Squirrelhumper Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 17 hours ago, The Black Bra said: - knocked out by Ronaldinho’s goal in 2002 (watched this in Highlander in Tenerife - what a morning) - beaten on penalties by Portugal in 2004 (watched this in Kilties in Ibiza and bar staff had to lock the doors for about an hour to stop the English getting in when the lost ahaha) - beaten again on penalties by Portugal in 2006 (watched this again in Kilties and exact same thing happened!) Great times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertsscot Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 England have a good team and a good manager. They got lucky with the draw and also had few injury problems. Oxlade-Chamberlain is the only one I can think of who would might have made the first eleven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 47 minutes ago, Clyde1998 said: Incredibly - http://eloratings.net/1988_European_Championship_start They were 7th by the end of those Euros though. So going by the elo ratings at the start of the tournament the semi finalists were:- France - 4th England - 7th Belgium - 8th Croatia - 14th A good chance that's how they could finish too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 2 hours ago, Toepoke said: A good chance that's how they could finish too. About 1 in 24, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 5 minutes ago, Orraloon said: About 1 in 24, I think. You sure? Id say one in 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Zero atmosphere here, it's a like a mid November friendly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 24 minutes ago, kumnio said: You sure? Id say one in 16 Show us your working. Four factorial. 4x3x2x1= 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 6 minutes ago, Orraloon said: Show us your working. Four factorial. 4x3x2x1= 24 France cant win the cup with Belgium coming second, so all options arent available. 1 France, 2 Belgium, 3 England, 4 Croatia 1324 1342 1423 1432 Theres only 4 possible outcomes if France win, multiply that by 4 for the other teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, kumnio said: France cant win the cup with Belgium coming second, so all options arent available. 1 France, 2 Belgium, 3 England, 4 Croatia 1324 1342 1423 1432 Theres only 4 possible outcomes if France win, multiply that by 4 for the other teams. Good point. Hadn't thought of that. Wasn't as simple as I thought. Edited July 10, 2018 by Orraloon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 France. One-nout, Umtiti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Belgium's goalscoring issues come back at the worst possible time Lukaku has been almost invisible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, Ally Bongo said: Belgium's goalscoring issues come back at the worst possible time Lukaku has been almost invisible To be fair France are very well organised and defend as a team better than anyone here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 France are fucking grim, a team that truly does play in its managers image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Not convinced Mbappe deserves the plauditry to the lengths it's been given either Looks like another Mark Burchill to me and we know how his career panned out .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 We’ll murder Belgium at Hampden Belgium are guff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, Mox said: France are fucking grim, a team that truly does play in its managers image. The amount of time they wasted the ref could have played about 20 minutes of injury time. They are not exactly exciting to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 1 minute ago, Ally Bongo said: Not convinced Mbappe deserves the plauditry to the lengths it's been given either Looks like another Mark Burchill to me and we know how his career panned out .... 😲 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 (edited) Must be annoying to play against, the time wasting and play acting and fannying around. Let's hope they can be worthier as champions. Edited July 10, 2018 by exile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, Ally Bongo said: Not convinced Mbappe deserves the plauditry to the lengths it's been given either Looks like another Mark Burchill to me and we know how his career panned out .... Hahaha. Hes the real deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 So Belgium had 60% possession... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 France schooled Belgium in that second half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scot scotland scottish Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 De Bruyne picked a fine night to have a terrible game. Normally very good, but tonight was dreadful - I lost count of the stray passes he had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 19 minutes ago, Ally Bongo said: Not convinced Mbappe deserves the plauditry to the lengths it's been given either Looks like another Mark Burchill to me and we know how his career panned out .... Take a couple days off, you need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 France will be pleased to have got through in normal time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rubble Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 20 minutes ago, DoonTheSlope said: We’ll murder Belgium at Hampden Belgium are guff! If guff is reaching a World Cup semi-final, then we'd all be happy for Scotland to be guff. Meantime stop talking guff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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