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I don't have any kids myself, but I cannot imagine how scary it is to be told your unborn baby likely won't survive. I don't know what happened as I don't keep up with players' personal lives for the most part. That aside, he's a very good player. A real bundle of energy and with decent...

Yeah I tend to agree with most of what you say, though other upsets would be cool to see, but maybe make the quarters less interesting as small teams cannot sustain upsets for long. What do you think of my bracket above? I think Austria can beat England if that match transpires, but I would not...

He's an absolute genius. I have always preferred Modric, but different types of players. He had a rocky start to his Real Madrid career, and can still be suspect against pace on transitions, but he's so calm and composed, always knows the right pass to play in possession, always executes it well...

Not really a fan of his as a manager at all, but he keeps winning Champions Leagues, despite being outplayed in every final.

Just done a bracket predictor too. Might change it before tomorrow

Playing the fantasy game on uefa.com, doing much better in the predictor. However, we have a wildcard (unlimited transfers), budget of 105 million euros and four players per team max. I have gone with this from who I think might do well in R16. I have tried to spread around in case any shocks...

Let's hope so. Portugal and England are my two 'anyone buts'. England because of the media, and Portugal temporarily because of Ronaldo. Though having two 'anyone buts' might be a bit oxymoronic or something.

They do. Germany have been good so far but Denmark are solid enough defensively. France have underwhelmed so you never know, as Belgium can score at any moment with some De Bruyne or Doku magic. I agree. I think England might put in a good performance this game (hope I am wrong as I am Scottish...

It will be an interesting four days (hopefully). I doubt we will see anything like that magic Monday from the last Euro though; the Spain-Croatia and France-Switzerland thrillers.

Anyone think there will be an upset or two? Slovakia? Romania? Denmark? Belgium (if you can call that an upset)?

Hahaha fair enough mate. I guess the Messi/Ronaldo debate is a bit childish for grown men to indulge in. There's so much more to football than those two. I am only invested because I truly believe one is far better than the other and I hate overrating of people in general.

Nah we won't argue about CR/Messi mate. Getting on with people is more important to me than two footballers who are strangers to both of us.

I covered that. Do you think Pep would have accepted him? I think we will never know either way. I am not sure Pep would have put up with his 'lifestyle' (see Grealish) and more off the cuff style of playing football, lack of work rate. He had Messi but that was a young Messi. Alternatively you...

Where else could he go? No second fiddle at Barca, Real Madrid not an option, Bayern maybe but they're more of a well oiled team and I don't think he'd acclimatise to German culture. The Premier League? Not sure he'd have fit in there at Man City - when Pep came in it could have gone either way...

Second most talented player of his generation. Fucked his career going to PSG in the summer of 2017, as anyone with foresight predicted at the time.

Some decline he's had. He's looked poor for a while whenever I watch him. On the way down, most likely.

He's looked very good in this tournament (though I only watched the first two games of his, not the Portugal match). He has been assured and made good saves and caught the ball which always gives defenders confidence. He looks half decent on the ball, too. It will be interesting to see where he...

I think Palmer should maybe start vs Slovakia. Him and Mainoo and Gordon showed enough. Palmer can play in a number 10 role or on the right wing. He offers something different with his dribbling in tight spaces and wand of a left foot. It would mean dropping one of Saka or Bellingham but they...

You are a really nice guy I think. You have a good personality. You're just a bit OTT with Ronaldo, but you aren't obnoxious. Temp is probably a decent guy too, he just likes to troll.

Panama beating USA - fucking hell. As for Uruguay, didn't see the game but doesn't surprise me they're doing well. They have some great players and a crazy but effective madman for a coach.