Dr Gloom

pretty good actually. got a three day weekend lined up. booooooom

just started watching the big bang theory. quite funny.

bravado Dave

step forward JORDAN HENDERSON

good pro; can't fault his attitude but ultimately not good enough for where we want to be. good luck to him. seems a lower league premiership club or a championship side is the right level for him.

England far from convincing again but it doesn't matter. Qualification as group leaders is huge. Anything can happen now.

good... or great?

so walcott in for milner and rooney in for....? young? be tough on carroll or welbeck after both of them scoring

aye, him and milner.

what's the craic with that white stripes song being chanted all game like?

milner can't get to the byline like that. her's got to start ahead of him next game

gettin there. all about walcott that goal

it's all to play for now, the game poised to be won by the side that is least shit.

what's milner doing in the squad let alone in the starting eleve? seriously. i'd have adam johnson, lennon and walcott all starting ahead of him.

carroll's fault giving away that stupid free kick

parker's passing really is quite shit isn't it. most over-rated player ever. he doesn't look fit to me either.

Still can't work out why Lennon isn't in the squad.

I wish he'd drop Milner for Walcott too. Get a bit of pace on both flanks.

what a bizarre conspiracy theory. who's in on it? and why? why are the corrupt agents of the world keeping the huddled masses in the dark over the great satellite lie?

ireland look pretty poor tbf, shame

Amazing looking lasses there too. I was constantly finding myself leering like a right dirty old man

Just got back from a trip with work to Athens doing a piece ahead of the election on Sunday. Got to say that the Greeks are some of the nicest, most hospitable people I've met. I interviewed about 8 people and they were all so friendly - offering endless coffee, food, offering to buy lunch, recommending places to visit. It really doesn't seem right that they're on the brink. I've only ever been to the islands before this trip. I'm defo coming back to explore the mainland one day. The only place that compares in terms of how friendly the people are that I've been to is Thailand or Laos.

PS - it's a pretty negative way to set up the side but that's modern football for you. chelsea just won the champions league playing like that. the stats/chances column look appalling but when you reduce the opposition to so few clear cut chances, you have to say it's a plan well executed, albeit not the most exciting or stylish brand of football.

we were way better than i thought we'd be but we gave the ball away far too easily - nothing new there. the side was organised and compact, and we restricted france to few chances. easy to see why we were set up to be that cautious given it was the first game and against france. but i'd like to see a bit more adventure in the next games. walcott or defoe should start ahead of milner next game. and i still can't quite work out how we got to the point where henderson is first choice reserve centre mid.

they're both good enough to play either side. chelsea used to play like that with cole or duff on one flank and robben on the other but often swapping sides in the middle of the game. nightmare for defenders.