Andrea Pirlos book was a fantastic read. Also Paul McGraths. I read Tony Adam's soon after Paul's and it was not as good.

No it's not, 100million. There you go.

Cutting the grass? Painting the lines? Showing people to their seats?

So apart from being strong, great technique, scores goals, good passing, makes players around him look better What have the Romans ever done for us?

Any other 2 players with Brown he could lower the average if he came on with Messi and Ronaldo

After a whole season the other way around, Danny Graham carries Bradley Dack for a while. What do I win?

In fairness its easy for them they have a spare finger.

I must have heard T'southerners version.

Whats wrong with Mick's face? Is it a stroke we have to act FAST Face Arms Speech Time

I don't feel sorry for him because I'm a Prmier league centreback but I keep getting used a shitty office worker on average industrial wage.

Mowbray out!!

He did dive, was blatantly obvious too. Ref shouldn't have missed it.

In fairness the France Belgium game, even at the time was clearly the final either team would have crushed England or Croatia. I expect the final tomorrow to be a 1:0 or 2:0 stroll for France.

You think juventus were 100% sure they could sign Ronaldo? Maybe they should have made all their signings so they were guaranteed to get them rather then taking a chance on s9meone good

I can see what you mean, but Croatia are all over the place.

I am starting to think England are not playing against bad teams, they are just making them look bad. Scary, you might just do it.

Will you live to regret Sterling not squaring it to the unmarked top goal scorer in the world cup?? I must admit it doesn't look like it, Sweden look shambolic. The only thing going for them in this match was a solid defense but they look all over the place at the moment.

You got me.

Didnt Woy have a successful career all over europe?

In fairness England seem to be lethal from set pieces and crosses and I think that would be the undoing of a lot of the weaker teams in the last 16. You would have destroyed Japan. I also think Belgium would have an easier time against Columbia then they did with the Japanese. A lot of the teams are defending narrow but noone seems brave enough to play with real width except Mexico against the Germans.

You have to feel for the Japanese, they were immense, defended superbly for most of the game without sitting at the edge of the box. In fairness I think their legs had gone and they would have lost it in extra time and that's why they took a chance with the corner.

The question has to be asked, why would you start a game against the worlds shortest defense with Fellaini on the bench?

What exactly did he do to warrant being put in charge of one of the best groups of players in the world????

Didi Hamaan working on Irish TV predicted this before the game, said Japan would be too committed for the Belgians.

Maybe Tony Mowbray has said its been a poor world cup?