France v Germany - match thread KO 2000 hrs

Originally Posted by AK14

Good win for France and they were able to rest Martial too.

Didn’t make it back from injury in time pal

Dislike them, a lot, but they'll go far....

France were strolling there tbf.

Have to say the Tyldesley - Mccoist commentary combo is the best out there.

Originally Posted by dunk

Didn’t make it back from injury in time pal

Argh! Gutted

That £#%&!ing three game ban in September

Originally Posted by AK14

Argh! Gutted

That £#%&!ing three game ban in September

Well, no, that injury picked up playing for France in March. For France. Playing.

Germany quite poor - the spine is looking old and tired.

Lot of fannying about. Should have stuck the big number 4 up top and launched it with 10 mins to go.

Originally Posted by dunk

Well, no, that injury picked up playing for France in March. For France. Playing.

Could probably do with another full stop there pal.

you're gonna have to beat france if you want to win this. But then i think we all knew that

Keano’s face

Originally Posted by Fat Al

La Marseilles is deffo the best anthem in the world.

You must blah blah blah.

Originally Posted by dunk

Well, no, that injury picked up playing for France in March. For France. Playing.

But wouldn't have played tonight.

Originally Posted by Vedder

Isn’t he about 45

Pogba? That might explain a few things tbf.

Originally Posted by dunk

Not sure why, just seems to work miles better at this level. Simple and effective.

Because the guys doing VAR are not having second thoughts and zooming in/zooming out for five minutes which clouds their own judgement because with slow motion everything looks worse. That's what happens in the PL week after week. These guys in the tournament so far are sending the decision back to the ref pretty quickly and so far the refs have been pretty good making the right decisions on field.

Honestly think Rudiger biting Pogba was just to break Pogba's concentration. He was never the same after that. Before the bite he was the main man.

Originally Posted by armchair

Honestly think Rudiger biting Pogba was just to break Pogba's concentration. He was never the same after that. Before the bite he was the main man.

Well some @#%&!'s been biting him for 5 £#%&!ing years

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Well some @#%&!'s been biting him for 5 £#%&!ing years

Why haven't we tried him in the position he played tonight? It's either holding midfield or on the left. He dominated the first half.

Originally Posted by armchair

Why haven't we tried him in the position he played tonight? It's either holding midfield or on the left. He dominated the first half.

When Ole first came in he played as a 10 and was great for 8/9 games before he disappeared again, then we signed Bruno who nailed that position. We should have sold him when Bruno arrived, 6 months later COVID killed the market and we’ve been forced to shoe horn him in as a winger or a DM in the interim. Best for all parties that he leaves, just a shame we won’t get any cash for him.

Originally Posted by armchair

Why haven't we tried him in the position he played tonight? It's either holding midfield or on the left. He dominated the first half.

Because we don't have Kante to play behind him covering his arse.