games start back up today with Portugal/Poland at 3pm. Would be cool to see Poland advance but I think this may be on of the last times Ronaldo can make some real noise in a major tournament, especially on the easier side of the bracket. I see this 2-1 Portugal.
6/30 - Portugal/Poland - 3pm
7/1 - Wales/Belgium - 3pm
7/2 - Germany/Italy - 3pm
7/3 - France/Icelend - 3pm
I will be watching from a hotel pool bar in Cocoa Beach Fl.
VIVA ITALIA!!!!
Well then, they may even get past Germany.
Go Iceland!!!!
And I'm saying that as much as to shake my head in wonder at Nick in LA's pretty damn amazing handicapping of the two I's, Italy and Iceland.
HalfFul getting lots of visible shelf space in our local supermarket
Not a fan of HalfFull, unfortunately. Been there 4 or 5 times and all their beers straight from the source always taste flat to me. Maybe i'll try again one day.
md, perhaps I was too harsh, but there wasn't much cohesion or building of attack from the red and green, and they couldn't seem to find Ronaldo in position to threaten until the 80th minute or so, as I remember the match, but memory can be faulty
My wife and I are trying to plan a trip to Vermont this year, not sure if we are yet but if we do we are going to get to 4 or 5 breweries easily.
Also, if you haven't had anything from Maine Brewing, I just had their MO and its the best Pale Ale i've ever had. Expensive, $6.99 a bottle, but Wagon Wheel up Long Ridge Road carries it (or atleast they did last week when I went).
md, perhaps I was too harsh, but there wasn't much cohesion or building of attack from the red and green, and they couldn't seem to find Ronaldo in position to threaten until the 80th minute or so, as I remember the match, but memory can be faulty
My wife's cousin is a bartender at Two Roads. Weird to see it in a mentioned in a BBI post (in small world sort of way.)
I think they win today 2-0. Ronaldo with a brace to become the all time leading scorer at Euro tournaments.
Pete, what is your wife's cousin's [first] name? I'll chat him up when we get there.
Rick, it would be difficult to fathom a second consecutive match in which Ronaldo played less of a role, so you could be on to something
UConn, where is Wagon Wheel? It rings no bells and I travel Long Ridge (albeit from up here across the NYS line) all the time. I've seen Maine Brewing mentioned on some BBI craft brewing threads but never had an offering; I'll look for MO, but, my goodness!! $6.99/bottle? License to steal, at 12 oz?
Two Roads' Workman's Comp is another I've had, meh, doesn't hold a candle to TwoRoads. Again, in our local market, there are usually three to four TR offerings: always Road to Ruin is the one that is selling briskly, the others, not so much.
Pete, what is your wife's cousin's [first] name? I'll chat him up when we get there.
Rick, it would be difficult to fathom a second consecutive match in which Ronaldo played less of a role, so you could be on to something
UConn, where is Wagon Wheel? It rings no bells and I travel Long Ridge (albeit from up here across the NYS line) all the time. I've seen Maine Brewing mentioned on some BBI craft brewing threads but never had an offering; I'll look for MO, but, my goodness!! $6.99/bottle? License to steal, at 12 oz?
Two Roads' Workman's Comp is another I've had, meh, doesn't hold a candle to TwoRoads. Again, in our local market, there are usually three to four TR offerings: always Road to Ruin is the one that is selling briskly, the others, not so much.
His name is Josh. He has a full beard and a man-bun which may or may not differentiate him from the other bartenders there (I'm guessing not.)
Maine Brewing MO comes in 500 ML bottles I believe, so slightly over a pint. Its worth grabbing just 1 for a try but I think I am going back at lunch to grab a couple for the holiday weekend. I'll post back here my findings.
Poland has Lewandowski, who's an excellent striker, but they can be careless defensively.
My wife and I are trying to plan a trip to Vermont this year, not sure if we are yet but if we do we are going to get to 4 or 5 breweries easily.
