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Post by zx10racer22 on Jun 10, 2024 21:20:53 GMT
I can't believe Euro 96 hasn't been mentioned so far (it probably has hasn't it?). A great team but also the first time I thought we could genuinely win something. And Venables. And that sudden death stuff (great) and that penalty shoot outs (less great). What a summer.
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Post by simon on Jun 10, 2024 22:24:58 GMT
I can't believe Euro 96 hasn't been mentioned so far (it probably has hasn't it?). A great team but also the first time I thought we could genuinely win something. And Venables. And that sudden death stuff (great) and that penalty shoot outs (less great). What a summer. I went to every England game and the final. What a summer indeed. The performance against Holland hasn’t been matched since. Got tickets by picking up an application form from the Us ticket office! I’d read in one of the Sunday paper they were available to season ticket holders of every club. It was that easy!
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Post by malotru on Jun 11, 2024 6:24:12 GMT
Still got my grey England shirt and it still fits nicely. I can remember the Germany semi final in 96 like it was yesterday. I was so nervous during the golden goal extra time, Gazza’s toe inches away and Anderton hitting the post in the 1st half that I couldn’t watch the 2nd half and went and did some biology homework until the penalties. Our biology teacher was from Northern Ireland and did he revel in our collective misery the next morning.
Also Venables didn’t make a single substitution during that 120 minute game. That sounds insane in 2024.
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Post by zx10racer22 on Jun 11, 2024 7:44:46 GMT
Also Venables didn’t make a single substitution during that 120 minute game. That sounds insane in 2024. No Plan B!
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Post by Fred Colon on Jun 11, 2024 10:27:10 GMT
I don't know why, I usually get really up for these tournaments, but I feel really ambivalent about it at the moment. Maybe that'll change when it actually starts.
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Post by funkymonk on Jun 11, 2024 11:54:55 GMT
Think the shite format probably doesn't help, feels much harder to get excited for the first few weeks of the tournament when the jeopardy isn't really there for anyone who isn't going to finish rock bottom.
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Post by flouncingarburyboy on Jun 11, 2024 12:14:03 GMT
Also Venables didn’t make a single substitution during that 120 minute game. That sounds insane in 2024. Actually didn't know or had forgotten that. As you say, that's completely insane and, I think, quietly brilliant.
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Post by flouncingarburyboy on Jun 11, 2024 12:14:27 GMT
I don't know why, I usually get really up for these tournaments, but I feel really ambivalent about it at the moment. Maybe that'll change when it actually starts. Yup, me too!
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Post by Andrewlang on Jun 11, 2024 12:47:04 GMT
Can't wait. I'm watching every single game. Don't care who's playing.
🦁🦁🦁.
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Post by malotru on Jun 11, 2024 12:55:15 GMT
I don't know why, I usually get really up for these tournaments, but I feel really ambivalent about it at the moment. Maybe that'll change when it actually starts. Yup, me too! It feels like we’ve already had a full close season since playing Port Vale, which is when the 23/24 domestic season actually finished as far as I’m concerned. I’m sure this tournament is starting a bit later than previous Euros & WCs.
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Post by funkymonk on Jun 11, 2024 13:18:34 GMT
I’m sure this tournament is starting a bit later than previous Euros & WCs. It's actually broadly similar to most of the previous tournaments, obviously excluding the last Euros starting a year late and the last world cup starting well off the usual slot. Imagine the shuffling of the schedules to accommodate them has been all over the place though, so that is probably what does it.
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Post by simon on Jun 11, 2024 13:24:13 GMT
Think the shite format probably doesn't help, feels much harder to get excited for the first few weeks of the tournament when the jeopardy isn't really there for anyone who isn't going to finish rock bottom. Exactly. The first 36 matches of the tournament will end with just 8 teams being eliminated. 24 teams just doesn’t work.
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Post by Andrewlang on Jun 11, 2024 13:34:14 GMT
Yeah, I do quite like the tournament being expanded so that the Albania' and Austria's have a greater chance of qualification, but the group stages do lose something as a result.
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Post by malotru on Jun 11, 2024 14:08:06 GMT
Of course it’s all to do with more $$$$ but I see summer tournaments are now just festivals of football for the whole world to enjoy rather than a clash of the titans, no holds barred, last man standing competition of the best of the best.
The previous 16 team Euros format was the last of the quality over quantity summer tournament and it will be greatly missed.
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Post by funkymonk on Jun 11, 2024 14:28:24 GMT
Yeah, I do quite like the tournament being expanded so that the Albania' and Austria's have a greater chance of qualification, but the group stages do lose something as a result. Andrew It's the inbetween feeling that's most annoying. Sod it, there are 50+ UEFA countries, make it a 32 team tournament, slim down qualifying and let the nations league take care of the rest. So you'll get the odd minnow like Armenia, Israel or Scotland but it'd be significantly less convoluted. The new world cup format is going to be an absolute shitshow that'll make this look eminently sensible, so enjoy it while it's on!
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