It makes me glad that I didn't have money on that but how can you predict a bonkers France team selection (maybe I could have predicted that), a sending off with an Italy penalty, a key injury in Ribery (glad we didn't buy him now) and an Henry own goal? Well - at least we got to see Henry score... classic stuff, back to goal with a lickle flick on from 30 yards out to send the keeper the wrong way... I did say roll a dice!
France needs to rebuild... I would start with the manager who seems to have, and let's be fair to him, lost the fucking plot! Denis Denis, je suis si folle de toi!
The other game was better and I mostly watched that one. The Dutch are clearly on fire – with a B(ish) team they destroyed Romania who, despite being knackered from the previous match, are still pretty good... Although – this may come back to bite them in the semis, personally I would have taken it easy and let them win, knocking out Italy and France as a bonus – (obvious init?) hence my prediction, I read it wrong - sorry... Still – RvP eh? Nice goal!
On to tonight's matches – Let's look at the group:
Group D P GD PTS
1 Spain 2 4 6
2 Sweden 2 1 3
3 Russia 2 -2 3
4 Greece 2 -3 0
So it's a straight punch out between Sweden and Russia, Sweden only requiring a draw to go through... and, because I'm clearly so shit at this, I'm going to consult the dice again:
Greece v Spain @ Salzburg
Referee: Howard Webb (ENG)
Assistant referees: Darren Cann (ENG), Mike Mullarkey (ENG),
Fourth official: Stéphane Lannoy (FRA)
The die says: Spain... by 3. (ha - no chance!)
Russia v Sweden @ Innsbruck
Referee: Frank de Bleeckere (BEL)
Assistant referees: Peter Hermans (BEL), Alex Verstraeten (BEL)
Fourth official: Kristinn Jakobsson (ICE)
The die says Russia... by 1 (fuck that – I would be on the draw!).
The dice are clearly having a laugh. So unless you have some kind of inside info – I would steer clear. I may have to invest another tenner for the next round so I can put my money where my mouth is... I reckon it'll be more predictable now that we know the form.
[18/06/2008 09:43:53] dhjackal says: When Jonny goes marching down the wing
[18/06/2008 09:43:57] dhjackal says: O'Shea! O'Shea!
[18/06/2008 09:44:00] dhjackal says: When Jonny goes marching down the wing
[18/06/2008 09:44:05] dhjackal says: O'Shea! O'Shea!
[18/06/2008 09:44:15] DogFace says: What you talking about Willis?
[18/06/2008 09:44:18] dhjackal says: When Jonny goes marching down the wing the stretford end will f*ckin sing...
We all know that Jonny's going to score!
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na!
[18/06/2008 09:44:41] dhjackal says: repeat until your face bursts
[18/06/2008 09:48:12] DogFace says: Again, what are you on about?
[18/06/2008 09:48:25] dhjackal says: John O'Shea
[18/06/2008 09:48:29] dhjackal says: it's obvious
[18/06/2008 09:48:47] DogFace says: Yeah... so - did he score a goal or something?
[18/06/2008 09:48:55] dhjackal says: course he did
[18/06/2008 09:49:01] dhjackal says: he always scores
[18/06/2008 09:49:16] dhjackal says: i remember him sticking a volley in the net against you at Highbury when we smashed you up 4-2
[18/06/2008 09:53:38] DogFace says: OK... so - did he score recently?
[18/06/2008 09:53:42] DogFace says: i.e. what are you on about?
[18/06/2008 09:56:31] dhjackal says: last time he scored was against Liverpool at Anfield which essentially won us the league
[18/06/2008 09:56:50] dhjackal says: he's a legend
[18/06/2008 09:57:06] DogFace says: So why are you singing about him this morning? Did he die?
[18/06/2008 09:57:17] dhjackal says: I'm singing about him because he's a legend
[18/06/2008 09:57:28] DogFace says: ...gotcha...
[18/06/2008 09:57:37] dhjackal says: your an Arsenal fan
[18/06/2008 09:57:45] dhjackal says: you only sing when people die
[18/06/2008 09:57:47] DogFace says: Went down the lane - The other night
[18/06/2008 09:58:05] DogFace says: To tell all the scum - we got a new Ian Wright.
[18/06/2008 09:58:14] DogFace says: They said to me - well how can that be?
[18/06/2008 09:58:32] DogFace says: I said to them - we got Thierry Henry!
[18/06/2008 09:59:10] dhjackal says: His son's a robbing little shite bag - Ian Wright.
[18/06/2008 09:59:26] dhjackal says: thiving fucking gipsy
[18/06/2008 09:59:37] DogFace says: Eh - what's he done?
[18/06/2008 09:59:47] dhjackal says: he's been arrested for robbery
[18/06/2008 09:59:57] DogFace says: When?
[18/06/2008 10:00:05] dhjackal says: 3 mobile phones, £130 and a packet of ciggys
[18/06/2008 10:00:12] dhjackal says: what a fucking idiot
[18/06/2008 10:00:14] DogFace says: What Sean?
[18/06/2008 10:00:18] dhjackal says: no
[18/06/2008 10:00:26] DogFace says: Well I was going to say... apart from taking the Chav rouble and his choice of car, Sean seems fairly sensible.
[18/06/2008 10:00:28] dhjackal says: the other little fuckwit
[18/06/2008 10:00:40] DogFace says: Well... his dad was also a bit of a scallywag when he was a lad.
