12-07-2016, 13:18
The French people were impressively good losers apart from those that decided to have a riot in Paris after losing the final, but nobody mentions that.
My take on the tournament.
Marseille- Impressive stadium, terrible stewarding and security both inside and outside of the stadium. Police- the worst of the lot, kind of glad we got knocked out and didn't have to go back.
Russian supporters- Nutjobs who attacked anything remotely English in the old port and the stadium at the end.
Lens- A kind of nothing Town in the north of the France that welcomed England and Wales fans who to the best of my knowledge all got on. Decent stadium that reminded you of stadiums back home(all seats had a good view and seemed to be on top of the pitch if you get my drift). It just wasnt big enough to stage England v Wales. Stewarding very poor, bottle necks at security and dangerous items like a BIRO being confiscated because every hooligan know choice of weapon is a BIRO!
St Etienne- The most welcoming Town of them all, bars open early in the day, DJs knocking out the tunes outside the bars for fans to sing and dance to, even the mayor said everyone was brilliant. Fantastic ground with 2 massive Kops behind the goals...atmosphere electric especially the great escape when every supporter in the ground was singing along bar the Slovakia supporters.
The downside to the tournament, 3 places could qualify meaning games like our last against Slovakia were all but guaranteed to be a draw, teams had no interest in attacking knowing a point would be sufficient to qualify. Also only 4 of the best 3rd places could qualify so nobody could make plans of where we might be playing in the last 16, if you finished top it would be one place, runners up would be elsewhere and once you'd taken a university course you could nearly work out where the 3rd place teams could play and that was from Nice in the South to Paris in the North....football fans left in limbo as usual.
Keep it bloody simple, either 16 teams split into 4 with the top 2 qualifying or 32 teams split into groups of 4 with the top 2 qualifying.
The cost of living, I'm surprised France hasn't shut for the rest of the year...€7 for a beer, €16 for a burger with chips you'd think with that sort of income they could afford to put more than 1 toilet in each bar....mayhem on Matchday when you had to queue up for 20mins just for a slash
My take on the tournament.
Marseille- Impressive stadium, terrible stewarding and security both inside and outside of the stadium. Police- the worst of the lot, kind of glad we got knocked out and didn't have to go back.
Russian supporters- Nutjobs who attacked anything remotely English in the old port and the stadium at the end.
Lens- A kind of nothing Town in the north of the France that welcomed England and Wales fans who to the best of my knowledge all got on. Decent stadium that reminded you of stadiums back home(all seats had a good view and seemed to be on top of the pitch if you get my drift). It just wasnt big enough to stage England v Wales. Stewarding very poor, bottle necks at security and dangerous items like a BIRO being confiscated because every hooligan know choice of weapon is a BIRO!
St Etienne- The most welcoming Town of them all, bars open early in the day, DJs knocking out the tunes outside the bars for fans to sing and dance to, even the mayor said everyone was brilliant. Fantastic ground with 2 massive Kops behind the goals...atmosphere electric especially the great escape when every supporter in the ground was singing along bar the Slovakia supporters.
The downside to the tournament, 3 places could qualify meaning games like our last against Slovakia were all but guaranteed to be a draw, teams had no interest in attacking knowing a point would be sufficient to qualify. Also only 4 of the best 3rd places could qualify so nobody could make plans of where we might be playing in the last 16, if you finished top it would be one place, runners up would be elsewhere and once you'd taken a university course you could nearly work out where the 3rd place teams could play and that was from Nice in the South to Paris in the North....football fans left in limbo as usual.
Keep it bloody simple, either 16 teams split into 4 with the top 2 qualifying or 32 teams split into groups of 4 with the top 2 qualifying.
The cost of living, I'm surprised France hasn't shut for the rest of the year...€7 for a beer, €16 for a burger with chips you'd think with that sort of income they could afford to put more than 1 toilet in each bar....mayhem on Matchday when you had to queue up for 20mins just for a slash