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Nothing wrong with Jack Grealish having a holiday. He's probably still tired from carrying Aston Villa for years.

A firm 9 as I was when GP was appointed. 1. Albion's greatest asset, Graham Potter, remains at the club. This week's England debacle has shown how valuable he is. 2. 9th place finish was a huge improvement and significantly above both my expectations and I suspect many others.. 3...

Pretty light.

Here's the video with Gerrard, Lampard and Ferdinand from 5 years ago about the 'Golden Generation'. Gerrard proposes a few factors for why they didn't win anything. A formation that doesn't suit the qualities of the players didn't work then. It's not working now. Well worth another watch in...

I was there too for England's group games and a few extra. Bumped into ex-NSC and Albion stalwart Mr Blobby (Mark) on the train up to Sapporo for the Argentina match. Didn't have a hotel there, so stayed out and celebrated in the park all night with the England fans before getting on the first...

Posted this at H/T on the Nations thread (post 272) when it was only 0-1. Now after 8 halves of football with no goals from open play and an absolute hammering at home, it's more apt now. Which Premier League side would willingly replace their current manager with Southgate? Yes, he started...

And it's not as if Southgate has got a particularly restricted number of players to pick from. If players are tired or injured, the manager shouldn't pick them. With 4 games in 11 days, fans should expect some new faces. Besides, Spain have managed to pick up 8 points from their 4 games and...

And to think that this would normally be the time of the World Cup. If they're tired for friendlies now, they'd be equally tired for the tournament, albeit with the league finishing a little earlier.

It's more the flimsy excuses being continually presented to cover complete managerial ineptitude. As abject as they've been tonight, this isn't all on the players. The manager should carry the can and fall on his sword. That's the honourable way to go.

English pundits make excuses about lack of sharpness, tiredness, fatigue, etc. Meanwhile Luca Modric who played in the UCL Final and who turns 37 in September, scored the winner last night against France. And now it's 0-3. No excuses at all. It can't be put down as 'a bad day in the office'...

Which Premier League side would willingly replace their current manager with Southgate? Yes, he started well and got the country behind the side. But tactically he's been found wanting and continues to be so. He's learned little from the tournament defeats against Croatia or Italy. He's...

Hungary have a FIFA world ranking of 40th. To put it in perspective, that's below Scotland. And we've already lost to them just 10 days ago.

0-1. Schoolboy stuff.

English fans chanting "We know what you are..." during the Hungarian national anthem.

9 changes for tonight's game. A win with both creativity and plenty of England goals is very much wanted.

"Ay Ay Ay Sanusi..."

From the stats below, I think New Zealand might now have the 2nd highest ever total score for a losing side. https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;result=2;template=results;type=team;view=match Edit - yes, CricInfo's just updated it in...

Good question. After some research, here's one. 4th Test, Leeds, 1948. England scored 861 (496 and 865/8d), but Australia chased it down with 458 and 404/3. Don Bradman scored 173* in the 2nd innings...

Yes, you're quite right. Just checked the scorecard - England made 551 in their 1st innings, then lost 9 wickets for 60 in the 2nd and were skittled out for 129.

No idea how many Tests have been won by the side batting 2nd with the opponents having scored 550+ in their 1st innings.