Baird of the land

Personally, find it odd that discussing Nato expansion to be a factor in putin going to war is considered controversial.

Honestly to me it's more on the people around him not being willing to have the tough conversation with him.

Shame for Biden that nobody stood up to him about running 4 a 2nd term. Trump 2nd term incoming.

If that's the case that might make Dubravka available, who would be a quality upgrade on Mccarthy/Bazanu.

I get that odds are lower based on the side of the draw but weird how much more favoured than likes of Italy/Holland(who are on that side of the draw).

Personally i prefer it. Virtually all the teams have something to play for till the end which means competitive games. Some of the smaller teams have been much more fun to watch too.

i did enjoy seeing gordon's first touch being a horrible miscontrol out of play.

Gallagher so abysmally bad, even worse than a right back out of position. A team with more attacking threat would have punished all those mistakes in the 1st half. Thought england were somewhat better in 2nd half. Mainoo was at least competent. I'm sure JWP is at home thinking, if i played for Chelsea or man u i'd be in this england squad though. Fortunate that Denmark also are poor otherwise they would have got Germany and then their tournament would have been over imo. Likely to make at least the quarters now you'd think.

Really curious about this game. Slovenia have been very competitive so far and England not exactly impressive. Can England actually turn up or will it be a third scrapfest.

Hungary won their group, so would have been there regardless of the format.

Should have been a penalty imo. Armstrong was clever in getting his body across and was caught in the back of the knee.

I was expecting a frantic game with both teams needing to win. Curious if hungary get through, thought they’d need more goals with a negative goal difference.

You’d think these 2 teams were playing for a draw, given the lack of intensity for the most of the half.

Is he even fit enough to start?

Southgate does seem intent on getting the sack First it was if only we had a CM like K-Phillips Now its our players are too unfit to press.

How bad must those players be!

Those pitch side monitors are the most pointless invention ever.

Also must be so demoralising for the players he actually called up.

England lucky to be on 4 points rather than 2 heading into Slovenia game. felt before tournament England had missed chance to win a tournament. alexander Arnold as a cm is diabolically bad.

Tierney hamstrings seem to be made of glass.

Time to bring Yoshida back in as a player/coach to help him settle in.

Loved seeing mbappe getting booked for coming back on pitch. hated Swiss player getting booked for winning 50/50 with keeper. Not least for double standards as to what it is ok to do to an outfield player.

Prefer us to look at teams that didn’t make euros. Paying a premium for post euro/wc players tends to be an awful idea.

Awful handball decision imo. It brushes his hand but decision completely ignores context of him getting shoved beforehand by the defender.

Not just wages, there's the big whacking transfer fee, most likely on someone who you are gambling will be able to cut it at this level based on zero experience of the prem.