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WaspInWales wrote:

UKHamlet wrote:Yeah, I thought that too. He seemed to be tackling everyone at the same time for about twenty minutes. I thought Lalalalallana had a similar level of motoring too. England were the better side, but can count themselves lucky with Vardy miles offside when the ball was played, only for the ref to rule him played onside by Williams - completely the wrong call in my view. Anyway, disappointed with the result, slightly more disappointed with our second half performance, not surprised though. England have the makings of a good team and judging by the games so far, they only have Italy to fear. Slovakia won't be a walk in the park, but if they can contain a potent strike force, they'll take three points from the game. Wales are good enough to beat Russia and I'm reasonably confident we will do so.

Yet completely the correct call to everyone else. Williams played him onside. Had the ball come off an English player, it would have been offside. Being in an offside position is not an offence.

Spot on officiating and nice to see instead of errors resulting in goals/disallowed goals.

Wales are definitely good enough to beat Russia but they can't be that passive again. I was expecting them to play a bit today but they had no interest in attacking. After all the hype and blagging from Bale, it was a disappointment.

Gonna be an exciting last couple of games.

rowan wrote:Not many goals, are there? Germany - Poland was a snore fest, as they were both obviously content to settle for a tie. At least in rugby you know you're going to get some tries, even if most of the points do come from kicks...

Meanwhile, Putin's take on the hooligans: Euro 2016: Vladimir Putin mocks 'thousands of England fans beaten up by 200 Russians' http://www.independent.co.uk/news/peopl ... 87971.html

Stom wrote:

Banquo wrote:

Stom wrote:Hodgson always makes one good decision followed by a bad one. What did he expect bringing Rashford on? 3 CFs, no creator anymore. Insanity.

This Euros has just reminded me why I always choose the rugby over the football when given a choice. It's just terrible.

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I will stick by my original assertation. We were static and lucky to win that match. The only players who actually seem to inject pace and movement are Wilshere and Sturridge. I thought the latter was our best player yesterday. By a distance.

But it doesn't stop the whole tournament being of very low standard so far.

rowan wrote:Turkish bottoms have been spanked Apparently Spain has only conceded one goal in its last 18-plus hours of Euros football

WaspInWales wrote:Stopped watching the Croatia game to watch the rugby but Croatia somehow managed to draw from 2-0 up.

Another late, late goal too.

Stom wrote:Best game I've seen so far, and even that wasn't amazing, imo.

I think it's obvious who will be the top scorer, though. Ronaldo will fill his boots against Hungary, Austria and Iceland. I reckon Portugal Hungary will be the highest scoring match in the tournament, and Ronaldo could easily get 3 or 4 in that match alone.

WaspInWales wrote:

Stom wrote:Best game I've seen so far, and even that wasn't amazing, imo.

I think it's obvious who will be the top scorer, though. Ronaldo will fill his boots against Hungary, Austria and Iceland. I reckon Portugal Hungary will be the highest scoring match in the tournament, and Ronaldo could easily get 3 or 4 in that match alone.

Well, he's played two matches and still waiting for a goal but it's not for the want of trying. He's had more shots than entire nations so far.

It goes without saying that Ronaldo should beat Hungary but he should've beaten Iceland and Austria too. It's all to play for as all group F teams can still go through.