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Day 11: Recap
Record—
Spread: 9-19
Straight up: 12-8-8
Hot
Girl Standings
Country
|
Tally
|
Games Played
|
France
|
32
|
3
|
Switzerland
|
27
|
3
|
Albania
|
23
|
3
|
Wales
|
22
|
3
|
Romania
|
21
|
3 (finished)
|
Spain
|
20
|
2
|
England
|
19
|
3
|
Germany
|
19
|
2
|
Poland
|
18
|
2
|
Slovakia
|
18
|
3
|
Italy
|
16
|
2
|
Russia
|
16
|
3 (finished)
|
Republic of Ireland
|
14
|
2
|
Turkey
|
13
|
2
|
Belgium
|
12
|
2
|
Sweden
|
12
|
2
|
Czech Republic
|
12
|
2
|
Austria
|
12
|
2
|
Iceland
|
11
|
2
|
Northern Ireland
|
10
|
2
|
Hungary
|
9
|
2
|
Portugal
|
7
|
2
|
The Ukraine
|
7
|
2
|
Croatia
|
5
|
2
|
Nice little piece of razzle-dazzle from the Gaelic Guys
today. Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsey with the composed flick over. A cool blast from
Swansea Star Neil Taylor to. Incredible left-footed toe-poke from “Last-Samurai-Master
Man-Bun” Gareth Bale to finish it off. Fantastic football from the team we
always wished would qualify for one of these chapters. They just out-performed
their Evil English overlords to top the group! Eight hundred years of repressed
Arthurian magic! That’s how we pull the sword out of the stone, lads! Charles
Windsor may now officially be dubbed “The Prince of Second Place”.
Beautiful rendition of “Land of my Fathers” from all the
faithful in the stands. It brought a tear to your friendly bookie’s eye. That’s
what football is all about. Fans should be singing in brotherhood and harmony.
What’s with all the stupid fucking flare lighting?
So….what happened to our beloved Three Lions, then? Well,
apart from the fact that the Sun always sets on the snakebit Limeys, we’ll
“draw it up”. To be fair, your friendly bookie did warn you that it would be a
“reserved” and “safe” match.
LINEUP—England
(Match One)—4-3-3
Harry Kane
|
Raheem Sterling Adam Lallana
|
Wayne Rooney Dele Alli
|
Eric Dier
|
Danny Rose Gary
Cahill Chris Smalling Kyle Walker
|
Joe Hart
|
LINEUP—England
(Match Two)—4-3-3
Raheem Sterling Harry Kane Adam
Lallana
|
Wayne Ronney Dele
Alli
|
Eric Dier
|
Danny Rose Kyle
Walker
|
Gary Cahill Chris Smalling
|
Joe Hart
|
LINEUP—England
(Match Three)—4-3-2-1
Jaime Vardy
|
Daniel Sturridge Adam Lallana
|
Jack Wilshere Eric Dier Jordan Henderson
|
Ryan Bertrand Nathaniel Clyne
|
Gary Cahill Chris Smalling
|
Joe Hart
|
Quite a few changes from “Uncle Roy”, to very little effect.
His Fullbacks did almost nothing in terms of generating useful upfield balls.
Vardy and Sturridge showed plenty of hustle, but little in terms of adroit
touches. Of all the “showcases” Hodgson trotted out whilst adeptly giving some
of his more valuable players a rest, only Jordan Henderson shone through as a
potentially valuable “plug in”.
Time to mete out the grades.
GRADES—England
(Match One)
Eric Dier
|
A+
|
Wayne Rooney
|
A+
|
Dele Alli
|
A+
|
Harry Kane
|
A-
|
Adam Lallana
|
B+
|
Raheem Sterling
|
B
|
Garry Cahill
|
B
|
Chris Smalling
|
B
|
Danny Rose
|
B
|
Jack Wilshere
|
B-
|
Kyle Walker
|
B-
|
Joe Hart
|
C
|
GRADES—England
(Match Two)
Jaime Vardy
|
A+
|
Daniel Sturridge
|
A+
|
Adam Lallana
|
A
|
Gary Cahill
|
A
|
Eric Dier
|
A
|
Marcus Rashford
|
A
|
Dele Alli
|
A-
|
Kyle Walker
|
B+
|
Danny Rose
|
B
|
Chris Smalling
|
B-
|
Wayne Rooney
|
B-
|
Raheem Sterling
|
C+
|
Harry Kane
|
C
|
Joe Hart
|
D
|
GRADES—England
(Match Three)
Jaime Vardy
|
A
|
Jordan Henderson
|
A
|
Adam Lallana
|
A
|
Daniel Sturridge
|
B+
|
Wayne Rooney
|
B
|
Dele Alli
|
B
|
Harry Kane
|
B
|
Eric Dier
|
B-
|
Joe Hart
|
B-
|
Jack Wilshere
|
C
|
Nathaniel Clyne
|
C
|
Chris Smalling
|
C
|
Ryan Bertrand
|
C-
|
Gary Cahill
|
D-
|
Take the armband away from Cahill for good. One doesn’t show
leadership by diving. Don’t confuse yourself for an Italian!
“Riffs
of the Day”—Day Eleven
Reader:
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Vicey:
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Someone’s guilty pleasure is “Cinema Sins”. I feel you, 26-M. I’ve indulged on occasion. It’s good stuff. Precisely what one needs to forget the haughtiness of today’s youth. Well-referenced. ; )
DAY TWELVE—PREVIEW
The Ukraine vs. Poland
vs. 
THE
LINE: Poland +2 Goals (holding)
Deutschland vs. Northern Ireland
vs. 
THE
LINE: Die Nationalmannschaft +3 Goals (holding)
Czech Republic vs. Turkey
vs. 
THE
LINE: Turkey +1 Goal (holding)
Croatia vs. Spain
vs. 
THE
LINE: Spain +2 Goals (holding)
