The Football.....

[rich p]

What time are the Croatian ultras due to set off the fireworks?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

What time are the Croatian ultras due to set off the fireworks?

I heard that there was a plot to attack the referee that the Croatian police notified the French police about. Maybe, as committed saboteurs, they'll attack themselves instead.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Czech Republic 0 Turkey 2. It's looking good for NI...so far. As long as Turkey don't let in 3 goals then NI will be in the next round.

Is it don't or doesn't? I'm thinking it's don't because we're talking about the football team called Turkey not the country. If it was the country then wouldn't it be doesn't? Then again a country wouldn't be playing a football match.

 

[Piemaster]

Forgot to post this the other day, a comment from my wife, browsing her tablet
"Ooh, look at that score. Chili have beaten Mexico 7-0 in the Euros'
Aww..bless

"Darling, the EU has been expanding, but don't you think that might be stretching it a bit?"

 

[rich p]

I heard that there was a plot to attack the referee that the Croatian police notified the French police about. Maybe, as committed saboteurs, they'll attack themselves instead.

Nutjobs aside, I do hope that Croatia nick this one

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Is it don't or doesn't? I'm thinking it's don't because we're talking about the football team called Turkey not the country. If it was the country then wouldn't it be doesn't? Then again a country wouldn't be playing a football match.

Both are in current usage. US tend to emphasise the team so singular, UK usage uses the plural (number of individual players). I tend to the plural but neither is unidiomatic.

 

[ianrauk]

De Gea,
Sorry @mark st1 , he's a very average goal keeper. Certainly not world class.

 

[ianrauk]

Nutjobs aside, I do hope that Croatia nick this one

Careful what you wish for

 

[philk56]

Croatia looking very good and that's without Modric.

 

[AndyRM]

Thing of beauty.

Like an extended take on Germany's World Cup '94 top.

 

[Beebo]

The bottom half of the draw is starting to look a bit tricky.
Spain, Germany, France , Italy and England already in the bottom half.

 

[rich p]

Careful what you wish for

?
Spain or Italy will go out now?
England will play Austria, Hungary, Portugal or |Iceland and deserve to go out if they can't bet any of those.
Unless, I've got it arse about face...

 

[ianrauk]

?
Spain or Italy will go out now?
England will play Austria, Hungary, Portugal or |Iceland and deserve to go out if they can't bet any of those.
Unless, I've got it arse about face...

Sorry I meant, you calling a Croatia win.. Came out wrong

 

[mark st1]

De Gea,
Sorry @mark st1 , he's a very average goal keeper. Certainly not world class.

2014/15

2015/16

Not his best night tonight I'll grant you that but he has held off some pretty tasty keepers in the often named "best league in the world" for the last couple of years. Compared to the gangly fragile plastic hands he was when he turned up I'd hand on heart only swap him for Neuer.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Northern Ireland have made it through to the last 16!France or Wales await them. I think this will be as far as they go(well if they get France) but what an achievement! Their fans out sung the Germans(granted that's not hard to do ) and have been a credit to the little country, just like their team!