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Old 13-06-2016, 15:14
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Old 13-06-2016, 15:16
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You making out in the other thread that England have basically no chance against Wales.
No I have never said such a thing, I have said that it will be a tough match, and one in which we will do well to come away with a win, that is very different from saying that we have no chance.
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Old 13-06-2016, 15:16
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Yeah that does seem about right if we get out of the group.
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Old 13-06-2016, 15:30
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We should beat Wales. They just aren't a good team apart from Bale.

Anything less than 7 pts from this group is a disgrace.
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Old 13-06-2016, 15:31
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We should beat Wales. They just aren't a good team apart from Bale.
We should have beaten that Russian side, unfortunately being a better team on paper doesn't always pan out in reality.

Still, I will be fully behind the team, and willing them to go ahead of Wales in the table.
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Old 13-06-2016, 15:39
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No I have never said such a thing, I have said that it will be a tough match, and one in which we will do well to come away with a win, that is very different from saying that we have no chance.
You said "We will be very lucky to get anything from Wales"

That's not the sound of a tough match, that's a hiding to nothing. That's how you'd describe Northern Ireland playing Germany, not England playing Wales.
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Old 13-06-2016, 15:42
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You said "We will be very lucky to get anything from Wales"

That's not the sound of a tough match, that's a hiding to nothing.
No it is not, it is saying that we will be in for a tough match, and that we will do well to get the points that we need from the match.
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Old 13-06-2016, 15:43
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I can't imagine why that journalism career didn't take off.
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Old 13-06-2016, 15:45
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I can't imagine why that journalism career didn't take off.
Simple really, as I had other far more important priorities at the time.
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Old 13-06-2016, 15:49
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And because you're a 30 year old man with an understanding of language that would embarrass a 10 year old.
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Old 13-06-2016, 15:50
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And because you're a 30 year old man with an understanding of language that would embarrass a 10 year old.
Nope, that is not the case at all, no need to get personal and insulting, over such a trivial matter.
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Old 13-06-2016, 15:53
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Exhibit A your honour.
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Old 13-06-2016, 15:54
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We should have beaten that Russian side, unfortunately being a better team on paper doesn't always pan out in reality.

Still, I will be fully behind the team, and willing them to go ahead of Wales in the table.
Germany and Spain usually manage to squeeze a win in those situations though when it matters... that's a fundamental difference.

Realistic target: To survive the fans and get out of the flipping group
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Old 13-06-2016, 15:56
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Exhibit A your honour.
Let's drop it now, as this is moving away from the thread topic, and into something else.
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Old 13-06-2016, 15:57
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Germany and Spain always seem to manage to squeeze a win in those situations though... that's a fundamental difference.
Yes, as we just saw with the latter of your two examples, we don't seem to have it in us to do what those nations do on a regular basis at tournament football.
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Old 13-06-2016, 15:59
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They are 4th favourites so getting knocked out by one of top 3 in a competitive game would be fair result.

If they win group portugal 1/4 finals and germany semis
if the come 2nd then france in 1/4 finals
if they come 3rd then germany or spain in 2nd round

Obviously dependent on these teams winning their games. I have a bet on germany and england, I think england could do it. No one is particularly good this year
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Old 13-06-2016, 16:07
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I agree it is an open tournament, and so far no one has stood out from the pack, even Germany had their issues against Ukraine.

Saying that though, I would still be shocked if England got to say the semi finals.
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