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As a non-BHAFC fan, what is the rationale for this rule and subsequent punishment? I understand the need to prevent ticket touting, the risk of which presumably increases when you’re playing the Man Yoo’s of this world, but this seems a pretty harmless contravention, which the club should be...

Well, 7 points, top of the group, 9 goals scored, 2 clean sheets, no defeats, through to the round of 16. In a World Cup where many big guns have struggled, you can’t argue with that. So far, so good.

Well we’re 20 minutes in and I’m not sure Wales have touched the ball outside their own half yet. Has anyone told them they need to win?

I’d be prepared to go as far as “moist cuttlefish”.

Pitch not looking great.

No daft red cards tonight please, England.

It was always unlikely we would have a repeat of our run at the 2018 - to reach the semi-final having only had to beat Tunisia (just), Panama, Colombia and Sweden was a remarkable stroke of luck, and I say that purely as an observation, not to undermine the achievement. Assuming we go onto win...

For me this outlook slightly underestimates how easy it is to simply “win against the USA”. They’re 16th in the world, well above a good number of even less fashionable footballing nations to have beaten or held the established elite - Saudi Arabia, Japan and Morocco just off the top of my head...

Genuinely hadn’t realised that anything better than a 4-goal defeat sees England qualify tomorrow night. Granted, with the Dutch almost certain to win Group A (we’ll know for definite before we kick-off) top spot is what we really need to be aiming for, to avoid them in the last 16, but even...

Might be an unpopular opinion but I don’t think this Brazil team is “all that”. Certainly not in contrast to some of the great Brazil teams of my lifetime, and certainly not without Neymar. Favourites they may be but I’m not convinced they’ll get close to winning it.

What brilliant composure and finish from Aboubacar. So pleased VAR allowed it. This is turning into one of those unexpected classics you tend to get at every World Cup. More twists and turns to come, I expect.

Can’t say this was a game I was particularly looking out for, but that was an entertaining first-half. Cameroon 1-2 Serbia.

Anyone else getting a spontaneous erection every time they cut to an aerial view of the Al Janoub stadium?

Lee Dixon would make a very good sleep aid.

This game has the feeling of a European qualifier at Wembley against a middleweight international side like Poland or Croatia. Slow, arduous and vulnerable to a soft goal.

Yanks doing a far better job of making us look slow and uninventive than the Iranians did.

NEYMAR IS OUT OF THE WORLD CUP!!!… … … … …until the end of the group stage. Is how 5 Live reported this breaking news just now.

Wales and Iran have got what they deserved respectively. The cruel irony is of course that Hennessy probably saves that; an important reminder to any aspiring young goalkeepers that it’s never a good idea to kick the opposition in the face when you’re 15 yards outside your box. Ah well, 2-0...

Pah, beat me to it…

Well, at least Hennessy has some spare time on his hands to learn about the Nazis… https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47996638.amp