Graham Lambert

30 minutes detention.

Robbie Williams looks like he’s just been on a windy bike ride on the rob in Port Vale.

@henrywinter Good info Henry. Thanks

Thomas Tuchel looked more safe in his job after England finished third in the world. After the madcap 6-4 win over France, England’s head coach sounded more confident than in a gruelling press conference on the eve of the third-place play-off. He found his Miami voice. Tuchel’s replies – and some of his explanations - are worth noting in detail… OTT on TT? Has the criticism of him been too much? “The press conference yesterday felt as if we went out in the group stage without a win, being honest with you. And 24 hours later, we have the biggest success in 60 years. To take the low not too low, and the high not too high is what we try. The low and the drama about what happened against Argentina was too low, but it's part of it. The best thing we can do is present on the pitch and get the next win. Everything else is just talking, talking. Talking doesn't get you the win. So you have to endure it, be strong and keep believing. I'm glad that we showed the reaction. That reaction was very impressive.” TRUST. On needing to win back the trust of the England supporters. “I don't think we lost the trust. I don't think I lost the trust with whatever happened in the second half against Argentina. Whatever happened in the last 10 minutes, we were close (to the final). That's my job to take a decision. My decisions, my interventions, my substitutions and the change of structure did not have the effect I wanted. I have to live with this. It's very painful for me because I did it in good faith, and I did it with a clear plan. It didn't work out. So I take responsibility.” PASSIVE NOT AGGRESSIVE. His critique of the team being passive against Argentina. “I still stand by my words, but you need to play better football under pressure, manage games better under pressure, need to take better decisions under pressure and we need to defend more economically, more discipline.” SIR WINSTON HENDERSON. On Jordan Henderson’s rallying cry to the squad. “Jordan Henderson gave a very impressive speech today in the hotel to put this (game) in the right frame (context of importance) and put everyone in the right mindset. He helped unbelievably. That was very emotional and very, very impressive, with this kind of perspective. "He said it much, much better than me and more emotional, but it was very impressive. He said it means the world and that he would give anything if he hadn’t had a broken arm to be part of this match. He said you don’t know when the next England match comes. He said it much, much better than me and more emotionally. But he was very impressive. He set the tone and the mindset for this match.” LE JOUR DE GLOIRE. On beating France. “You cannot worship (praise) this performance, this mentality today high enough. They came from a lesser schedule. We had one day less to prepare. We have thousands and thousands of kilometres more than the opponent in our bones and bodies. We come from altitude, we come from the heat, we come from playing with 10 men, extra time. Again it was normal for us to suffer and normal for us to show our mentality. Again and again, we found a way.” MEDALS. On what England have achieved. “It’s the first medal in 60 years, the first World Cup medal on foreign soil so I hope that the players can be proud of that sometime. We are fiercely competitive. We almost don't allow ourselves to be proud of third place. Eighteen months ago, we set ourselves the highest dream to chase, and we were very, very ambitious with our dream to make the final and win the World Cup. "So it's very, very painful to miss out. The pain will stay for a while. The scar will stay. This is how it is in high-level sports. But in seven, eight weeks, we're back together. Nations League and we rebuild the trust. You have it, but it's never a given. This game will help us.” STARMAN. On Bukayo Saka not playing against Argentina and playing 97 minutes against France. “Bukayo is a key player for me. He was ready to go in the World Cup. I felt still the responsibility, as a coach, and from history where he came from (with Achilles tendinitis) to take it slow but he started some matches (Panama and Mexico). It was a tough decision for me to leave him out of the semi-final. "I had the feeling after the Norway match that Morgan Rogers had something special to give to us, with his physicality in his body against Argentina. We had him (Saka) warm up several times against Argentina. We were ready to change, but the game became so crazy that we opted for a different option, but nothing has changed during the World Cup for me. Bukayo’s a fantastic team-mate, fantastic football player, key player for us and that will not change. He showed it again today, and I'm happy for him and happy for us, excellent.” 20 SCORE. England top World Cup scorers with 20. “The six helped today! It surprised me a little (top scorers). We could have made more over the power of set pieces, but we didn't do enough. It (top scorers) is just another very important thing that we can add to the list and it makes me again believe that there is still a lot of trust and that we are on the right way. We have stuff to improve, but we have the quality.” PARIS PALS. On speaking to his old PS-G player Kylian Mbappe. “We had three talks! It was quite a long walk to the field, so I met a lot of players in the other dressing room (France) that I already trained seven of them. So it was very nice that we had just a friendly chat. Then in half-time, of course, he was unhappy. He said it's a crazy match already, so it was just a friendly exchange. It was a pleasure to have him as a player.” DESCHAMPS ELYSEES. Did he hope to manage England for as many games as Deschamps managed France (187). “It didn't feel like that at yesterday’s press conference! What a player, what a winner, what a personality, what a coach. He’s so humble, so friendly, so open-minded towards me. I was never, never near that kind of player, never near the kind of personality. He didn't let me feel that for one second when I was coaching Paris, and since then, such a beautiful character. An absolute role model.”

Goal break…..

Get Stones and Burn on.

@fesshole It wasn’t that obscure I got it in Our Price.

An amazing band I've never seen live is coming to my city but I will not be attending. This is because in 1996 when I was working in HMV one of them came in and asked me for a really obscure jazz record. I didn't know it and couldn't help and they were a cunt about it.

@bushontheradio Love you @bushontheradio

I bloody love football, me. I think…….

@TracyFi31470652 @inspiralsband @therealboon Thanks Tracey. We’re really proud of it.

great album @inspiralsband @therealboon @InspiralGraham

@90sfootball Great defender. A leader. That would be a straight red in today’s game.

Colin Hendry 💪

@racingblogger In 2026…….sadly it’s a red.

DOES THIS DESERVE A RED CARD? 🛑

‘The wrist of Jord’.

The best post match interview ever.

Absolute doddle…..

@PSDuffy @FootballInT80s I’ve watched that goal so many times. It’s unbelievable finishing.

@FootballInT80s I know Lineker can be very self-deprecating about his playing style, and claims he was a goal-hanging tap-in merchant...but that touch which took 3 defenders out of the game, then to put it back across goal like that!

One of the biggest nights of my childhood was 4th July 1990. Not quite 13, but full of optimism, I thought every international football tournament would be like this for England. The day had arrived: the World Cup semi-final against West Germany. It was the talk of my school, among teachers and pupils alike. Everyone knows what happened next but, for a brief spell, from the moment “Lineker scored”, it felt like magic. So many what ifs, but so many memories.

That is a ‘ripper’.

Miami vice.

Ooops! That wasn’t meant to happen.

Who knew Mexico was up such a big hill.

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A special live performance of "Gazza's Tears" by Good Health Good Wealth and Joseph J Jones. 🎶 Is it coming home this summer? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @ghgwmusic @josephjjones