Euro 2016

[jerseydevil]

when I go to Devils games, it takes me two scans and a doctor's note just to get my KNEE BRACE through security! How TF can you get a smurfing FLARE through?!?

[dks]

Stick it up a body cavity, or have someone working in the stadium hide it for you.

[enki_ck]

What dks said

They have decades of experiance and ties to hooligan groups around the world who help them out.

For instance in a game between Hajduk Split and Tottenham a guy managed to bring a live cock into the stadium, storm the pitch and break the cocks neck. (The cock being Tottenhams mascot) That was more than 30 years ago, they jad a lot of practice since.

And in the most bizare case ever, Italians managed to smugle a Vespa into the stadium and throw it of the stands. Now known as the case of the Holy Vespa.

[enki_ck]

dks, try not to go to far with the cock references, please

[dks]

I am not really interested in cocks.

A feline reference may arise my interest.

[firiki]

This is all very weird... as if every country's stoopid hools are working together towards having martial law declared.

Remember, French police have another, big front to cope with at the moment and stadium stewards can't be expected to deal with mobsters. Unfortunately, many football fan clubs are sources for all kinds of things hard to find, from drugs to work as goons etc.

Do you older ones remember something similar in the past?

Notorious English hools, banned from entering the country for a year after '98 World Cup in France now have returned at the very same cities for round two.

Hardcore neo-Nazi Russian hools forming very efficient large troops and proudly uploading videos of their achievements on the Internets. They also struck in Germany two days ago.

These Croatian whatever-they-are.

Also, Spanyards colliding with Turcs before tonight's game between their respective teams.

I probably omitted somebody.

All this can't be a coincidence, it goes to show something but I don't know what.


Probably not the feline reference dks was hoping for 

[styx]

to keep this forum as clean from my swearing as possible i'll just say jackasses

[Subterranean]

Yep, they are all in facts puppets. They are to be used for someone's goals, when needed.

...and people say the modern football is about the sport and human physiological achivements. Yeah right, and I'm a Santa Claus.

[enki_ck]

I'd say those morons don't deserve out attention anymore, at least not here.


In other related news ... Spain is up 3:0 against Turkey

[dks]

And I managed to miss all 3...

[Billy Ruffian]

This Euro Championship is starting to show a really sinister side, I can't remember aggravation like this at any of the Euros since all the way back in Euro '88 (and that tournament was like looking back at the dark ages.) I'm sure there has been the odd pocket of disorder in the past but there is a real element of pre-planning and organisation to the trouble this time around. I guess social media enables this organised trouble, but why it is happening in this Euro and not the other recent ones, I really don't know? 

No idea how it can be stopped either. UEFA could maybe take the extreme step of disqualifying a team and use that as a threat but to take those troublemakers in the Croatia end today as an example, I can't see that the team being thrown out would bother them one bit, if their grievance is against the national team establishment.

Such a shame. I love it every four years when the Euros come around, but this one could end badly, I fear.

And what they are going to to about the World Cup in Russia in 2018 I don't think anybody knows.

[jerseydevil]

Stick it up a body cavity, or have someone working in the stadium hide it for you.

Too much work. Hell, buy me a few beers and I'll start a riot on my own..... my brother is in France for a very different sporting event, the 24hrs of LeMans. He says security is insane, but this crap is still happening.....

[styx]

Yep, they are all in facts puppets. They are to be used for someone's goals, when needed.

...and people say the modern football is about the sport and human physiological achivements. Yeah right, and I'm a Santa Claus.

in that case could you finally tell me where I can get a driver's license for reindeer? them letter I've sent must have gotten lost

[Subterranean]

Yep, they are all in facts puppets. They are to be used for someone's goals, when needed.

...and people say the modern football is about the sport and human physiological achivements. Yeah right, and I'm a Santa Claus.

in that case could you finally tell me where I can get a driver's license for reindeer? them letter I've sent must have gotten lost

Only Santa can get a reindeer license 

[enki_ck]

Yep, they are all in facts puppets. They are to be used for someone's goals, when needed.

...and people say the modern football is about the sport and human physiological achivements. Yeah right, and I'm a Santa Claus.

in that case could you finally tell me where I can get a driver's license for reindeer? them letter I've sent must have gotten lost

Only Santa can get a reindeer license 

Yup, and you have to throw the current Santa of the roof to become one.

[styx]

Yep, they are all in facts puppets. They are to be used for someone's goals, when needed.

...and people say the modern football is about the sport and human physiological achivements. Yeah right, and I'm a Santa Claus.

in that case could you finally tell me where I can get a driver's license for reindeer? them letter I've sent must have gotten lost

Only Santa can get a reindeer license 

Yup, and you have to throw the current Santa of the roof to become one.

so you're saying there is a way

[jerseydevil]

So, if Iceland's fans riot, do they use swords and axes? THAT would be interesting to watch.....

[Etherealicer]

 

Portugal

 

[dks]

Ronaldo 

[firiki]

He loses it under pressure...

 That's too bad for someone that always tries to make himself shine 

[styx]

So, if Iceland's fans riot, do they use swords and axes? THAT would be interesting to watch.....

considering that this guy is a fan, it would be really interesting

[Whoey]

I guess we'll miss his tantrums in the next round...

[kkokkolis]

I am in Skopje and I hear all this noise for almost an hour, drums, singing, fireworks and car horns. As it seems, Albania won over Romania. What I didn't know was that 1/3 of the population here is of Albanian origin.
It reminds me when Turkey won Croatia in the World Cup. I was in Belgium and it seemed Belgium had no Belgian inhabitants on the streets, just Turks. And once in London we were surrounded by many thousands of Iranians, when they won the Asian footbal championship.
I like the way football is a shared interest in this continent and its surroundings. But nationalities and the national teams are artificial constructs. I remember Albanians on the streets, happy for the 2004 cup Greece won. I'm happy for Albania myself today.

[kkokkolis]

But they won't let me sleep.

[kkokkolis]

I see very bad results for the Eastern teams im general, with the exception of Hungary.

[enki_ck]

And here we go again. I honestly don't care about the result anymore, as long there aren't any more "situations", but as far the news are, they could be

[enki_ck]

This B team of ours doesn't even look that bad. Nice game so far and a look at some future A team players

[Billy Ruffian]

Good game to watch as a neutral, this is. Have to say that was a really good penalty save but why are Spain letting Ramos take them, with some of the other players they have on the pitch? It just comes across as a little bit arrogant.

[Billy Ruffian]

...And that was a great breakaway goal.

[enki_ck]

That was ... unexpected .... but