Also, if you haven't had anything from Maine Brewing, I just had their MO and its the best Pale Ale i've ever had. Expensive, $6.99 a bottle, but Wagon Wheel up Long Ridge Road carries it (or atleast they did last week when I went).
Road 2 Ruin is good, and I liked the Route of All Evil, but I know the Colonel was lukewarm on it.
I still can't believe Michal Pazdan is on the squad.
I think they can surprise France. France has some fundamental flaws, and Pogba is showing himself to be the most overrated player in the world.
Griezmann and Payet should still be enough, though.
Outside of Italy, Germany, and maybe Wales it's been a pretty poor tournament. The gulf in quality between club and international soccer has never been greater.
If you like session IPAs, try Alpine's Hoppy Birthday. I was quite pleased.
Terps, aka Pete, Griezemann and Giroud seemed to be playing on different planets for much of the game, little playing off of each other, from what I saw. Coman and Gigniac lent some energy, I see them playing better. Is Benzema injured? Kanté is out with a yellow disqualification, but his play looked completely different from the key role he played with LC this spring.
Iceland is far better than widely credited for at the beginning of the tournament, and a wonderful story (esp. for the anti-Saxons), but I think this may be the match their fairy tale turns into a pumpkin at midnight. Obviously, they were on fumes late in 2H, but their workmanlike and disciplined style won't be enough, imo.
This is not the same team that shit the bed during the last WC. I refused to watch their WC games because the squad that was selected was putrid and definitely not the best quality Portugal had to offer. Much to my surprise, there is a ton of young talent on this team and it appears that there will be more in the pipeline (given Portugal's recent success in the U tournaments). I believe they just beat Spain in U17 Euro final.
Regardless, I like their chances the rest of the way but remain moderately tempered in my expectations.
Força Portugal !
Terps, aka Pete, Griezemann and Giroud seemed to be playing on different planets for much of the game, little playing off of each other, from what I saw. Coman and Gigniac lent some energy, I see them playing better. Is Benzema injured? Kanté is out with a yellow disqualification, but his play looked completely different from the key role he played with LC this spring.
Iceland is far better than widely credited for at the beginning of the tournament, and a wonderful story (esp. for the anti-Saxons), but I think this may be the match their fairy tale turns into a pumpkin at midnight. Obviously, they were on fumes late in 2H, but their workmanlike and disciplined style won't be enough, imo.
Benzema isn't on the team because of the blackmail scandal involving Mathieu Valbuena. Apparently Benzema is not someone you'd want to be friends with.
Gonna head right over and tell him you sent me. Thanks!
Thanks, GT, totally missed that, guess I have to expand my news feeds.
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Without that they've got nothing.
lol - just watched the reply - he sure did.
Without that they've got nothing.
Their midfield once had Figo, Deco and Maniche. Now it's a 19 year old and a bunch of stiffs.
I fully expect them to go into "diving" mode soon to get some set pieces and maybe some yellow cards.
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They used to be a real solid outfit that was organized and had good goalkeepers.
Without that they've got nothing.
Their midfield once had Figo, Deco and Maniche. Now it's a 19 year old and a bunch of stiffs.
Seems a million years ago. People like to talk about forwards because they get goals, but the midfield is what feeds those goals. It's why Messi and Ronaldo are lesser players with country than with club. It's why Italy whipped Spain: Pelle marked Busquets out of the game and the entire team stopped functioning.
Poland has a strong midfield. Kryckowiak (sp?) is one of the best midfielders in Europe. Real Madrid it's going after Pogba, but this guy is significantly better.
I only saw the end, so I’ll defer to you.
Then again, I wouldn't want him to virtually get a free goal on a PK when the odds that he would have scored had he not been fouled would have been low anyway.
Kill yourself cuntrag!
Gotta at least try a little harder
You know you guys sided with the Nazi's, right?
I just hope you're not referring to Poland's midfielder who has seen most of his time on the right wing, timid over the ball and always goes for the safe pass, usually a back pass. I don't think that is Krychowiak though.
