Before you complain, no time for a cartoon, besides England did alright. Speaking of alright well done the Greeks, need something to cheer about don't they. Glad to see Europe's biggest cheats - the Dutch- probably heading out, they cheated their way to the WC final and thankfully it wasn´t enough to help them this time. The sad thing is they have so much genuine talent but would rather fall, dive and cheat instead of fighting on come on Portugal tonight on that one. The Poland/Croatia game was good but as pundits said on the BBC Poland were out of ideas and I think it right that Croatia went through it also put Russia into perspective, bully the world from the security council but you can't dictate when the field is level. I admit to confusion as to why they rather than Greece went out though 'cos the goal difference was there but it was head to head? FIFA forever changing the rules again .. or Sep Blatter/Platini playing power?
Finally England, good to see Walcott who I believe isn't world class yet scoring a great goal and admitting at least facially he wasn't all that sure what happened, I like a bit of humanity and it seems with more youth around him he comes alive. Another argument for ditching the Old Guard. Gerrard was good but needs to be bolder and Wellbeck, was creative and confident, sweet. I don't see why Rooney should be automatic selection for the Ukraine game, stick him on the bench and only use him if we are losing with 20 minutes to go, call it a get us out of jail if you are so good card! England still have a lot to do and beating Ukraine NOT going for the draw as Gordon Strachan says is the right way to go but I wonder if their nerve will hold under pressure, it showed some signs of cracking against Sweden when in reality they were wayyy the better team. John Terry and his play backwards influence taking over or am I being too paranoid about the Old Guard again?
Final note to Roy, Ox-Cham should have had longer on field, don't put doubt in his mind if he was good enough for a first game start he is good enough every game.. unless he's injured.