England v Russia .. what are your thoughts ??

Shocking marking for the goal

That the one MILNER

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Why people having a go at Sterling? At leat when he was on  England  was winning.

Milner brought on for his defensive qualities...

lucky. Goal? It was brilliant

roonet performance out of 10 today for you

watching that again....seriously hopeless defending...and I should know :(

England have already tied their WC 2014 points total.

wales have a bigger threat going forward than the Russians and defensively we are a shambles,smalling was mincing about marking thin air for the Russian goal

Sorry I forgot to put it in quotes, add Lee Dixon and lots of smiley faces to make it clear I was being sarcastic.

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he was cursing like feck

Lol - Dixon.  Can't be too critical because you lose the positives!  If you think a goal is enough to win the game, you've got to be able to defend!

Tbf that was a gigantic leap by their captain

Pundits gushing for England - what pill0cks

Knew he couldn't stop it ,jumped in the air and cursed like feck

Russia probably one of the best 8 teams in this tournament

these pundits are causing me to swear like a sailor,ffs tell the truth you bunch of scyopanthic,freeloading c u n t s

MOM ?

Correct Pete

Crouch - "could have got Vardy on a touch earlier!"

Or maybe got him on at all ;)

Why can't we just asmit England is not a very good side. No flair players in the team and cab cause opposition problems.

Didn't looked comfortable saying it though...

I didn't see that much of it but from what I did see I am not surprised Paddy Power were keen to lay Kane in the goalscorer markets. He looked isolated and what's he doing on corner duty? Wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't score in the tournament. It is the opening game and nobody wants to lose but unless there is a bit of pack shuffling I think goals will be an issue.

If you have that much of the game you should be more ruthless, we are not good enough

Playing Stirling limits England-Nogoals no threat-its like playing with only 10 men.Wales will play for a draw so we should be down and out by Thursday

Not once have the pundits pointed out how poor Russia were

The Russian goal went in at exactly the same place as Ronaldihno's free kick in 2002.  Spooky.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExUX7MBk5UM

If you're a plastic chair in Marseille this evening, please contact a loved one and let them know you're safe

Russia were awful. That they got a draw tells you everything about England

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russia letting england nonce around now , capello the master the chief the italian stallion soon to unload his missiles

did anyone even see capello

What idiots backed England at 1.04-1.10?   Mugs lost over a million quid.

defending was poor....failed to clear the ball, failed to get out quick enough and press, failed to win the ball back, failed to clear it and I've got no idea how Hart managed to be caught in no mans land or how no one was able to get near the Russian....

everyone on Croatia tomorrow,should smash turkey

ah hes not manager now no wonder they where sh1ter than normal

kicking off in stadium

https://www.periscope.tv/w/1BRJjlgyEzNKw

Russian fans break into English fan area at stadium after draw at Euro 2016 match

https://www.rt.com/sport/346249-russia-fans-england-football/

Jun 11, 2016 -- 4:03PM, Loanwolf wrote:

Playing Stirling limits England-Nogoals no threat-its like playing with only 10 men.Wales will play for a draw so we should be down and out by Thursday

3 draws pretty much guarantees getting to the next round

Why would 3 draws guarantee going through?  That won't be one of the best 4 third places.

Jun 11, 2016 -- 4:06PM, sofaking wrote:

What idiots backed England at 1.04-1.10?

Lol at engerland and roy

Jun 11, 2016 -- 10:06PM, sofaking wrote:

What idiots backed England at 1.04-1.10?

The same ones who backed them at 1.80 before kick off ...

Did I miss all these chances that England had to win by several goals?

15 minutes of analysis and the only insightful thing is that the camera man is welsh and happy as larry...

woy up next...

England v Wales is at 14:00.
Weather forecast is rain and 19 degrees.  That will suit England.

Jun 11, 2016 -- 4:11PM, matador wrote:

Jun 11, 2016 -- 10:06PM, sofaking wrote:What idiots backed England at 1.04-1.10?The same ones who backed them at 1.80 before kick off ...

I backed them at 1.90 but laid them off at 1-0.  No, not the same people.

Jun 11, 2016 -- 4:15PM, kincsem wrote:

England v Wales is at 14:00.Weather forecast is rain and 19 degrees.  That will suit England.

Wales has the same weather as England.

roy is just a loser,thats it

Mushtaq r u from UK?

Why were Russia punting the ball into touch?  They must have given possession a dozen times with aimless long balls.

got what they deserved for those missed chances. for the goal they were all ball watching so only themselves to blame. pressure on for the wales game now they can't really afford a loss

"I backed them at 1.90 but laid them off at 1-0.  No, not the same people."

why back them to lay off later? lay off a turd right from the start !!!!

ayt of course, why?

sofaking
England v Wales is at 14:00.Weather forecast is rain and 19 degrees.  That will suit England.

