Euro 2016 England V Russia on and off the pitch ITV/TV3

citytillidie

Time for England to start there campaign can they make the back pages after being on the front pages.

Head to Head

England have played Russia twice since the breakup of the Soviet Union, with both encounters in Euro 2008 qualifying. England won 3-0 at Wembley and Russia were 2-1 victors in Moscow.

England met the USSR twice at the European Championship finals. England won 2-0 in a third-place play-off in 1968, while the Soviets triumphed 3-1 in the group stage in 1988.

England Team

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Hart
Walker

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Smalling

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Cahil

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Rose

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Dier

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Rooney

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Alli
Lallana

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Sterling

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Kane

Second I mean!

Paully D

Rooney in midfield :rolleyes:

A waste of a place and it smacks of fitting him in to pander as opposed to being able to deal with the criticism and questioning if they lose without him in the side.

SEPT 23 1989

Cant see it stopping at the turnstiles

Mr.Nice Guy

I'm expecting an attacking match-up. Conditioning will be important; which side can handle the heat. It's going to be vital to make runs into the available space and carry an aerial threat - but enough about the chaps outside the stadium.

I'm sensing a 1-1 draw here. Not sure why Lallana and Sterling got the nod but maybe they'll surprise me.

PeterTheEighth

I see TV3 are kicking off their coverage the way they ended their rugby coverage... five minutes of a "welcome to our coverage", and a fifteen minute break.

mansize

I see they are shoehorning Rooney in anywhere

BrookieD

Really looking for a strong free flowing attacking line up from England this evening. Odds are we will play with nerves and lose but still every two years i look forward too supporting England and suffer mad abuse for it... Still keep coming back though as thats football.

Stupid Thugs in France should have their own run down stadium and let them fight it out and leave the football to the fans..... F*&%!NG P$1CKS!!!!!

COME ON ENGLAND

RoryMac

Pity both teams can't lose to speed up getting their fans home

blueser

Paully D wrote: »

Rooney in midfield :rolleyes:

A waste of a place and it smacks of fitting him in to pander as opposed to being able to deal with the criticism and questioning if they lose without him in the side.

He shouldn't be anywhere near the England team these days. Shocking decision by Roy. Ah well. Best of luck to the lads tonight.

mansize

I will be shouting for England against Russia

blueser

blueser wrote: »

He shouldn't be anywhere near the England team these days. Shocking decision by Roy. Ah well. Best of luck to the lads tonight.

Bit extreme to be fair

He finished the season strongly for Utd and is the England captain

Huge call if he was dropped anyway, was never gonna happen

sky88

england will never do anything with hodgeson as manager he's far to loyal to underperformin players

Ol' Donie

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

I see TV3 are kicking off their coverage the way they ended their rugby coverage... five minutes of a "welcome to our coverage", and a fifteen minute break.

Not entirely excited about this non-RTE approach.

Harry Palmr

The bench doesn't lack options

J. Milner J. Vardy N. Clyne F. Forster J. Henderson D. Sturridge J. Stones J. Wilshere R. Barkley R. Bertrand
M. Rashford T. Heaton

BrookieD

If Rooney has a poor game tonight Roy should drop him for the next match but he wont, too loyal to make that call

Fromvert

England team looks unbalanced, it's a very attacking line up.

BoJack Horseman

They'll squeak past Russia in spite of Rooney rather than because of him.

Keano the legend ha

Nailing yer man about his contract on TV3

Dcully

Tv3 could do with giving that glass table and ould rub if a cloth and polish lol

blueser

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Bit extreme to be fair

He finished the season strongly for Utd and is the England captain

Huge call if he was dropped anyway, was never gonna happen

Apart from his first tournament (Euro 2004), he's never done it in the big games for England. Indeed, reading a lot of the united match threads on here during the season, most utd fans were distinctly unimpressed with him. To my mind, he doesn't warrant a place in our national side. We'll have to agree to disagree on this.

Mr.Nice Guy

You're live, Trevor.

The Gibzilla

Someone took the batteries out of Trevor Welch there

badshot

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

I see TV3 are kicking off their coverage the way they ended their rugby coverage... five minutes of a "welcome to our coverage", and a fifteen minute break.

yeah
and neil lennon looking and sounding
like a bouncer on a sh1thole bar in glasgow

GreNoLi

Welchy, an adonis of a man.

Expect England to be dominated in midfield as per usual, Hodgson is way past it, 2-2.

Harry Palmr

TV3 is where live sport goes to die.

Liam O

Should be Vardy in for Lallana, you need pace on the wings with that formation.

