UEFA Euro 2016 Round of 16 Discussion Thread

[LittleOzzy]

[Von Bismarck]

Will Grigg's on fire, your defense is terrified

[Baphomet]

All the British teams + Ireland qualified, I'm ecstatic.

[Foye]

Will Grigg's on fire, your defense is terrified

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOpGCGtCVsE[/youtube]

[El Turco]

poland will make the finals

[Foye]

I wonder how Massimo's heart took his beloved Italians not doing their job and beating Ireland

[HIF]

All the British teams + Ireland qualified, I'm ecstatic.

I guess it shows the weakness of the format. 3 UK teams in the top 16 in Europe

[Hadley]

Then Round of Quarter and Semis will decide the tournament. Germany vs Spain and Germany vs France will decide the Champ.

[Foye]

Why the hell is there such a long break until the knockout stage starts?

[HIF]

Why the hell is there such a long break until the knockout stage starts?

3 a day and then a 3 day wait - they've made us junkies.

[El Turco]

not sure how you expect them to play earlier, all the matchups involve teams that will be on 3 days rest or less. only we they could've played earlier if group A and B matched up with each other.

[Foye]

not sure how you expect them to play earlier, all the matchups involve teams that will be on 3 days rest or less. only we they could've played earlier if group A and B matched up with each other.

Switzerland - Poland & Wales - Northern Ireland

Could easily be played tomorrow. 2 days rest is common between domestic league and CL/EL as well.

[El Turco]

champions league games played every other week, teams here already played 3 games in 9 days. not to mention they are not played in the middle of summer.

[No_20]

All the British teams + Ireland qualified, I'm ecstatic.

Thoughts on the EU referendum?

[Baphomet]

All the British teams + Ireland qualified, I'm ecstatic.

Thoughts on the EU referendum?

A little off-topic, but I'll bite.

I didn't vote on the referendum. I'm not vociferously on one side or the other. Not because I feel particularly wishy-washy on the subject, but because I don't feel qualified to make the decision either way. I don't have a degree in economics, geography or history, so I couldn't vote in earnest knowing that I didn't understand all possible permutations. Richard Dawkins posted some interesting thoughts to more or less the same effect: We vote for MPs with, apparently, the requisite understanding to vote on this kind of thing, representing the interests of their constituents. It's not for the unwashed masses like myself to decide.

I will say one thing, I'm disappointed that the level of discourse has descended to the usual 'right vs. left' binary. Politicising the death of Jo Cox, classism, fear mongering, not-so-subtle accusations of xenophobia and racism by Remain outlets, the entire referendum has been a total sh*t show.

[Foye]

All the British teams + Ireland qualified, I'm ecstatic.

Thoughts on the EU referendum?

Would be interesting to see what a Brexit means for the EPL.
English pound would certainly take a hit and reduce the financial power of the EPL teams significantely.

Talking politically....honestly, I wouldn't even be mad if Britains exit from EU. That would be another step on the EUs way down the toilet. And in my personal opinion the EU has a failed as a construct already.

[No_20]

This is great:

[El Turco]

it might be great, most of us wont know

[Merc_Porto]

Portugal or Croatia and Belgium have a real chance to make the final on that side of the road.

[Baphomet]

it might be great, most of us wont know

That screengrab of a newspaper article in a language that less than 1% of RealGM can read sure was a knee-slapper