Scott7

I’m hyper fussy about football strips and athletic outfits in general so needless to say I don’t like the away strip. I refer to critical comments above from honourable members with all of which I concur. The colour is a sort of purple-black which I suppose makes it sort of navy but you can’t really tell because of the shiny finish. Bad though it is, compared with ‘Spurs’ new away toddler’s Soft Play Area t-shirt, it’s almost dowdy.

A vile anti-Spaniard action. Braiden and his ilk are not Policy Advisers. They are Policy Makers under the direction of the Party inner praesidium, rubber-stamped by the Party executive and endorsed by the bleating membership.

And a figure.

Ref Clancy awarded Proud Preston a dubious penalty when Sean Maguire was brought down. Even their own are turning against them. Did they not know it was an important spalpeens’ birthday.

I’m umpire. I shouldn’t really have a weapon. I’ll bring my violin case, just in case.

I’ll umpire this. Rapier for you, old bean, pistol for asil.

Maybe that’s where the shilling should go.

Ach, you’re far too soft in your old age.

Chelsea might be worth a shilling. What odds United?

It’s Hell when the doors won’t close properly.

Maybe but which Greeks?

Transition went well, I see.

Unfortunately I don’t. Moss and Cruise and the rest are unlikely to have been at any match other than a prestigious event. They attend for publicity purposes to attach themselves to the event. The prestigious event is glad to have them for the same reasons but they aren’t football supporters. Perhaps I’m wrong. Maybe Cruise has a season ticket at Scunthorpe. Maybe Moss is dead keen on Leyton Orient.

They didn’t look dispossessed of food and drink, though and many were attired in football shirts that aren’t inexpensive. I wonder how many had smart ‘phones. How much does it cost to get tattoos? They were just selfish yobs.

Not appalling. The likes of Moss, Cruise and Johnson should be nowhere near a cup final. Doesn’t excuse the yobs, though.

It’s been a good tournament. Some decent football and some very good individual performances. How would England have got on against either Spain or Belgium who looked better teams? Or did those two and to a lesser extent, Portugal, only look so good because they weren’t playing against England? Belgium might have beaten Italy. Spain should have. De Bruyne and Ronaldo come home with no medals both much better players than any Englishman. Pickford surprised me in the final. Brilliant goalkeeping. Unlikeable but he’s not there to win friends. The referees were mostly very good. They looked as if they had turned up to watch the game rather than star in their own dramas. The Tally goalie makes a cup winning save and strolls away like an accountant leaving the office at five o’clock. Lastly, for the football lads who follow Bristol to Sunderland or Carlisle to Newport on Wednesdays in November, I’m sorry England didn’t win. For the celebs and politicians - the PM in a football shirt, God help us - and for the face-painted, fancy-dressed oafs and oafesses who’ve never pushed a turnstyle or queued for tickets in their lives, I relish their despair. Except that the despair will be play-acting despair for a couple of days only then they’ll jumping on to some other bandwagon.

Italy just about deserved that though England were the better side for about forty minutes. They believed their own hype, scored too soon and thought it was all over. If you don’t want to lose, don’t take smart alec penalties. Unmanly scenes at the end. Why do so many young people behave like toddlers? Over all, a disappointment.

Don’t think so but I was aboard Quibbler when she was in collision with Finicky, the Irish Coastguard vessel.

Or most often while in port. HMS Nitpicker

The starting eleven might have eventually done the job if they had stayed on though they should have done it in the first half hour.

Not quite an open goal but I know what you mean.

Maybe Barasic is the one who’s on his way? I feel a dose of pre-season doom and gloom coming on.

I prefer the traditional shot because most often that’s how you see it at a match. But last night’s view behind the taker gives a much better idea of the ‘keeper’s save if he makes one.

Good match, second half not as good as the first despite the two goals. Spain the better side until penalties. Nonetheless, if I were England, I’d rather play against Spain in the final. If I were Denmark, I couldn’t care less who turned up.

The pre-final final tonight. 2-1 win for one of them.