Wales has the same weather as England.


Yes, I did say that.

Jun 11, 2016 -- 4:18PM, matador wrote:

"I backed them at 1.90 but laid them off at 1-0.  No, not the same people."why back them to lay off later? lay off a turd right from the start !!!!

Because I expected them to take the lead and then concede.  Anyway, my bet won.

Jun 11, 2016 -- 4:06PM, sofaking wrote:

What idiots backed England at 1.04-1.10?

Must be pockets talking?   Some of the comments on here are as blinkered as Sterlings runs?  England deserved to be 2-3 up at half time, I thought they played very well and Russia were extremely fortunate. Great performance, and we will get even better

Woy...a moment of incredible quality...brilliant cross...brilliant header...nothing we could do.

LMAO

Russia a pub team. Stirling, la la, Milner, should be discarded, you have to take your chances, Milner at fault for the goal, too slow and ambled, will beat Taffys no probs

he's talking about swallowing pills now :o

wtf is up with Rooney's eyebrow? botox?

England have won that comfortably, robbed. got my money back anyway.

England won all their qualifying group matches easily.
When they get to the Tournament proper they always seem to capitulate. So frustrating.

woy keeps on experimenting .....this match was solely poor management .....any DICK would have got Vardy / Sturridge at HT

Shame on England for not putting those useless Russian bastards away.

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Well,that was fun. My PC crashed after 10 mins, so I couldn't post and didn't get much chance to mitigate either. But it turned out OK. thought I was going to lose, tbh.  Ended up winning about £130 less about £40/50 on here to lay off some. So, not bad. Quite lucky really.
As far as the game goes, I thought England played pretty well, better than I thought. I am not as negative as some of you lot. Thought they were a bit unlucky, especially hitting the post twice. The thing about Russia is that a lot of them have a long winter braek. So they are very fit and quite fresh at this time of year. that's why they came on stronger 2nd half, and never gave up, although England outplayed them to some extent. England should still qualify easily enough, imo.

you cant blame woy when all the overpaid 'superstars' cant finish big chances or pass the ball properly. England deserved to win and shot themselves in the foot by not been clinical during the game and cute at the end by killing the game.

Not sure where some of the negativity is coming from, tbh.  Overall, I thought they played well enough, just need to be more clinical as you say. People are just demoralised because of the last ditch equaliser, it is always a sickener when you thought the game was won.

Watched the BBC highlights and struggling to see all these great chances. There were a couple of shots straight at the keeper and a good chance for Rooney but unless they missed a lot out that was about it.

Kane appeared on the end of nothing and presumably lacked the confidence to take that free kick which really should have been saved.

At least Shearer highlighted the stupidity of Kane taking the corners.

"What's your best quality ?" Kane replied " finishing". So obviously he should take corners !

Kane got no service whatsoever and Sterling was the main reason - he was just a waste of a player when it came to a final pass or cross. Vardy should have come on after we scored for Kane as Russia were throwing men forward leaving wide open spaces for Vardy's pace.

Sterling kept on wasting possession,gave the ball away so many times he should have been subbed halfway through. Kane may as well have stayed at home with that selfishness.

I could not believe the biased commentary on ITV. I could never see much between the sides and the idea that the superior English team were unlucky is absurd. As usual, Rose, Walker and Dier were good as was Lallana but the rest were very ordinary.

A pretty ordinary Russian team should have been right up Englands Alli exc the pun,the commentators got carried away not for the first time jus a reasonable performance.

england had a couple of good chances but didn't take them,and russia had a couple of good chances but didn't take them.

there wasn't much between two ordinary teams.

alli had to dive on the edge of the box (as he's done all season) to win a chance for england's goal, which in the end was a gift from the russian goalie.

russia scored with a great header late on which was a gift from the english goalie (hart's positioning is terrible sometimes and he only makes commentators "brilliant" saves when the ball is smashed straight at him)

That's a rubbish assessment tbh

England were not clinical in the final 3rd, of course this is where it matters but they were miles better than Russia, actually surprised me how well we passed it and how confident our players were when pressed.

It's ok to look at chances created but that doesn't always reflect on a game, we didn't create enough clear cut ones from the situations we managed to get into.Composure everywhere bar where it really matters, countless opportunities to play a final pass and make a good chance were just not taken.

Digesting that game, probably one of the best performances I have seen in a tournament from us for a long time but will these players now react to a disappointing draw and show the required mentality,

Ability wise that was a complete mismatch but winning tournament games is more than that you need the mental strength also.

Sterling wasting far too many good situations, if keeping his place needs to start producing end product and kane on the last 2 matches just isn't doing nearly enough.

