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Believe what? Stop being fucking vague man!! 107% rule Fantastic. So an as yet non-existent response to a wildly improbable circumstance that's never previously been anywhere near an issue in F1 now constitutes unequivocal evidence of F1's inherent corruption. You, sir, are a bellend.

'kin hell.

It's massive for them, I don't care what they say. Course it is They're trying to say we're their Boro to Newcastle. Oh dear. Parky Jnr confirmed this morning she'll be supporting Germany on Sunday. That's fine, watching an England-Germany match in a German household with split loyalties is great fun. I was sharing a place in Mainz with two Germans, two Canadians and a Welshman when we won 5-1, and the Yanks from next door came round for it too. The "neutrals" weren't sure who to support at first, but it ended up with us all drunkenly abusing the Germans for the rest of the night and having a gay old time of it. Obviously that kind of thing is less societally acceptable when it's your daughter, but hey, they all have to learn some time.

Chile could well do Spain. Tempted. Well you're well up after taking my advice on Serbia beating Germany. I got another 6/1 today very small stake but I backed Slovakia. I swear to god Parky was the one who came up with the Serbia tip and you said it'd be a draw. (EDIT: Craig mode disengaged)

Hail To The Thief. Comfortably Radiohead's best imho.

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Only because they started it. LIEK THE WAR AN THAT.

I'd call it a score draw.

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I know it's wrong to laugh... I know it is... but....

It does for me. Have you paid your licence fee?

Thing is, I'm worried they might think he is. It's not as if there's a shortage of more erudite and insightful people who tick that box, after all.

This. Major credit to Slovakia for that alone, never mind the result.

This thread is like the fucking hokey cokey.

I can't wait for Stevie.

No, no, it does. Any distraction from the football is welcome right now, don't want to jinx it by actually starting to hope.

OK, it's the Guardian blog, but still.

And that was five hours before they gave up for the night...

Surprised at how happy I am for Team YouEssAy actually. That's a very tasty part of the draw, too - one of Uruguay, South Korea, Ghana and Merka is going to be a semi-finalist.

Yeah, if a tie-break is good enough for every other set, it should be good enough for the final one really. Mind, still a great bit of publicity for the game.

Happy to place a large bet on Germany to get through to the next round (specifically not only to win in 90 minutes) - there's no money I'd be happier to lose.