BRISTOL86 Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 2 minutes ago, Super said: Are Russia useless at Hockey as well then?! I thought they just beat people up with the sticks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 3 minutes ago, Super said: Are Russia useless at Hockey as well then?! Only one way to find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 Russia are proper crap. It's no wonder their support want to beat everyone up, I probably would as well traveling to watch these clowns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 just goes to show how poor we were as an attacking unit against russia, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 3 minutes ago, Monkeh said: just goes to show how poor we were as an attacking unit against russia, England didn't create enough chances but I thought they played pretty well. That said, Russia are muck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 1 hour ago, ChippenhamRed said: Interesting that you put ourselves and Portugal in the "big nations" group. I would say in terms of our current standing in the European and World game, and our achievements over the past 20 years compared to the others, we don't belong anywhere near that group. Spain - Euros winners (2008, 2012), World Cup winners (2010) Germany - World Cup winners (2014), World Cup finalists (2002) France - World Cup winners (1998), Euro winners (2000), World Cup finalists (2006) Italy - World Cup winners (2006) England - still harking back to a semi-final appearance in 1996 when we won 2 matches out of 5. I put us in the "big nations" group more down to the expectation, those are the nations expected to do well each time there is a Euros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up The City! Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 Oh look another flare!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 Russia throwing the kitchen chairs at Slovakia now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dolman Pragmatist Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Frenchay Red said: How will Russia have 3 points? Apologies, my bad. It did feel like a defeat to Russia, after all! However, England still have it to do. Clearly Slovakia aren't quite the mugs they were expected to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunnyfunt Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 What a shame the Russians lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 Pretty much a free game for Wales tomorrow given they play Russia last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big C Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 3 minutes ago, Super said: Pretty much a free game for Wales tomorrow given they play Russia last. Actually I see this as a terrible result for Wales. A Slovakia loss and they were almost guarantee a top three place now its up for grabs. Wales could potentially lose to both Us and Russia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 3 minutes ago, Super said: Pretty much a free game for Wales tomorrow given they play Russia last. A draw tomorrow will see the group wide open. Anyone can still finish anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 2 minutes ago, Big C said: Actually I see this as a terrible result for Wales. A Slovakia loss and they were almost guarantee a top three place now its up for grabs. Wales could potentially lose to both Us and Russia Not a chance they will lose to Russia they are garbage. They only need a point from 2 games they will go through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 5 minutes ago, Super said: Not a chance they will lose to Russia they are garbage. They only need a point from 2 games they will go through. To be fair no one thought Hungary would beat Austria or Iceland draw with Portugal. Tournament football is never that predictable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 2 minutes ago, BRISTOL86 said: To be fair no one thought Hungary would beat Austria or Iceland draw with Portugal. Tournament football is never that predictable! Fair point, i'm guessing 3 points might even be enough finishing 3rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 Too many people assuming third place means qualification. It doesn't guarantee it. Only 4/6 third-placed teams will qualify. Perfectly conceivable that 3 points might not be enough to put you through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 11 minutes ago, Super said: Not a chance they will lose to Russia they are garbage. They only need a point from 2 games they will go through. Of course there is a chance. You talk as if Wales are Brazil 1970. Certainly don't agree with the notion of a "free game" in a four team group either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 2 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said: Of course there is a chance. You talk as if Wales are Brazil 1970. Certainly don't agree with the notion of a "free game" in a four team group either. More based on the fact Russia are garbage actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 10 minutes ago, Super said: More based on the fact Russia are garbage actually. Yet they took a point from us. If they can manage that, albeit luckily, easily possible they could beat Wales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 18 minutes ago, BRISTOL86 said: To be fair no one thought Hungary would beat Austria or Iceland draw with Portugal. Tournament football is never that predictable! Unfortunately, one aspect of tournament football is predictable and that is England's likely performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Frenchay Red said: How will Russia have 3 points? They got the next world cup, so anything is possible. Putin will see to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 3 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said: Yet they took a point from us. If they can manage that, albeit luckily, easily possible they could beat Wales. Really does highlight what a poor result that was for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Super said: Really does highlight what a poor result that was for us. I was in a minority after the Russia game last week for saying how poor we were. The team who we drew with just got beat by the team who lost to Wales. Nightmare. Mind you, we will go through by default as Russia are about to be kicked out as their fans are kicking off again as per sky news a moment ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 11 minutes ago, The Batman said: I was in a minority after the Russia game last week for saying how poor we were. The team who we drew with just got beat by the team who lost to Wales. Nightmare. Mind you, we will go through by default as Russia are about to be kicked out as their fans are kicking off again as per sky news a moment ago. Russia being kicked out does not guarantee qualification. But someone will have to explain to me how they are going to work out the third place qualifiers if that happens. I simply cannot see a truly fair way of doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daored Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 10 minutes ago, The Batman said: I was in a minority after the Russia game last week for saying how poor we were. The team who we drew with just got beat by the team who lost to Wales. Nightmare. Mind you, we will go through by default as Russia are about to be kicked out as their fans are kicking off again as per sky news a moment ago. UEFA won't kick our Russia, it's empty promises. The biggest fear is England will be kicked out. Watching the news they've said the population of English fans have changed from youngsters to older men. I suspect a few older hooligans have always had the Welsh game on their radar and also a fair few from their side. This with what happened over the weekend with the Russians, ain't going to be pretty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 5 minutes ago, daored said: UEFA won't kick our Russia, it's empty promises. The biggest fear is England will be kicked out. Watching the news they've said the population of English fans have changed from youngsters to older men. I suspect a few older hooligans have always had the Welsh game on their radar and also a fair few from their side. This with what happened over the weekend with the Russians, ain't going to be pretty Funnily enough it's just started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 One of the side stories so far is only us and RoI have been involved in drawn games so far. Every other game has been a positive result. Might mean third place is going to need a minimum of three points to have a chance of going through. Was hoping Russia would win today, as it would mean a win for us tomorrow would ensure we could finish no worse than third. Whatever our result against Wales, it must now all be on the last game v Slovakia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Bristol Red Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 get out stan collymores twitter he has video of thousands of English and Welsh fans looking for the Russians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 That video on Collymore's Twitter highlights the sorry state of affairs. One absolute helmet going round smashing the wing mirror off of every parked car he passes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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