Wales take on Belgium in this second Euro 2016 Quarter Final Tonight with a cautious optimism that their participation in the tournament won’t be ending by the end of the evening that said if they are to progress to the Semi Finals they are certainly going to have their …
Read More »Poland vs Portugal – Pre Match Stats
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Read More »Poland vs Portugal – Match Preview
Tonight sees as the first quarter final of Euro 2016 as Poland take on Portugal. Will Robert Lewandowski finally get off the mark in this tournament or will Cristiano Ronaldo move one step closer to finally winning a major international competition. Poland needed extra time and penalties to get past …
Read More »A player by player review of the England Euro 2016 squad
I was always going to do this article but I didn’t envisage myself writing it quite this early. But without further ado here is a player by player breakdown of Roy Hodgson’s England squad Joe Hart – Error prone. Bailed out by Daniel Sturridge and Jamie Vardy against Wales, no …
Read More »Are we finally feeling the pinch of Premier Clubs appointing foreign coaches?
Mourinho, Guardiola, Klopp, Conte all incredible managerial talent that will be gracing the Premier League next season but how much of an effect is the constant hiring of top foreign managers having on the English national side. Are we now finally starting to feel the pinch of looking abroad as …
Read More »Who are the runners and riders for the England job?
With Roy Hodgson’s time as England Manager coming to an end due to the embarrassing defeat to Iceland on Monday night the hunt for a successor begins but the question is who will be the next man to take charge of the England National side. If you look at the …
Read More »HodgsGone and hopefully forgotten
Roy Hodgson tenure as England Manager comes to an end in the most embarrassing of circumstances. After his England side were knocked out of Euro 2016 by Iceland then it was only going to be a matter of time before him and The Football Association parted company With his contract …
Read More »England vs Iceland a few quick thoughts
Actually this one could be quite a few thoughts The most embarrassing England display that I have witnessed in my 32 years of being alive A result that saw Roy Hodgson’s position untenable once the final whistle had blown Did he do the honourable thing in stepping down straight after …
Read More »Italy vs Spain a few quick thoughts
Holders Spain are out Their dominance of this competition has been finally broken as the 2008 and 2012 winners have been dumped out by Italy Antonio Conte’s side exacting revenge after that 4-0 thumping in Kiev 4 years ago And after watching last night’s game it’s nothing short of what …
Read More »France vs Republic Ireland a few quick thoughts
Now while 62,000 people were watching this game at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais I was watching this game at Lyon Airport The reason for that can be explained here – http://realfootballman.com/football/weekend-lyon-euro-2016-adventure/ What an ideal start for the Republic Of Ireland though as they went ahead after just 2 minutes Shane …
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