Euro 2024

[Bovidae]

Comfortable for the Germans. A great header by Rüdiger.

[MiketheSnow]

Don’t know what ball they’re using but man it’s flying

[Machpants]

111kph on one of the goals

[MiketheSnow]

[Victor Meldrew]

A true supporter.

https://twitter.com/nataliiejayy/status/1801717269719908828

[sparky]

Fairly good from the Dutch fans in Hamburg ahead of today's game against Poland.

https://twitter.com/marcellindenau/status/1802263140685480008

https://twitter.com/euro24hub/status/1802276503347998900

[sparky]

Great to have the fans back after the weird tournament in 2021 with Covid restrictions and the even weirder one in 2022 in the fucking desert.

[MiketheSnow]

[Billy Tell]

One of my best mates is Slovenian. Not a bad start. I’m supporting Switzerland, Slovenia and the Poms. Anyone but France probably. And the Serbs and Hungary cos they’re Russian stooges.

[sparky]

Gareth Southgate names an attacking XI to take on Serbia.

https://twitter.com/england/status/1802399657013760316

[MiketheSnow]

Scum move by England fans singing and booing over the Serbian National Anthem

[sparky]

England 1-0 up at half time. Bellingham with the goal. England dominant for the first thirty minutes than faded. Kane faded. Rice and Alexander-Arnold a bit clumsy. Guéhi, Saka and Bellingham outstanding.

[Billy Tell]

Kane is a total bystander.

[Billy Tell]

England risking an equaliser here. Poor second half so far.

[KiwiPie]

@Billy-Tell Good draw for Slovenia when they looked pretty clueless in the first half. Denmark are their usual OK but really not all that good.

[sparky]

One goal was enough for England. Serbia were busy but didn't threaten the goal much. One excellent save by each keeper.

[Bovidae]

@Billy-Tell said in Euro 2024:

Kane is a total bystander.

As was Foden.

I wonder if that Kane header would have been given as a goal as he was all over the defender.

England look suspect defending crosses.

[dogmeat]

The BBC Player rating poll has these two as the worst on the pitch - of either team

[Billy Tell]

Southgate strikes me as a very average coach. Foden had a stellar club season but looked bang ordinary.

[MajorPom]

@Billy-Tell said in Euro 2024:

Southgate strikes me as a very average coach. Foden had a stellar club season but looked bang ordinary.

Pretty hard to blame that on Southgate. Serbian defence had made it clear they were targeting Kane, Foden & Bellingham and were all over them. Can't expect all players to be magnificent in every game.

England still had Saka though who they just couldn't read. Personally think they should have 2-0 up as Kyle Walker should have just shot instead of passing across the box to nobody. Was plenty of room for a player of his calibre to get a good strike in.

I'm only commentating on the first half as I fell asleep in the second - damn jet lag.

I was thinking the same about Southgate, but he's had fairly decent results. Apparently in the opening games in tournaments, England were 5 wins from 23. With Southgate they are 4-4.