It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

Stirling does lack that killer finish , and doesn't look at all confident in himself , towards the end he looked like he didn't want the ball , it's the World Cup and you may never get another chance like this so get someone that is full of himself and desperately wants it .

I see more of you are now Coming around to my suggestion of an England / Belgium final.

Don't get carried away yet though as England have not beaten anyone of note to get this far and have had the luck of the draw on they're side even as far as playing Belgium last in the group stage and being able to rest all their players.

Fwiw I think England would have a better chance against France in the final.

Good luck.

I have given my thoughts on Sterling before. He does tend to run into the buffers but those big Swedish backs were terrified of bringing him down when he ran at them. He can be infuriating with his loose final touch but I will go with the judgements of the likes of Southgate and Guardiola over those that can't even spell his name right.
It may well be France Dil. I don't believe so but Belgium were looking ragged towards the end of the game with Brazil. But let's get past our semi first.
Team time trial today at the tour. G may be in the yellow jersey tomorrow.

Exactly - there's a semi first

Hardly a given, no matter how much many try to talk it up (tired Croatia, old team etc etc)

Stirling stuff .

It's France-Belgium first....the two semis are on different nights.....impossible to guess who will win "le Crunch".....I would perhaps say Belgium...but France are an excellent team as well...so.....we will know who the winner of that semi is before we play...Croatia won't be easy.....England's finest will have to be at their best !...

Oh ffs Croatia are crap and over the hill. Add to that the state they were in at the end of the last game and it's a bloody walk over.

Not all that crap, Dil.

We are judged to be ahead of them in the polls as to be likely to go forward but they are not too far behind.

French team just too strong for the Belgians.
Would have been nice to see a few more goals, but top quality from both teams.

Well done them.....hope England can do the business tonight.....

Right that's it I've had a bloody guts full of this. Been up since 6 and every Channel is full of England hype , even the music channels are playing Three Lions every other song.

Being Welsh I really can't stick this being rammed down my throat for the rest of my life and imagine every Cardiff game next season having to put up with it !!!

I've supported you this far and good luck for tonight but if you reach the final then it's got to be France for me.

Even my nephew is trying to wind us up by threatening to buy an England shirt and wear it out to watch the final if they get there.

This is not some impressionable little 6 year old , ffs he's 25 supports Cardiff and was on the pitch with us 2 months ago when we got promoted.

Good news is that my brother has told him he will set fire to it if he buys one even if hes wearing it :-)

The media/advertisers are milking this you have to say......I love football....but it's going crazy at the moment....went into a builders merchant yesterday.....could not keep mind focussed on what I needed because of that song blaring out full blast !.....let's keep things in context shall we….ok I will be over the moon should we qualify but smashing up taxis...ambulances....nuts that is....I see that in Paris it went bonkers last night....

You have heard of the United Kingdom Dil? The clue is in the title! ;o)

There should be a law prohibiting very loud music in stores....(obviously not for those involved in the music industry)….

FFS its on again , channel 353

Anyway....good luck England !.....come on the Lads !......

Yeah Harry but they didn't enter.

I think Sweden wins the prize for the prettiest women in the crowd this world cup....

Didier Deschamps has had a change and instead of being "le porteur d'eau" now reminds me of "le petit caporal"......no not Adolf.....the other one....you know....:...that genius troublemaker that came from Corsica and conquered Europe....(well not quite...)….all the way to Russia....