FTS Gecko 24,135 Posted June 15, 2016 Early days Robin, early days. Belgium still have two games to go from a team of fantastic individuals to a fantastic team. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FTS Gecko 24,135 Posted June 16, 2016 Gareth Bale, what a player! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 362 Posted June 16, 2016 Amazing game, feel like we finally got the result we deserved and both nations will go through, come on England 1 FTS Gecko reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FTS Gecko 24,135 Posted June 16, 2016 Huge congratulations to Northern Ireland as well on a fantastic result today. Republic next - come on, let's see another win! 1 Ashley reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gadge 4,294 Posted June 18, 2016 Im not massive into football but i spent the last week in Iceland and its the first time they've ever qualified so they were quite into it (their national game is 'hand ball'). Lots of people watching games in bars with no ovetly aggressive testosterone being bandied about, no fights, not stupidnes between rival fans. 4% of the population is Polish (and its a tiny population of about 300,000 people anyway) and polish fans were drinking with german fans etc etc. If footballl was like that in England i'd have less of an issue with it. Having said that I did watch the Wales V England game and thought we did ok given how strong England are usually, getting a goal in and only losing 2-1 wasnt bad for the land of my fathers! 1 Ashley reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FTS Gecko 24,135 Posted June 18, 2016 Well, Wales won their first game in some style Gadge - get a good result against Russia, draw or win, and you'll be into the knockout stages. Next up, Republic of Ireland - come on lads, let's see another win! 1 Gadge reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WingedSpider 1,266 Posted June 19, 2016 Mexico, post if you're okay. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 362 Posted June 19, 2016 Im not massive into football but i spent the last week in Iceland and its the first time they've ever qualified so they were quite into it (their national game is 'hand ball'). Lots of people watching games in bars with no ovetly aggressive testosterone being bandied about, no fights, not stupidnes between rival fans. 4% of the population is Polish (and its a tiny population of about 300,000 people anyway) and polish fans were drinking with german fans etc etc. If footballl was like that in England i'd have less of an issue with it. Having said that I did watch the Wales V England game and thought we did ok given how strong England are usually, getting a goal in and only losing 2-1 wasnt bad for the land of my fathers! Well Wales can still go through even if they lose, there are 4 places for 3rd in group stages, won't come to that, they will be too good for Russia. Speaking of Iceland, I heard someone say they have 8% of their population actually at the ground, amazing effort from their team, considering size of the population. Also what's it like in Iceland? It's on my list of places to see, if I can convince the wife to try somewhere chilly. 2 Cununculus and Gadge reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FTS Gecko 24,135 Posted June 19, 2016 (edited) Volcanic mountain ranges, geysers, glaciers, waterfalls, ice caves, the hot water Blue Lagoon, go between Jan-March and you've a good chance of seeing the Northern Lights... ...also whale watching, incredible seafood and expensive bars (by our Northern staqndards). Well done to Iceland! And looks like Belgium are on course to qualify as well Robin. edit: check out this link for more on Iceland Edited June 19, 2016 by FTS Gecko 1 Cununculus reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 362 Posted June 19, 2016 Volcanic mountain ranges, geysers, glaciers, waterfalls, ice caves, the hot water Blue Lagoon, go between Jan-March and you've a good chance of seeing the Northern Lights... ...also whale watching, incredible seafood and expensive bars (by our Northern staqndards). Well done to Iceland! And looks like Belgium are on course to qualify as well Robin. edit: check out this link for more on Iceland Who do you think you are? Some sort of frickin Travel Agent? