The Prophet

Hasn't his agent already said he'll either be staying at Hertha or joining Hamburg?

We weren't the better team like, it was the most exciting England attack I've seen for a while though. We look dangerous on the counter with pace and movement up top. We also worked the ball pretty well in possession too. The balance of the midfield was wrong though and we subsequently let Italy dictate possession for long periods, perhaps Bakley or Lallana would have helped in that department. The imbalance also contributed to the exposure of our left side which Italy continuously exploited. Like I said earlier this England side are a breath of fresh air but there were as many negatives as there were positives yesterday.

Bottled Ivory Coast BTTS at 4/1. Irritating.

I'm almost certain Gervinho has no idea what he's going to do whenever he picks up the ball.

Bony's having to drop awfully deep to get a kick.

Any back line built around Sol Bamba will have defensive issues.

I throughly enjoyed 2006 like.

Ivory Coast are like a bull in a China shop man.

Is the bloke commentating sat on a cheese grater?

Vintage Tiote.

Columbia's support was absolutely magic today.

Honestly, who gives a toss?

The Drogba name drops aren't getting tiresome at all like.

Had a mixed tournaments far. Have Neymar EW as top scorer, whacked the free tenner I won from his goals on Chilie 3-1, also had Brazil - 1 and Gutierez anytime come in (separately). Both of my accies have been let down by Spain not baging a second and Uruguay being gash respectively. Also had a bit on the draw in our opener. That's before we get.onto the tournament bets, so many bets...

Toure anytime at 3/1.

The Uruguay game is fascinating. Campbell showed how vulnerable they are to pace but they're dangerous from set pieces and if they have any sense Suarez will be starting on the right hand side of a front thre against a vulnerable looking Baines.

Owen Hargreaves a match winner? Aye why not?

I think Columbia would.probably gave too.much for us in the last 16 like.

Exactly when and where has this ever happened for England in a major tournament in the last decade since 2004? He is not our best player and not a match winner at international level. Name me one example in a tournament since Euro 2004 he has done this? Exactly. He hasn't but who has? He's still our best player. That's coming from someone that hates the scouse twat too.

It's easy to stay drop Rooney but he's still England's best player and more than capable of being a match winner.

Positives: Plenty of pace and movement in the attack The scouse trio of Henderson, Sterling and Sturridge all had decent games We worked the ball well for the most part We were actually entertaining to watch for a change Negatives We switched off too frequently from set pieces Defensivery we looked incredibly vulnerable down the left The midfield balance didn't look right The final ball was too hit and miss Rooney and Gerrard were gash

Perfection, if she played her cards right I'd give her the most disappointing 30 seconds of her life.

He was ripped apart but the midfield balance was wrong and he got zero protection as a result.

This England side are a breath of fresh air in comparison to the usual dross but there were as many negatives aspositives for me.

Entertaining game. Pirlo was absolutely magnificent. Think Italy are certain to qualify now, second place is anyone's game. England need to sort out that left hand side like Italy had a field day.