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The whole Kane thing is exhibit A, B and C in Vardy's case for his international retirement. Southgate and Hodgson would rather stretcher on a lame and immobile Kane than pick someone else, Watkins and co must be thinking "What's the point" of turning up. His coming deep to get involved reminds me of Rooney at one of the previous tournaments. Like the best kid in the playground he wanted to be on the ball all the time so came deeper and deeper. At one point he received the ball inside his own half, looked up to play a long ball forward and made a caveman-esque frown of confusion...."Duh, where's the centre forward I'm looking for" just as the whole pub shouted "That's you, that's where you should be you buffoon"!

Southgate is a saviour, a national hero. On one of the hottest stickiest nights here this year I had no problem sleeping, I just put on the repeat of the game, tried to watch closely to work out what was going on ("why is he passing it 20 yards backwards when he had a forward ball on there? Why so cautious? Why is no-one moving? " etc and before long zzzzzzzz. Ta Gareth!

My prediction is a 2-0 England win, not doing enough to suggest they’ve turned the corner but not as poor as it has been, no questions answered, no flaws resolved but not awful either. Just pray we get Bellingham and Rice through unscathed, Bellingham in particular gets some awful treatment / challenges, can’t afford to lose him.

At tomorrow nights game:- England fan - “Come on England, let’s try and string a few passes together and start to look like some sort of team, let’s have a little bit of sustained possession in their half.” Slovenia fan “Hey Slovenia, let’s beat these 5-0, go on and win the Euro’s, then the World Cup and be recognised as the greatest side of all time” England fan - “Mate, reign it in, never gonna happen, your expectations are ridiculously unrealistic” Slovenia fan - “Well you started it !”

Fantastic, I’m delighted…….at Pearce and Murphy getting soaked

One question that could be asked by investigators (if there are such things in this blind-eyed farce) - it's one thing fudging that a 2 million pound player is worth 20 million but what wages are they going to be paid, those of a typical 2 million pound player at that club or those of a 20 million pound player at that club? If it's the lower end of the scale then that puts the fee into contradiction with the salary, yes clubs can choose what to pay or overpay and can choose what salary to offer of course but exhibit A, "you rate this player at 20 million yet you're not going to be paying him the typical salary of such a player" would be evidence of what we all know is going on here.

We're so wary of spending anything until July that our official kit is currently listed as being "Vest & Pants"

Get yourself into a reasonable position, point gun at own foot, pull trigger, repeat for infinity……

No composure in the box, I know it’s a huge game but it was like none of them have ever had a touch in the box in their lives just panic and no thought

Why didn’t they take the man out on the half way line, the old Fernandinho foul?

Composure ffs

Scotlands best hope is Robertson getting round the back and putting a ball across the 6 yard box,, he at least makes things happen

What’s happening, it’s like a school playground game

Oh Scheisse

Although I quite like it it reminds me of the series of the apprentice where everything a team designed looked a bit like poo which made Alan Sugar go ballistic. At least we now know where that apprentice candidate found eventual employment .

It happened to me, my feet, waist, chest and head were level but my d*** was deemed to be 2 yards offside

Taylor “What do you mean Attwell has popped out for a Bratwurst, I can’t just stand here pretending to chat to him….”

Doubt he’ll do it but sometimes the introduction of a new element in game 3 can turn things around, go with Rice, Bellingham, Foden in midfield and bring Palmer or Gordon in.

“We’ve just got to be better with and without the ball” ah yes those two minor elements of the game, who’d have thought they’d have come into relevance at a football tournament.

I bet even the smiley McClaren face bloke isn’t smiling after that

“That wasn’t half bad” ”No, both halves were bad”

“There’s a lot more to get out of these players”

This night can still be saved……what time’s Emmerdale on