Tyrone Shoelaces

Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World

I think most of them have been really good to be honest. Apart from the guy who started handing out yellow cards in the first five minutes and made a rod for his own back.

The ref would have got pilloried in our press if the pen had been at the other end. All the old stories about the ref being bent would plastered on every front page.

We played really well in the first half when the Dutch allowed us to out number them in midfield. Second half was another story, they beefed up their midfield and made life hard for us. We still made a couple of good chances but it wasn’t the free flowing football of the first half. I think Spain will possibly start off like the Dutch did in the first half. They probably think they can out football us so they’ll go for it like they did against France. If and when they get in front they’ll become more like the Dutch in the second half.

Al Green - Take Me To The River

I agreed with the Rice mark. I feel he’s paying the price for a long hard season at Arsenal. He’s just that split second behind where he used to be. Trippier will never shine at left back, he’s not got the tools to play there. Bellingham was pretty quiet and lost the ball several times by over elaboration.

Scores in my paper today - Pickford 6 Stones 7 Saka 7 Rice 5 Foden 7 Kane 7 Walker 7 Guehi 7 Mainoo 8 Tripper 5 Bellingham 5 Watkins 9 Shaw 6 Palmer 7 Gallagher 6 Konsa 6 I don’t where the 7 for Kane came from. Great penalty but that was it.

I like him when he’s playing for Arsenal but he’s been disappointing so far.

He’s got some big decisions to make before Sunday.

Best team in the first half, back to walking football in the second half. We looked like conceding when they broke on us. Great strikers goal from Watkins. I thought Kane hardly touched the ball, he can’t be fit. Rice has struggled all through this comp for me. Mainoo vanished in the second half. The lads at the back did ok. Shaw has to start on Sunday. We’ll need a goal start on Sunday.

That’s 100% better than the previous performances. Playing with a bit of tempo. We just need to shoot more and not be trying the thread the eye of the needle.

Bonus for Suhail.

Unit Four Plus Two - Concrete And Clay

Richard Hell And The Voidoids - Blank Generation

O V Wright - That's How Strong My Love Is

He’d have played as many minutes as Wharton has.

The Four Seasons - Beggin’ Timebox did it better.

I know absolutely nothing about cycling, I never had a bike when I was a kid. Why is it I find watching the Tour De France fascinating ? All the tactics and finer points go right over my head, I just like watching it as a spectacle.

The Everly Brothers - Let It Be Me

The Temptations - A’Int Too Proud To Beg

Rex Garvin And The Mighty Cravers - Sock It To ‘Em JB

The Byrds - Eight Miles High

Is he walking back ?

It’s the quality of the football on display that gets me. We’re really poor to watch. With the players we’ve got we must be able to play better than that.

Paul And Ritchie And The Cryin’ Shames - Circles. I was down the front at my local Fire Station watching these back in the day. About 3 numbers in they stopped in mid song and starting packing up their instruments ! When I looked around behind me a massive brawl had broken out ! Those were the days.