Lads, you went into the tournament with no fit left back, no idea who plays in midfield, a half-injured captain and top scorer, and a knackered 21 yearold being asked to hold it all together.
Getting to the final and losing to the best team in the tournament is not actually bad?
Kane looks like he’s running through treacle. And his legs are also made of treacle. And there’s treacle in his lungs and in his eyes and in his soul. And he’s wading, he’s really trying, but it’s just all treacle and you can’t really tell where the treacle ends and he begins
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France obviously haven't shown up but it's not like they played England or Morocco off the park. Problem with a game plan based on riding out difficult moments and taking your chances is that when you can't ride out difficult moments and you don't create chances, you're stuffed.
A lot will be said, a lot will be written, but you can't go into a World Cup with Sam Matterface as your lead commentator and expect to win it. That's the top and bottom of it.
France are a lovely, cultured football team with some wonderful players but England outplayed them for long periods of that game tonight. It was always going to be about fine margins - everyone said that - and Harry Kane's missed penalty was the decisive moment.
Would a stamp duty cut or holiday help first time buyers? Or it just increase house prices?
Here's a chart of average UK house prices. I wonder what could have triggered the heart attack in the middle?