Game 5: Poland vs Netherlands from the Volksparkstadion, live on BBC1 2pm

[Darius1998]

Depay always feels like a player that just lacks something.

[Smallen]

Man U Depay finish there

[Smallen]

1 minute ago, GunmaN1905 said:

Dumfries was near post man, Buksa went behind his back and in front of VVD. 

Perfect delivery for it to drop just after it goes over Dumfries and before VVD gets it.

Commence big tournament Woj.

What a miss by Iverson...I mean Depay.

yes gunny, the future Inter player did a really good corner, you should be proud!

[DJ]

Getting frustrated with the chances wasted now

[GunmaN1905]

Just now, Smallen said:

yes gunny, the future Inter player did a really good corner, you should be proud!

Fine, VVD bottled it with bad marking.

[Haguey]

Great tracking from the new Inter man!

[Redshift]

If you're going to head it, get some power in it!

[Pukey]

Quite enjoying this game

[Redshift]

OK fair enough

[Smallen]

1 minute ago, Pukey said:

Quite enjoying this game

pretty good. Loads of direct end to end stuff and neither team afraid of going really long.

Damn, lucky goal.

[Darius1998]

Lucky deflection but that was coming.

[GunmaN1905]

Great press by Dumfries to force a bad long ball!

[Selwink]

Not unlucky but at least deserved

[Pukey]

Deserve to be level tbf, but unlucky for Poland to be done by a deflection

[georginho_juventusygr]

Booo, deflected.

[Haguey]

Ah big deflection, but the left back of Poland started that, fannying around with it then playing an awful pass

[CFuller]

Gakpo equalises!

The goals keep on coming at this tournament. (But just wait until tonight's Southgate masterclass.)

[DJ]

Lucky but who cares  

[Constantine]

Far from the snooze fest pretty much all of us expected it to be...

[Haguey]

Dutch defence aren't looking too great, think Poland could get through it without forcing and rushing the final ball

[GunmaN1905]

Feels like every big nation game we can talk how they fell off hard at striker position.

[DJ]

We lead the stats in every department apart from the score. Must do better!

[Rob1981]

Good half that. Should have flung his head at that last chance, carbon copy of that van Persie goal in 2014.

[Freakiie]

2 minutes ago, GunmaN1905 said:

Feels like every big nation game we can talk how they fell off hard at striker position.

Everyone hyped the False Nine for a couple years, so now we have a strikerless generation, only to find out that the False Nine kinda sucks.

[Haguey]

And now the guy who popularised the false nine is using the ultimate Proper Striker

Pep must pay 

[Rikulec]

We actually didn't crap our pants and park the bus for a change, nice. Can't really expect much more than a first half like this. Urbański has been decent so far.

[GunmaN1905]

3 minutes ago, Freakiie said:

Everyone hyped the False Nine for a couple years, so now we have a strikerless generation, only to find out that the False Nine kinda sucks.

Just wait for Serbia to trot out Vlahović and Mitrović tonight. 

[craigcwwe]

8 minutes ago, GunmaN1905 said:

Feels like every big nation game we can talk how they fell off hard at striker position.

 

5 minutes ago, Freakiie said:

Everyone hyped the False Nine for a couple years, so now we have a strikerless generation, only to find out that the False Nine kinda sucks.

Blame Pep. 

[Astafjevs]

Ah, time for 'England camp', complete with its own titles

[CFuller]

3 minutes ago, Astafjevs said:

Ah, time for 'England camp', complete with its own titles

And the star of the show Kelly Somers, asking Gareth such hard-hitting questions as, "Why are you so great?" and "Who do you want to give you your knighthood after the tournament?"

[EnterUsernameHere]

Memphis is so poor. Demands attention but doesn't deliver.

[GunmaN1905]

Just now, EnterUsernameHere said:

Memphis is so poor. Demands attention but doesn't deliver.

Wait until you hear he's 5 goals off Van Persie for top scorer ever.

[Haguey]

Sums up his career really, all the talent but selfish and a bit dumb

[EnterUsernameHere]

2 minutes ago, GunmaN1905 said:

Wait until you hear he's 5 goals off Van Persie for top scorer ever.

I'd be more surprised if he wasn't close. Almost every team is led by a currently playing striker who likes to stat pad.

*Was going to say modern day but RVP probably still counts there.

Edited June 16 by EnterUsernameHere

[DJ]

That was an elbow, ref. 

[Haguey]

Bad final pass

[Andrew_]

That's not a foul 

[Haguey]

Poland are Right In This

[Coulthard's Jaw]

Netherlands wilting here

[GunmaN1905]

Wijnaldum hasn't retired yet? 

[HOORAY HENRIK]

Is this the most Poland have attacked in a tournament?

[EnterUsernameHere]

That's as uninspired as a double change gets. Koeman is a clown.

[CFuller]

Wait... Wijnaldum's still playing for the Netherlands?

[RTHerringbone]

Poland totally deserve to win this. The Dutch have looked really poor.

[Darius1998]

1 minute ago, GunmaN1905 said:

Wijnaldum hasn't retired yet? 

Went off to the same Saudi team as Henderson. Managed by Gerrard too.

[Smallen]

From what I’ve seen of them both I’m really not sure why Dumfries is playing ahead of Frimpong.

[Rob1981]

Poland definitely winning best-dressed manager.

[EnterUsernameHere]

1 minute ago, Smallen said:

From what I’ve seen of them both I’m really not sure why Dumfries is playing ahead of Frimpong.

I'm not a fan of Dumfries but think he's done well today. Could easily play both though.

[GunmaN1905]

4 minutes ago, EnterUsernameHere said:

I'm not a fan of Dumfries but think he's done well today. Could easily play both though.

He's been the best NT players in terms of G+A over the past few years, which says a lot about them.

Frimpong coul've played in Xavi's place. 

Could've played on the flank this match, but definitely not against France with Theo-Mbappe left flank.

Their actual issue is midfield absences. Koopmeiners and De Jong are way better than these two.

Edited June 16 by GunmaN1905

[Selwink]

The pre-tournament friendlies seemed very exciting, with lots of energy and new faces. Koeman conservatism completely back for the tournament