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Group B - England, Russia, Wales, Slovakia
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cpr
International Coach
Doesn't make todays bet pay out though...
'Justice for the England 11' when we finally scored.
Lillian Thomson
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Good performance. Commentator sacked in the morning - absolute dick.
flibbertyjibber
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Well that went well. If we can't even beat that pile of crap we may as well come home now.
Probably yeah, I know what Furball is saying about the last 10 minutes but they never looked like scoring. Having said that I would not say with confidence that Slovakia or Wales will beat them.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
I'm prepared to believe if we play like that against Wales and Slovakia then we'll go through, but gutted not to win it.
Sterling's a real problem. His presence on the left gives us pace and shape, but his final product is appalling. Can't cross, can't shoot and generally prefers to give the ball away with sloppy passing when we get near their goal. Really missing Welbeck, actually.
Sterling's a real problem. His presence on the left gives us pace and shape, but his final product is appalling. Can't cross, can't shoot and generally prefers to give the ball away with sloppy passing when we get near their goal. Really missing Welbeck, actually.
cpr
International Coach
Truth is, I don't think the substitutions were bad, Sterling was awful, and Milner offered a defensive winger option with the experience and maturity to see a game out. Wilshire was a fair swap for Rooney, someone who can drop deep in midfield if needed, and run and harass the Russians as required. I'd have swapped a poor Kane out for Vardy to run the Russian defence, but apart from that, I didn't disagree with any of the changes when they were made. The issue was the defence losing focus at the end. Cahill and Smalling should have been using the Russian corner as the time to gee up those around them, remind them to keep focused for the last 2 minutes. Likewise they should have known the ball would be coming back in high to them, and to let Rose get caught in a big v small battle was lazy. The goal was England failing to do basic defending late on, and not really down to Hodgson IMO.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Or the keeper claims easily in the six yard box because he hasn't left himself in no-man's land.
Niall
International Coach
Doubt anyone bar the stupid will, obviously some English fans came to this with bad intentions, but Russian hooligans have been planning for this for ages, today's Ultra attacks were absolutely horrific, and plenty of journalists many left wing pointing out how they have stormed the English fans at the end.
They are absolute scum,and in a perfect world they would have the world cup stripped from them, but not going to happen sadly.
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Milner is still a ****ing hack. Sterling was fine. Vardy blatantly should have come on with 15+ to go. Instead Roy stripped the team of pace and invited Russia to have a go
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
The problem now is how to increase our scoring threat without messing up a system that actually performed really well tonight. Maybe it is as simple as replacing Sterling with Vardy and playing Lallana more on the left. I doubt whether we'd pass the ball as well, but we really can't be so limited in our goal scoring options from open play.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Yeah many reputable sources seem to have called this one as purely Russian-driven violence
MW1304
Cricketer Of The Year
We looked most dangerous down the right, I think Walker was our best player today, but Lallana isn't really a goal threat and with Kane off his game that is particularly worrisome. I think I would start with the same team in the next game and if the same style of play still isn't leading to goals after an hour, I'd swap Lallana to the left and bring Vardy on for Sterling on the right, pushing the defence right back and allowing Walker to run the full back ragged. Of course Dier's cover from midfield becomes even more vital here.