00:00With every team having now played at least twice we're starting to get a
00:08clearer idea of who's hot and who's not. Joining me once again to share their
00:12insights is Golf News deputy sports editor Duncan Hair and our sports writer
00:16Abdul Rahman. So gentlemen I think the first thing we need to discuss is the
00:19fact that the overall quality has been a bit lacking especially from the de facto
00:24top teams. So with that in mind who's impressed you most? I think I'll go with
00:29Spain because their last performance in a major international tournament like
00:34the World Cup in 2014 they went out from the group stage and now that to see them
00:39with four goals in two games and having conceded any goals so far it's quite
00:45impressive. So which teams would you say have surprised you the most or better or
00:49for worse? I think the amount of surprises has been the most surprising
00:54thing. Iceland, Albania, Hungary, Northern Ireland, Wales they've all done
01:00exceptionally well. So guys let's talk about the new format where the four best
01:04third place finishing teams moved through to the last 16. Now there's a bit
01:08of a logistical issue here because we won't know who those top four teams are
01:12until Wednesday giving the teams that have already qualified only a few days
01:16to get ready for the actual stage which begins on the Saturday. Is that a bit of
01:20a short-sighted mistake by UEFA? I mean how do you guys see that? I do. I think
01:24it's farcical to be actually honest that you don't know that your opponent three
01:28days before the actual match is taking place. Quite honestly you need a degree
01:31to work out who you're actually going to be facing. The amount of parameters,
01:34possibilities that you could actually get. I know this was used for World Cups
01:37in 80s, 90s but it might just be that UEFA are looking to get a 32 team
01:43tournament. To be honest I would say whichever team they're gonna face they
01:48have to be ready anyway because a tournament of this magnitude you should
01:51expect anything. So on Monday night England take on Slovakia in Group B and
01:56we've heard through the grapevine that Roy Hodgson will be making six changes
02:00to his starting 11 which includes leaving Wayne Rooney on the bench. Now is
02:04that a stroke of genius or perhaps just outright stupidity? Tell me guys what do
02:09we think is happening here? Massive gamble admittedly and making that many
02:12changes for a game that England still do need to actually qualify for. They do
02:16need something from it to cement a place in the next stage but but I think it
02:22could be a smart move because I'm not at all convinced that England can play the
02:26system they're doing at present with that amount of forward players against the
02:29better team and get away with it. I think they will be run over in midfield. So
02:33bringing in Henderson alongside Dyer, bringing in Wilshire, that little more
02:38protection is what England will definitely need and having those players
02:42with tournament experience going into the knockout stages is I think a good
02:47move as long obviously they do actually get the result against Slovakia. Now I want
02:50to very quickly talk about Portugal's clash with Hungary. Portugal have drawn
02:53to when really they should have won to. The wheels seem to be coming off their
02:58campaign. What's going on there? Cristiano Ronaldo? Definitely Cristiano Ronaldo.
03:03Last time he faced this goal drought in World Cup 2010 for example. He
03:11ended up scoring a goal with the back of his head and it was it was sort of
03:14depressing to see him in this kind of form and he sort of gets nervous for a
03:20player of his of his quality. He gets nervous when he hears what is said
03:25about him in the media and we've seen this in the last game they played and he
03:30was desperate for a goal and I think this is what led to this depressing draw.
03:35I think he's trying to be quite honest. 20 shots that he actually had against
03:41Austria the other night obviously the penalty being the one that he missed but I think
03:44Portugal rely far too much on him and he is trying to play above himself rather
03:50than playing his natural match. Portugal really do lack a front man. Nani up
03:55front doesn't work. Nani's a wide man. I think Portugal could go out at the group
04:01stage and even if they do make it in I think any team will be rubbing their
04:04hands with glee at the prospect of getting Portugal. Perhaps the except of
04:08England of course and penalty kicks. Well let's hope it doesn't come to that.
04:11Let's hope it does. The last group stage match takes place on Wednesday before
04:16the round of 16 gets underway on Saturday. As ever you can stay up to date
04:20with the latest news, fixtures and results on golfnews.com. Don't forget to
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