Super Duper Branko Strupar

I'm not sure Mike is your typical Nashville kinda guy, mind.

Weird lad.

Im an expert in replying to nonsensical tripe

Right?

The entire concept.

Wow

PIF as owners or no one? Mental.

Should do a drug exchange programme at the gate. Hand in your shit cocaine and get a bag of super gurners. Would make for a much better atmosphere.

They're a stain on humanity.

Cheeky little shit illustrating how to score a goal.

BBC got 18m and ITV 4m in ratings last night. At peak BBC hit 25m and ITV hit 5.

He has to stay. There's been too much work done over the past few years that needs completed. I hope we stick to a model of national managers more long term (where possible) and potentially sounding out managers for the national team well before they are hired and integrating them in to the set up. I hope we're done with the days of reactionary appointments of whatever league manager people ay feel fits the bill at that point in time.

Still spaced out to fuck after this. The penalties were a blur. Maybe because I was so angry after Rashford's, I didnt really take in the rest properly. Someone else mentioned it a few pages ago but I was still celebrating Jorginhos miss when Saka missed and I didnt realise what had just happened immediately. My mind's still not cleared after that. Really annoyed by the lack of subs late on and the lack of effort to push them back and try and win it. It was just so obvious, wasnt it? It has to be Southgate that continues as manager and takes us in the the Qatar winter world cup but I hope the team philosophy changes after that experience. Glad I've pretty much had today off. Everyone started at 1 but no one is doing anything. Dont think I could work.

Gutted it's ended. I could do that forever.

I'll get this out the way first, as it absolutely needs to be considered although this isnt necessarily the time for it. But well done to them all. They all did great to get so far. Well done to Southgate for having a vision and executing it. Well done to the FA for the project and the idea. Well done to all the players for putting so much in and doing everyone proud. Nicey nicey isnt everyone so great. However. We bottled it. A lot of the criticism and reservations I had about our performances throughout the competition were exactly because of what was needed from us tonight. A killer instinct. A win or bust attitude. A "we are better than you. We're going to destroy you" mindset. Over the course of the 120 minutes we were beaten in that regard. Despite dominating the first half, really. Not taking advantage of that was why we lost. I'm critical of the subs. I'm critical of the attitude for a lot of it, but not for all. I remember thinking to myself in the first half after scoring and being so on top, that we need to make the most of this. And we didnt. We havent ended up needing to when we havent previously in the tournament, luckily, but there was always going to be a moment where we did. And it was tonight. It was unacceptable how we let them come at us so passively. For a half and extra time. We were always going to need luck to win it in the end by doing that and it didnt come. Despite how well we did by getting to a final you'll never convince me Philips and Rice are the key. We have so much more to give as a team in a footballing sense. I hope Southgate takes that viewpoint looking back at all this. There are games where 3 or 4 attackers are not enough. Tonight was the killer blow. Complement sandwich. This is the most I have cared about this team in a long fucking time. And the fact I'm so annoyed and disappointed is testament to them all. So there's that. Even though it makes this feeling even worse. Shit end. Maybe its experience over expectation, but I dont see that opportunity happening again for a long time. Hope I'm wrong. Fuck.

Because he was going down for nothing.

Shuffling cunts too like. Smack the fucker. You were 1 up. Gutted for Saka mind

Furious, tbh. Attitude was all wrong 60mins+. I dont understand it. We had them. Weak.

Veeeery poor management extra time onwards, like. Asking 2 lads to come on after no game time and take a pen. Fucking stupid if you ask me

Mount has been anonymous 2nd half. Not sure Id replace him with Grealish though as he's not a very willing, or good, defender. Maybe Bellingham for the legs.

Save

Walkers been mint all tournament, mind.

iPlayer? If so its always about a minute behind