[Closed] Euro 2016 begins!

Niggly little fouls and a over-exuberant ref is killing this one.

This is gash. Just go straight to penalties please.

Whole day of games have been gash.

In relation to tonight...

Rakiti? has been terrible on set pieces. That last free kick.... 😯

Pepe is a snidey ****

Please....no extra time. Or an early goal.

I thought the KO stages would be more exciting!

WRONG! 🙁

I'm going out on a limb and saying Portugal will win on pens.

I'm not going out on a limb and saying I might have nodded off before it gets to pens.

The accuracy of the Croatian shots are making me think they may miss a few penalties if it makes it that far.

It's like they've been playing for pens since the first minute....

I've spent the whole match catching up on EU Referendum threads, this is a dire match. Portugal look like a Mint Cornetto ad and are playing with all the sharpness of an ice cream.

Congrats to Wales, missed the game but that was probably best.

I've spent the whole match catching up on EU Referendum threads

It's not been [i]that[/i] bad.

Is it me or has the tournament been full of quite lame matches? *so far

It's not been great on the whole.

As soon as that Croatian defender dawdled on the ball and lost it, I knew it was going to be a goal.

*tears up accumulator*

That 90 seconds was a 1000 times better than the prior 110 minutes

Well thats definitely livened things up

My betting inadequacies aside, I wanted Croatia to go through. Just a nicer team to watch.

That's opened up the top half for the Taffs to make the final!!

Good grief! 😯

Ugh Ronaldo Nani and Pepe smarming their way to the quarters.

Also gutted after watching all that shit, we were denied penalties. Only reason I was hanging on.

Croatia looked the more likely to win that, got caught in posession and hit with a sucker punch 😐

Today's picks.

France v [b]Republic of Ireland[/b] (ITV)
[b]Germany[/b] v Slovakia (ITV)
Hungary v [b]Belgium[/b] (Beeb)

No bets for me. Hit my limit of losses I set for the tournament so just going to chill and enjoy the football.

Well....try and enjoy. Hopefully today is better than the shit that was on yesterday.

I've got a fiver left on my balance, so just the one bet for me, I've stuck it on Hungary to win at 5/1, as I can't work out how they came up with those odds. Belgium have been outstandingly meh. Whereas Hungary have been the surprise package. They look like they're enjoying themselves basically.

I reckon the football should be better than yesterday. Hopefully. That was truly dire. Apart from what will surely be goal of the tournament

On the betting side of things, what has hit me has been the lack of goals, and to a lesser extent the timing of those goals. So many HT/FT have failed as a result of all the 1-0 results. Also, you only get decent odds on a scorecasts from 2-0+, but this again has been affected.

Where have all the strikers gone?

Well... I've decided to embrace, once again, the Mrs Binners school of apoarently bonkers bets, which have seen her well up. I've stuck a few quid on Ireland at 8/1. I want to believe that I can see Keano smile again!! It can happen!

And if Keano can smile, then there's hope! 😀

I don't know how to say this, Binners, but one of my final bets before knocking it on the head was on Ireland to win in 90mins at 8/1. So apologies for your loss, but I had to make the bet as they are my DeadlySerious sweepstake team 8)

hahaha! 1-0 the irish! 🙂

[b]BOOM!!!![/b]

Get in!!!!!! 😀

I guess my ITV hub app is behind the main stream then, as just came on here to say it was a penalty and found out the result...lol

I was wondering if Ireland would ever get a penalty after this was deemed as being just fine...

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Right...just have to hold out for 85mins.

my wee brother has 2 yoyos on brady and 1-0 ast 220-1. 😆

he suspects ireland have scored a little early! 😆 he's over in letterkenny just now aswell, must be buzzing!

2 yoyos

❓

Also, you sure the odds were 220/1 and not 22-1. The former seems very very high.

euros.

aye good, point, i'm off to chin him about that! 😆

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he is usually no bad at the gambling caper, long long way for it to come up mind!

irish looking more likely to score tbh! playing brilliantly.

