Russia v England - match thread.

[thesilverfoxlfc]

Bookies 1 - Bellend that backed ingerlund 0

Carra 1............McClown 0

[Parm]

McClown's on the beeb now, blaming the pen decision, hoped they could have held onto 1-1.

[thesilverfoxlfc]

"Lots of love out loud"? How does that work, Foxy?

Laughing out loud (lol)

[Craig_H]

Just seen McLaren's post game interview with the BBC - he's faking rage at the ref's decision

Mentioned how costly poor decisions can be.

Indeed....just ask the FA.

[Parm]

Just seen McLaren's post game interview with the BBC - he's faking rage at the ref's decision

Mentioned how costly poor decisions can be.

Indeed....just ask the FA.

yup watching it now, just a joker.

[thesilverfoxlfc]

McClown's on the beeb now, blaming the pen decision, hoped they could have held onto 1-1.

Just seen McLaren's post game interview with the BBC - he's faking rage at the ref's decision

Mentioned how costly poor decisions can be.

Indeed....just ask the FA.

And biggin up Isreal as a great side

[Craig_H]

And biggin up Isreal as a great side

Nothing left but sheer desperation.

Funny thing is, i could see Israel MAYBE holding Russia...and then England failing to beat Croatia anyway...

[Howard_lfc]

2-1 to Russia.

England played pretty well, seemed fairly comfortable and defended ok.

Just a poor decision (it was outside the box) and a lack of composure in the midst of a 5 minute Russia surge cost them.

Disagree. Thought we were second best - but somehow contrived to create better chances. Only last ditch tackles by Richards and Campbell kept us in it.

The pattern for the second half was set right from the whistle and Mclaren did nothing to stem the tide. It's all very well sitting deep and hoping for a 1-0 win but if you concede the equalizer - the opposition summon up an extra 10% from somewhere and generally go on the ascendancy.
Whilst England were still in control of the scoreline - McLaren should have dragged the ineffective Owen off and put Rooney up front - and brought Crouch on to hold the ball up. Instead he reacted to the scoreline - instead of making things go his own way with the decisions he made. Poor management - but then what's new?

[Parm]

And biggin up Isreal as a great side

"they dont concede much at home and Russia need to go and win"

they should have got Big Phil Scolari instead. Dopey feckers at the FA>

[Neil Young]

Laughing out loud (lol)

But it says "lol out loud".

So how does laughing out loud out loud" work? It just doesn't make sense - like appointing Steve McClaren as manager of anything more than a newspaper stall.

[Neil Young]

Just seen McLaren's post game interview with the BBC - he's faking rage at the ref's decision

Mentioned how costly poor decisions can be.

Indeed....just ask the FA.

[thesilverfoxlfc]

"they dont concede much at home and Russia need to go and win"

they should have got Big Phil Scolari instead. Dopey feckers at the FA>

What a twit clutching at straws

Nothing left but sheer desperation.

Funny thing is, i could see Israel MAYBE holding Russia...and then England failing to beat Croatia anyway...

Russia should be too good for Isreal rays:

[thesilverfoxlfc]

But it says "lol out loud".

So how does laughing out loud out loud" work? It just doesn't make sense - like appointing Steve McClaren as manager of anything more than a newspaper stall.

Go fix your bike and get a decent set of clothes

[Craig_H]

Disagree. Thought we were second best - but somehow contrived to create better chances. Only last ditch tackles by Richards and Campbell kept us in it.

The pattern for the second half was set right from the whistle and Mclaren did nothing to stem the tide. It's all very well sitting deep and hoping for a 1-0 win but if you concede the equalizer - the opposition summon up an extra 10% from somewhere and generally go on the ascendancy.
Whilst England were still in control of the scoreline - McLaren should have dragged the ineffective Owen off and put Rooney up front - and brought Crouch on to hold the ball up. Instead he reacted to the scoreline - instead of making things go his own way with the decisions he made. Poor management - but then what's new?

I agree about McLaren's naivety in terms of tactics, but Russia never really looked a threat, in terms of scoring.

Away from home against a side like Russia, you're obviously going to have to concede possession at times, but until the penalty, it was a very good & professional away performance IMO.

[desertscouser]

2-1 to Russia.

England played pretty well, seemed fairly comfortable and defended ok.

Just a poor decision (it was outside the box) and a lack of composure in the midst of a 5 minute Russia surge cost them.

I actually thought we were poor tonight, especially in the second half. Russia played the most enterprising football and deserved to win. As always we lacked creativity and imagination in the final third, in fact it was like watching Liverpool. Very depressing stuff but at least it means the likes of Gerrard will have a aproper holiday this summer.