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He wasn't, that was instinct. Poor instinct.

I do entirely disagree. The ball was getting caught under his feet, passes not connecting and got caught in possession a few times. He was the weakest player on the pitch. Expected him to be withdrawn at HT.

Apparently Sky did a great montage to celebrate his career, hopefully they put it online.

Sadly, thanks to those twats the bubble arrangements for this fixture remain a good idea.

Knowing these panels need to be balanced, what is McAnuff's connection to the skates?

Tonda got that second half bang on. Brilliant tactical work, brilliant work from every player on that pitch after we went down to ten men. Bragg will either break or make himself from here. Glad his red card wasn't definitive. The occasion did get to the local kid. Shoehorn didn't put a foot wrong, every player put their body on the line with controlled aggression and commitment. Azaz was a class apart. And, giving Bree license to go forward with JWP covering..... gave him space to write himself into our folklore.

Guessing 5 minutes of injury time.

It clearly isn't, but it's also his job to referee fairly, start of this second half that's debatable.

Losing our heads here. The ref is not managing this well at all.

The occasion got to the kid. How he responds to this could break/make his career. Feel for him. Now how the fuck do we set up for the second half?

Wasn't happy with him until that point, most uncomfortable player on the pitch. Bollocks.

Can you Bree-lieve it!!!!

Didn't realise Jayden Meghoma was on loan there.

Bizarre equaliser. Actually, thought it went straight in, but very slight touch from Solanke.

'Catziano Pelle.'

Russell Martin is possibly free soon. He would see himself as a great fit there.

Martin v Savage. El Twatico.

FFS Trust the process.

My wife just asked me why I belly laughed uncontrollably. Explaining it was the half time result for a league 1 game needed a little effort.

Common sense has, for once, prevailed. Tonda saw his hard work last year destroyed by his mistake, now a fine and he is still working for us to recover from his mess. And the punishment effects him, not the supporters who, through no fault of our own had a wonderful occasion taken away and season ruined. We now draw a line in the sand and move on. And, to any smoggies on here feeling incredulous.... What more do you want!? Stop projecting your clubs failings onto us. Your team and manager blew it.

I'm sure we'll manage.

Croatia were as abject as England were excellent.

Considering that has never happened....

Still playing FM 24. Love it. My current save started in the Japanese 3rd Divison when the game came out.... Three years ago! Clearly savouring it as it's taken that long to get to 2042, now managing Real Madrid. Don't have time for much gaming now. The last one I managed to play through was Final Fantasy 7 Remake during covid, would love to have a go at Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth but I cannot justify 100 hours on a game. Just too much going on. A shame, as Final Fantasy 7 was 'the' game that caught my imagination during childhood. I still dabble a bit with Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3. That's very much my equivalent of a 'comfort' game. Know it, love it... Switch off and go with it. Racing games still engage. Gran Turismo 7 I play a little now and then. Did stretch to buying Star Trek Voyager; Across the Unknown. Nice bit of strategy without being too time consuming, a chapter takes about 20-35 minutes.

That UEFA would allow such a divisive situation in the first place is a disgrace. Can only respect Baz for his standpoint. Would be massively surprised if it was Azaz turning on him, an educated man. (Even given his shared heritage.) Equally feel for Peretz and the Israeli players, they are not politicians.