gazza ladra

finally.

Please. please. please.

Thought today was the day.

As disappointed (and spiteful) as I am regarding Bruce, I am holding out hope that giving Bruce his 1000th game is a sign that the new organization is displaying a bit of class here. Given how the previous regime treated managers (Keegan, etc) and players (Jonas, etc), I am hoping that it's a sign of things to come. That said, I hope/believe that they'll get rid of Bruce ASAP and aren't going to attempt to survive the season with him in charge.

0-3

shit

Can we get a Mæhle rumor started?

Really don't want either Gerrard or Lampard. Not being English, I never felt any obligation to pretend that I didn't hate the both of them. Had a genuine dislike for Rodgers, but I think I'm over it now. Under the circumstances he'd be a decent choice.

Alan Smith incoming

we had two players sent off for fighting each other.

Bruce out.

Rafa

Xhaka didn't even occur to me. He was immense in that one game. Admittedly, I didn't watch any of Switzerland's group games... at least none that I remember.

Highly subjective; not so well thought out. Just a list of players I enjoyed watching. Donnarumma Bonnucci Maguire Spinazzol Mæhle Pedri DeBruyne Chiesa Højbjerg Ronaldo Benzema

Denmark just didn't have squad depth to content with England.

Poor Morata

All dead.

Really hoping for England v. Denmark. Would be a good one.

That and the big games are in London.

Makes up for yesterday

Sven Goran Erickson available?

Nah. Begium were better in the first before De Bruyne's injury.

De Bruyne makes all the difference.

Portuguese plan: kick ankles

Hardly. Much better than that. They're the second highest ranked team in the bracket (after England). Three competitive losses to Belgium in the past year. (And a loss to Finland.) They've been scoring for fun under the new manager.