Euro 2016 thread

[arbboy]

We,West ham ,were in for Kante at the same time as when you signed him, really is a great player have said many times how every team in the world bar possibly Barcelona could do with him in their midfield

So much energy and drive absolute joy to watch, allowing Payet ,Pogba etc to do what they do

Tighty might be able to confirm but from what I understand Idrissa Gueye - who signed for Villa - was LCFC's first choice target. He chose Villa so LCFC bought Kante. He didn't start the first game of the season in CM it took an injury for Ranieri to form the Kante/Drinkwater partnership.

Best scouting in the league though!  Or just variance?

[TightEnd]

Jordan veretout, turned us down for villa. After the 5:2 arsenal defeat ranieri introduced Simpson and kantecto tighten us up and we never looked back

[KarmaDope]

Pick. That. Out.

[TightEnd]

And what a goal that was dmitri. Wow

[JohnCharver]

Payet looked quite upset, but I figured it out when i seen who his replacement was

[Sportshead]

If Troy Deeney is worth £20 mil

What is Payet worth? I would not accept below £2.8 billion 😃

Please stay Dimi

[TightEnd]

Payet and kante at psg come August.

[arbboy]

Congrats on the goal minutes Dung.  You run good.  What an awesome free roll to have for the event now with 40 units profit banked on day 1!

[DungBeetle]

Congrats on the goal minutes Dung.  You run good.  What an awesome free roll to have for the event now with 40 units profit banked on day 1!

Yeah - that was sweet and should guarantee him a starting berth for the tournament now!  Much for France to ponder defensively though in my opinion.  That game wouldn't have filled me with confidence.

[hhyftrftdr]

Congrats on the goal minutes Dung.  You run good.  What an awesome free roll to have for the event now with 40 units profit banked on day 1!

Yeah - that was sweet and should guarantee him a starting berth for the tournament now!  Much for France to ponder defensively though in my opinion.  That game wouldn't have filled me with confidence.

Need Mangala......

[JohnCharver]

Congrats on the goal minutes Dung.  You run good.  What an awesome free roll to have for the event now with 40 units profit banked on day 1!

Yeah - that was sweet and should guarantee him a starting berth for the tournament now!  Much for France to ponder defensively though in my opinion.  That game wouldn't have filled me with confidence.

Need more hart......

fyp

[pleno1]

What a substitution. Balls to take Pogba off and put Payet in the hole. Incredible.

[DungBeetle]

Congrats on the goal minutes Dung.  You run good.  What an awesome free roll to have for the event now with 40 units profit banked on day 1!

Yeah - that was sweet and should guarantee him a starting berth for the tournament now!  Much for France to ponder defensively though in my opinion.  That game wouldn't have filled me with confidence.

Need Mangala......

I think they should be worried as favs.  Their defending of corners looked dreadful, and Evra looked like a weak link throughout (defensively).  Skinned a couple of times first half and then absurd challenge for penalty.  Kante and Pogba are awesome though.

As a side show minor irritation Greizmann did that slow snivelling sulky walk off when he got subbed when the team needed all the minutes it could get.  Pogba was a man and ran off!

[hhyftrftdr]

Congrats on the goal minutes Dung.  You run good.  What an awesome free roll to have for the event now with 40 units profit banked on day 1!

Yeah - that was sweet and should guarantee him a starting berth for the tournament now!  Much for France to ponder defensively though in my opinion.  That game wouldn't have filled me with confidence.

Need Mangala......

I think they should be worried as favs.  Their defending of corners looked dreadful, and Evra looked like a weak link throughout (defensively).  Skinned a couple of times first half and then absurd challenge for penalty.  Kante and Pogba are awesome though.

As a side show minor irritation Greizmann did that slow snivelling sulky walk off when he got subbed when the team needed all the minutes it could get.  Pogba was a man and ran off!

Yeah I think better teams could punish France in the final 3rd. They look so good going forward and have bags of talent in that direction, but certainly defensively they could be found wanting.

Kante, Pogba and Payet all looked class. Gonna be an interesting tournament.

[Archer]

I don't think Leics would swap Schmeichel for Hart. Organises his defence better, better on corners and distributes better. Cech is a better keeper, Lloris would be picked ahead of Hart every time, De Gea best keeper in the prem. Cortois better and younger. Burland younger, equally good at shot stopping, possibly not quite as confident but higher upside.

Hart probably more consistent that Forster, I might concede that. Better than Mignolet and Adrian.

How gracious.

It's amusing that a keeper who has won 4 of the last 6 golden glove awards, often playing in front of a much maligned defence, is way behind the ability of many other keepers in the league.

If it's any consolation to you, we'd take him at Brentford.

Golden glove this year Cech? When was the last time an Arsenal keeper won it before him? I don't think it really has much relevance to be fair.

In the NHL there is an award for the goalie who's team let in the least but no one pays any attention, what matters is the award for the best keeper as voted for by his peers. Hart's not been in since 2012 indicating his stalled in his development and hasn't kicked on. Cortois, Lloris, Butland all
joined the league since.

I like you - your whoppers are getting bigger and bigger   The "correllation" between inclusion or not in the PFA Team of the Year as a measure of stalled development is pretty good.  Well done.

 It says a lot for the award that matters that  Aguero  has not made 1 of the 2 striker positions in the PFA team of the year in any of his 5 years in the PL.  Does that mean he is really average as well?  At least Hart can take some consolation that he has made it as best keeper twice which is the same number as Cech. However Cech has played more PL seasons than Hart therefore Hart's achievement is better than Cech but Hart is average and Cech is good. I'm confused now.