Which ex Rovers feels more of an idiot right now, Big Sam for his greed / ego combination or Niko Kalinic for his refusal to come off the bench whilst his teammates go on to the semi final!

I read it as a Chapman signs this week reply

That Russian who dinked it will feel that one for the rest of his life, you just can’t do that and miss at this stage.

Russian player just dinked it the same way as the keeper went, what an idiot

Imagine one of these teams getting to a World Cup semi final! Modric is a class player but two average at best teams on display here. Not sure which is the most desirable but it may be prudent to avoid any Russian drama

Let’s be honest Sweden were gash but we got past them with no drama and no suspensions

Disagree, think we’d beat both

It doesn’t need to be though. We can get to the final without playing any of the favoured teams and then over 90 minutes it’s anybodies game.

This is insane, concvinced we are winning this World Cup, it Brazil were still there I’d be nervous but I think this is ours

We’ll take that!

Cagey start by both teams, we need to take control

Amazing we can win this while never having to play Brazil, Germany, Spain or Argentina. I thought Brazil were the best team left and they are gone!

Neymar just put one on a plate for Coutinho but a shocking finish. Whoever you face out of these two their flaws have been exposed here.

Blatant penalty; shocking decision that one.

Bolton have confirmed the game is off in a two sentence statement

Nobody to fear in this tournament!

Have I missed something linking us with Armstrong? Mowbray seemed quite dismissive of him before

I’m never overly invested through the qualifying stages admittedly then get fully on board at tournament time. Although I have to admit that it’s so much easier now we don’t have the likes of Rooney, Terry and Gerrard in there. It doesn’t help that qualifiers disrupt the flow of the normal football season. Absolutely loving all the ‘it’s coming home’ memes

I can’t imagine supporting a club where unmitigated success is just the expectation, how can you truly appreciate it then?

I still think we will at least get to the final, may be the usual getting carried on a wave feeling but this time it’s different there isn’t a Brazil or Germany to get past in a quarter final! We’ve had our chunk of good fortune with the way it’s panned out now it’s down to us to make the most of it, feels a once in a lifetime chance.

My mate Bryan Dabo seemed to push on after playing a few games with our reserves. Not setting the world on fire but currently at Fiorentina

No doubt we are interested in Chapman to be fair, he’s back from Austria with Boro I think now so if he hasn’t impressed Pulis too much now may be a good time

When he says ‘our’ players I think he’s talking about new contracts, if he was speaking a few days ago then Lenihan could have been one along with hopefully Dacky!

Probably just a first refusal clause in there in case he sets the world on fire

A journo that covers Fulham had it confirmed that there was no sell on clause for Cairney