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That most boring pointless day ever at the office where the boss just won’t send folk home.

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Turns out that I am a fan of advertisement water breaks after all! 😆

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This is the one I have been waiting for since the draw was made. Hoping for a PSG-Bayern type game. Probably get Wimbledon-Millwall c. 1990 instead. 😆

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A prediction!

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Just saying…

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BREAKING…. Under Article 67 of its commercial code, having discovered that CR7 has Viking DNA, FIFA is reinstating him in the World Cup with immediate effect.

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“Norway have beaten England 2-1 in football!

We're the best in the world!

We've beaten England 2-1 in football!

It is unbelievable! We have beaten England!

England - the home of giants.

Lord Nelson.

Lord Beaverbrook.

Sir Winston Churchill.

Sir Anthony Eden.

Clement Attlee.

Henry Cooper.

Lady Diana.

We've beaten them all!

Maggie Thatcher can you hear me?

Maggie Thatcher, I have a message for your election campaign.

We have a message for you.

We have knocked England out of the World Cup.

Maggie Thatcher, as they say in your language in the boxing bars around Madison Square Garden in New York: "Your boys took a hell of a beating!"

Your boys took a hell of a beating!

Maggie Thatcher. Norway has beaten England at football.

We're the best in the world!

It's Norway two, England one. What a fabulous night for football.”

Bjørge Lillelien Norway vs England, 1981

They don’t make them like they used to.

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The low block didn't deliver in this tournament. Only Paraguay made it to the last sixteen with it and have now been eliminated - thankfully. The rest - pretty much sunk without trace.

Some of the remaining teams undoubtedly will retreat into defensive shells as the stakes now get higher. But the true low-block teams have a rigid commitment to "a clean sheet is victory” that I am happy to watch as little as possible of.

Meanwhile, the stronger teams seem better at finding a way. They've varied their attacking play, made set pieces count, and enjoy meaningful options on the bench. Equally important, referees have allowed games to flow, which puts real pressure on sides that want to control matches through stalling and attrition.

The new model for weaker teams is Cabo Verde: disciplined in defence but with the energy to press forward and create genuine chances without being exposed on the counter. On the other hand, Ghana and DRC, despite some genuine attacking talent, were undone by their conservatism. Fortune favours the brave and all that…

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Playing on regardless

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