It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

Jack Wiltshire saying " we hate them , and they hate us ." not exactly the best thing to say in the present environment is it .But he's a footballer so i suppose .

Opening fixtures:

13 August:

AFC Bournemouth v Manchester United

Arsenal v Liverpool

Burnley v Swansea City

Chelsea v West Ham United

Crystal Palace v West Bromwich Albion

Everton v Tottenham Hotspur

Hull City v Leicester City

Manchester City v Sunderland

Middlesbrough v Stoke City

Southampton v Watford

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36528203

Who've Villa got?

The Last Rites!

I'll stick my neck out on this but i'd say the Slovaks winning is better for Wales than England . England must go for win V Wales .

Much as I love my sport and supporting England in any competition Watching the brain dead "small" group of English supporters causing trouble in Lille tonight I hope we get kicked out. Even if they don't the Welsh can help do the job tomorrow.

There are brain deads amongst our lot too Martini but for the first time since the 60's Cardiff and Swansea fans are respecting each other and even joining up with England if threatened by Russians.

Russians are living in the 80's but this tournament could be a defining moment for UK fans and the final chapter in the bad old days.

Good luck tomorrow mate , whoever wins it our job is to dump those Russian tw*ts out of the tournament by beating them on Monday.

From the BBC : (Vince is head of Cardiff City Supporters Club too)

Euro 2016: 'No threat' of Wales-England fan violence
15 June 2016 Last updated at 13:34 BST
The potential for violence between Wales and England football supporters has "disappeared with the threat from Russians", according to a fans' group spokesman.
Vince Alm, of the Football Supporters' Federation Cymru, is in Lille ahead of the teams' meeting in nearby Lens on Thursday.
Fears have been raised as Russia and Slovakia fans are also there ahead of their match in the city on Wednesday.
Mr Alm said that Welsh and English fans had been "drinking through the night", singing and "partying together".
He said there has been "no issues", adding: "The potential for a flashpoint disappeared with the threat from the Russians."
Max Evans reports.

It seems it is only a small group causing some disturbance......problem is they drink themselves daft....no tickets probably for the game.....no money or very little...nowhere to stay....at home perhaps no job....it becomes a social problem, but from what I can see : it's no worse than Dutch or German football matches that go on all season...even France now and again has a little trouble from rival clubs.......still they are a pain in the neck when they are keeping everybody awake at night in Lille center....

Dil - I keep pressing the 'update' button on post 5041. It's broken.

England deserved to win, no doubt......can top the group now if they win against the Slovaks......the three lions team have the quality to make it to the semis.....

Not exactly what you want to see is it Roy Hodgsons face during a match , don't know why they show it so much .

Watching a little bit of Portugal-Austria....think the ref used to do the weather forecast before.....

Time to get rid of the Russians methinks. A draw will do it but I'm going for 2-0 to Wales.

If England win we could lose to Russia and still qualify.

Certainly going to be a thrilling night with both games same time , although England supposed to be resting 6 players , not sure that's good for Wales , so wales must get win really .

England, a total embarrassment. Get on your Ryanair flight home. Could not even beat a team that played poor. Wayne Rooney past it as far as captain.

Lol u lot won the battle but we won the war !!!

Top of the group well would u believe it :)

Never change a winning team eh Woy? Dickhead!


Hello Dil, thought you had topped yourself after the England result! :0)

Dil,

I watched Wales as Volks started, and must say your lot were brilliant from start to finish, I can't remember seeing a more complete performance from an international side. Hope they go further.