euro 2011 u21 fun times

belarus iceland currently kicking it, anyone so starved for football that they are actually watching?

what channel is it on? want to watch england spain if poss

Sky mate. Eng/Spain tmrw. Iceland beat Germany 4-1 in qualifying apparently!

Was wondering why the Germans aren't here. Their senior team is so young you think they'd be killing it at U21. France I understand.

Looking forward to the later match, Denmark have some good kids in this team - Boilesen, Eriksen, Sorensen in particular has looked really promising for Juventus.

yeah i was gonna watch that tooo.

Their senior team is so young you think they'd be killing it at U21

think part of the problem here is that half the successful and still eligible U21 side has been Wilshered and removed from U21 contention with their move to the senior squad.

Aw no, Iceland are losing

that'll put an end to the outrageous hype i just read 20 mins ago about this iceland team. i said it and then and now, chancers.

Nice finish!

Iceland do have a striker who got 15 goals in a major league this year, can't say that for many of these teams.

They were the British Isles' best hope*, now the weight of expectation falls back onto the English lads. How will they cope with the pressure?

* using Ismael's maximalist definition here

This has been pretty good so far. Swiss no. 7 looks 4real, Shaqiri too.

Iceland do have a striker who got 15 goals in a major league this year, can't say that for many of these teams.

― boxall, Saturday, 11 June 2011 18:45 (1 hour ago)

http://www.afonso-alves.com/NewsItems/7-goals-one-match-heracles.html

Eredivisie is still fun to watch, as long as you regard anything they produce after leaving (like Suárez this season) as an unexpected bonus.

Great goal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yann_Sommer

killing it.

94th-minute DEN equaliser ruled offside, looked on.

looking fwd to this eng/spain clash

on now? Niice.

Spain: De Gea, Montoya, Botia, Dominguez, Didac, Thiago, Javi Martinez, Ander, Mata, Adrian, Jeffren. Subs: Mino, Azpilicueta, San Jose, Parejo, Bojan, Diego Capel, Nsue, Jose Angel, Victor Ruiz, Ruben Perez, Muniain, Marino.

England: Fielding, Walker, Smalling, Jones, Bertrand, Cleverley, Henderson, Mancienne, Rose, Welbeck, Sturridge. Subs: McCarthy, Muamba, Albrighton, Sinclair, Tomkins, Cork, Lansbury, Rodwell, Delfouneso, Wickham, Steele.

holy shit the spain team could win leagues.

like sure add carroll and wilshere (and theo is still eligible) and ours is a p good team but look at theirs! capel, azpilicueta, bojan, muniain and nsue can only make the bench! and no canales is basically the same as no wilshere.

hang on a second...sturridge declared for england??

Is this on tv?

sky sports

weather looks nicer in...wherever this is on.

i think my spanish commentators just spent five minutes comparing jordan henderson to ivan de la pena.

Hmmm, don't have sky. I'll just have a think about whether i can be bothered to stream it for a bit.

pearce out

Herrera's great, though headed goals from set pieces obviously not his specialty.

lol i was just about to post about how better we were looking. cleverly on the post i think for the lols.

you've got to be cleverly to play dumb

sorry

big spanish team tbf, was it picked to play england i wonder

So the goal was actually a handball then

That Vidic/RVP clearance really got around the internet I guess.

4-4-2 against Spain a sackable offence btw.

Sorry, 4-4-1-1.

it's a legit 2 i think.

Ball still going long far more often than you'd hope, but tbh it's a spanish midfield prob best to bypass

These FWs have no positional sense, yards offside and looking for the ball.

this is like watching paint dry

england set piece to equalise? :-(

16m jones trying a long ball carragher style couldn't get it over the spanish centre forward. i'm sure there's a story there somewhere.

I'm sick of all this negativity. You lot should be getting behind England. This is the real problem.

i'd like to get behind something worth getting behind.

Hey, that was nice.

