I thought Russia were a little better than some have suggested ITT, they aren't a great side but they played ok I thought. We made them look very good of course.
The plan of long ball is pretty hard to implement with three short midfielders. Positioning of the defence was definitely worse than usual, though the speed of Russians compared to our defenders didn't help.
Thomas worked very hard and did a few nice things.
Definitely worried about the solomon island games after these last two efforts. Only going to take a couple of decent finishers for us to be in trouble.