Poland v Russia could get lively for all the wrong reasons later, wouldn't wanna be in the middle of that lot !!!

The Helicopters already out circling.

It was pretty good in the first half, less so in the second (a combination IMO of France getting tighter, and pressing the England players more in the second half, and fatigue setting in)

Certainly from what I saw a few players from both sides were struggling. It was extremely hot and humid I suppose.

Bit of a low key bore draw but at this level, if it's progression you're after, it ws just the ticket.

Tentative signs perhaps that the new-look England will be built around a team of even ability players working together on getting the basics right rather than one or two exceptional players being propped-up by the mediocre majority.

One could say that was a very 'German' performance last night

Surprised that Walcott didnt come on earlier. I would have thought that his speed would be very handy with people tiring. Maybe bring him on with 10/15 minutes left to allow him opportunity for 3 runs.

Ball retention was poor towards the end. Think this was partly due to how deep the midfield were. When someone got the ball there werent many people to pass forward to. Also, when balls ran loose or were half cleared then there was no England player there to try and get the ball. On the rare occasions when england did get forward then they were outnumbered, it seemed like England were only going forward with 2 or 3 people. Surely they could have been a bit more adventurous than that?

Yeah, struck me as a case of making sure that the players were getting the basics right - something to build on for later games and future tournaments.

Reminded me more of the England of the 1980s, where defence is paramount and the odd attack is a bonus.

Shame last night's other result didn't fall our way with a draw or a Swedish win. If you presume on the French to beat Ukraine, then our next two games will be against teams that need to beat us to stay in the competition.

Looks like more trouble may be kicking off between the russian and polish fans in warsaw

Calm down calm down. I admit I did actually turn the sound down when he was speaking!

Should be a spirited game between Poland and Russia.

I should imagine the mic is just thrown away after. You can't clean off that amount phlegm.

Yep, should be a good one, although I've got a feeling the headlines tomorrow won't be solely about the football.

The pundits did indeed seem to mention Poland a lot, although I felt that Poland were the underdogs anyway which would seem to lend itself to mentioning them more.

Either way, both goals were good, although I thought that the Polish one was the best

Thought that was a poor game on the whole. Russia didn't look anywhere near as cutting edge against a pretty well organised Polish defence.

Apparently any tournament is "So, so, so much more special if the hosts stay in."..... Is it?

Didn't get chance to watch it, but Isaw the second half of the England match and I thought the ITV pundits overrated our performance - though TBF it could have been because I missed the first half.

Denmark v Portugal.

Denmark look set to call up Michael Silberauer to man-mark Cristiano Ronaldo, as he did during the Danes' home qualifying win over Portugal.

Left-back Simon Poulsen is expected to make way in a formation reshuffle.

Portugal head coach Paolo Bento could replace the misfiring Helder Postiga with either Hugo Almeida, who has recovered from flu, or hand 20-year-old Nelson Oliveira his first start. y

Holland v Germany.

Remember worldcup 90 moody voller v Frank rijkaard.

Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk has to decide whether to start with prolific Schalke 04 istriker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar against Germany in Group B.

Robin van Persie or Ibrahim Affelay could make way if Huntelaar starts.

Central defender Joris Mathijsen has resumed full training and is also in contention to return, with Ron Vlaar potentially set to miss out.

Germany have a fully fit squad, with Bastien Schweinsteiger coming through the Portugal game in good condition

He was rested from pre-tournament warm-up friendlies after suffering a calf injury in Bayern Munich's Champions League final defeat to Chelsea.

I agree cant remember a better tournament every game has been good so far, no outstanding team and theres probably 5 or 6 teams that could go on and win it.

Quite nasty scenes in Warsaw tonight well over a 100 arrested its going to be a long night for the Polish Police I think.

That was certainly the case in 1996

I missed even more than that, although I've read and listened to enough respected commentators than have rated our performance as no more than competent. Alan Green described it as "garbage", but given his reactionary history he was probably exaggerating

Indeed, and where was I? In America for the ENTIRE tournament. Word of advice for any unmarrieds reading this - when you plan weddings and honeymoons do a little research before just stabbing a pin in a date on a calendar