Tenuous Euro 2020 post part 7

At the risk of being an arrogant, unbearable England fan: It... might come home. Possibly?!

What a great win yesterday tho! First time in living memory that we've won a knockout game at the Euros in 90 minutes!

I thought I'd mark the occasion with an England legend. Not in England kit, obviously, but he is in white! And he's a pundit at this year's Euros!

 SPOILERS: there's gonna have to be more Southampton Shearers for me to make this theme last!

And now, one that I hadn't accounted for!

As I chomped on my victory Pizza, I saw a pundit on the Sweden vs Ukraine game, and thought: "Aha! I've done one of him!"

And here's Freddie Ljungberg in Celtic colours. We probably won't see him again this tournament now that Sweden are out...

Tenuous Euro 2020 post 6

 Well everyone, my supply of figures that just barely relate to Euro 2020 is running low. But yesterday's highlights show gave me another one!

Dion Dublin! He may've been on all through the Euros; I don't know!! Last night was the first time I caught a bit of one of the highlights shows... even though I had already watched both of the games!

And here's Cantona again, making his second appearance on one of these posts, just because he's on a Sports Direct advert!

For those of you unfamiliar, this is a Vivid Imaginations Figure. There were a few Premier League players made, at a similar time that corinthians first came out. These are much bigger. I don't have any in my own collection, but I can see why people like them.

And that's your lot for today. I've decided (without doing any actual planning) that to stand any chance of getting to the end of the Euros with these, I'm gonna have to cut down to 2 pics per post!

Tenuous Euros post, part 5

I'm back to kind of, sort of Euro 2020 related figures today! It's going to be a pundit special... cos I've exhausted my backlog of still active players!

 Ian Wright, in his Palace days. You've got to love Wright's punditry... I can't remember the exact phrasing, but the way he described Saka's performance the other day was great! Gloriously purposeful, or something like that?! 

EDIT: Found it, it was "Burdened with glorious purpose!"

On the flip side, Danny Murphy said "He looks a good keeper," about Donnarumma. That's the Donnarumma who's got 250 career appearances at 22, and is off to PSG this summer...

Anyway, here's a figure of Danny Murphy for Spurs that I painted years ago!!

You can tell how old this one is because i) it's definitely not my current standard ii) even the photography skills weren't as good back then!! and iii) the dead giveaway; I used to leave white boarders around the pics! That's the giveaway.

And last but not least:

Let's throw in another Shearer! I can't think of any specific examples of Shearer's recent punditry... other than picking Turkey as a dark horse... but I quite like him!

Gazza, Euro '96

 Hi chums! In case you haven't realised, I'm self isolating, which explains the daily posts, after about 2 months without one!

Anyway, what a treat I have for you today. It's also a treat for me, cos I don't have to think of plausible reasons why figures that aren't really related to Euro 2020 are related to Euro 2020.

Nope, today, I've got a good old 'on this day' figure. 

Because on this day, England played Germany in Euro 96. And Paul Gascoigne looked a little like this:

So many vivid memories of that game; Shearer's early goal, the disallowed German golden goal, Anderton hitting the post, Gazza sliding just short of the ball at the far post. 

And Southgate's penalty. I remember Barry Davies shouting "Oh No!" like it was yesterday.

Euro 96 was the first tournament I watched England play in, and so the first one that I was properly invested in. We even put up a Euro 96 display at school, with my kit poster in the middle!

That was 25 years ago now. Surely we are due a great night against Germany, right?

Tenuous Euros post, part 4

 I might be starting to run out of figures vaguely related to the Euros now... but until I've completely run out, let's keep cracking on!

I know I said that the last post was a bit Spurs heavy, but I couldn't resist starting this post with a figure that'll make you say: Townsend? I didn't realise he was doing punditry on ITV!

NEXT!

A more familiar pundit now! Alan Shearer, in his Southampton days. One of my favourite recent repaints! 

And to finish off, perhaps the most tenuous link yet:

What do you mean "What's Cantona got to do with Euro 2020?! Haven't you seen the Sports Direct advert?!

Tenuous Euros post, part 3

Yes, it's the post that none of you were waiting for! Let's crack straight on with some figures vaguely related to Euro 2020!

Lloris, who gave a penalty away yesterday by punching someone in the face! 

I can't tell you the full story of this figure. Clearly it's not an original corinthian of Lloris, cos he wasn't on the scene when they stopped making them. My best guess is that it's a remodel using a Soccerwe head... or a remodel using a lookalike from another corinthian that I'm unaware of. Anyway... I didn't remodel it!

Here's an away kit repaint of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink in his Leeds days. Hassebaink has done a bit of punditry in the Euros... on Netherlands games, I would guess.

He's done a bit of punditry on Leeds games over the last couple of years too... here's hoping that he does a few less when we can get back to grounds and the amount of games to be covered goes back to normal.

Speaking of pundits people want to hear less from...

Also, why does this Danny Murphy microstar look like it might steal my lunch money?!

And last but not least:

What would these posts be without a Kyle Walker Soccerstarz?! This one was requested in Spurs training kit... for some reason.

I didn't realise this post was so Spurs heavy until I did all the tags. Don't worry; I've got some more figures that are sort of related to the Euros to show you soon!

Tenuous Euro 2020 post, part 2

 More figures that have some relation to Euro 2020... but definitely not painted in Euro 2020 kits!

We have an active player! Here's Ben Davies, in his Spurs stuff. Davies has featured in all of Wales' games so far, as they have succesfully navigated the group stage for the second successive Euros.

Sticking with the Wales theme, Mark Hughes (here in Southampton kit) was a pundit for one of the Wales games... I don't think I've seen him on for any other teams!

Another pundit for the current Euros; Jurgen Klinsmann. Hair's a bit shorter these days, mind. Gary Lineker asked him if he'd be interested in the Spurs job after one match the other day, and, going against the grain of the 157 other managers Spurs have spoken to, Jurgen said that he would!

Good memories of playing in the above kits clearly an influencing factor!

And after a glorious, slightly boring 1-0 win for England, that definitely means that it might be coming home... here's Kyle Walker in an away kit from his early days at Spurs.

Spurs heavy post this one! I'll see what other minor Euros links I can dream up for another post soon!

Euro 2020 ish post...

 Well I haven't been here since April! If you follow my socials, you'll know I've not been taking any new orders due to real life work commitments. I have managed to get a bit of painting in, but absolutely zero blogging!!

As a result of lack of new orders, I don't have any specific Euros related figures, but how about some with tenuous links?!

Ian Wright may have never played in the Euros, but he's at this year's as a pundit! Here he is in Celtic kit!!

Sheva! Here he is in Milan European Cup final winning kit. It'd take a brave man to bet on him winning the Euros as manager of Ukraine!

Another of ITV's punditry team, and another European cup winner! Graeme Souness, in Liverpool kit.

A couple of active players... but not in their England kits! Kane and Walker soccerstarz in Spurs away kits. We need both of them to step up, I'd say. Not seen the best of either in this tournament yet.

And last, but certainly not least, the Yorkshire Pirlo: Kalvin Phillips! You'll notice this custom funko is in the number 7 shirt, and has different hair than Kalvin has now- I made it just after his England debut based on his appearance then.

And that's your lot for today. Hopefully giving you a few more pics than normal makes up for the absence. I'll try to not leave it so long next time... not least as I've got some more figures tenuously linked to the Euros!