Ray Downes

@racingblogger Possibly the best video ive seen 🤣😂🤣😂

It’s just so heartbreaking to come this far and lose at the final fence on the biggest stage. So proud of this team and manager this season.

@potato19981 @andyaks_ I dont know you mate, but dont trust this guy he’s a scammer!! Scammed me and others out of a few hundred quid for Europa League Final Tickets a few months back….

@andyaks_ Just sent you a message mate

@ConvertedYid @andyant_23 Lol, Yeh they’d done all their research and everything seemed spot on tbf to them. Cheers mate, already have done cos one of my mates is in the met. Even he said it was a good scam

@downes5 @andyant_23 Yeah nice one mate. Scumbags in the world. Was a good scam tho tbf to them🤣 report it to fraud police as well. They’re already on it, so any more claims against same people.

@andyant_23 is a scam account for Europa league final tickets. Tottenham v Man United. Avoid.

@ConvertedYid @andyant_23 Cheers mate 👍🏻 bank have been good as gold and already refunded some of the money back. And yeh wont be trusting anyone again

@downes5 @andyant_23 Rat. But don’t fall for all these reclaim scams as well cause they’re even bigger scammers. Contact your bank, hopefully can get some back anyway

@andyant_23 feel free to defend yourself and explain why you (and your so called boss) decided to scam me. Be interested to hear your side as you’re no longer replying to me on DM’s…..

Ive managed to get some money back, but anyone doing this scam is a complete c@#t! Im going to bilbao with my boy who was over the moon and now devastated. Dont want anyone else getting scammed by this scumbag…..

Please dont trust this guy, he’s a scammer!! Just done me with tickets for Europa League Final tickets and complete scum!

@Online_s101 Ive got 90% of the money back from the bank, just dont want other spurs fans (or any fans) getting scammed by scum like this

@downes5 Sorry to hear it mate but don’t ever send like that! So many scumbags how much did you send?

@Online_s101 I wouldnt normally, and i questioned myself a few times, but cos everything was believable and seemed legit, and cos i wanted tickets for my boy i took the risk. Wont be doing it again thou, and just going to bilbao with my boy to watch with the other spurs fans by the ground

@Online_s101 Bank transfer 😞 shouldve gone down the paypal business route, but was desperate to get tickets for me boy so weren’t thinking properly. Thought he was a spurs fan, but clearly a fraud and didnt check properly.

@downes5 How did you pay

@Online_s101 Made out he har spare tickets from his company (Hankook) sponsee for Europe League. Told me to contact his boss and all seemed legit until i paid. Complete scammer and a massive c@#t!

@downes5 How did he do you?

@PTick9O Cheers mate, but ive already spent a fortune getting me and my boy to bilbao and back so cant afford silly prices for tickets, especially after losing some money to scumbags like him. Thanks thou

@TomBowenJourno Listen to what he actually says…… Hes talking about whats more important for man utd…..the mens prem league is more important, thats a fact!!! Womens football is growing, but if we’re all being honest its still massively second rated behind mens premier leaguw

Alan Brazil's behaviour highlights exactly what women have been fighting for years, to have their voices heard. Dismissing the growth of the women's game is just blatant ignorance from someone who has the voice and platform to drive change. Do better.

@Ronhotspur Really…yu’re an absolute prick!!! He rested son, and the players played should be good enough to win that game. Cant blame Ange for individual mistakes. When we’re good we’re amazing, when we’re bad we’re really poor. Same tactics,same game play,so can only be down to players

He benched Son thats the last straw #ANGEOUT

@racingblogger Long term hes the much better horse, but today he used up too much energy with some exuberant jumps and got a little tired in the ground. There’s a lot of improvement to come, and even thou he may not win the gold cup in march i think today shows he’ll be in the reckoning

How has Grey Dawning got beat? 🤯

@Scottybrandw @abingtoncobbler @InvertTheWing Watkins came on, did all that, and what service and success did he get? Kanes an easy scape goat, but our build up play was the issue. Never kept the ball well enough and wasnt brave enough to play thru the lines And creative passes

@abingtoncobbler @InvertTheWing Not moved one defender all tournament You are playing at the back or midfield you want a centre forward to pull the defensive about or make a run in behind …. Nothing

Tell me how it's Harry Kane's fault? Who is meant to create for him? The only player that can create for him (Bukayo Saka) has had no involvement this game. Jude Bellingham cannot create unless he's in transition. Phil Foden is a self sufficient threat. Get on Cole Palmer, and you will see Harry Kane be great.

