MATCH THREAD: France Vs. England - Euro 2012 Group D - 5PM KO

[Deloodid]

He let the game flow. No obvious mistakes. That'll do me from a ref.

wrong. he blew up everytime the French hit the ground like a sack of ****e, Cabaye 3 fouls and no yellow.

 

[ScouseBlueBoy]

He let the game flow. No obvious mistakes. That'll do me from a ref.

People are getting carried away with the bilge the commentary team were spewing throughout. Andy Townsend is a disaster - and Carragher makes Peter Reid look like Stephen Fry.

Young should have been booked for interfering with that free kick early on - then shudda seen red.

Pleased Joleon scored. Tell ya, if Baines or Jags had played like Cole and Terry, they would have been ripped a new one.

 

[Jib in lad]

France were by far the better team England had two banks of four and defended well but England as a attacking force are awful .

 

[kenada_blue]

wrong. he blew up everytime the French hit the ground like a sack of ****e, Cabaye 3 fouls and no yellow.

Lots of cynical fouls too, kicking heels on counters

 

[davek]

There wasn't at all. The stats showed alot of shots - how many were inside the box? We could have shot from outside of the box but unless you have space to shoot, its pointless as it will just go straight to the keeper.

Every time France had the ball i wasn't particularly worried, they had possession but did nothing with it whatsoever other than shoot when they couldnt work the ball in the box.

And the referee had a very poor game, the fact that Young and Ox were booked for first time fouls, yet players like Cabaye got away with several says it all.

They never got round the back of the defence once...we got round there's a fair few times with less talented players.

France reminded me of a poor version of your fave team Spain. All prissy passing, no penetration...bad five a side team.

There was only one team there capable of moving the ball up the field to the box on a regular basis. Doesn't that count as attacking play? They took the game to England and England got bodies in and around the box to get a toe on the ball at the right moment. As an attacking force they were almost useless apart from set pieces.

Have a read of Blanc's prematch prediction: it panned out almost exactly as he said it would...and we all knew it would.

It wasn't a hopeless England performance: lots of concentration and perspiration, but **** me in no way can you say it was satisfactory as a performance that went out to win the match.

 

[kenada_blue]

France were by far the better team England had two banks of four and defended well but England as a attacking force are awful .

Really? missed an open net, got round the back a few times, this is with a young strike force and no creativity or attacking flair playing. France shot from outside the box with world class players.

 

[davek]

France were clearly the better team but they were held at a distance for most of the game (albeit Hart did well). The best chance not converted was Milner's in the first half.

Wouldn't argue with that.

 

[paulbefc]

There was only one team there capable of moving the ball up the field to the box on a regular basis. Doesn't that count as attacking play? They took the game to England and England got bodies in and around the box to get a toe on the ball at the right moment. As an attacking force they were almost useless apart from set pieces.

Have a read of Blanc's prematch prediction: it panned out almost exactly as he said it would...and we all knew it would.

It wasn't a hopeless England performance: lots of concentration and perspiration, but **** me in no way can you say it was satisfactory as a performance that went out to win the match.

Should have scored twice and were inches from having two one on ones first half. Clearly the conditions took their toll second half.

 

[icburns]

wrong. he blew up everytime the French hit the ground like a sack of ****e, Cabaye 3 fouls and no yellow.

From a neutral perspective, the referee was fine. He let the lads play, which was much better than watching the Spanish referee make a farce of the Greece/Poland match.

 

[kev101]

There was only one team there capable of moving the ball up the field to the box on a regular basis. Doesn't that count as attacking play? They took the game to England and England got bodies in and around the box to get a toe on the ball at the right moment. As an attacking force they were almost useless apart from set pieces.

Have a read of Blanc's prematch prediction: it panned out almost exactly as he said it would...and we all knew it would.

It wasn't a hopeless England performance: lots of concentration and perspiration, but **** me in no way can you say it was satisfactory as a performance that went out to win the match.

& did you get a look at the team sheets at all?

 

[davek]

People are getting carried away with the bilge the commentary team were spewing throughout. Andy Townsend is a disaster - and Carragher makes Peter Reid look like Stephen Fry.

Young should have been booked for interfering with that free kick early on - then shudda seen red.

Pleased Joleon scored. Tell ya, if Baines or Jags had played like Cole and Terry, they would have been ripped a new one.

Debuchy (sp?) had him beat all day long. Very impressed with that full back.

 

[davek]

& did you get a look at the team sheets at all?

I have no idea what that means. None.

 

[Brennan]

I have no idea what that means. None.

Fairly obvious what he means really.

 

[kev101]

I have no idea what that means. None.

It means France have a far far better team on paper, so we did well to get a draw & not look ****.

 

[thebluefox]

I'm with DaveK here.
I think the officiating was fantastic.

the ballbag of a ref cost me a right few quid ,wop bast@rd