Ayatollah Hermione

Just read this exchange, man Still well oiled from last night, it seems.

The VAR check for offside in the Italy vs Australia Women’s game took over 5 minutes. I knew women didn’t understand the offside rule

Justin Deadinburgh, more like.

You have to give it up to the South African wife who realised that the cheat codes for scoring goals in Women's football is to just chip the keeper.

Aye, article about it on the website. Rafa makes a joke about their names sound similar but I don't know why. Loris sounds nowt like Rafael.

Squash ffs. What a fat nerd.

To make matters worse, we took the Fulwell. Can't quite remember the date.

Get a grip, you silly bastard.

Lovely to hear from Jamie Carragher 12 hours after he's said it on Sky

In lighter news, Dr John, of New Orleans boogie blues fame, has carked it. I thought it was only a couple of years ago that I saw him at The Sage, turns out it was 2012. RIP to my youth, also

Can only imagine the bets you’re laying on Love Island. First to Shag, over 9 handjobs, things of that sort of nature, I’d presume.

With regards to the midfield, ex-mackem or not, Henderson would have made a huge difference there. He's exactly the presence that was missing. Rice has the potential but he's clearly not an international player yet, Barkley looked like he was on another planet and Delph is Delph. He's decent at being a pest and being a spoiler but he's never going to grab the game and drive you forward. You saw Henderson change the midfield immediately (granted, with the caveat that the Dutch dropped deep) since he was taking a touch, getting his head up and moving it on and he was always offering an option which Barkley seemingly couldn't be arsed to do. If Winks was fully fit, he'd have been a much better choice than Barkley. He'd have at least been lively and always offered himself up. Going forward, you've got to hope that Oxlade-Chamberlain hasn't lost something and Rice develops as you'd hope. Though, I'm pinning my hopes on Hamza Choudhury being our Foxy Cleopatra-cum-Kante in midfield. Holland played well but England were so casual, it was unreal.

For as much as Lascelles apparently can't play in a back 3, Stones can't play in a back 4 to save his life. Daft bastard is trying to run before he can walk. It's alright when you're playing for Man City and every fucker is scared to press you but after the first scare, he should have picked the easy option every time. He couldn't even manage that. I'm not a fan of the bloke but Pickford has every right to be pissed off at the shit show that defence served up. What chance do you have to win when each of them can't do the basics? If he's persisting with a back four, someone like Lascelles or Smalling have to be in there to do the donkey work.

To be fair to him, he’s only been caught out 10 times trying to play it out from the back. Can’t blame him for not learning he needs to do the basics.

To be fair to Stones, he’s only been caught out 8 times trying to play it out from the back. Can’t blame him for not learning he needs to do the basics.

Fuck me, this VAR caper is drastic

Oh and Longstaff is also injured. He’ll be in there next season.

Dier is shite, Henderson is knackered and Oxlade-Chamberlain is injured.

Goodbye sweet prince, heading to Alaves by all accounts. I’ll be honest, 7 goals in 2 seasons or whatever is probably a better haul than we could have expected.

I, for one, am looking forward to the new, neon Sports Direct signs that will send a “90% off!!” beacon into the sky like some kind of Bamp Signal.

I see Love Island is back on. I think it should be called “Hate Island” such is my level of contempt for that particular television show.

Should just make the goals smaller. It’s not their fault that us strong, powerful men can grow to be 6 foot 6.

Great effort to get all of that in what is obviously a very low mirror though.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48535933 Sadly, the lasses can’t seem to grasp that the Women’s World Cup gets less because it isn’t a gigantic money spinner with regards to sponsorship. It’s not difficult to grasp. Also, Women’s football is shite.

VAR You have to give it up for Schar who, noticing the Semedo foul was going to VAR, decided to smash into Bernado Silva so the ref would have to listen to the check.