Euro 2020

[ABBEY]

How does this work this time?

 

[Drog]

I think that european countries have to go through a series of qualifying games in order to partake in a knock out competition, the winner of which is declared european Champion. I might be wrong though.

 

[ABBEY]

love sarcasm ..but its all changed this time I believe. Semis and final at Wembley.

 

[ABBEY]

England now #6 in the world

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

And Germany from 1st to 15th lol

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

Lancashire United being discussed on the other site

 

[Drog]

Really? I don't recall giving my permission.

 

[ABBEY]

Lancashire United being discussed on the other site

Mark ...drop our Twitter on em ha...I had a message whilst away that the chav scum or adamrochinA was bad mouthing me last week

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

Will do

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

Done let's see how long it lasts.

I don't recall anyone slagging you off though?

 

[ABBEY]

That Adam was slating me and my lad .I saw a screen grab .

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

Must have missed it then. My post about the twitter link has disappeared already. I’ve asked why in ask admin!

 

[chor808]

Anyone understand the link between Euro2020 and this Nations League stuff:

https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/news/newsid=2563561.html

Do will still play Euro qualifiers or what?

Ok on reading more info:

https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/news/newsid=2501767.html

Seems like euro qualifiers don't start till march and they are not part of this nations league stuff (I think), however it seems that the playoffs for euro come from the teams in the top four positions in each one of the nation leagues, unless they have not already qualified. Each leugue has its own 'ticket' to the euros.

So in the normal euro qualifiers you must be either top or runner up to get your place, third and you are out unless of course you finish in the top four of one of the Nations League then you are in teh playoffs.

Seems a long winded why of doing it, and seems like a lot of games before summer of 2020?

Anyone clarify and what league will the EU team be in.

 

[ABBEY]

Not got a Scoobies ,all I know is Bale scored yet another worldie last night ...I thought they was two separate competions ha but not idea if they are or not.

 

[chor808]

Not got a Scoobies ,all I know is Bale scored yet another worldie last night ...I thought they was two separate competions ha but not idea if they are or not.

They are sort but not really. So you can qualify from the playoffs of the nation cup to get to the Euros however win the nations cup and that does not include qualification. Got it yet :-(

 

[Drog]

England 1 - Spain 2. A match distinguished mainly by the dreadful decisions of a godawful Ref and some rather less than clinical finishing from England.

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

So not worth watching my recorded highlights then?

 

[Alan]

Well I sat through the match. Not the best I've ever seen but I had the good sense to watch the last night of the proms afterwards, which was recording. That gave me back my pride in being British and brought not a few tears to my eyes. Kathryn Jenkins singing "Keep the home fires burning" was brilliant as were the rest of the first world war songs that were part of the programme.
"Land of hope and glory" makes you feel uplifted and if "Jerusalem" is not our national anthem then it should be.
I'd love to be there one day. It's brilliant.

 

[Drog]

So not worth watching my recorded highlights then?

Always worth that whatever the result imo.
"Spain pressed us and we didn't keep the ball well enough," he said. "I have to give the players credit. We could have folded and disappeared. In the last 25 minutes we came into the game and could have got a draw.
"We are under no illusion that Spain were the better team for long periods. We are still at the early stages of what we want to do.
"We are still finding our feet in playing out from the back. We can go back to an old style but we will never be a top team. Or we can stick with it and accept it won't always work. Gareth Southgate.

OR

"We can perhaps see whats going wrong and tinker with the system and the squad." Drog

3 defeats on the spin now is being talked about in the press, but it's no real disgrace given the level of the opposition. However Southgate reminds me of the old saying "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result". Einstein.
The way I see it his system has been sussed, the element of surprise that it came with doesn't work anymore. Worse still he's sticking with effectively the same players (two or three would struggle to even get in my squad) and he appears to have no plan B. We come out of the blocks quickly and we've gone ahead most matches (the two v Belgium excepted). Problem then is Southgate's system and personnel fail when asked to defend a lead. I said after the world cup that we were dumped out because he was tactically naive, the starting line up was free scoring but when you go 1 up in the World Cup it forces the other team to come out of their traditionally cautious approach, get on the front foot and attack us. When that happens at least two of the forwards are as much use as chocolate teapots and the midfield becomes swamped and then we look weak, imbalanced and disjointed. Too many of Southgates chosen X1 simply don't have a clue how to defend and certainly not in that system. Worse still is that Southgate does not know how to change things.
Now for the surreal bit...........I stand by my somewhat contentious opinion back in summer that unlikely as it might have been we could have won the World Cup by instead of subbing players actually sub the manager. Southgate first 45 to open up a lead with Allardyce coming on for him at HT to keep us there.

 

[ABBEY]

Feck sake the slug is not there .
Last night ,talk about being robbed that wasn't down to Southgate it was down to an incompetent buffoon of a ref .
As for the proms ...boooooo