CB Fry

Come on trousers #keepup

I said stop the count FFS.

Not really. What that keeper did, in that situation, was clearly dangerous.

And there it is. Now stop the count.

We need France to score one more goal.

What's difficult about that?

Still need France to score as well.

Spain for Croatia then. So not huge benefit to throwing the match and finishing second.

Nah, I'm good. When a certified nut job tells me to go to night school to understand words and meaning then they're fair game for a bit. I will get round to ignoring him eventually. I'd like to see his views on our full back situation or on the quality or otherwise of Michael Obafemi. He's quite quiet on that side of the forum.

Er, what? I'm taking the piss out of a moron for my own amusement.

I'm just glad no one talks about Leave and Remain any more. And no one complains about the EU these days because we are completely independent and free of them. Personally I'd forgotten all about the EU. Is it even a thing? It's a distant memory, like Sega Dreamcast or something.

We're all just laughing at you.

100% agree. Now we've made it through the group stage without conceding a goal maybe it will stop folk on this forum from interpreting every setback or issue as justification that everything would have been perfect if only we had selected Saints players instead. I'd call out the unfair criticism of perfectly fit players like Henderson and Maguire who some were insisting should have stayed at home. Pretty disgraceful really. Get behind your country.

Never felt like a goer to me: contract too long and I couldn't see JWP forcing through a move to, er, Villa. Still, if all true, it's great news. Lord knows we need him next year.

An absolutely electrifying rollercoaster from start to finish.

Let's hope there is some quirk of fate that means we get to play Hungary next round. Although they were pretty handy the other day.

Mark Wotte couldn't half spot a player.

bUt i tHoUgHt hEndErSoN wAs nOt fiT

If you think we look at a transfer of a player for a ten million pound fee and 40k a week and think we cannot afford that and we need to look at "cheap options" instead. I do not believe that is the case. Lets see what happens this summer: I reckon we'll buy a player or two for £10m. Let's see. Secondly, Theo on a higher wage than that for two years with zero potential of selling on or return on investment is in my opinion, a complete waste of money. It's not, in any way, "the cheap option". It's pissing money away. Its not about an abacus mate, its a bullshit premise. Theo was not a "cheap option" because we can no longer afford £10m players from relegated German clubs. We, very obviously, can.

So you're saying if a player with a fee of less than ten million quid and forty odd grand a week comes up, we look at that, take a deep breath and then say naaah, we need to look for the cheap option instead? Seriously? Fair enough if that's what you think. See you on 1st September.

That kid is not going to be pulling down what Theo is, reduced or not. What wages do you think Norwich City are paying?

You reckon Walcott was the cheap option compared to a 24 year old kid who's just been relegated from the German top division. Okay then.

Er, that sounds like exactly the kind of deal we'd do. Ten million quid for someone with a bit of middling level European experience - he's just been relegated in Germany. This is quite similar to Elyounoussi or any number of signings we'd make. He might ge good, he might be shit. Lets remember he's just been signed by Norwich City.

I like Wales more than Scotland. When the games are on I want them both to win. But if they don't win, its not like I give a shit. Passionately wanting them to lose is sinking down to their level. All the stuff during World Cups where you see Scottish fans buying Argentina tops because they're playing us? That's something England fans would never do the other way round. And that's what we can be proud of. We're so much better than that kind of tinpottery.

So we are definitely through to the second round whatever happens tomorrow. Wasn't really in any doubt but official now.