Pass probably intended for one of the two players in definite rather than marginal offside positions, but still.

walker quick thinkin there

mr klata?

oh there's another thread. England still abysmal in this one.

You rang?

just checking ;-)

Ha talk about negative, I'd assumed England would lose and had lost, and stuck with the grand prix instead - I've just read the report now. I still made the right decision though, it was ace.

we were well into the second hour of exciting BBC coverage of rain in Quebec before i could persuade somebody in the pub that maybe they shd turn that shit off

^ F1 equivalent of those guys who left Istanbul at halftime

..... ANZAC?

Switzerland U21 look to be a v. solid team with two standout wing-forwards, maybe a Euro 2016 dark horse.

lansbury's shoulder looks out

He rolls around a bit dunnee?

Scott sinclair, to use a term that amuses nakh, is waste

I won't get washed away by the fact Spain had 59% of possession - that will happen when we play Spain at any level, from Under-17s to senior, and in 50 years we'll be sitting here having the same conversation. We all have our DNA as nations, whether you're Spanish, Italian, English, German. We all play in a certain way that the public demands in that country and probably the breeding and the climate that you train in as well

pearce

"we're shit...and we know we are"

oh shit that's astonishing

Wait til dawkins hears that

"lucky bastards, having the chronic-underachievers-turned-serial-winners gene"

lol 20m

jesus christ these boys are shit, angela fuckin lansbury imo

bob sinclair morelike

jordan more like

20p more like

A few moments that made you think they could play, but generally no idea what the fuck they were supposed to be doing. The mentality just stinks. Pass it around for a bit, get bored, shoot from the halfway line.

That Pearce quote is fucking unbelievable.

only caught the second half

tyler stresed throughout what a stirring improvement it was on the first

lol

Yeah, Eng can seemingly only keep possession as long as they don't actually try to score whilst doing so. Not ideal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y29IfzPJ1E

two things

a. Tom Cleverley should be an automatic starter for the U21s and a full England squad member ASAP - not just on the basis of this but on the basis of his dextrous and violently underrated performances at Wigan last year

b. Stuart 'in 50 years we'll be worthy cloggers who the Spaniards will run rings around' Pearce should be relieved of his duties if possible before the Czech game

once a week is in no way sufficient

lee catermole should be modric' replacement on the basis of his violent and underratedly desxtrous performances at sunlun lasyt year

do want to see more of cleverley tbh, maybe we can organise him being part of the modric deal

Wait, the Modric to Chelsea deal? How would that work?

lol told u i was gettin drunk

Modric will go wherever bids highest. Still think that'll be utd, who, tho leaguewinners, need him more

Utd's finances remain an extremely murky area though

like a rio prank?

Godammit, i knew someone was gonna merk me as soon as i made that post. He's said he wants to stay in London though so that seems to give Chelsea a free run

fuck him, tbph.

Utd usually our preferred bidder, but until a deal's done he can play in london for another five years as is afaic

disappointingly, England have scored

they're gonna win the cup

lol

oh you beauties

srsly i want all versions of England dumped out of competitions in the first round until we learn to play football

looool

Stuart Pearce making a bid for the next grown-ups England manager

it's good preparation for the senior tea, tbf

the fact that somehow he got the gig with the kids is proof that the FA is fucked beyond belief and will never ever learn

great to hear the commentary along the lines of "wilshere: well the debate will continue as to whether he should be playing".

just like the debate about rooney not playing for the u21s when he broke through.

obviously the mere presence of Wilshere wd have stopped about 8 of these lads looking shit. Henderson looks hilarious value for money on his showing in the tournament.

think you'll find he's a proper old fashioned box to box type with bags of grit and determination

he hates jews, latins, seditionary pamphleteers and other threats to h'englishness

it's all ok cos the tournament is good experience for the lads pearce, ie losing

TS: England at world cups vs England at the Euros. They never let you down, this side

Bookmakers love them anyway

srsly i want all versions of England dumped out of competitions in the first round

Scots git