UEFA Euro 2024: Other Teams Thread

Discussion in 'England' started by BarryfromEastenders, Apr 24, 2024.

  1. Gaz811

    Gaz811 Member+

    Everton FC
    England
    Oct 15, 2018
    I bet KDB is check on this missus every 5 minutes.
     
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  2. W.A.S.P.

    W.A.S.P. Member+

    Leeds United
    England
    Sep 20, 2012
    St. Louis
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Although I picked Slovakia to finish last, I think they can get a top 2 finish in their group.

    Belgium's defense already shaky.
     
  3. Gaz811

    Gaz811 Member+

    Everton FC
    England
    Oct 15, 2018

    Belgium remind me of England in 2014 world cup. All there best players are past there best.
     
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  4. horrisengleton

    horrisengleton Member+

    Arsenal
    England
    Jul 18, 2023
    Valencia, Spain
    I do wonder if TV broadcasters will start to go in a different direction with pundits at some stage. I feel like discontent with the standard is at an all-time high and with how pervasive social media is now I think that will be more obvious to broadcasters than ever.

    The ironic thing is that these big name former players will probably demand a pretty significant fee for their punditry so broadcasters really aren't getting value for money. They could get much more insightful input for a much cheaper price if they cared less about the magnitude of the personality.
     
  5. Gaz811

    Gaz811 Member+

    Everton FC
    England
    Oct 15, 2018
    I got to say I like Belgium's kit.
     
  6. KHSAFC

    KHSAFC Member

    Sunderland
    England
    Feb 12, 2023
    Belgium have looked terrible.

    it’s been nice to see the lesser fancied teams trying to play good football rather than camping out on their 18 yard box.
     
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  7. MUFC20

    MUFC20 Member

    Jul 28, 2013
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Belguim are in a transitional period.
     
  8. horrisengleton

    horrisengleton Member+

    Arsenal
    England
    Jul 18, 2023
    Valencia, Spain
    Pretty accurate comparison. A combined XI between those two sides would be pretty interesting.

    It's funny because I always think of that England team to be utter trash on paper but I think it was probably on a somewhat similar level (on paper) to this Belgian side. Cahill, Gerrard, Sterling and Sturridge at a minimum get in this Belgian XI imo. Probably Baines too even if only for better balance.

    My memory of 2014 is that we just didn't have the quality for a last 16/quarter-final run but when you look at some of the names there and the seasons they were coming off we really could have made it out of that group with a better manager. Nevermind ey.
     
  9. roverman

    roverman Member+

    Dec 22, 2001
    #484 roverman, Jun 17, 2024
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    Lukaku never turns up in tournaments
     
  10. Wendigo7

    Wendigo7 Member+

    Bournemouth
    England
    Mar 31, 2015
    Poole
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Could be a long one. No de Bruyne or young Lukaku on the horizon
     
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  11. Wendigo7

    Wendigo7 Member+

    Bournemouth
    England
    Mar 31, 2015
    Poole
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Today … is why Southgate is justified at times playing like he does.

    These silly results don’t happen.
     
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  12. roverman

    roverman Member+

    Dec 22, 2001
    Belgiums best days are long gone. They'll never produce a squad as good as 2018 again
     
  13. Fireburn47

    Fireburn47 Member+

    West Ham United
    England
    Nov 5, 2021
    Hart was also probably better than Castells.
     
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  14. Fireburn47

    Fireburn47 Member+

    West Ham United
    England
    Nov 5, 2021
    The problem is pundits work all year round so they can’t all be current coaches or tournaments would have a totally different line up to the domestic season.

    And current elite coaches are also pretty expensive as well if they currently working for a club not being available in the later stages due to pre season.
    And it’s always the issue of a coach giving a view on players they currently coach,
     
  15. MrSnrub

    MrSnrub Member+

    Oct 7, 2018
    The prevalence and popularity of Micah Richards as a pundit suggests that isn't going to happen any time soon
     
  16. W.A.S.P.

    W.A.S.P. Member+

    Leeds United
    England
    Sep 20, 2012
    St. Louis
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Those were dark times.
     
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  17. Gaz811

    Gaz811 Member+

    Everton FC
    England
    Oct 15, 2018
    I wonder if theres something in players looking better in Pep teams then they really are.
     
  18. horrisengleton

    horrisengleton Member+

    Arsenal
    England
    Jul 18, 2023
    Valencia, Spain
    Yeah, maybe not. He does feel like a bit of an outlier to me in terms of a well-liked pundit who also lacks insight though. Feels to me like most people are quite sick of the standard but that might just be my echo chamber.

    I'm not by any means suggesting Premier League managers should be on punditry panels every week. I don't think you have to look all that far to get a deeper level of insight than what's currently provided by most UK pundits.

    They don't necessarily have to ban ex players either, they could just raise the bar. The big names seem to feel like they don't need to do any research because their reputation makes their voice valuable, whereas someone like Andros Townsend quite clearly does a lot of homework and gives the sense that he knows what he's on about.
     
  19. AJ123

    AJ123 Member+

    Man Utd
    England
    Feb 17, 2018
    Dunno, that Messi lad looked pretty good in some other teams.
     
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  20. NaBUru38

    NaBUru38 Member+

    Mar 8, 2016
    Las Canteras, Uruguay
    Club:
    Club Nacional de Football
    In 2020, Sebastián "Loco" Abreu was player-coach at Boston RIver and also journalist at Sunday morning TV show Polideportivo. He would break news that the club's coach would appoint Abreu as starter or bench himself :D
     
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  21. Gaz811

    Gaz811 Member+

    Everton FC
    England
    Oct 15, 2018
    Who? ;)
     
  22. Wendigo7

    Wendigo7 Member+

    Bournemouth
    England
    Mar 31, 2015
    Poole
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    What the hell :eek::ROFLMAO:
     
  23. BarryfromEastenders

    Staff Member

    Jul 6, 2008
     
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  24. Wendigo7

    Wendigo7 Member+

    Bournemouth
    England
    Mar 31, 2015
    Poole
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Wow this is rough
     
  25. Gaz811

    Gaz811 Member+

    Everton FC
    England
    Oct 15, 2018
    Belgium really unlucky.
     

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