Euro 96' Live On Itv 4

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  1. GoingDown

    GoingDown "The Stability"

    ******* Sky and their satellites.
     
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  2. Optimistichornet

    Optimistichornet Penguin Assassin

    lol did everyone hear gary Neville swear at the stretcher barers? lol 'hurry the **** up'
     
  3. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    Curse the new fangled technology of digital substitution boards
     
  4. Optimistichornet

    Optimistichornet Penguin Assassin

    haha I loved the commentators, there was nothing wrong with the old way! they have to get computers involved in everything now.

    the swiss were all over us in this second half.
     
  5. Optimistichornet

    Optimistichornet Penguin Assassin

    penalty all day long, what was stuart pearce doing with his hands there.
     
  6. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    Regardless of the ref that wouldn’t have escaped VAR in this day and age
     
  7. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Not a great start.

    Have to beat the Scots.
     
  8. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    Lucky to get a draw there. Big mistake taking Macmanaman off. Will need to improve to get past the plucky Scots.
     
  9. Optimistichornet

    Optimistichornet Penguin Assassin

    the swiss deserved the draw there, they were much better than us in the second half. we need to improve against the scots if we want to progress.
     
  10. Optimistichornet

    Optimistichornet Penguin Assassin

    Tomorrows schedule for anyone who is going to follow along:
    Spain v Bulgaria - 1pm
    Germany v Czech Republic - 4pm
    Denmark v Portugal - 7pm
     
  11. Optimistichornet

    Optimistichornet Penguin Assassin

    I think I will probably watch the germany vs Czech republic game, should be a cracker on paper.
     
  12. lowerrous

    lowerrous First Team

    " broadcast at exactly the same time as it happens, rather than being recorded first"
     
  13. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    I’ve heard good things about the lad Poborsky
     
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  14. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    Well you learn something new every day
     
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  15. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    Shows how much the handball interpretation has changed over the years. Everyone universally saying it was a dodgy pen, there is no way VAR wouldn’t overrule that 100 times out of 100 now if the ref didn’t give it anyway.
     
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  16. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    You're not trying to tell me that those "live" games on a Sunday afternoon, pre CV19, were actually happening at the same time. Actually as I was watching, but at the actual grounds ?
     
  17. Smudger

    Smudger Messi's Mad Coach Staff Member

    They had a pretty decent team back in the day. Big Jan Koller, Skuhravy before him in the same role. Smicer, Nedved and the experienced Kadlec. All been a bit of a slide since then with Slovakia upstaging them in the last few tournaments. The youth team reached the 2007 u20 final in Canada but never amounted to much in senior terms. Jankto is probably their best player but the rest of the team is nothing remarkable.
     
  18. Optimistichornet

    Optimistichornet Penguin Assassin

    Genuinely forgot the Germans had a striker called Kuntz.

    Only the England games are on itv 4, the rest are on itv hub :)
     
  19. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

    He's probably the only truly mercurial creative talent England have ever had. We've had good players here and there, but Gascoigne is one of those who could have played for Brazil if he'd been born there. If he had had the mental part right, I suspect he'd have achieved even more in the game, but alas, I think he was always fighting against the demons that have made him a shadow of a man.
     
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  20. Otter

    Otter Gambling industry insider

    Have you seen the documentary about him on Netflix? I saw it quite a while back, very interesting.
     
  21. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Portugal had a very good team - really did under perform in that era.

    Mind you Ronaldo wasn't around.

    So many bookings going on - bet most players must have been suspended at some point!
     
  22. fuzzy73

    fuzzy73 Squad Player

    When Gascoigne needed good people around him, he unfortunately chose Chris Evans and Danny Baker

    You wonder how great a player he may have become if he’d ended up at Utd under Ferguson.
     
  23. Optimistichornet

    Optimistichornet Penguin Assassin

    im not surprised though, in the games I’ve watched so far they are absolutely flying into challenges. In the Germany Czech Republic group game I’m amazed a couple of the Germans didn’t get sent off. It’s like they were trying the hospitalise some of the Czechs!
     
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  24. Optimistichornet

    Optimistichornet Penguin Assassin

    completely agree, he was just phenomenal. So comfortable on the ball. The rabona in the Switzerland game just oozes quality.
     
  25. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Read that the UEFA head of the time told players to clam down .

    Ofcouse think they all just blamed the officials accusing them of being over zealous .
     
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  26. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

  27. Knight GT

    Knight GT Predictor extraordinaire 2013/14

    Had the pleasure of meeting him once on a golf in course in Dorset. Genuinely nice bloke, well I think he was as I couldn't understand a blooming word he said
     
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  28. Knight GT

    Knight GT Predictor extraordinaire 2013/14

    The best English player I've ever seen. Very few players that are worth the entrance fee alone but he is one
     
  29. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    Harsh on Geoff Thomas.
     
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  30. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Big kit clash in the Netherlands v Swiss game .

    Kits made by Lotto too.

    Blast from the past ..
     
  31. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    Watching that Vid Gazza was deceptively quick as well (at least in his early days) seems to glide pass defenders with ease.
     
  32. Optimistichornet

    Optimistichornet Penguin Assassin

    I’m looking forward to England Scotland tomorrow. Last time I watched that game I was seven years old! Starts at 7pm Sunday evening ITV 4 for anybody interested.
     
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  33. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Gazza goal and all that!

    Probably the first moment of high quality in the whole tournament.

    3 Mexican waves in the first half of the France v Spain game.

    Commentators weren't impressed !

    Free kicks are useless - it's ike watching us this season.
     
  34. Optimistichornet

    Optimistichornet Penguin Assassin

    Due to start shortly, interesting watching the pre game coverage at the time, talking about the demands of dealing with the English press. Some things never change!
     
  35. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    And that was before social media and phone cameras!
     

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