So let's go for the record to show the farce up for what it is. Was 2008 qualification that Germany beat them 13-0. Let's go for 14/15 here, get the record, and maybe force FIFA to have a rethink.

Fantastic sportsmanship. 👏

Fair play to NZ, stunning batting this. I'm not even going to blame the bowlers, just World class from the opposition.

Cheeky little start this. Ramping up the pressure early doors. Great stuff.

Yep, happy with that. Batters done their job, bowlers need to step up now. Either way, should be fun entertainment this. Glad I've got rest of day off to enjoy. C'mon England!

Ha, you had me searching for a NZ total as had just got in from work and didn't know what time it started. Anyway, Moeen heard me and has turned up with a decent knock. 👏 Need 165+ here tho to put pressure on them.

??? England batting first. 54-2, Buttler just gone reverse sweeping. Big 3 or 4 overs here. 9 overs gone. C'mon Moeen Ali, let's have some vintage tonking here from you. 🤞

“Jack and I were emailing each other prior to January 6 and I warned him that his platform was allowing a coup to be staged,” Harry told host Steven Levy on Tuesday. “That email was sent the day before, then it happened I have not heard from him since.” I hope Harry really does have the emails to back this up to the extent he claims. I would love to see Twitter take a beating. Slightly sceptical though, Harry seems somewhat imaginative in recent times.

Yeah, I agree DE, I meant more damage limitation if I was advising him. Whack that statement out and most of us would have begrudgingly shuffled off to get on with our lives, muttering under our breaths. Instead, what seems to have happened is: "Oh no, the fans of the club that's paid me millions of pounds and supported me through not 1 but 2 devastating injuries are really mad at me. What should I do?" "Hmmm, I'm thinking maybe double down on it and call them all idiots that don't understand things." "Ok, hold my beer!"

See, that just confuses me even more with Dack. Why gob off, call someone a wally, agree people need to grow up, and then retract it. Just stick to your convictions if you think it's an ok thing to do. All just very odd. It was very easily sorted: "I'm not 'liking' the result, just congratulating an old pal that's doing well. The squad is gutted about the match, and personally, I can't wait to get back on the pitch to try and put it right. C'mon Rovers, we're better than this!" Not rocket science.

Elliott and Bradley think we should grow up. 🙄 Honestly, these people live on a different planet. Imagine being paid such spectacularly large amounts of money, failing so badly at your job, and then calling everyone else out like they're the morons. I really can't compute it. I don't care that Dack wasn't on the pitch. He's part of a squad that lost 7-0. They're always telling us they win and lose together no matter who's on the teamsheet. I'd be in hiding through embarrassment.

Who is with Danny Graham in the picture? Bugging the hell out of me. Can't work out between Shearer or Freidel. Is it Shearer with him, and Freidel in picture behind?

Ha, I found it interesting Rog, tough crowd today! For obvious reasons. To think, just a few months ago that would read 61 international goals to ZERO. Hell of a difference. As you've said, none of it excuses that shambles last night, but does highlight the disparity of where we're at. And we're due to lose a handful of our better players soon, how low are those stats going to be then!

Regardless by fan emotion, and what we all think, if they don't sack him now it's one of the worst business decisions ever. You'd have to actively want the business to fail to allow this to lumber on any longer.

Was a scared challenge that. Bottle job. Didn't want to stick his head in.

Yeah, AC. He could have been feeding Ibrahimovic.

What, put our best header of the ball on their best header of the ball? What sort of witchcraft is that?

Levy doesn't mess about, he's got very little time left surely.

Good point, never thought about the player angle. I remember when he called David Luiz "..someone being controlled by a 10 year old on a playstation". 😂 Anyway, Darren Lewis nailed it for me last night on Talksport (first 2 mins of link): https://talksport.com/radio/listen-again/1635444000/1635449400/ When Man Utd fan Hugh Woozencroft said he was going to "..plead the Gary Neville" and refuse to call for Ole's head, Darren's response was: "There's a distinction between baiting managers and being a baying mob, and basically doing our job, which is to assess a football team, and say is the guy in charge of that football team doing his job? We can all sit on the sidelines and say 'Oh we want to be polite, we don't want to say this or say that'. But every week we are seeing one of the biggest clubs in the Country.. (fail)...and we're gonna to sit here and say we shouldn't say the truth because someone might lose their job." 👏👏👏

C'mon Mike, that's all very noble but we aren't talking about P45ing factory workers here barely covering their mortgage or rent payments. We're talking about people being handed big fat cheques like Bruce's £8 million. We would call that winning the lottery. But obviously, we're very different to them. Which matters. Different jobs matter too. I wouldn't ask the greengrocer to run into the burning building, but I would the firefighter. And I expect my pundits not to shy away from an honest opinion. What happens if Utd lose the next 3 matches against Spurs, Atalanta, and City. Not impossible. Is Gary still gonna be there saying give him the full season? Because we would all know that to be complete bollocks.

Pretty sure I would, no doubt. But here's one for you, if I did, I certainly wouldn't be slagging off the fans, because I would understand why they were angry, as I knew what a shambles it was behind the scenes. That's what doesn't add up to me. The way he attacks us and defends them is way beyond 'towing the party line'. It would be easy enough to do a few token gestures, put on a bit of a show for the bosses. He does it with real gusto and passion (probably the most he shows on any topic). If you were constantly having the rug pulled out from under you, you'd cash your paycheck, say yes sir, no sir, whilst secretly giving them the finger behind your back. Does Tony strike you as someone in that position? Definite no for me.

I'm just reading that as issues with finances and transfer dealings. Which we kind of already knew. Line a player up, agree fee, agree terms, only for the numpties in India to blow it all last minute by refusing final sign off. Would be frustrating as hell after all the effort has gone in previously. But I genuinely don't see how the owners can be massively influencing the club on a day to day and week to week basis. They appear to just leave TM and his staff to get on with things. Interesting story though.

Does that not undermine his pretty good reputation as a pundit though. What, every manager should stay at every club forever until they decide to leave. That's madness. Take Mick McCarthy at Cardiff. I like him, and like others, have wished him to be at Rovers at various stages in the past. But that doesn't change my view that he had to go after Cardiff's dismal run. Surely as a pundit you have to call a spade a spade. You can't be all nicey nicey- "I would never call for manager to be sacked, that's someone's livelihood..." etc etc Yeah, we get all that, but you're paid very handsomely to give your 'expert' opinion. So should that manager stay or go?! Sorry, if you can't answer direct questions like that, you shouldn't be a pundit. And I'm a fan of Gary, but he's lost me on this one.

Didn't realise Gary had been making making topical references last Monday on Sky. Not quite sure what the weasel has to do with Man Utd's current shambles. Maybe Gary should get on the phone and see if Steve's free to come replace Ole. He does have a history of winning at OT, not sure if that was ever mentioned.