Euro 2020 General Discussion

[Jarquis]

Pickford should have taken one tbh

 

[duffer]

Grealish and Sterling not being in the top 5 is a big red flag. I'm leaning towards them outright thinking they didn't want to be 'that guy' and refusing to take one.

 

[wpdavid]

Pickford should have taken one tbh

Not the worst call. He has previous, of course.

 

[sledger]

You just know his pen would have been great entertainment regardless of whether he scored or missed

 

[Furball]

Grealish is an absolute myth btw, I really don't understand the clamour for him to take one.

 

[Furball]

None of them wanted it so they sent the young lads to the front line.

Turns out Southgate evoking the spirit of past wars was spot on.

 

[Furball]

One thing I found really interesting was how weird in hindsight the footage of Sterling scoring against Croatia looks with Wembley a quarter full. Feels like a different world.

 

[nick-o]

What is this? Arsenal have released a statement that reads "Once again, we are sad to have to say we condemn the racism of a number of black players." Surely, that's the opposite of what they want to say?

 

[sledger]

What is this? Arsenal have released a statement that reads "Once again, we are sad to have to say we condemn the racism of a number of black players." Surely, that's the opposite of what they want to say?

I very much doubt doing the opposite of condemning racism is what they want to do tbh.

 

[nick-o]

I very much doubt doing the opposite of condemning racism is what they want to do tbh.

No, they're saying a number of black players are racists. That's the opposite of what they want to say.

 

[sledger]

Yeah though obviously that's not what that sentence says at all.

 

[nick-o]

Yeah though obviously that's not what that sentence says at all.

hehe. Yes it is.

 

[honestbharani]

The racist nobends might want to think on that for a while.

Read this as noseends and laughed out loud for some reason.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Grealish and Sterling not being in the top 5 is a big red flag. I'm leaning towards them outright thinking they didn't want to be 'that guy' and refusing to take one.

When the game went to penalties the camera caught Southgate going up and speaking to Grealish who clearly nodded and gave a thumbs up. Looked for all the world like he was agreeing to take a penalty, which was one of the reasons I was surprised to see Saka step up for penalty five. Maybe he was just asked if he'd be ok to take one if it went to sudden death?

 

[GIMH]

When the game went to penalties the camera caught Southgate going up and speaking to Grealish who clearly nodded and gave a thumbs up. Looked for all the world like he was agreeing to take a penalty, which was one of the reasons I was surprised to see Saka step up for penalty five. Maybe he was just asked if he'd be ok to take one if it went to sudden death?

I can lip read and Southgate said ‘give me a thumbs up if Furball is a ****’

 

[GIMH]

Yeah though obviously that's not what that sentence says at all.

It literally is though. It’s terribly worded

 

[sledger]

Racism is a word that can be used in the same way as murder.

If someone said "we condemn the murder of a number of black players" nobody would think they were calling the black players murderers.

 

[andruid]

Racism is a word that can be used in the same way as murder.

If someone said "we condemn the murder of a number of black players" nobody would think they were calling the black players murderers.

#English

 

[GIMH]

Racism is a word that can be used in the same way as murder.

If someone said "we condemn the murder of a number of black players" nobody would think they were calling the black players murderers.

I’ve never heard it used that way. I think it’s just been quickly put together. Obviously we know what they mean, and nicko is talking tongue in cheek, but it is ambiguous at best, even if what you say of racism being used as the recipient verb is correct which tbh I don’t think is.

 

[sledger]

Yeah fair enough. You're probably right tbh, I'm just being a knob.