Group B - England, Russia, Wales, Slovakia

[vogue]

They're defending against a team of statues, though.

Good thing Bale & Ramsey have the skills to expose them because otherwise it would have been a grim night

But Wales are 3-0 up and England could only draw 1-1.. But hey what do I know lol

 

[Magrat Garlick]

But Wales are 3-0 up and England could only draw 1-1.. But hey what do I know lol

it's a fair point, I'm just in utter disbelief at how bad Russia are tonight and want to rant about it

 

[MW1304]

Lost of count of the number of balls wildly overhit.

 

[GIMH]

God this has been frustrating

 

[Tangles]

Sturridge should have stayed on. Looked like scoring or providing.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Just waiting for the usual "3 minutes added time" when it should be about 10.

 

[grecian]

Disgraceful, sack the manager FA and all the players, send 'em home in disgrace, finishing below the leekists should be a traitorous offence by law.

 

[GIMH]

Finishing below Wales is a disgrace.

However I'd fancy us over any of Group F. So it's not all bad.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Dunno why they ****ing bother with stoppage time. It's a ****ing joke. Goalkeeper takes the best part of a minute for every kick. Skrtel was injured for two minutes. ****ing ridiculous.

Blows the whistle exactly on 5 minutes after the defenders ****ed about as usual when there's 4 or 5 behind the ball.

 

[Pothas]

Not winning that group is pretty poor, puts them the wrong side of the draw as well.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

England just got dumped into the bottom half of the draw where Germany, France and Italy all will end up

Meanwhile the top half has Spain and...Wales?

Edit: or what Pothas said, really he should post more and I less this tournament

 

[Scaly piscine]

Finishing below Wales is a disgrace.

However I'd fancy us over any of Group F. So it's not all bad.

I bet it's ****ing Portugal. Who'll do the exact same ****, 10 men behind the ball and Ronaldo teapotting up the pitch.

 

[MW1304]

Finishing below Wales is a disgrace.

However I'd fancy us over any of Group F. So it's not all bad.

Not actually the worst result considering likely opposition being from that group. It's the inability to break down 10 men behind the ball that inspires no confidence.

Edit: Didn't think about halves of the draw. Haven't entertained the thought of getting past the quarter final tbh.

 

[vogue]

Don't think I can stand the next 15 minutes whilst they dissect the game..

 

[Tangles]

I bet it's ****ing Portugal. Who'll do the exact same ****, 10 men behind the ball and Ronaldo teapotting up the pitch.

ESPN comms talking up Portugal all 2nd half.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Utter crap, well done Hodgson the team changes worked didn't they. Total ****ing prick.

 

[Spark]

That was seriously painful to watch.

Problem with the format? Feels weird that a team can literally give up any pretensions at trying to win a game to sneak in a 3rd place qualification.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

That was seriously painful to watch.

Problem with the format? Feels weird that a team can literally give up any pretensions at trying to win a game to sneak in a 3rd place qualification.

That is basically the sport though

Most first legs of the Champions League knock-out ends up the same way (again incentivized by a contrived rule, but)

 

[Spark]

That is basically the sport though

Most first legs of the Champions League knock-out ends up the same way (again incentivized by a contrived rule, but)

Yeah, but 3rd. Just feels odd.

 

[wpdavid]

Seriously is it that ****ing difficult to cross the ****ing ball

Well, quite. Henderson the worst culprit, especially from dead balls, but most of the midfield were shocking. Dier the one exception, naturally.