They did want soft targets though, they never went for it where there was 1000s of England fans.
Walking about with iron bars, hammers etc is scumbag material. I think tonight could be wild as any club grudges between English lads/Welsh lads will go out the window. Strength in numbers and all that. One of the lads from our office down south is over there. He is just a normal fan, not in any shape or form a troublemaker. He actually said that if it wasn't for "lads" fighting back then it would have been a lot worse as the Russians were just picking off any England fan they came across. Hooligan or not.
And that's coming from somebody who is anti casual scene etc.