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I agree with nearly all you say, yes. Where I disagree is that there is any way to link what happens on Tuesday to what happened last night. As I've already said however, I don't doubt that a load of thicko fans and the lovely sensationalist British media will be rounding on Southgate if we put...

Absolute nonsense I’m afraid. It could be a prime factor but there’s no way of knowing that. I could say that we will play better on Tuesday for not putting a first XI out last night. I could say the 3-0 defeat we suffer to Colombia would have been 5-0. I’m no more able to prove that than...

That's not true either though, is it? If we romp to a win, it doesn't mean that last night was played correctly. Equally, however, if we are dross and go out to Columbia it doesn't mean that it was a direct result of resting players / coming second, although I don't doubt that a load of thicko...

Yet if Rashford had scored, and he really should, then we'd have been top. Were strikers instructed to miss on purpose in the unlikely event of finding themselves with a goalscoring opportunity?

Maybe, but do you really expect an England manager to come out and say he made changes, didn't care about the result and, in fact was perfectly happy to lose? He may think some or all of those things, but there's no way on earth he can come out and say it.

Nailed it. Can anyone think of a more low-key game England have played in a World Cup final? (I don't doubt someone will bring up a good example.) This was England against one of the best sides in the world and it was just a complete and utter load of toss. I found myself doing other bits and...