[Jacko The Flopsy Piglet]

The result was quite predictable the longer we went on without putting the game to bed. We might scrape through in 3rd place if we're (un)lucky!

Good to see the heightened security worked well with plenty of incendiary devices making it into the ground last night. If only the Russians could use their time machine for good and travel back before the Seventies which is where their fans seem to have come from. Or maybe they were trying to annex Marseilles, I mean, it sound like its a bit Russian doesn't it?! I wonder if UEFA will dish out any appropriate punishment like they did to English fans back in the day or whether the Russians will get away with it like they, and everyone else, always do.

[madsteve]

A better than expected performance but the expected result.

I wanted Vardy to play up front but it seems that Roy got the right team and we were unlucky not to win.

Hart - 6
Walker - 8
Smalling - 6
Cahill - 6
Rose - 7
Alli - 6
Dier - 7
Rooney - 8
Sterling - 6
Kane - 6
Lallana - 7
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Wilshire - 6
Milner - 6

Not sure about the substitutions. Neither added much and we lost our momentum.

Stat Attack:

Goals: 1 - Dier

Assists: 0

Touches: 81 - Dier, 79 - Rose, 67 - Rooney, 57 - Walker, 52 - Cahill, 51 - Hart, 50 - Alli, 48 - Smalling, 47 - Sterling, 44 - Lallana, 33 - Kane, 14 - Wilshire, 3 - Milner

Tackles: 2 - Walker, Alli, 1 - Smalling, Rose, Dier, Lallana

Interceptions: 5 - Cahill, 4 - Rose, 3 - Dier, 1 - Alli, Rooney, Lallana,

Clearances: 10 - Smalling, 5 - Cahill, 4 - Walker, 3 - Dier, 2 - Rooney, 1 - Hert, Rose, Kane, Wilshire

Attempts: 3 - Rooney, Lallana, Kane, 2 - Dier, Alli, 1 - Smalling, Rose

Attempts On Target: 2 - Rooney, 1 - Smalling, Dier, Lallana

Key Passes: 2 - Walker, Rooney, Kane, Sterling, 1 - Alli, Lallana, Wilshire

Dribbles: 6 - Walker, 5 - Sterling, 3 - Rose, Alli, Kane, 2 - Rooney, 1 - Wilshire

Dispossessed: 3 - Alli, 2 - Walker, Rooney, Lallana, Wilshire, 1 - Dier, Kane, Sterling

Bad Control: 3 - Kane, 2 - Walker, Alli, Lallana, Wilshire, 1 - Sterling

Crosses (Accurate in brackets): 7 - Kane (4), 3 - Rose (0), 2 - Sterling (1), 1 - Walker (0), Dier (0), Alli (0), Rooney (0), Lallana (0)

Passing Accuracy (Total Passes in Brackets):

100% - Milner (3), 90% - Dier (68), 89% - Rose (61), 87% - Lallana (30), 86% - Smalling (35), 86% - Rooney (55), 82% - Sterling (34), 81% - Alli, 78% - Wilshire (9), 74% - Walker (34), 73% - Kane (28), 71% - Cahill (41), 61% - Hart (28)

Nothing to worry about but we need to be positive if we are to become contenders.

[Owlkev71]

I wud have put Vardy on for Sterling. Sterling ran alot but had no end product.

Good performance, predictable result.

[El Car]

Sterling's gone backwards since he left Liverpool, but I think you were still better having someone play in his natural position rather than try to shoehorn someone like Vardy into a wide role.

[Fredstersafool]

Sterling is pish simple as that

[Thurnscoe_OWL]

44 xxxx 2

[Imre varadi]

just listened to woy moan & mumble   simple fact of yesterday is that Kane was not at his best and Vardy wasnt there to put us 3-0 up   And when we did go 1-0 up we brought on that pile of shit milner    hence 1-1 and same old England result    it seems the menatlaity is slowly creeping its way back in to the players and who can blame them with a manager as dead in the water as woy    special mentions also to lallana sterling and  Hart who are complete shite   

[Statesideowl]

I must have been watching a different game. Shrek lost the ball too much for someone who is supposed to be a senior midfielder now. He'll get eaten alive by any decent team.
Lallana did nothing for me, he fluffed a few good opportunities that most Championship players put away.Sterling can't be one of the best this country has to offer?
Hart.. only had one thing to do. Either come for that cross or get back on his line, and he did neither. I watched that looping header happen in slow motion I knew it was in as it left the Russians head.

I thought it looked Ok until I saw Kane taking corners, it seemed nothing fit into place after that. You can shift the pawns about all you want really, especially the shit ones. However, nothing is ever going to change until we get rid of 'Woy the welic'

It's like watching Megson try to grind out a draw against Crewe using the shittest players at his disposal, only these are allegedly World Class Premier League players?

It was the result and performance I expected. I said before the game England & Russia are pretty evenly matched these days, if you're honest enough. Still right on cue to barely make it to the RO-16, which is as far, I reckon as this bloated circus can go.

[Imre varadi]

Agreed about Rooney he got away with what i can only describe as bottlless thinking more than once he never looked comfy on the ball whatsoever ? but his pass ratio will get him the plaudits of the papers and they pick the team afterall and like you say Hart had one thing todo all the feffing game and he showed he isnt ever going to be a peter shilton he commands nothing he gets in the team becuase quite frankly the rest of the goalkeepers are even less commanding than him ? he reminds me of Kirkland ! his reflexs make his saves look out of this world but send in a basic cross or set piece and hes fooked !! as for sterling i thought he had a good first half and quite frankly Kane and lallana let him down badly !! but as the second half dragged on he was back to his sterling best !! woy should have taken him off 20 minutes before he did and at this i started to get in a rage i swear im not watching the wales game as they are just not worth the hassle !! wales will win aswell they have more bottle and we have the biggest loser in the world as captain !

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Im realy hoping uefa bann us before thursday that would be the best outcome !!

[Thurnscoe_OWL]

Kane on corners though