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24 June usually ends in tears when England play if past history is anything to go by Yep, true. Obviously I hope it doesn't happen this time round and with it being Costa Rica, it should go okay for England.

24 June usually ends in tears when England play if past history is anything to go by

Of course, France gets a nice, easy ride.

Urgh.

I think so.

Group E

Here we gan.

Get the fuck on with it.

Do something please.

PNE away or Middlesbrough away (purely down to my workmates being fans of these clubs).

I could see what our gameplan was (to attack Swansea on the break) but we executed it rather badly. Pardew's attempts to change things around didn't work either (for instance, the swapping the wingers around tactic again was a waste of time) and our play lacked that extra bit of urgency. We gave Swansea too much time on the ball and gave them too much respect and that cost us in the end.

(One can dream).

All out attack please.

We all knew Webb was going to have a rather shit game. One of the worst refs in the league imho and that is saying something.

What. The. Fuck.

For the first time this season, I can now look at this graph without feeling downbeat. Onwards and upwards.

POIDH POIDH? What? Pics or it didn't happen.

Any sort of ball slipped through to Long will more than likely result in Colo and Williamson being done for pace and giving WBA chances at goal. Obviously, I hope Long has a stinker but I can't help but think of Colo's/Williamson's struggles against WBA at St. James' in recent times. A high line will make things very difficult for us at the back imho.

Long vs Coloccini and Williamson, I think I know who's going to win that battle...

Meh, completely indifferent to this news. Will be a good trivia question for the coming years though.

Coloccini always seems to have a torrid time against West Brom so I'd definitely go for Yanga-Mbiwa and Williamson as the CB pairing for this one (and all other subsequent games, form permitting).

Aye, it was Materazzi. Shearer elbowed Cannavaro in the same game and got a two game ban for that.

Atmosphere was sound but it's the view, I don't feel as involved up that high. I'm not bothered about heights but after a couple of beers it made me feel slightly ill. Each to their own Admittedly though, Level 7 would be my last resort if there are no seats available in the Middle/Upper Tier of the Leazes or the Middle Tier of the Gallowgate.

I quite like Level 7, charvas aside.