Did Messi deign to shake hands with the opposition this time? Hate bad sportsmanship, really wanted them to lose. Good crack at it Nigeria anyway. Poor bunch of Argies in every sense.
Waiting to hear from the General. It is rare that I actually remember much about what is said on this board these days, but I do remember him saying "I can't see past the Germans" (or something very similar. I must admit, I thought the same at the time but hells bells they were bloody awful in all three games
Southgate on yellow cards shaping final position if #ENGBEL drawn: "If I go and headbutt Roberto (Martinez) in the final five minutes then you know we are taking a different approach to going through!" Agree with what you've written here, the step up from the youth sides has been very natural for him, and I think he naturally commands respect from players from his work with them before they broke through.
I never backed the Germans, It must have been that damned predictive text! I definitely said Brazil (Subject to further predictive text errors in the next 80 minutes!) "noch vier Jahre verletzt" Bah!
Neymar is having another nice little dive around on the floor, holding every part of his body that wasn't touched.
