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A lot of that was Scottish players though wasn’t it? Surprising they never did anything at a World Cup in that era.

If it was a choice of having that month once every two years and falling short or once every two decades and winning I’d take the former.

There seems to be this spirit in the Russian army that leads them to get easily disenfranchised and mutinous. I've read a lot about them in Afghanistan and it seems like a lot of the soldiers basically did what they want, got pissed and killed some people. If they had too strict an officer...

I'm doing more cycling to get outdoors. Got a family holiday in Swanage in May and planning to do the whole cycle from Bristol down to there. Sea swimming is great, do it sometimes when I go down to Cornwall but it's a bit of a dip and out cos I can't handle the cold without a wetsuit.

Nah there’s plenty to do in the summer. Holidays, festivals, loads of outdoor activities. If football wasn’t there in the winter months with little daylight then weekends would be depressing.

As much as a punch in the gut losing that final as it was an incredible month going out and watching the games with friends. I wouldn’t give that up for anything and am happy that we’ve done it twice in a few years instead of never bothering. Picking a successful country and comparing them is...

The world is going to be wanting a Ukraine win. Would be good to see Wales in a WC and see how they get on without a powderpuff group stage.

I don't get what relevance Italy's success has to England's development if I'm honest.

I dunno They've gone for the ultra modern design but that's what they did in the 60s and it quickly looked dated. Isn't this going to end up doing the same?

That 2 behind the two strikers are generally much wider though. You'd waste O'Hare forcing him to play in the channels and on the wing.

It's not about saying we're better than them and preferring us, it's about recognising where we've come from and what our direction is. We're now a positive team that has looked capable of winning something for this first time since '96, and that was an outlier, and yet people want to rip it...

We've gone from being in the wilderness failing at the first knockout hurdle and group stages for years to regularly going deep in tournaments. Change doesn't happen overnight.

I hate this "one of our own" bullshit. They just support the same team as you and they should face the consequences of their actions like every other team's fans. Penalties for getting on the pitch need to be harsher or they'll be bringing back fences and nobody wants that. Idiots of any colour...

The same sort of reaction England get when they "only" beat a team like North Macedonia 2-0 probably

So did I but am enjoying them failing now after how I felt in July

They were just on an incredible run of form. They managed to push that form for one more game and that was all they needed. Probably the best footballing side at the tournament too.

Italy out. North Macedonia v Portugal Wales v winner of of Scotland Ukraine Poland v winner of Sweden Czechia

What a hit North Macedonia. Surely they couldn't beat Portugal too

I'm watching Italy North Macedonia. Italy on top obviously but NM well drilled and restricting to long shots. Italy getting frustrated.

I want North Macedonia to beat Italy cos I'm still not over it and Turkey to beat Portugal cos fuck those guys.