Shocking defending by Trippier and Stones

Great save, fortunate he caught it so clean if he scuffed it it’s in, hopefully that was their one chance. Pickford has the makings of a hero again after looking shaky earlier

France will be delighted with this going to extra time Croatia look like they can barely move at this point

Worrying that after the Colombia goal and this one we go to pot for a while which is a problem of having it easy in most games and not being used to it

Holy shit it’s coming home

Still confident of a win but starting to feel nervous. For the first time the added complexity of expectation is starting to creep in.

Confident about tonight but less so about Sunday - footballs a funny old game though. The focus tonight seems to be on stopping Modric primarily but they have a couple of others that could do some damage. Both teams won penalty shootouts, 2 in their case and they may be happy to aim for them tonight.

Wouldn’t bet against something similar to the top one there for our away kit

Backs up what I thought about him, top man! Hope common sense prevails on this one. On transfers in my naivety I got Marriot and Maddison confused, is Maddison a player in a position we’d be looking at? Isn’t he an attacking midfielder or could he play in the role of Armstrong or Chapman out wide?

Unintended, bit of fun based on the current hot topic of people being nosey on public transport, I have loads of respect for Steve Waggot, when he spoke recently at the supporters consultation meeting I found him totally engaging and passionate without being flash. Comes across as a football man not a car salesman (no offence intended I also like car salesman the man I bought my car off was one)

Asked when leaving if he’d been signing - he remained tight lipped - ‘trying’! We parted on good terms - I wished him well. The good news is my connection turned up so I’m on my way to cherry tree - the conductor is wearing short shorts and it’s quite disconcerting.

Update - wife in tow, stand down this is a shopping trip! Wonder if he’ll let me get a lift from a Preston, as above there’s no chance my connection turns up Edit not wife just seat mate, attire - business casual, London based signing incoming. BRFCS 2 - all other sources of info 0

Following on from my Davenport exclusive I bring you this developing story. Steve Waggott is currently on my train from London, off peak in standard class, what a man, look after the pennies and the pounds look after themselves #trainbae

We’ll have a job on to stop Mbappe - feels a bit like this tournament is set to be the moment the torch was taken by him, unreal coming of age.

That last sentence whilst extreme isn’t far from normal business practice. A lot professionals in any industry have bonuses, they are even referred to as OTB - on target bonus. You meet your targets and get your standard bonus, do better and get more do slightly worse than expectations and often still get a bonus amount. If survival was the aim for Bolton last season you would expect there would be bonuses as such, bigger bonuses would have kicked in if stretch targets were met. It seems daft in the mega money world of football granted but it’s not unusual.

A few tweets went around yesterday including from people based around Bristol, some people asked Nixon directly and he eventually came back with ‘there’s something in that’ So no he didn’t break it but did seem to go and check and hear similar

He looks to be a logical sort of squad player, young, pacey and potential for goals. Wouldn’t be adverse to it myself if he wasn’t the main man. Edit - sorry I thought he was younger

Which ex Rovers feels more of an idiot right now, Big Sam for his greed / ego combination or Niko Kalinic for his refusal to come off the bench whilst his teammates go on to the semi final!

I read it as a Chapman signs this week reply

That Russian who dinked it will feel that one for the rest of his life, you just can’t do that and miss at this stage.

Russian player just dinked it the same way as the keeper went, what an idiot

Imagine one of these teams getting to a World Cup semi final! Modric is a class player but two average at best teams on display here. Not sure which is the most desirable but it may be prudent to avoid any Russian drama

Let’s be honest Sweden were gash but we got past them with no drama and no suspensions

Disagree, think we’d beat both

It doesn’t need to be though. We can get to the final without playing any of the favoured teams and then over 90 minutes it’s anybodies game.