adrian lord

Gaston tried to stop Cellini demonstrating the bite marks to the ref and TV cameras..

Fifa - I have no confidence in them doing the right thing.

Half time was the good bit....

Futility. The single word that sums up being an England fan.

Anyone that thinks changing the bloody anthem will turn our meatheads into world-beaters on the pitch is ****ing deluded...

Well the WC so far won't have increased Lallana's value one iota, if anything reduced it due to showcasing alternative talent available.

We need an anthem that is "inclusive", and speaks to the Muslims.

I am appalled at the treasonous tone of the majority of posts in this thread.

Watch Roy play all the Saints (and Lambo) as starters for the what will be by then a dead rubber against Costa Rica....

Bless them, now they can get back to their WAGS, Kahn Range Rovers, Lambos, diamond-encrusted watches and elevated garden 5 a side pitches.

It'll be 50 years of hurt in a couple of years, for the Euros.

Hart is an arrogant **** and sadly, too many in the England set up seem to listen to his own hype.

Adam spraying the ball about now

Rooney!

Excellent news - and love the comments he's made so far!

We should look at signing that Lambert, he looks useful.

Yes, I met a chap at Neasden bus garage last week who thought we had done fairly well and said he had respect for us, although he reiterated his support for Chelsea and thought they would be in for Shaw, Dejan and Morgan once the WC is over.

All this season we have been praised and lauded unremittingly by the media - print and TV pundits. Common themes: - beautiful passing and pressing game - wonderful academy, English core to team, - youthful, give the kids a chance - something very special going on on the south coat etc. etc. etc.... I literally lost count of the lengthy eulogies by Gary Neville and also paeans penned in the serious press by top football writers.

That's the spirit.

I agree.

Our very existence appears increasingly futile in the modern era.

Legacy of the European Cup and 1st Div Liverpool glory days in the late 70s early 80s. They would have been glory hunter adolescents then. Heart attacks and natural wastage should see their numbers steadily decline from now on.

I agree the World Cup is all but ruined for us Saints. Indeed, the WC is inexorably declining due to similar reasons the FA cup did domestically. UEFA corruption hasn't helped either.

The Adam Lallana revisionist history is well and truly underway!

Quite - AL has some marked weaknesses.