The Kraken

Oh come now. You’re forgetting shagger Johnson so quickly? The lad was an expert swordsman, the ladies loved him, he’s got kids everywhere bearing his testament to procreation. What woman wouldn’t want this carcass sweatily heaving his way back and forth on top of them?

This is what it boils down to. As usual of recent days it’s the way we go out rather than the fact that, while we’re a top ten side, perhaps a top 5 one, we’re not right up there amongst the best in the world as a team. Argentina more than the sum of their parts, they knew how to win and we knew how to shit our pants, and they punished us for being weak.

I tend not to get too upset about losing when you don’t deserve to win, and we didn’t deserve to win. Just so frustrating for it to be self inflicted by some shocking management decisions then panic stations with Dan fucking Burn up front. Mike Bassett stuff at the end.

Who are the 4 or 5?

The worst thing is, you can just hear the needlessly smug twat uttering single word of that. Roll on the BBC coverage. ITV are just painfully shit in comparison.

France have got some great talent in their squad. And then they have Lucas Digne at left back.

Not unless it’s changed. Yellow card if you’re making a genuine attempt to play the ball. Red card if deemed not. Vamos Espana, 2-0.

Tour de France fans on the road.

RIP H from Steps.

Panini have actually lost the future contract, they got one more World Cup. Topps are set to take over after the 2030 tournament. Sad times.

The question is a bit unclear. Was he a saints player at the time he made the assists? Or just has represented the club at some point?

It’ll happen. It cements the votes for him around the world. And in honesty it won’t make much difference to 48 teams. It will still be groups of 4, it will revert to the top 2 from each group qualifying, same amount of knockout games as this year. In an era of multiple countries hosting the logistics are better set for it. I thought 32 games was the sweet spot but the genie is out of the bottle, so meh.

Yeah, I say it every summer but I’m going to wait until the winter then get one. Anything decently recommended seems to be sold out, and there’s load of tat on the market.

It looks to me like Farage is toxic to some but also key to some of the Reform base. I only see that losing him would be massively detrimental to their party as a whole. It’s quite evident that Richard Tice is a monumental arse with little appeal. I’d sat reform are fucked without Farage. It’s all well and good resorting to hyberbole, but just suggesting that anyone else is better is clearly nonsense. And as far as I can see there are no genuine standouts who would make a significant improvement. You clearly think otherwise, I don’t see it.

Despicable really. Makes a claim it was “one murder”, then when asked to clarify that, he said “yes, one murder”. I didn’t realise some people were so upset that their daddy couldn’t fire pistols any more after Dunblane, but it kind of outlines his character really. That’s the thing with him and Farage, the more you see of the, the more you realise what they’re actually about.

It’s a bit from both columns tbf.

Polanski needs to butt out completely and turn it into a complete farce. Five garage Farage v Count Binface.

Just a ridiculous man.

Not sure. This Brazil team are absolutely nothing like the quality of what’s gone before them. Norway are well organised and have some proper quality too.

According to google AI, stutter pens are slightly more successful. We probably just remember the misses a bit more. Stutter penalty run-ups are statistically more successful, with studies showing an 80% conversion rate for stuttering or stop-start techniques compared to 76% for traditional, consistent run-ups. [1, 2]

It was suspended. He served a 1 match ban and they suspended the other 2 matches of the ban.

Battered fish is crap. There, I said it. Sea bass or bream over a wood fire (best found in a Spanish chiringuito), that’s the ticket.

The Azteca stadium. Famously one and a half times higher than the peak of Mount Everest.

I genuinely hope you’re not being serious, although I fail to see the gag.

2100 metres is about the level of the highest ski resorts in Europe (at resort level). It’s definitely noticeable in resort at that altitude (I typically have trouble sleeping more than anything) but one would hope that highly tuned athletes should be able to manage. The hydration breaks will also help, as will a big squad. Bolivia play at pretty much twice that altitude. I’d definitely have worries if we were playing anywhere near that high. I have faith our lads shouldn’t have extensive problems with 2100. Plus the temperature will be very low, according to the forecast only 16 degrees come kick off.