chris waddle there, always forthright in his views. can hear him on radio five live this evening commentating this match between england and slovenia, england needing just two points from their final two qualifiers tonight, if the win they are automatically into russia, lithuania away on sunday. it's not just into russia, lithuania away on sunday. it's notjust world cup qualifying in europe, it is an international break the world over. you might have seen a fantastic documentary from one of my collea g u es documentary from one of my colleagues richard conway, football on the front line about the syrian football team. they are still in with a shout of making russia. they we re with a shout of making russia. they were ina with a shout of making russia. they were in a play—off tonight, the first leg of that in their adopted home of austria the leave malaysia. it finished 1—1. they drew this match against australia. australia took a first—half lead but an equaliser from the spot with just five minutes remaining force syria. the second leg

conor mcnamara is there alongside former england midfield chris waddle.king forward to commentating on the game tonight, you are former newcastle player and i have to ask you about the news of mike ashley selling the club.|j think the fans will be pleased. people forget he has kept them afloat but to go to the next level, to bea afloat but to go to the next level, to be a top four team again, they need investment. much more reaction to come on bbc sport. what about the game tonight, leicester city find themselves in the relegation zone 110w. themselves in the relegation zone now. a lot of people thought this would happen to leicester city, maybe they lost some belief and got carried away with the success they had, but they still have a big squad. west brom will be well drilled and it could be decided tonight on a counterattack set piece. last time they went six premier league games without a win, that ended with claudio ranieri being sacked. you can hear commentary of the game on 5live tonight from 7pm. in just under half an hour the first round proper of

i'll be back here at wembley towards the end of the programme, some interesting thoughts from chris waddlee and i will have the england team news as well but now a lot of other sport going on, will perry in the studio. thanks, castleford's chances of winning the super league have been dealt a huge blow with the new zak hardaker has been withdrawn from the squad for saturday's grand final for a breach of club rules. let's talk to george riley who will be covering the game, what more do you know? what i can tell you is it's not by what i can tell you is it's not rugby related. 0ne what i can tell you is it's not rugby related. one of the game ‘s biggest stars has again paid the price it seems for his issues of the field. he has a history of disciplinary problems. we thought he had left them behind him, his career at leeds ended when he ran out of second chances a couple of years ago, he lost his england place at the last world cup for getting into bother off the field. he appeared to have sorted himself out, indeed i spent time with him on monday and he told us how much she was looking forwa

i do suppose you and fellow commentator chris waddle ended up making paper aeroplanes like some of theere since 1970. similarto 02, that finals in 82 having not been there since 1970. similar to 02, that was real national celebration time. last night, i'm not sure there could have ever been a more low—key reception to england qualifying for a world cup. that's because, let's not forget, there were over 61,500 people at wembley last night, but they go to wembley to be entertained. i thought gareth southgate was honest in his assessment. he didn't try and cover it over, paper over what was really a disappointing england performance for long periods. he will bejudged on how his england team do when they get to the tournament. eight months to work with, he's almost going to have to work wonders in terms of the way his england team are playing at the moment. any hope in terms of doing better than they did at the last world cup in brazil? are there signs they go to russia better equipped than that side?|j signs they go to russia better equipped than that side? i think they will go there with