Euro 2016 victory for Iceland over England - "has enormous repercussions"

Started by Boggit, June 28, 2016, 09:01:59 AM

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bayonetbrant

Quote from: Toonces on July 02, 2016, 07:26:47 AM
Ok, nothing is more boring than soccer, but I think we can all agree that it would be 500% cooler if there were random shark attacks during the match,

just like surfing!
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MikeGER

whoever just also saw the quarter final GER vs ITA  and now tell me soccer is boring 8)

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Boggit

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Boggit

So Germany vs France, Wales vs Portugal. Who will win? :coolsmiley:

I'm backing Germany. The strongest team IMO. O0
The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own. Aldous Huxley

Foul Temptress! (Mirth replying to Gus) ;)

On a good day, our legislature has the prestige of a drunk urinating on a wall at 4am and getting most of it on his shoe. On a good day  ::) Steelgrave

It's kind of silly to investigate whether or not a Clinton is lying. That's sort of like investigating why the sky is blue. Banzai_Cat

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bayonetbrant

Here's a homecoming...  Remember that there's only 330k or so in the entire country, and probably 60k of them are at this one rally

[yt]https://youtu.be/WvGWH5w8BT4[/yt]

here's a better video that includes the up close view, but the wide shot at the 51s mark really gives you some perspective
http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/soccer/watch-iceland-team-and-fans-perform-spine-tingling-viking-clap-at-homecoming-743288.html
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