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Accrington Stanley please. Or Chesterfield. Any excuse to get those brown envelopes out again.

Should be an easy game then.

Unlike all the other favourites, this Brazil team haven't yet conceded. They're defensively mean too. They've got the famed finesse and flair in attack, but also a tough spine in Casemiro, Thiago Silva / Marquinhos and Alisson. They'll be hard to score against, let alone beat.

Another ridiculously good game of World Cup football at the group stage. Ghana with 37% possession and only 3 shots on target win 3-2. Another win for an Albion player. Well done Tariq!

What a game this is! We're being spoiled today.

Mitrovic. Memories of that Fulham 2nd half comeback and him climbing over Dunk and Duffy to score still linger long.

Great to see my Texans win the 2nd half 15-0 on the road. Sadly the fact they were 30 points down after the 1st half does tend to negate the positives. 4-13 last year. 1-9-1 this year. Bring on the draft.

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And after all that, Matt Hancock ends up 3rd.

Incel? Involuntary celibate? Remember, you can't score from Row Z.

I want England to win. I want Albion players to win. I don't want Albion players to win at the expense of England. I rate Southgate as a person. I don't rate Southgate as a manager. Just wondering which part of the Venn diagram I'm in.

They've had their hard times in the past, but for O'Neil, it's the things that dreams are made of.

Brilliant double save from the penalty! Cracking game of football this.

Poland get the breakthrough...

At least there's some live FA Cup 2nd Round on BBC 1 today for the WC non-watchers. King's Lynn v Stevenage (k.o. 12:45pm) Forest Green v Alvechurch (k.o. 3pm) I'll happily concede that they're both likely to be much more interesting than the snorefest that was England v USA. :)

Rest of my R2 predictions... Tunisia (0) 0 v 0 (0) Australia 1st G = N/A YC = 3 RC = 0 VAR = 0 Poland (0) 1 v 1 (0) Saudi Arabia 1st G = 50 YC = 3 RC = 0 VAR = 0 France (1) 2 v 0 (0) Denmark 1st G = 35 YC = 3 RC = 0 VAR = 0 Argentina (1) 2 v 1 (0) Mexico 1st G = 28 YC = 5 RC = 0 VAR = 0...

Yes, that's where I'm at. It was the mirror image of the Iran game - no energy, no composure, no ambition, no goals. But despite playing really badly, we didn't lose and almost as importantly didn't concede. The teams that win the big tournaments often have a bad group game, but they don't...

That non-performance will rein in a few expectations. Still think we'll have enough to win the group though and face the Albion amigos in the Round of 16.

Enner Valencia 50/1 to win the Golden Boot seems very generous.

Almost an Albion World Cup goal. But annoyingly, not quite. Still, you get the feeling that at least one of the 3 Ecuador amigos and/or Mitoma will get at least one in this tournament. Patience everyone.