Euro: Euro 2020/21 Discussion

[TheMoreYouKnow]

I feel like it was the best reaction yet. Wondefully written, with every bit of that sensitivity he has. He's clearly a great guy and all what he wrote goes into that direction.

The reason I'm questioning it is that he indicates he had a bad season and lacked confidence. That puts the ball right back in Southgate's court. Why bring him on to take a penalty if he lacks confidence after a tough season. Surely that had come up at some point? It raises the same questions that Grealish's post raised.

 

[Rob]

What actions exactly?

one of many

 

[Evilo]

The reason I'm questioning it is that he indicates he had a bad season and lacked confidence. That puts the ball right back in Southgate's court. Why bring him on to take a penalty if he lacks confidence after a tough season. Surely that had come up at some point? It raises the same questions that Grealish's post raised.

I felt he said it to explain what went through his head going to the spot,not to charge the coach.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

UEFA EURO 2020 Team of the Tournament revealed

I would probably pick Forsberg over Sterling.

 

[Evilo]

Lukaku

 

[Suiteness]

The only logical reason I can see for the Lukaku pick is that the website operator wanted to copy and paste Patrik Schick's profile but he misclicked.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

 

[Live in the Now]

This will be a bigger sport than baseball here in about 10-15 years.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

This will be a bigger sport than baseball here in about 10-15 years.

Is it bigger than hockey?

 

[Live in the Now]

Is it bigger than hockey?

Everywhere except the northeast and midwest it is. Obviously I have no hard proof but I know on the west coast that there's no doubt whatsoever it's bigger than hockey.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

I think it's much harder to determine the popularity of the sport given that it's a totally different scenario i.e. the North American league plays 2nd fiddle. So you're comparing major once every 4 year events like the Euro or World Cup vs a sport that's primarily watched via a single league with 162 games a year. I think it's fair to compare the Euro to the Stanley Cup playoffs, but the Euro Final should only be compared to say a Stanley Cup game 7 or a World Series game 7.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Is it bigger than hockey?

Hockey was, is and probably always will be a niche sport in the United States.

 

[cgf]

Hockey was, is and probably always will be a niche sport in the United States.

At least if the NHL has anything to say about it!

 

[Jussi]

Hockey was, is and probably always will be a niche sport in the United States.

I don't think anybody really watches hockey anymore.

 

[East Coast Bias]

At least if the NHL has anything to say about it!

all those years leading up Wednesday night hockey with 2 hours of fly fishing on Versus didn’t have the impact they thought I guess

 

[Live in the Now]

I don't think anybody really watches hockey anymore.

In the northeast and certain parts of the midwest they do. But I gotta say that a lot of things related to hockey have massively turned me off the sport. I would rather not get into detail about some of them but the lack of rule enforcement alone is bad enough. And then you have goalies who look like the Michelin man. No thanks. I can think of no faster way to sabotage a sport.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

In the northeast and certain parts of the midwest they do. But I gotta say that a lot of things related to hockey have massively turned me off the sport. I would rather not get into detail about some of them but the lack of rule enforcement alone is bad enough. And then you have goalies who look like the Michelin man. No thanks. I can think of no faster way to sabotage a sport.

SALARY CAP!

 

[cgf]

"That's just playoff hockey"

 

[TheGreenTBer]

I don't think anybody really watches hockey anymore.

Last NHL game I watched on TV was around 3 years ago I think, and I haven't seen a game live in almost that long.

It's hard to believe that in another life I was posting about hockey on this site 10-20 times per day at one point.

 

[cgf]

Crazy to think it's been exactly 7 years.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

How do I report a post??

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Crazy to think it's been exactly 7 years.

That's bait.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Last NHL game I watched on TV was around 3 years ago I think, and I haven't seen a game live in almost that long.

It's hard to believe that in another life I was posting about hockey on this site 10-20 times per day at one point.

Are we the same person?

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Are we the same person?

Yes. I am your alternate personality and I'm watching you from inside your brain. You're looking great tonight...






Holy shit I think I actually just creeped myself out.

 

[Lepardi]

The group of death teams all got bounced first round.

I've seen many people bring this up as if it's proof the expression "group of death" wasn't warranted. It absolutely was. There are eight teams in Europe that are clearly above the rest. France, Germany and Portugal all belong in that top-8. The other five (Italy, England, Belgium, Spain and Netherlands) all played in different groups.