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Old 22-06-2016, 22:35
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The other side of the draw is so much easier than the side England have ended up in. Almost certainly England get France at home if they make the quarters, then if by some miracle they get through that then they would likely play Germany or Spain in the semis.

If England had won the group they would likely have played the inconsistent Belgium in the quarters, and then probably Croatia or Portugal in the semis.

Cheers Woy for thinking second place is good enough
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Old 22-06-2016, 22:45
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England possibly have Iceland and the Republic of Ireland in their way in order to get the semi's.

Not that bad, if that turns out to be the case.

I think Ireland stand a very good chance of knocking out France, who have been far from convincing with the home pressure on them. Ireland did them in 90 mins in the Stade de France only later to be saved Henry's handball.
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Old 22-06-2016, 22:45
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Probably why the FA weren't too happy..

Mind you be no pressure on us against France which might help if that is the last 8 tie.

Belgium and Croatia would give us a tough game too and probably beat us if our performance wasn't good..
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Old 22-06-2016, 22:48
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Who do we face in the semi finals if we beat France
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Old 22-06-2016, 22:48
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Personally, I don't think it is much easier, at least not initially.

Sides like Croatia and even Hungary look really dangerous and at times have looked better than the bigger sides.

France haven't exactly lit the tournament up, Spain yet to be tested by playing one of the bigger sides and lost to Croatia.

Overall, it probably is the harder side of the draw, but I just don't think it's as big a difference as some people think.
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Old 22-06-2016, 22:50
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Who do we face in the semi finals if we beat France
If they beat France (if France beat Ireland and England beat Iceland) they'd be facing the winners of Italy/ Spain and Germany/ Slovakia

http://www.eurosport.com/football/eu...83/story.shtml
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Old 22-06-2016, 23:30
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I just think it's sad that some people still refer to a 68 year old man with a minor speech impediment as 'Woy'.
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Old 22-06-2016, 23:43
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I just think it's sad that some people still refer to a 68 year old man with a minor speech impediment as 'Woy'.
I'm sure it's all said with affection
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Old 22-06-2016, 23:48
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I'm sure it's all said with affection
Well The Sun are amongst the worst culprits so I'm not so sure about that.
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Old 23-06-2016, 00:31
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A readership with a loose grasp of one language mocking a man who can speak five.
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Old 23-06-2016, 00:41
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I don't know why England fans are so afraid of playing France. They look quite beatable, especially against a good attacking side who can get at them. I don't think there's much of a gulf between them and England.
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Old 23-06-2016, 00:44
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I don't know why England fans are so afraid of playing France. They look quite beatable, especially against a good attacking side who can get at them. I don't think there's much of a gulf between them and England.
The thing about these top teams is that they always play their best against England

It is like they are desperate to beat us

Thats why i think France would win because they know they have to play their best
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Old 23-06-2016, 00:57
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I don't know why England fans are so afraid of playing France. They look quite beatable, especially against a good attacking side who can get at them. I don't think there's much of a gulf between them and England.
Because no matter how crap they are, theyre still considered one of the 'big ' teams and England, the ball-less cowards that they are, will crumble in the presence of a big team
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Old 23-06-2016, 00:57
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I just think it's sad that some people still refer to a 68 year old man with a minor speech impediment as 'Woy'.
Most still refer to Jonathan Ross as 'Wossy'

Who cares?
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Old 23-06-2016, 01:15
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I'm sure it's all said with affection
I can't role my R's, a fellow workmate teased me in an affectionate way. I never thought it as a speech impediment
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