That's some amazing odds. Would have imagined that being 50-60/1 tops. Good luck to him!

In other news, Roy Keane could have played basketball...

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😆

Pffffffffft. Dat defending.

Fun half. Almost washed the detritus of yesterdays games out on my memory.

aye, will need to score again I reckon though, but canny argue with that at all, looked the stronger team and had france rattled for a bit. got to expect a reaction from france early in the second.

aye, will need to score again I reckon though

I think your brother may disagree.

[b] seosamhs brother [/b]
It's just wrong to not want any goals in a football match

😆

To be honest, if this ends up 1-0, I'll send your brother £20 😀

I think the Irish may tire towards the end and the French will nick a goal, maybe 2. But probably just one as that will shaft all my bets when we go into extra time 😡

As an aside... Emmanual Petit looks lovely like he's accidentally wandered off the set of Game of Thrones into the wrong studio.

I bet he smells great as well. Like Davidoff Cool Water. Dead classy.

bastard, was coming though.

Nice header.

Regardless of bets etc, this is a cracking game.

still everything to play for, france looking much much stronger, stranger things have happened though! mon ireland.

Looks like France have woke up.

ffs just as I clicked send. 🙁

france have well stepped it up. different team this half.

This might turn into a battering.

aaw oh....

For the neutral this is very entertaining.

I imagine our Irish brothers are not enjoying it as much.

Not great to see my sweepstake pick going down the tubes either 🙁

So, it took Germany 8 minutes to what England could't in 90. They should take notes.

Cracking goal.

Oh Skrtel.

Edit: Whoops. Decent penalty, but slow/close enough to the keeper to save. Odd that Ozil took it, tbh.

So, it took Germany 8 minutes to what England could't in 90

Bugger! Forgot to put my usual safe-as-houses bet on Skertl getting booked 😕

No, Slovakia look pretty much the same.

But England[b] didn't[/b] score.

Bugger! Forgot to put my usual safe-as-houses bet on Skertl getting booked

Just go for him getting a red.

Was just going to say Slovakia coming back into it...

I think betting 5-0 to Germany might have been going a bit overboard.

I haven't watched any football yet today, whats the consensus on Belgium v Hungary ? I'm pessimistic, think it will be dull so perhaps not bothering.

Hungary are my sweepstake team, so will hope they can cause an upset, but reckon Belgium might get themselves together for this one 3-1

Well, they are coming off two victories, so I think they may have hit their stride finally. But then there does seem to be 2 Belgian teams. One that listens to their ineffectual manager and struggles, and the other that ignores him and plays like the world class players most of them are.

Hungary have got that plucky underdog thing going on, tho.

So should I watch or just argue about the EU on other threads 😳

I think you would do yourself a huge favour by logging off, and enjoying the football.

Today has been infinitely better than yesterday.

Seriously Jamba....have a rest on politics, might be a good game!

this evenings game is pretty tasty! Looks like both are on full burners.
Come on you mighty magyars!

Bosh!

boom! Is it me or is lukaku overated..reminds me of a slighly more accurate emile hesky

This is set up nicely for my Belgium/Hungary HT/FT bet 😀

So should I watch or just argue about the EU on other threads

well could be worse you could watch top gear!

Depends. Do you know anything about either?

I'll get the cream...

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boom! Is it me or is lukaku overated..reminds me of a slighly more accurate emile hesky

Not having the greatest game.

Bloody EU referendum is really spoiling my enjoyment of the football. Sit down with the game on and spending my time watching the news unfold on my laptop.

That, however, was an incredible free-kick and an incredible save.

What a save. I need to get myself a pair of joggers to improve my goalkeeping game.

in other news, I got a free bet for Germany winning, and stuck it on Belgium winning 4-0. Not sure that was advisable.

I reckon hungary have a goal in them ..admittedly its gonna be from the half way line. Best game of the day I reckon.

Bring the big guy with the hair on and move to lvg tactics. Kev is on fire