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We'll never beat anyone until our international set up gets a complete overhaul.

Aidan11 wrote:No doubt the media will be calling the final Greizmann v Ronaldo.

Thierry Henry just said it.

budgetmeansbudget wrote:Wales are having an open top bus parade for coming third equal, for heaven's sake.

An open top bus parade for being losing semi-finalsts is entirely justifiable if players plyed/learnt their trade in the League of Wales.

I just can't take Wales seriously as a football nation, who largely piggyback off the English football pyramid system and select players on parental heritage rather than birth or at least raised in the country.

Yet you are fine with ECB'S foreign legion?

Of years past

GarlicJam wrote:Yet you are fine with ECB'S foreign legion?

Unlike non English born cricketers, there is no criteria for non Welsh born footballers to play in a Welsh FA affiliated league (or even one of the Welsh clubs in the English pyramid system) for a certain number of years before qualifying for the national team.

Aidan11 wrote:We'll never beat anyone until our international set up gets a complete overhaul.

Cricket and Rugby is all about the English national team. Football is all about the clubs and the Premier League. We've made our choice, we prefer to watch and support high quality club football as opposed to national football.

We may come good one day with a decent manager and another golden generation but it's unlikely.

Clattenburg doing the final.

Lets hope he plays the advantage.

I'm glad France won. They have more flair than the Germans. Muller has been poor, and the much hyped Kroos seems to pass sideways most of the time.

Apart from Griezmann the French have been very average in this tournament. I thought Germany were the far better side last night, but things just didn't fall into place for them. France got a fortuitous penalty and the second goal was a result of a goalkeeping flap.

Not looking forward to the final at all, don't want either side to win!

I reckon it could be a decent final. Not sure what the outcome will be, mind?

I'm hoping for fisticuffs and Clattenburg losing control and sending off at least 3 players!

I am hoping for a French win, for a couple of reasons.

I don't like Ronaldo - and I am sure I am not Robinson Crusoe here.

I don't want to see a team who couldn't win a single game in the round robin stage crowned Champions of Europe. Facebook and T20 Cricket are here to reward mediocrity, we don't need an elite championship to do that.

and I don't like Ronaldo.

The cream will, well should get to the top. Portugal have overcome good Croatia and Poland sides, and a Welsh team who had just beaten Belgium. Nobody has beaten them.........yet!

I said on my predictions that Germany would not win and be a semi final team... and France would do it.

France had the best team coming in, and should dispatch Portugal