Euro 2016 - Group A - Cuisine de France vs The Home of Dracula

That_Guy

Oh yes!!! Fire up yizzer vuvezue... Oh...

The first pivotal game of the Euro's begins with a crappy opening ceremony followed by some actual football between the host nation and Romania!!

There'll be hotties in the crowd. There'll be pointless replays but most of all there'll be cheers from the That_Guy household when Giroud pops up to score first earning him a whopping €20 profit!!

May your glasses be filled with French wine.
May your bellies be filled with goulash.

And may this game actually be worth the watch!!

Over to you football.

GreNoLi

Ghouly lash is Hungarian.

Come on Romania, 2-1.

That_Guy

GreNoLi wrote: »

Ghouly lash is Hungarian.

Come on Romania, 2-1.

There is Transylvanian Goulash.

CSF

I love how RTE are like the Anti-Sky
Sky hyping the **** out of everything
RTE: 'Nah lads don't even bother it's gonna be ****e'

from_atozinc

Is the match only on rte 2 ?

Don't see it on utv or bbc at all ?

Ben Gadot

Come on you Romskys.

CSF

from_atozinc wrote: »

Is the match only on rte 2 ?

Don't see it on utv or bbc at all ?

I think it's on the British version of UTV, we get UTV Ireland.

cherryghost

Is rte player working for anyone? All the other channels working except RTE2

ankles

UTV Ireland in their wisdom have decreed that the Irish people will be much more interested in a repeat of Daniel and Majella's B&B road trip . ITV have the match. Jesus wept.

Paully D

I have a feeling this will be very tight. Romania are extremely solid.

1-0 France.

CSF

ankles wrote: »

UTV Ireland in their wisdom have decreed that the Irish people will be much more interested in a repeat of Daniel and Majella's B&B road trip . ITV have the match. Jesus wept.

If RTE have the rights, UTV Ireland aren't gonna be able to have them.

That_Guy

Dunphy doesn't like other people criticising players in public yet he has made a living off it himself.

CSF

Paully D wrote: »

I have a feeling this will be very tight. Romania are extremely solid.

1-0 France.

I think people might be reading too much into the groups, they were in a group that Northern Ireland won. France will be a different proposition entirely so this is a new challenge.

Chagan

RTE is unbearable to watch already, so negative about everything.

SEPT 23 1989

Checking the underneath of the car for bombs

That_Guy

Tony O Donoghue has been tango'd.

ankles

CSF wrote: »

If RTE have the rights, UTV Ireland aren't gonna be able to have them.

Daniel and Majella's B&B road trip. That is all.

Mr.Nice Guy

I'll go with a 2-0 win for France.

Ol' Donie

ankles wrote: »

UTV Ireland in their wisdom have decreed that the Irish people will be much more interested in a repeat of Daniel and Majella's B&B road trip . ITV have the match. Jesus wept.

At least Daniel & Majella don't make you listen to Bittersweet Symphony every 15 seconds.

That_Guy

Brady: "I don't think Sweden are all that and I don't think Italy are up to much"

FFS Darragh, challenge him on that statement. No stats or anything to back that up as usual Brady. Christ. Such lazy punditry.

Diabhal Beag

1-0 to the nia

Tipsy McSwagger

That quiz question is a fcuking pisstake.

Minderbinder

Haven't seen much of France but am surprised to see Payet in ahead of Martial.

Red Kev

Always a pleasure to listen to Didi Hamann.

2-0 to La Belle France. Greizmann to score first.

CSF

Minderbinder wrote: »

Haven't seen much of France but am surprised to see Payet in ahead of Martial.

I thought they were going to go with the 4 of them as a super attacking unit, but if it's a straight choice it's got to be Payet all the way really hasn't it?

GreNoLi

Ronald Whelan in the hizzouse.

vidor

Whelan looks terrified.

That_Guy

In keeping with the negative theme RTE are going with, heeeeeeeeeere's Ronnie Whelan.