I'd still worry defensively about us against better teams though it has to be said, this was what really concerned me before the tournament, in the friendlies we could/should have conceded more goals but were let off the hook.

England did play very well.

The manager deserves some credit. The pressing style and the attacking intent.all good.

However the management of the game was not good. With the Russians tiring, leaving Kane on, and Stirling too was a major error. The Russians have a 37 year old in the middle of the defence. Why leave a tired looking Kane on the pitch, when you have Vardy raring to go? Sturridge scores goals, Stirling does not.

England dominated much of the game and should have won, but if you try to sit on a 1-0 lead and retreat to allow high balls into the box there is always a risk. They were made to pay ultimately for abandoning the attcking method and going negative.

England were like a horse that travels all over the opposition but still loses or a bowler who often beats the bat but doesn't take a wicket. Results are all that we can judge them by and we have failed in that department since 1966.

pity England/Wales same group

When I watched the Slovakia goal against Wales, i thought. " I can see Vardy making runs like that and creating chances for Rooney, kane or one of the midfielders to slot in." He will surely get the chance to run at Wales like the Slovakian player did. I think that England should beat Wales and Slovakia to win the group. No need for pessimism, imo.

Well done opening poster hopefully you took a few quid from bookies.

I haven't read the whole thread. Does anyone know what odds England were before equaliser ?  I'm guessing 1.05 or less cheers in advance.

The reason we didn't win was down to rank bad management of the substitutions and Milner playing like a schoolboy.

Russia had to press late on so we take off a player that will force them to be more cautious (Sterling) and fail to replace him with Vardy who would have had the same effect.

Instead we bring on an experienced midfielder to try to shore it all up defensively for a 1-0 victory and invite the Russians to have a go in the last 10 minutes.
Then Milner runs out to close a man down at an idiotic speed, is easily beaten and the rest is history.

Ridiculous use of the substitutes.

cryoftruth said it already in the second post on this thread

The Liverpool/Spurs bias in the squad is shocking.

Roy has treated the WHU players with contempt for example.

Then their are the Leicester boys.  I'm sure Roy only picked vardy due to public pressure and thru gritted teeth.

roy never wanted vardy - he wanted kane and rooney.

vardy was taken because of the feeling back home with the fans and the media that he could score goals.

it would be madness for roy to leave vardy out of the wales match as he knows if he loses that match without vardy then he loses his job.

Have to say thought we played well last night. The equaliser was gutting and we didn't deserve to only draw.

Dissapointed in whoever it was trying to close down the Russian when he carried the ball into the box [ may have been Milner? ].

Stirling getting way too much stick. His electric pace meant we had nobody in support except Kane, who was surrounded by 3 defenders.

Milner at fault partly, I think. And Rose was easily beaten to the cross. Though The guy leapt like the proverbial salmon, to be fair, and Rose is quite short.

I think some folk on here need to watch the matches and see for themselves what is happening during the game instead of just listening to the totally biased commentators who only see what they want to see.

you might see the actual match then instead of the made up version invented by the commentator.

Half the time they seem to be seeing a totally different match. Bring back David Coleman (oeeer we can't), he always seemed to say it as he saw it.

I think if you watched that and think the teams were fairly even in terms of ability you'd be in a real minority of neutrals.

Chances created were not as good as they should have been from the final 3rd positions

the passing was good/very good at times

players being pressed did not sh1t themselves and hoof it very often, possession was well maintained.

On a lot of the tripe I am used to seeing where we have looked the same as lowly ranked opposition, yesterday's game was miles from that.

It was your 2 pretty even teams which was way out imo but if that's what you really think then so be it, i certainly don't need a commentator to form my view of things.

Of course it's all about results, and brilliant was not a good word for the display as where it really mattered we lacked but the opposition were 2nd best throughout.

Why does a manager deserve credit when his team are so superior in talent but still can't win. Their only goal was from a free kick. The Russian manager is the one who deserves credit. Half the team injured, several more over 30 yo and one drafted in at the last minute from Germany!!

Can't see us qualifying and I haven't even looked at the betting.  Chances are one point or two after the Wales match.
Last night reminded me of 1970, no danger so we take our best player, Charlton, off.  Last night, no danger so we take Rooney off. We never learn. And no, I'm not a big Rooney fan.

Drop Sterling (not good enough) drop Rooney ( unbalances the team and preoccupies Hodgson too much) and never resort to Milner  again.

Too many very average players, in the side unfortunately, their goal was so, so soft and that is where we are weak. There will be one class Player on the pitch on Thursday and he could well decide the match. Gareth Bale could well win the game for Wales. I'm not saying he will, but he's far more likely to do so than Rooney. Play Rashford and give the lad a chance.

wales v england looks another draw to me.

lots and lots of players not up to it on an international level