England V Slovaks

#101 Benno Spire

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Posted 26 June 2016 - 08:52 PM

Spire-Power, on 26 June 2016 - 07:24 PM, said:

Bargain. At £1500 a ticket plus flights and accommodation it's amazing there hasn't been a stampede. Meanwhile, back in the real world ...

The word "only" was my poor attempt at sarcasm. I have no intention of paying this amount. However I do genuinely get the emails offering the tickets.

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Posted 26 June 2016 - 09:21 PM

Spire-Power, on 26 June 2016 - 08:42 PM, said:

Belgian fans are singing dont take me home lol

Belgium V Portugal semi...Spain v England semi.....no matter what, i still believe France are shizzle; beat Iceland and we will turn over France (or, we should).

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Posted 26 June 2016 - 09:36 PM

mr. smith, on 26 June 2016 - 07:31 PM, said:

get in quick before the £ collapses.

Too late!!

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Posted 26 June 2016 - 10:37 PM

Stompie Moeketsi, on 26 June 2016 - 09:21 PM, said:

Belgium V Portugal semi...Spain v England semi.....no matter what, i still believe France are shizzle; beat Iceland and we will turn over France (or, we should).

Who -1 for this? Lol kinell, that's tragic...

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Posted 27 June 2016 - 08:44 AM

Stompie Moeketsi, on 26 June 2016 - 10:37 PM, said:

Who -1 for this? Lol kinell, that's tragic...

I've even'd them out for you Misnomer, but assume they were given cos its you, rather than the contents of your post!

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Posted 27 June 2016 - 09:01 AM

Spire-Power, on 26 June 2016 - 08:42 PM, said:

Belgian fans are singing dont take me home lol

I've been to 4 games in Belgium over the last couple of years in different grounds and nearly all of their songs are English, with quite a few traditional classics still doing the rounds.

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Posted 27 June 2016 - 09:03 AM

Stompie Moeketsi, on 26 June 2016 - 10:37 PM, said:

Who -1 for this? Lol kinell, that's tragic...

It wasn't me lol

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Posted 27 June 2016 - 09:19 AM

Sammy Spireite, on 27 June 2016 - 08:44 AM, said:

I've even'd them out for you Misnomer, but assume they were given cos its you, rather than the contents of your post!

Cheers, Sammy..much appreciated. Oooooh am I that much of a controversial hate figure? 😃 daft really, it's just a place to debate.

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Posted 27 June 2016 - 10:01 AM

Sterling 'expected to start' against Iceland tonight with Kane and Sturridge up front.

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Posted 27 June 2016 - 10:08 AM

Sterlers in for Lalana, hmmm Roy must think against easier opposition he can get his confidence back.

I'd say get the game won first, then bring him on.

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Posted 27 June 2016 - 10:09 AM

Lallana took a knock against Slovakia didn't he? Maybe he hasn't fully recovered

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Posted 27 June 2016 - 10:15 AM

Search and Destroy, on 27 June 2016 - 10:08 AM, said:

Sterlers in for Lalana, hmmm Roy must think against easier opposition he can get his confidence back.

I'd say get the game won first, then bring him on.

Wouldn't say Iceland are any easier than Russia or Slovakia who we couldn't beat.

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Posted 27 June 2016 - 10:15 AM

Sammy Spireite, on 27 June 2016 - 10:01 AM, said:

Sterling 'expected to start' against Iceland tonight with Kane and Sturridge up front.

Let's see if Sterling also hits historic lows..

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Posted 27 June 2016 - 10:17 AM

Search and Destroy, on 27 June 2016 - 10:08 AM, said:

Sterlers in for Lalana, hmmm Roy must think against easier opposition he can get his confidence back.

I'd say get the game won first, then bring him on.

All the experts are predicting that Iceland will sit very deep, and we'll struggle to break them down (a la Slovakia) so presume we'll be trying to use Sterling's pace to get at them quicker.

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Posted 27 June 2016 - 10:23 AM

Rashford to play a part again I'd imagine

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Posted 27 June 2016 - 10:26 AM

Sammy Spireite, on 27 June 2016 - 10:17 AM, said:

All the experts are predicting that Iceland will sit very deep, and we'll struggle to break them down (a la Slovakia) so presume we'll be trying to use Sterling's pace to get at them quicker.

I would hope that if he does play he is told to play really wide on the touchline to stretch them and when he has the ball to run at them. He's not done that for a while and definitely not in the early games he featured in. Our lack of real width is also one of the reasons we struggled to break down Slovakia.