[18/06/2008 10:01:00] dhjackal says: Thiving South London gipsies
[18/06/2008 10:01:31] DogFace says: Is it 'gypsies' or 'gipsies'... or something else?
[18/06/2008 10:01:45] dhjackal says: who cares
[18/06/2008 10:02:06] DogFace says: Well - now they are out of Eurovision 2008 – nobody... look, if you're going to get all 'essentialist' on me you should at least get your labels right - you pig tickling potato eater.
[18/06/2008 10:02:08] DogFace says: Oh FFS: "Barcelona president Joan Laporta has sanctioned a £24m move for Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor in a bid to beat off competition from AC Milan."
[18/06/2008 10:02:10] dhjackal says: oh well
[18/06/2008 10:02:25] DogFace says: How about this then: "Manchester United's owners have again come out and said Cristiano Ronaldo is not for sale at any price, despite Real Madrid being prepared to pay up to £70m for the Portuguese star."
[18/06/2008 10:02:44] DogFace says: "But Real Madrid will pay any fines Ronaldo picks up if he stays away from Old Trafford when the United players report back for pre-season training in a bid to lure him to Bernabeu..."
[18/06/2008 10:07:43] dhjackal says: what a bunch of cunts
[18/06/2008 10:08:15] DogFace says: It's all media noise to engineer consent in the fanbase – establish that SAF and the board are 'proper geezers' and CR is a spoiled little twat, then do the deal... ker-ching!
[18/06/2008 10:08:22] dhjackal says: whatever
[18/06/2008 10:08:35] dhjackal says: Italy are going to beat Spain
[18/06/2008 10:08:45] dhjackal says: and Germany are going to beat Portugal
[18/06/2008 10:08:53] dhjackal says: it's in the stars
[18/06/2008 10:09:37] DogFace says: Spain will smash Italy... yes - I think that Germany could beat the Portuguese.
[18/06/2008 10:10:21] DogFace says: Portugal hasn't really been tested yet.
[18/06/2008 10:10:48] DogFace says: What about Croatia/Turkey?
[18/06/2008 10:10:52] dhjackal says: Italy will win
[18/06/2008 10:10:59] DogFace says: You reckon?
[18/06/2008 10:11:02] dhjackal says: yes - mark my words
[18/06/2008 10:11:05] DogFace says: What's your rationale?
[18/06/2008 10:11:14] dhjackal says: Spain are going to bottle it and Italy have the experience
[18/06/2008 10:11:28] DogFace says: I see...
[18/06/2008 10:11:37] dhjackal says: i'm lumping on
[18/06/2008 10:11:40] DogFace says: Spain have got some talent though?
[18/06/2008 10:11:53] dhjackal says: Croatia should beat Turkey
[18/06/2008 10:11:59] DogFace says: Yes well...
[18/06/2008 10:12:07] DogFace says: ...it depends on the half time oranges!
[18/06/2008 10:12:01] dhjackal says: talent counts for little when you've got a cock up your arse
[18/06/2008 10:12:34] dhjackal says: they're going to get it big time
[18/06/2008 10:12:46] DogFace says: So are you saying that all the Spanish team are taking it up the arse or Italy will bend them over and pound them silly?
[18/06/2008 10:14:26] dhjackal says: both
[18/06/2008 10:14:39] DogFace says: Spain also haven't had a real test yet... where as Italy will be feeling confident. Italy are notorious 'slow starters' - so... hmmmmm. I have been more impressed with Spain though.
[18/06/2008 10:14:42] dhjackal says: esp that little punk Torres
[18/06/2008 10:14:57] dhjackal says: fuck Spain they're finished
[18/06/2008 10:15:02] DogFace says: They have too much of the scouse in their side...
[18/06/2008 10:15:09] dhjackal says: that's another thing
[18/06/2008 10:15:18] DogFace says: 7 or 8 Liverpool players?
[18/06/2008 10:15:26] dhjackal says: Italia
[18/06/2008 10:15:31] dhjackal says: Italia
[18/06/2008 10:15:33] dhjackal says: Italia
[18/06/2008 10:15:33] dhjackal says: Italia
[18/06/2008 10:16:20] DogFace says: So - who will Holland face?
[18/06/2008 10:18:49] DogFace says: Russia or Sweden?
[18/06/2008 10:18:59] dhjackal says: tough one
[18/06/2008 10:19:16] DogFace says: yes.
[18/06/2008 10:20:24] DogFace says: Andrei Arshavin is back after the ban.
[18/06/2008 10:20:30] dhjackal says: yeah
[18/06/2008 10:20:38] dhjackal says: i'm trying to call it - but it's difficult
[18/06/2008 10:21:04] DogFace says: It's going to come down to fitness or dodgyness.
[18/06/2008 10:21:33] dhjackal says: not if your 3 up at half time - you keep going on about this
[18/06/2008 10:21:42] DogFace says: If you play so many matches so close it really does make a difference.
[18/06/2008 10:22:07] DogFace says: Look at Turkey down by 2 goals... and then what?
[18/06/2008 10:22:14] dhjackal says: freak mistake by the goalie let them back in
[18/06/2008 10:22:35] DogFace says: A quick glug of 'go-go juice' at half time and they are bouncing around like spring lambs!
[18/06/2008 10:23:01] dhjackal says: and destroyed their morale
[18/06/2008 10:23:19] DogFace says: They were on the Redbull mate!
[18/06/2008 10:23:30] dhjackal says: it gives you wings
[18/06/2008 10:23:35] DogFace says: hahaha - that it does... that it does.
