Eggbert Nobacon 11:14 Mon Jul 11
Payet gets player of the tournament (Or not!)
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http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/euro2016/west-ham-star-dimitri-payet-named-euro-2016-player-of-the-tournament-after-impressive-displays-for-a3292581.html
West Ham star Dimitri Payet named Euro 2016 player of the tournament after impressive displays for France
West Ham star Dimitri Payet has been named as Euro 2016’s player of the tournament by Uefa's player barometer.
Payet scored three goals during France’s run to final, where they lost 1-0 to Portugal in the Stade de France on Sunday night.
The 29-year-old returned to the national side following a scintillating first season with the Hammers, where he scored nine goals and supplied 12 assists in his debut season in the Premier League.
A statement on Uefa’s official website read: “Dimitri Payet ended Uefa Euro 2016 where he started it, on top of the Player Barometer ahead of Antoine Griezmann and Gareth Bale, while Rui Patrício overtook Manuel Neuer as top goalkeeper.”
Payet’s moment of the tournament came in France’s opening match, where he scored a dramatic late winner in their opening game against Romania.
His second goal came in the 2-0 victory over Albania, before the West Ham star scored his third in the quarter-final victory over Iceland.
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claret on my shirt
11:21 Mon Jul 11
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Love the man but Griezmann was player of the tournament, Payet was not great last 2 games
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One McAvennieeeeee
11:24 Mon Jul 11
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Well deserved. Was by far the best player I saw.
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Razzle
11:25 Mon Jul 11
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not official yet but had him at 25/1
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BubblesCyprus
11:25 Mon Jul 11
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Gets my vote not only being West Ham but for crocking ''Ronnie'' in the Final !
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Lily Hammer
11:25 Mon Jul 11
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Griezmann was awarded the title by humans. Payet came out top of the list when only reviewing results of some kind of player monitoring algorhythm.
Robots vote Payet.
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geoffpikey
11:31 Mon Jul 11
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The Uefa player "barometer" judges James Milner to be a better midfielder than Toni Kroos? That one?
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Grumpster
11:39 Mon Jul 11
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No one was consistent or excellent in all of their teams games.
Griezmann was dropped originally due to poor performances and was pony in the final himself.
Would have given it to Kane personally, he was mustard!!!!
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Lily Hammer
11:47 Mon Jul 11
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Payet probably did enough in the first two matches to top this list. He was immense. The last two, he was hardly in the games. I can't quite rememeber the middle three games.
He looked leggy the last two, though I still feel he should have kept him on longer, as he was still the most likely to come up with something to turn the match, but I can see why Deschamps thought he should be the one to pull first.
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Iron2010
11:49 Mon Jul 11
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People tend to only remember the last few games. You could argue that they carry more weight but Payet was fantastic for most of the tournament whilst his closest competitor had a proper stinker in the final.
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B6NY B
11:51 Mon Jul 11
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Griezmann was as quiet for the first 2 games as Payet was for the last two. He lit up the tournament and literally dragged France through a couple of games on his own, Romania was the performance of the tournament for me.
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Northern Sold
11:52 Mon Jul 11
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RAHEEEEEM Sterling got runners up....
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Sniper
11:54 Mon Jul 11
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He was quiet in he semi final but I thought he was quite lovely last night and willing to go at the Portuguese defence. He caused them problems every time he got the ball and god knows why griezman was on corners instead of payet as they were woeful
Syrange and harsh decision to haul dimi off last night - coman was dangerous but furnace could have done with both of them. They'd have been better off sacrificing matuidi instead
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Fivetide
11:56 Mon Jul 11
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Felt Pepe and Rui Patricio basically won a dour tournament in the end.
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Lily Hammer
11:56 Mon Jul 11
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B6NY B 11:51 Mon Jul 11
After the first two, I kept thinking of what Bilic has been saying all season, that Payet makes the others in his team play better. This definitely happened with France. They were lost without him for the first two, but it seems they grew with each game, and there were times you could see Dimi encouraging them to make the simple passes under pressure, not to panic, and it worked as the other players raised their games by the third fourth matches.
He just couldn't keep it up for the whole tournament after such a long season.
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crystal falace
12:00 Mon Jul 11
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£20 at 25/1 so happy days1 just saved my tournament!
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B6NY B
12:04 Mon Jul 11
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I had £5 on 365, has it been confirmed?
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crystal falace
12:08 Mon Jul 11
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winings haven't come through on 365 yet but plenty of reports on twitter
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Private Dancer
12:13 Mon Jul 11
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Blimey. I suppose someone had to get it, there was no standout so why not Payet. I'm still a bit surprised though because he did not play that well from the QF, would be churlish to say otherwise.
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Robson
12:15 Mon Jul 11
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Agree with the result, well done Dimitri.
The BBC goal of the tournament thing was ridiculous though - they closed the poll at the end of normal time, before Eder's goal.
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crystal falace
12:20 Mon Jul 11
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Would have been very very hard for them to beat Shaquiri's overhead kick (presuming that's what won)
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