The Gibzilla

Keith Andrews looks like he's on his way home from a good night out

sonic85

TV3 is beyond crap. Still going on about Roy Keane comments after the Bulgaria game. Move on lads. The sh1te that Walsh lad was asking Keane in the press conference was unreal. Over to ITV I think.

namloc1980

TV3 is so bad.

Skylinehead

There's zero CMs in that England team. Strange.

blueser

Harry Palmr wrote: »

TV3 is where live sport goes to die.

I wouldn't watch sport on TV3 (it's available for "free" elsewhere) if you paid me. Terrible coverage.

BoJack Horseman

tv3 is bad alright.

However on ITV, Marion Bartolli & Louis Sahara provide the build up......

.... For some reason!

Cypher_sounds

I really think England are somewhat shooting themselves in the foot a bit with only Kane up front when form guys like Vardy and Rashford sit on the bench.
Why not play to your strengths woy?

Straight Edge Punk

This is why England will never win an international tournament. For some reason every manager they get panders to the media and plays players who shouldn't be in the team.

BoJack Horseman

Cypher_sounds wrote: »

Why not play to your strengths woy?

Wayne must be accommodated at all costs.

SlickRic

Paully D wrote: »

Rooney in midfield :rolleyes:

A waste of a place and it smacks of fitting him in to pander as opposed to being able to deal with the criticism and questioning if they lose without him in the side.

I'd imagine he's up front with Alli in midfield. A waste of Alli's best attributes.

tinpib

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

tv3 is bad alright.

However on ITV, Marion Bartolli & Louis Sahara provide the build up......

.... For some reason!

Ya, ITV have a history of picking famous faces with questionable English in their sports coverage. They had Cannavaro and Desailly before, both legends of players but hadn't the English to be good pundits.

They also have Ian Wright and Peter Crouch further proving my point :pac:

whatever_

BrookieD wrote: »

Really looking for a strong free flowing attacking line up from England this evening. Odds are we will play with nerves and lose but still every two years i look forward too supporting England and suffer mad abuse for it... Still keep coming back though as thats football.

Stupid Thugs in France should have their own run down stadium and let them fight it out and leave the football to the fans..... F*&%!NG P$1CKS!!!!!

COME ON ENGLAND

I was in Marseille for the Tunisia game in '98. I can tell you, it's tricky to avoid trouble in that city. There are two main strategies in this game - either stay with the main group and be led by drunken fools, or peel off and try to dodge the local Arabs (available in both 1998 and 2016 editions) and Russians (2016 edition only) .

Hank Scorpio

Vardy not starting is bizarre, another case of England not playing to their strengths

Cypher_sounds

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

Wayne must be accommodated at all costs.

At least he had an ok season but Sterling? Why woy why.

niallo27

Cypher_sounds wrote: »

At least he had an ok season but Sterling? Why woy why.

He doesnt fit in the side though, sterling you can make a case for. Rooney is a joke decision.

Mr.Nice Guy

Neil Lennon's having a coughing fit - perfect opportunity to go to another commercial break.

callaway92

Hodgson is clueless. That not even close to the best team possible to play, and it's against their toughest opponent in the group.

They will probably win the game but still awful choices.

Angron

It's not really a tournament with England if the management isn't confusing the heck out of the fans :pac:

Bobby Baccala

Thought Lennon was about to kick the bucket there

PeterTheEighth

The Gibzilla wrote: »

Keith Andrews looks like he's on his way home from a good night out

With the suit, slicked back hair and aggressive demeanour I thought Keith Andrews was auditioning for the part of the fifth Corleone brother.

Another break

wonderboysam

Hoddles let himself go :pac:

PeterTheEighth

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

However on ITV, Marion Bartolli & Louis Sahara provide the build up...... .. For some reason!

Did anybody else misread that as "Mario Ballotelli" and immediately switch over to ITV

namloc1980

Ridiculous team selection....yup it's England tournament football time!

blueser

whatever_ wrote: »

I was in Marseille for the Tunisia game in '98. I can tell you, it's tricky to avoid trouble in that city. If you stay with the main groups you are in the company of drunken fools, and if you peel off you are an easy target for the local Arabs and (this time) Russians.

Marseiile has a pretty grim reputation as a city. Allocating England and Russia to that city was naive in the extreme. The England fans seem to be getting targetted by heavily armed Russian gangs as well as local French mobs. Now don't get me wrong; some of the England yobs are no shrinking violets, and won't run away from a fight. But it seems a lot of innocent English fans are getting picked off over there.