@athertondavid @InvertTheWing What changed and what did watkins do when he came off? Kanes an easy scapegoat. Hes the beat no.9 in world football and if we play to his strengths like spurs did for years ans bayern did this season then amazingly he scores goals. Not rocket science……

@InvertTheWing What did he do in tonight’s game that was good?

@markgoldbridge The sub was Rice……not mainoo and not bellingham. Rice was poor, but southgated negativity and pragmatic approach is what cost us 😔

Takes Mainoo off because he's scared to take off Bellingham

@tarquindemeza @henrywinter All tournament we’ve been slating kane. If you understand football then you know the problem isnt kane. Hes the best no.9 on world football and yet we ask him to change his game for england. Same with bellingham and same with foden. Maybe play our team around our best players….

@henrywinter Kane is the biggest issue for England & has been for some time … can’t run / Can’t break the lines / Makes no runs in behind or runs defenders away to open space up for others & drops deep vacating an outlet … Kane / Walker / Trippier & Southgate are all done !

The years of hurt continue, now stretching towards 60 years for England’s men team. The pain this time came from Spain, more inventive, more decisive. Footballing matadors put John Bull to the sword. Spain have lit up Euro 2024, England have rather laboured through Germany. Spain make worthy winners. So close. So frustrating for England. They fought hard but Spain were better. And so all those decades of anguish and under-achievement, a dodgy beer here, a proliferation of fear there, remain in the mind’s eye. All those dismaying decisions, divisive club cliques, imbalanced midfields, wayward penalties, and broken hearts and metatarsals stay in the national consciousness. One day they will be consigned to history. But for now they shape England's present. “We have to get this trophy to get the respect of the rest of the football world,” Southgate had said. But they return from Germany with respect. They showed resilience, again fighting back from going a goal behind, this time from Williams, and again showing their strength in depth, this time Palmer rising from the bench and equalising. Yet Spain were too good, and also have good subs, and Oyarzabal struck at the death. There will inevitably be talk of whether Southgate will want to continue when his contract expires in December. He has had four tournaments, two finals, and no trophy. He has a fine pool of players to draw from. But the FA want him to stay, so do the players and most of the fans. But he’s had four goes. Anyway, whatever us outsiders might think, it will be Southgate’s call. His players play for him. Not having started a game for five months, Shaw was immense here in Berlin, standing up to Yamal. Spain had more of the ball, 70% first half, but England had the belief, they had Shaw playing so well. Over on the right, Walker largely made Williams turn inside into traffic. Saka took on Cucurella, delighting England fans who clearly don’t like the full-back. Cucurella duly confirmed his pantomime villain status by tumbling under a fair Saka challenge. Chelsea v Arsenal. Premier League stories everywhere. Foden tried to close down his club-mate, Rodri. City v City. England fans, outnumbering the Spanish by at least 3-1, were unstinting in their support. They’ve waited so long for this, they’ve travelled so far and invested so much time, money and emotion, “Football’s coming home” rolled around the Olympiastadion England settled. Stones slid in superbly to intercept a Williams cross. England fans reprised the National Anthem. Their players finished the half well, not reigning but reviving. Kane’s shot was blocked by Rodri, who injured himself in the process. Foden’s volley was held by Simon. England should have been lifted by Rodri staying off at the break. Maybe they switched off, a momentary lapse of concentration costing them within 69 seconds. Yamal raced in from the right and England froze. Walker was most culpable, taking his eye off Williams, who sped from the left on to Yamal’s pass and calmly shot past Pickford. England were cut apart by pace and precision passing. Pickford went ballistic. Trippier broke off from warming up to urge some calm. Fans chanted for Watkins. Southgate obliged (60). It had to be Kane off and it was. He was struggling, drained physically, never looking fully fit. Watkins, the rescue service, sped on. Southgate, making earlier subs, now gambled (71), swapping Mainoo’s screening for Palmer’s creativity. Two minutes on, boom. Another magical moment: Saka down the right, Bellingham’s clever lay-off, Palmer’s unerring, low, left-footed finish. Palmer has ice in his veins and thunder in his boots. England have such strength in depth. So do Spain: Cucurella angled a ball in from the left and Oyarzabal slid in to score (86). England refused to go quietly. Rice twice and Guehi went close with headers. But their luck had run out. The final whistle was drowned out by the sound of Spanish oles and English sighs. And so it goes on. The hurt. #ESPENG #EURO2024