

Greeeeat save!

 

[Lender]

Wasn't that hands?

 

[PillarEN]

Cmon Poland. The goal must be coming

 

[Jamie OD]

That got messy.

 

[Steve.1981]

Wasn't that hands?

Ball to hand I think.

Classy shot and a good save.

 

[Oriel]

Scrappy stuff in the box there. How is Poland still scoreless?

 

[Alucard]

Cmon Poland. The goal must be coming

Not if we have England's luck.

 

[Hawkie]

It's like the Keyston Cops in there..

 

[KingSnake]

The NI penalty box is a battlefield.

 

[Big_Al]

It just seems like Norn Iron are so scared of conceding a goal they're afraid to go forward. Come on fellas you can do better than this. I'm fully expecting a Poland goal soon. Scrappy as fuck.

 

[kharma45]

If he dived that's a yellow

 

[Wind's Howling]

Snorefest. Absolute snorefest.

I haven't seen a decent attack with one or two simple combinations.

 

[Shito]

So, NI is the Greece of the tournament?
Such a bore to watch...

 

[Number45]

If he dived that's a yellow

Yeah, you either let it go or book him,

So, NI is the Greece of the tournament?
Such a bore to watch...

Perhaps, but you play to your strengths. No point opening yourself up to slaughter.

 

[hEist]

time to get the vodka. it's not getting more exciting.

 

[spekkeh]

Today's games don't make a particularly compelling case for an increased roster.

(As if they needed more than money as reasons)

 

[Big_Al]

So, NI is the Greece of the tournament?
Such a bore to watch...

From our qualifiers we weren't this dull. They need to settle down a bit.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

Today's games don't make a particularly compelling case for an increased roster.

(As if they needed more than money as reasons)

Dunno, Norn Iron is getting full marks for pure scrappiness.

 

[KingSnake]

I haven't seen a long time a team lacking any will to play like NI.

 

[Empty]

feel like chanting "will griggs is on fire, your defense is terrified" for 90 mins is actually more fun than watching northern ireland play

 

[kharma45]

I'll take that

 

[KingSnake]

Today's games don't make a particularly compelling case for an increased roster.

They won the qualifying group. (because Romania made too many stupid mistakes)

So it's not compelling at all.

 

[ElectronicOldMen]

Today's games don't make a particularly compelling case for an increased roster.

(As if they needed more than money as reasons)

For what it's worth, Northern Ireland won their group so they still would have qualified for a 16 team tournament.

 

[kharma45]

Today's games don't make a particularly compelling case for an increased roster.

(As if they needed more than money as reasons)

We topped our group. We're here on merit.

 

[ComputerBlue]

What a frustrating half.

 

[SomedayTheFire]

Today's games don't make a particularly compelling case for an increased roster.

(As if they needed more than money as reasons)

Bullshit.

 

[Oersted]

I'm slightly bored

 

[Steve.1981]

Not a bad first half for NI. I thought Poland were going to get the goal, but the defence is strong

 

[Alucard]

A frustrating first half from Poland. Dang.

 

[Steve.1981]

Today's games don't make a particularly compelling case for an increased roster.

(As if they needed more than money as reasons)

Might want to rethink that mate

 

[painey]

our first snoozefest

 

[Oriel]

If I were a Nordie fan I'd be delighted it's still nil all.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

The Norns got this.

 

[Mimosa97]

Today's games don't make a particularly compelling case for an increased roster.

(As if they needed more than money as reasons)

I love the fact that small teams like Wales, Albania, Northern Ireland etc... get a chance to compete. It means A LOT for those countries and their respective populations and well the Euro should be about celebrating Europe as a whole.

I think it's the best decision the UEFA has taken in recent memory.

 

[Oriel]

Today's games don't make a particularly compelling case for an increased roster.

(As if they needed more than money as reasons)

Nah. If anything the Euros should be expanded to 32 teams. I want to see Andorra in a major championship.

 

[CassSept]

Chokeland.

Jesus Christ.

 

[His Majesty]

I love the fact that small teams like Wales, Albania, Northern Ireland etc... get a chance to compete. It means A LOT for those countries and their respective populations and well the Euro should be about celebrating Europe as a whole.

I think it's the best decision the UEFA has taken in recent memory.

For the knock-out stage I agree but the qualifiers and group stage have lost a lot of tension with the decreased difficulty in qualifying.

 

[Alucard]

our first snoozefest

The second half will be better! Really! Poland will make adjustments and put up one or two! Stay tuned!

 

[Steve.1981]

For the knock-out stage I agree but the qualifiers and group stage have lost a lot of tension with the decreased difficulty in qualifying.

The qualifiers were plenty tense for me, my fellow Scotsmen and our Dutch bros.

 

[Hawkie]

Today's games don't make a particularly compelling case for an increased roster.

(As if they needed more than money as reasons)

I agree, those awful teams that came through the playoffs like Ireland and Sweden should never have been allowed to qualify.

In fact, lets just make it group winners that qualify.

 

[D4Danger]

we should have more teams and just make every game a knockout round

 

[pbsapeer]

No complaints from me for the increased roster. It's far more interesting seeing the smaller countries in the competition and makes it more magical like the FA cup. The quality of football has been fine. Can't all be games like Norwich V Liverpool last season

 

[Heebie Jeebies]

Every country on the planet should participate, and they should play each other home and away in knockout rounds. If a game ends in a draw, then it should go to penalties. And each penalty scored counts as a goal.

Lets liven things up abit.

 

[kharma45]

Fuck.

 

[hEist]

finally.

 

[FeelTheKick]

Fuck yeah !!!!!!

 

[PillarEN]

Deserved. Thank you

 

[ComputerBlue]

Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!