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cununculus 661 Posted June 20, 2016 (edited) Iceland: must visit 24 teams to play football leads to riots 80 teams to play rugby is aan festival http://flandersopenrugby.be That being said: COME ON BELGIUM!!!! Edited June 20, 2016 by Cununculus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gadge 4,294 Posted June 20, 2016 (edited) Yeah Iceland was fricking amazing. Basically we flew in to Keflavik, hired a huge jeep 4x4 and drove a six hour coastal/nothern route to the second largest settlement of Akureyri. Had a meal there, few beers, partied in the midnight sun! Next day we drove into the volcanic wastes of Dimmu Borgir, did some trekking and a bit of climbing, then to wash the sweat, bugs (it was midge city) and dirt off us we went to the volcanic nature spa baths and sat in 'hot bath' temperature water having a beer while looking out over snow covered mountains. Then we drove down to a small coastal/fjordal town and stayed in a wood cabin (visiting some epic waterfalls and other features on the way), had a BBQ, drank some more. Walked the coast in blazing sunlight but biting wind at 2am Next day we went out into the Fjord on a fishingboat (no longer used for fishing) to go seal watching before driving down for three days in reykjavik, We also chose the deliberatley most desolate route across the place we could. it was totally like 'mad max' territory! Had £100 meal in a revolving restaurant with a view of the city, drank a lot more beer (its expensive there btw!), visited the museums, had lots of 'local' food like horse, puffin, catfish, fermented shark etc. We also popped out to the filming locations of 'Game of Thrones' (the old icelandic parliment site), some more cave trekking and we went to see the geysers and hot springs down south. I got a tattoo of the icelandic 'magic talisman' to keep travellers safe, then we flew home.! I loved it, my mates we travelled with loved it but the 24 hour sunlight really put the zap on my wifes head. Few pics: Desolate mountain roads. Sun Vogayer sculpture at reyjavik harbour Waterfall, a small one. 'Satans church' volcanic rock formation at Dimmu Borgir New tattoo GoT set: Dinner in an incredibly expensive revolving restaurant called the Perlan And my pal Mark (aka Tormund Giantsbane) went full wildling in the midnight sun! Edited June 20, 2016 by Gadge 2 Ashley and Robin Graves reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FTS Gecko 24,135 Posted June 20, 2016 Clearly watched the wrong game tonight. Well done Wales! 1 Gadge reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gadge 4,294 Posted June 20, 2016 Cymru am Byth! 1 DariusAPB reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 362 Posted June 20, 2016 Okay you had me at "Midnight sun" looks amazing Well done Wales, shows you what you can do when you don't change the team for no good reason.... Oh this thread is now the " Come on England, Wales, Belgium, Iceland and er Argentina?" 2 Robin Graves and Gadge reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FTS Gecko 24,135 Posted June 20, 2016 Don't forget the two Irelands. And France. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robin Graves 6,054 Posted June 22, 2016 Belgium's back in the game! 1 FTS Gecko reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 362 Posted June 23, 2016 (edited) Amazing results last night, Republic through, Iceland through to play England and my imperial Veterens arrived. Emotional day Edited June 23, 2016 by Ashley 1 FTS Gecko reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 362 Posted June 23, 2016 http://mashable.com/2016/06/22/iceland-commentary-euro/#Y13DZ0pOs8qi This is amazing from last nights game 1 FTS Gecko reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 362 Posted June 23, 2016 This was the exact noise I made as I ripped open my parcel yesterday to get to that sweet red Defender 1 FTS Gecko reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FTS Gecko 24,135 Posted June 23, 2016 (edited) This is living up to it's billing as probably the best European Championships ever. Late drama everywhere. Even Ronaldo's started to fire now. As much as I would love England to win, I'm loving Iceland's story - can you imagine a Wales - Iceland final? Brilliant. edit: I can totally imagine you making that noise opening Imperial Veterans Ash. Edited June 23, 2016 by FTS Gecko 1 Scopes reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gadge 4,294 Posted June 23, 2016 If leicester can do a 5000-1 underdog victory its entirely possible wale or iceland could do the same stranger things have happened. I'd love to see wales win for obvious reasons but i'd laugh my ass off if iceland did and be well pleased for them. TIDY! 1 Scopes reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scopes 530 Posted June 24, 2016 Would love to see Iceland, Wales, or the mother country (Italy) win it all. Yes, I've listed in that order. The Cosa Nostra be damned. I coach a boy from Wales and he's been on cloud nine for a week or so now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 362 Posted June 26, 2016 Early days Robin, early days. Belgium still have two games to go from a team of fantastic individuals to a fantastic team. I think Belgium may have clicked into a higher gear, looking good 3 Cununculus, Robin Graves and WingedSpider reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FTS Gecko 24,135 Posted June 26, 2016 Just what ai was thinking myself mate, they're starting to hit form at just the right time. Some great goals in this one 1 Cununculus reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
