I’m not going to overreact but we’re winning the World Cup.

Modric can take solace in that he wasn't anywhere near the most washed 40-year-old playing today.

“Let’s hear from Assistant Head Coach Anthony Barry” No let’s let him do his bloody job.

The worst thing about watching England has always been that fucking brass band.

It’s nice that the this seems to be the World Cup of stars. Messi 3 Haaland 2 Mbappe 2 Kane 2 Ronaldo 0

“He’s not come here to play!” Erm…?

All for Kane dropping into the No.10 position with the right setup (which England have). This isn't that. This is Kane dropping into the No.4 position. I'm not sure that it's ideal when your Ballon d'Or-contender striker has more touches in your half than Croatia's.

I don’t want to be that guy, but Harry Kane is pretending to be a DM again.

Youngest, 5, picked 20:59 to become upset in bed and needed approximately 14 minutes of support. I’m happy to provide that, of course, but you just wait until he’s watching the WC when he’s grown up…

Oh no not Lee Dixon. inews.co.uk/sport/footba...

If I see Jordan Henderson in the starting XI I might actually scream

I remember regular, screaming news articles about players being 'tapped up'. When did this change? How are Madrid continually able to sign players on a free, having seemingly approached them before the 6-month point ahead of their contract ending?

When I saw this headline I presumed some managerial leviathan had been singing the praises of some off-the-radar young prospect. Complete with the photo of a stern and serious Tuchel, this must be some significant advice. No, it's Clinton Morrisson, suggesting Tuchel plays Harry Kane.

You can’t buy Walkers in America and Messi isn’t turning up at your watch party because he’s playing. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

YESSSS!!!!!!

I suspect this one might get a bit silly. Excited to see whether scorecard graphics planned for double figures.

GOAT is back

Me, inhaling the Ferrari hopium:

That is sexy sexy football.

I mean yeah the World Cup is great and all but F1 quali is set to start at exactly the same time as LM24 and I am fuming.

Enjoyed that. Good fun. Proper football in a proper stadium. Think 2/3 of the cards were harsh.

This might be a hot and controversial take, but I don't think South Africa are going to win the World Cup.

What's going on? There's goal music and I... don't hate it? I suspect because I've been brought up on Captain Pugwash getting played at Fleetwood.

I’m sorry but I’m genuinely struggling to watch the game given the absolute horror show style of goalposts. What on Earth and those and how do we stop them ever being used ever again?

Fair play actually, because a significant amount of effort has been expended here to design the most irritating podcast lineup imaginable.

Can I start listening to Vindaloo on repeat now?

Well I, for one, am looking forward to seeing Eze’s penalty again when we need it for WC RO16…

I will begrudgingly admit that was a slightly above average goal.

This is much much worse than a HT show btw. Imagine getting to a CL final, travelling thousands of miles, you’re hyped, you’re pumped, you’re ready for KO, you’re trying to build an atmosphere and the Killers comes on. In the fucking bin you go.

I got ham but I’m not a hamster

I just want to see an entertaining game where both teams lose.

Football clubs: please stop making announcement graphics with centre-aligned text. Thanks in advance.

If you’re into your motorsport but didn’t watch the Indy 500.. just go and watch the last lap. Wow.

When you’re trying to watch a game at Wembley..

Not the England squad I’d have picked, but I’m more than happy to back Tuchel. Fairly unconvinced on Henderson / Toney but I can support the process. The antics of the Maguire camp in the last 48 hours should hopefully mean he never plays for England again.

Clubs shouldn’t cheat, obviously, but I maintain the actual EFL rule on ‘spying’ clearly is unworkable and the sole reason every playoff club is threatening to sue everyone else. Clubs should be responsible for protecting the privacy of their own training 🤷‍♂️

Southampton losing their appeal over Spygate 2 wasn't a surprise, but all this does raise questions over whether it's healthy for the game to have one match a season worth this amount of money. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/if-spygate...

Wonder what sort of morning Southampton analyst William Salt is having. Get writing that book Bill.

In a piece of excellent news, The Londoner has had a libel action against it thrown out. And yet even this pre-trial win took six months and £40,000 in legal fees. The government must action on Slapps. www.the-londoner.co.uk/we-won-our-d...

Damage limitation now, so commentators are discussing “City’s busy schedule”.

I know it’s an independent decision but that to me seems like a significant overreaction, even for ‘multiple’ offences. If you’re training for £100m playoffs in view of the footpath then there shouldn’t be an avenue to complain that an intern took photos on his phone.

Well that won’t be controversial at all.

Not the Dacia Logan!

Half the world’s media all set up with their “Verstappen wins Nurburgring 24” headlines and he’s sat in the garage not moving an inch. You absolutely love to see it. Off you pop.

This is a banger.

What in the Dune / Exorcism extended cinematic universe is this?

Czechia and Bulgaria both naff.

Yeah this one wins. Job done, we can all go home. See you in Serbia.