Minderbinder

CSF wrote: »

I thought they were going to go with the 4 of them as a super attacking unit, but if it's a straight choice it's got to be Payet all the way really hasn't it?

He is good at set-pieces which may have gotten him the nod. I'd be more confident of Martial doing it on a big stage though.

_Kaiser_

I dunno.. this sorta event on RTE just isn't the same without Bill I'm half tempted to switch over to ITV tbh... the tone here is just wrong for the start of a tournament

Mr.Nice Guy

Good to see Kante get a chance.

Mars Bar

Didi is looking particularly handsome this evening

CSF

Minderbinder wrote: »

He is good at set-pieces which may have gotten him the nod. I'd be more confident of Martial doing it on a big stage though.

They're 2 different calibres of player right now, Payet is in his peak and has been producing magic all season. Martial is still a prospect who isn't his peak yet and his end product is therefore a bit less prolific in terms of goals and assists. With Griezmann in the team they already have that burst of pace you need to stretch a team so I think it's the right decision.

GreNoLi

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Good to see Kante get a chance.

Their midfield is scary, Kante for player of the tournament.

ProudDUB

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

I dunno.. this sorta event on RTE just isn't the same without Bill I'm half tempted to switch over to ITV tbh... the tone here is just wrong for the start of a tournament

Ah here. It's hardly RTE's fault that our beloved Billo isn't around. What are they supposed to do...dig him up?

That_Guy

Analyse Romania for us there Liam.

"Well, eh... they're old"

_Kaiser_

ProudDUB wrote: »

Ah here. It's hardly RTE's fault that our beloved Billo isn't around. What are they supposed to do...dig him up?

Daragh isn't half the presenter though and the whole tone just feels flat. A shake-up of the presentation team as a whole is needed I think.

CSF

ProudDUB wrote: »

Ah here. It's hardly RTE's fault that our beloved Billo isn't around. What are they supposed to do...dig him up?

I eh......don't think that's what he was going for

vidor

Oh to have someone like James Richardson as host.

Ol' Donie

vidor wrote: »

Oh to have someone like James Richardson as host.

Without a doubt the greatest.

Mr.Nice Guy

There was some game, I forget which one, where Darragh stood up to Dunphy and challenged him on the waffle he was coming out with.

I reckon Darragh will hold his tongue as best he can for the first few days but I'm predicting he will lose the rag with Eamo by week 2 at the latest.

That_Guy

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

There was some game, I forget which one, where Darragh stood up to Dunphy and challenged him on the waffle he was coming out with.

I reckon Darragh will hold his tongue as best he can for the first few days but I'm predicting he will lose the rag with Eamo by week 2 at the latest.

Could well happen during the second Ireland game I'd say.

vidor

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

There was some game, I forget which one, where Darragh stood up to Dunphy and challenged him on the waffle he was coming out with.

Was that the time Dunphy then started to bully Maloney? Felt sorry for the latter that night, nasty bit of tv.

That_Guy

"It's based on France's spirit and will turn into a massive explosion.... of colour"

Choose your words carefully now Georgie.

chalkitdown1

That_Guy wrote: »

"It's based on France's spirit and will turn into a massive explosion.... of colour"

Choose your words carefully now Georgie.

Was just about to say! lol Not the best choice of words given the location there, George.

That_Guy

Looks like the Hunger Games.

_Kaiser_

What's with the running commentary? I'm not a big fan of all this "artistic" opening ceremony stuff but I think the lads think they're covering the Eurovision

ProudDUB

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Daragh isn't half the presenter though and the whole tone just feels flat. A shake-up of the presentation team as a whole is needed I think.

Daragh needs to be given some time to grow into the role. He hasn't been doing it all that long. He deserves to be given some time, to find his own way of making the job his own. Even Billo needed some time to find his feet all those years ago and he didn't have to deal with constantly being compared to someone else all the time. Daragh will be fine in time, he's an excellent broadcaster imo.

Call Me Jimmy

David Geu-tta and his uh... decks

That_Guy

David Guetta getting paid thousands to press 'play' and move around a bit.