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Furious football fans can’t believe Will Grigg *still* hasn’t played at Euro 2016

Published 19:20 21 Jun 2016 BST

Simon Lloyd
Furious football fans can’t believe Will Grigg *still* hasn’t played at Euro 2016

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Incredibly, despite being the most sung-about player at the entire tournament by a country mile, Will Grigg *still* hasn't had a single kick in Northern Ireland's first two Euro 2016 matches.

On the bench for the narrow defeat to Poland and the victory over Ukraine, *surely* Michael O'Neill wouldn't be able to resist the Wigan Athlateic man for a third straight game? With the crowd (Germans, too) belting out 'Will Grigg's on Fire' for the majority of the match at the Parc des Princes, those watching on telly pleaded for him to get his first Euro 2016 minutes. But, with just six minutes remaining, O'Neill again opted not to throw him on, sending Niall McGinn on for Corey Evans in his third and final substitution. Viewers didn't take the news too well... https://twitter.com/themilopearson/status/745311675201503232 https://twitter.com/TheRealDranix/status/745310228615290880 https://twitter.com/BillyBeanpole84/status/745311435996139520 https://twitter.com/RyanBurns1991/status/745311690170994688 https://twitter.com/Tturner23/status/745311929422471168 https://twitter.com/gabihorvath95/status/745312056899997696 But fear not, Grigg fans, Euro 2016 may not be completely Grigg-less just yet. Northern Ireland's third place finish in Group C means that they still might make it through to the last 16 as one of the best third place finishers. For the sanity of us all, can we please see the man on the field of play and just get it over with?

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Furious football fans can't believe Will Grigg *still* hasn't played at Euro 2016