Austria v Turkey - Tuesday 2 July

[RoboFox]

Weren’t we heavily linked with Demiral for a couple of years and then decided to buy Faes?

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Oh dear lots of stuff being thrown by naughty Austrian fans.

[bmt]

Just now, RoboFox said:

Weren’t we heavily linked with Demiral for a couple of years and then decided to buy Faes?

Didn't he get a horrendous injury

[KingsX]

Weren't we looking seriously at Demiral to pair with Cags?  "Build the Turkish wall" and all that?

[Voll Blau]

Just now, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Oh dear lots of stuff being thrown by naughty Austrian fans.

No, you must be mistaken. Only the English would do that.

 

Educate yourself about how well behaved European fans are please.

[Raj]

That Guler looks decent.

Should whack a cheeky bid in with the KDH cash😁😁😁

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

1 minute ago, KingsX said:

Weren't we looking seriously at Demiral to pair with Cags?  "Build the Turkish wall" and all that?

 

We were but he either stayed put or picked up a serious injury from memory?

[foxy boxing]

Demiral is the drug that Turkey needed!

[Bob Weasel Fox]

Austria pulled one back 

[StanSP]

Game back on! 

[Voll Blau]

We got a game on!

 

The 0035 from Leipzig to Vienna (yes I looked it up) could yet be a 10-hour party train!

[BillyFOX12]

Great game

[Trav Le Bleu]

Game on!

[Raj]

Best game of the KOs by far

[Blarmy]

Football!

[SouthStandUpperTier]

It's pissed it down in this tournament almost as much as it did in the '74 World Cup in Germany.

[Mike1983]

Watching this great game makes me wonder: what's more painful—hammering rusty nails into your kneecaps or being forced to endure full match replays of England's matches at this Euros?

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Just now, Mike1983 said:

Watching this great game makes me wonder: what's more painful—hammering rusty nails into your kneecaps or being forced to endure full match replays of England's matches at this Euros?

 

The kneecap one has to be more painful imo

[leicsmac]

8 minutes ago, Voll Blau said:

No, you must be mistaken. Only the English would do that.

 

Educate yourself about how well behaved European fans are please.

Sadly, reputation precedes the English there. And the responsibility for that lies only with the ones that did what they did to give them a bad name across the years.

 

On topic, superb match!

[PhillippaT]

1 minute ago, Mike1983 said:

Watching this great game makes me wonder: what's more painful—hammering rusty nails into your kneecaps or being forced to endure full match replays of England's matches at this Euros?

That's a hypothesis that really isn't worth figuring out

[FoxTimmy2]

Just now, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

The kneecap one has to be more painful imo

I'd say it's a close call. I can imagine Southgate's games being used at Guantanamo, non-stop and you must watch.

[foxes_rule1978]

1 minute ago, leicsmac said:

Sadly, reputation precedes the English there. And the responsibility for that lies only with the ones that did what they did to give them a bad name across the years.

 

On topic, superb match!

I would call that discrimination but yeah I certainly understand it will take time to get rid of that reputation 

[StanSP]

Mayhem about to ensue in these last 15 mins. 

 

Rain makes it better too. 

[RowlattsFox]

Hell of a lot of rain in Germany this year. 

[Voll Blau]

2 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Sadly, reputation precedes the English there. And the responsibility for that lies only with the ones that did what they did to give them a bad name across the years.

 

On topic, superb match!

It's a wildly undeserved reputation in the modern era. The English have been the best behaved fans in Europe for years now.

 

On a more general point, I think this has been a great tournament for organic fan culture. Germany's relaxed attitude to flags, banners, standing etc have really added to the action on the pitch. Doesn't feel anywhere near as sanitised as a regular international tournament.