That said, Portugal probably deserved to win.
Poland is punished for playing for penalties.
Zidane wants a new Makelele at the Santiago Bernabéu & feels Kante is the perfect fit. What are your opinions on that? Thanks for any input!
Zidane wants a new Makelele at the Santiago Bernabéu & feels Kante is the perfect fit. What are your opinions on that? Thanks for any input!
I'm not Terps but if Kante is the guy Zidane is aiming for, then that's even better evidence (than the CL run) that he's a smart manager.
I read the same thing about Kante. Personally I still think Kryckowiak is better, and he has the benefit of being familiar with La Liga having been at Sevilla. Even so Kante is a good fit as Casemiro can be upgraded on.
I'd be worried about them signing Pogba. That would create the same problem they had before unless they move Kroos or Modric, which would be stupid. Typical Florentino, that would be.
Zidane is a star manager in the making. Just get out of the way and let him run the show.
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I know Zidane likes Pogba though. Fellow Frenchman. We also have to buy players to get us through to January 2018 as we will be banned from the winter & summer 2017 transfer windows.
I just read today that Zidane told James agent to find James a new team. Morata also wants out as he doesn't think he will get much playing time over Benzema. So that should be about 120 million from those new transfers. I also read today that Florentino is going to take a back seat when it comes to transfers & let Zidane handle it. No idea how true that is, but I hope it's true. We need to buy role players/bench players that fit the team. Not just go out & buy the newest Galactico. Zidane seems to want to strengthen the depth of the squad & build a team that actually works together. We have plenty of superstars that can score goals. We need the guys who won't mind alternating depending on the tournament/injuries.
So you think Kante is a better fit/player then Casemiro?
Another factor is that Casemiro is Brazilian, and thus counts as a foreign non-EU player. That became a bigger deal with Brexit making Bale a non-EU player. Kante obviously is an EU player so that may give him the leg up.
My only problem with Casemiro is how bad he is on offense. If they press him in our half he makes a lot of bad decisions. It really hurts him. He will get the ball back & give it right back up. I saw about half of the Leicester games last year & Kante seemed much more comfortable with the ball at his feet.
After this performance I'm not sure any of them should represent England again.
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Soccer refs might be the worst of them all.
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Soccer refs might be the worst of them all.
Especially the last goal. He started, stopped and then took the shot. The announcers made a comment about the ref ignoring the rule.
In addition, there's talk that the winners of the Copa and the Euros may face off in an match in the year in between the Euro/Copa and the Confederations Cup.
Belgium are a bunch of whiny assholes out there.
Soccer refs might be the worst of them all.
Agree re. the stutter step non-calls, bit of a travesty (but I refrain from comment on your last declaration (:>...it's driven from above)
Ramsey has freedom to dictate, to set up, to advance aggressively (and Bale and Robson Canu feeding off him) and he's showing what a player he is and who he cannot be under Wenger's system and totem. A revelation and such fun to see this playing out.
But Fellaini and Lukaku are formidable in the box and Hazard looks determined, so too early to call.
Night night Belgium.
Awful week for England, huh?
Damn, I've become a soccer fan.
In the British Isles.
With Ramsey, it's a toss-up in the semi-final, without him, will be very tough--depends which Portugal decides to show up
Awful week for England, huh?
Actually I hope this teaches some of these countries a lesson - have an identity and a strategy. Don't just roll out your all-star team.
If the US can ever get rid of Klinsmann and find a tactically proficient coach there is hope for us.
Does Bale's Euro performance put him on the Balon D'Or stage with Cristiano & Suarez? IMO it will be a real tragedy if the final 3 aren't Cristiano, Bale & Suarez.
If the US can ever get rid of Klinsmann and find a tactically proficient coach there is hope for us.
This. A million times this.
Think about how we played an inferior Belgium side two years ago, and look at how Wales approached it today.
Did the Welsh coach at any point say they couldn't win the tournament, like our coach did?