Apologies to everyone who has a drought, it appears Central Scotland has stolen literally all of your rain today.

Just said the phrase “my brother died, he’s fine now though”. Amazing what modern medicine can do really.

Still can’t get over how they named The Family Ness “Ferociousness”, “Sportiness”, “Loveliness” and… “Pirateness”? You can’t tell me you ran out that quickly.

Hello from Scotland where we are just pleased we don’t have to sit through several days of wall to wall “England are in the World Cup final” coverage at the expense of everything else.

It would really help the union if there was an option to listen to neutral commentary on England games.

I hope this guy, wherever he is, is absolutely delighted.

I am very much the “sickos” in the meme when it comes to matches like this

England did some altitude training last summer apparently. That’ll do it. Probably still got the effects of that in their body.

Right Senegal, back to the dressing room.

“England have been dreadful” say the pundits to a montage of about 6 or 7 really good England chances denied by wonder saves from the keeper

Nice to see Sweden have a Svensson in there. Wouldn’t be Sweden without at least one.

For some reason the football WhatsApp group lore is that Darren Cann is a massive supporter of Restore. We don’t know why this started. Apologies to Mr Cann if he isn’t.

The best thing about this match is that it isn’t going to be interrupted at some point by the “ding dong, clean up in aisle 4” because someone scored in another match.

South Africa love to almost do everything right when they go forward but get one tiny thing wrong with each player involved until nothing happens

Nice to have a bit of Craig Forrest on co-comms on the Senegal v Iraq match. I’m assuming it’s the world feed, but he’s been good. And doubles the Ipswich Town representation in this match too, which is never a bad thing.

This feels much more like an England match. Frustrated, and unable to break through the opposition defensive line while some twat is playing a trumpet in the crowd. Lovely stuff.

The Iranian team are incredibly Mick McCarthy coded.

My corner shop has a World Cup flag display and out of about 10 flags, the only nations actually at the World Cup are Scotland (obviously) and DR Congo (odd choice)

Today this has evolved into “Let’s just skip the part where I go outside and get wet. Just stroke me with the towel please”

Kazimierz Kapusniak@letmeseethatkaz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It’s one of those days where approximately twice an hour the cat comes inside, complains that it’s raining, paws at the drawer with the towels in and demands to be dried off.

It’s one of those days where approximately twice an hour the cat comes inside, complains that it’s raining, paws at the drawer with the towels in and demands to be dried off.

Croatia the only team at a disadvantage with the introduction of hydration breaks, once you get past a certain age your bladder just isn’t what it used to be.

Senegal: good but slow France: good but don’t like it up ‘em

Surprised ITV aren’t using the hydration breaks to give us a screen in screen update from the England camp.

Nice to see Jobi McAnuff make a World Cup (albeit as a pundit), really sticking it to my Watford supporting former colleague who always called him Jobi Not Good Enough.

Theo Walcott with a grey beard is very triggering

The commentators are being unnecessarily patronising to Cape Verde here. Yeah you’d expect them to lose against Spain but they qualified ahead of Cameroon and have players who play for decent clubs (not all of them but still). They’re not San Marino.

Haiti are certainly no pushovers, even if they could go home with zero points here. Hopefully they can give Morocco and Brazil a bit of an uncomfortable time too.

Haiti seem to be the only team who have worked out how to counter John McGinn’s arse

“Lyndon Dykes is being readied down there”, a phrase that will strike fear into the heart of your opponents.

Scott Brown is not allowed to have hair. It’s an affront to god.