Group B - England, Russia, Wales, Slovakia

[flibbertyjibber]

Thanks for bringing back memories of the 2008 UEFA Cup Final, ****.

Oh the night your fans had fun in Manchester.

Walter Smith's finest hour getting you to that final?

 

[vcs]

Thanks for bringing back memories of the 2008 UEFA Cup Final, ****.

Yeah he was great in that match also.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Nothing in particular against Marion Bartoli .................... but why?

 

[grecian]

Would rather Vardy started in place of Rooney, but that was never going to happen, but I'm happier he won't be played out of position, and can come on in his natural/only role at the end.

 

[Pothas]

Yeah, it could be far worse.

 

[Tangles]

Rooney on the left of midfield then. Hope someone else is ready to do his running for him.

 

[Uppercut]

Could be worse but let's not allow the inevitability of Rooney starting make us forget how dire it is. He's shite.

Russia are properly bad though so I imagine they'll be fine whoever they pick.

 

[vogue]

Russian anthem better than ours..

 

[Tangles]

I'm on the "what's the point of Lallana" bus but maybe he'll show me.

 

[grecian]

Rooney on the left of midfield then. Hope someone else is ready to do his running for him.

Rooney won't be on the left, he's going to be central, behind Kane, Lallana and sterling the wide-men. It's really on recent form the only way to get a good game out of Rooney. Cautiously optimistic about it, but we'll see, Think Dier-Alli will be vital.

 

[Niall]

England fans booing the national anthem very grim, but to be expected when you consider both set of fans beating the **** out of each other today, hopefully we get some sort of respite when the match is on.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

I'm on the "what's the point of Lallana" bus but maybe he'll show me.

Him and Cahill are dreadful in my opinion. No idea why they are in the squad.

 

[grecian]

Lallanna been great so far, so has England, all positive except for this Kane taking set-piece thing, he's not even good at them.

 

[Compton]

Before the game I'd have said Lallana is a waste of a pick.

I'd drop him for Vardy and bring Stones in for either of the awful centre halves and then you're starting to work towards England's best side.

 

[Compton]

Lallanna been great so far, so has England, all positive except for this Kane taking set-piece thing, he's not even good at them.

You're centre forward taking corners is just the worst. Surely one of the wide players - whose job it is to cross the ball - should take them.

Saying that, Smalling just missed a cracking chance to score from a Kane corner

 

[fredfertang]

Doesn't look like your typical England team at all

 

[grecian]

Doesn't look like your typical England team at all

Yep, hugely encouraging so far.

Early days though. Happy with Rooney playing really deep TBH, could be a masterstroke.

 

[Compton]

This is a very encouraging start from England. I actually like him as a player, but England play much better football without Milner.

 

[Tangles]

Some average finishing so far.

 

[grecian]

This is pretty scintillating stuff, but it's still 0-0 and we've given them a free-header. Need to make the most of this.