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@Sanni @jj3 I believe Griezmann's thumb sucking thing is because he has a baby daughter. The first part is meant to be a tribute to Drake's 'Hotline Bling' video. Somehow, some way, he created a worse dancing celebration than Daniel Sturridge.

His comments after the Iceland game were really silly and there's no question that he perpetuates his own stereotypes, but without that personality and those traits, I think he'd be roughly on the level of Nani. A player with outstanding natural talent who doesn't possess the work ethic or the consistency to achieve greatness. Ronaldo's ego is what drives him and will likely carry on driving him until he retires.

Wales will go home as one of the teams of the tournament, but they went out with a bit of a whimper in the end. Crying shame that Ramsey was unavailable to them, he would have made all the difference to their forward play. For the first time in this tournament, I was actually quite impressed by Portugal. Despite the bashing they got from ITV's rogues gallery before the game, they pressed effectively, defended as a unit and took their chances. Ronaldo's header was a ridiculous feat of skill and physicality, he nutted the ball harder than the majority of players could have kicked it.

How times have changed.

That elusive 'Honeymoon' video finally appeared on YouTube. I believe Lana first shared a teaser for it on Instagram about a year ago, before the album was released.

Weird optical illusion at Riley's feet there. It looks like she's wearing four shoes.

Not much could sway me from the opinion that Euro 2000 was the best in recent memory. A blockbusting array of some of the greatest attacking talent of all time (Zidane, Figo, Nedved and Bergkamp to name a few) at their peak. The 1998 World Cup delivered some truly stunning knockout games (Argentina-England, Argentina-Holland, Brazil-Holland, Brazil-Denmark), although I remember the groups being fairly pedestrian. Thinking about it now, I've a bit of a soft spot for 2002 as well. South Korea's run to the semi-finals has since led to some seeing it as inauthentic, but it was probably the first tournament to feel truly global. I loved seeing teams from North America, Asia and Africa in the last eight.

If there's one good thing about our TV coverage of international tournaments, it's that the presence of sensible and intelligent pundits really shows up the ones who aren't up to scratch. And while Keown, Giggs, Crouch and Savage have all been dreadful, Glenn Hoddle remains my pick of the clowns. During England-Iceland, he spent an hour banging on about how Jamie Vardy should have started the game and saying that he’d make something happen regardless of a lack of space. Barely ten minutes after Vardy's eventual introduction, Glenn was forced to concede (rather miserably) that he'd made no impact because there was indeed no space to operate in. Messrs Bilic, Vialli and Lehmann just seem to exist on a higher plane.

Whether you can read much into the goals France conceded, I'm not too sure. They'd already shifted focus after helping themselves to a comfortable lead. I hope they'll have the confidence to attack Germany with the same vibrancy. When the two sides met at the World Cup, Deschamps left all thoughts of positivity until the last ten minutes and was punished for it. Iceland have produced lasting memories on the pitch and from the stands. As sad as it is to see them go home, they can do so with heads held high.

Commiserations Belgium, well done Wales. The perfect storm of hard work, moments of luck and clinically taken goals. Regardless of the result, how good was it to see an exciting game with both teams doing their utmost to win. This Welsh side is at odds with the notion that a lack of technique and tactical awareness is systemic at British grassroots level, which can only mean that England are doomed by their appalling mental fragility instead. Comforting.

+1. It was a real man-of-the-match performance by Sanches. To play with such calm and poise at such a young age is just terrific. Bayern and Portugal have a gem on their hands.

I was rooting for Poland there, although it's hard to make a case for either side deserving to go much further after a game like that. The first half was quite engaging, but it drifted into nothingness afterwards. Hopefully UEFA rethink the format again when this is all over. Spain are out already with Italy or Germany to follow, Portugal find themselves in the semis after a string of deeply uninspiring performances. Quite how they're still limping through this tournament is a mystery to me.

Walker reverted to type for the goal, but there were moments when he gave us some impetus with his runs and crosses. In the three games he played, I would say he was probably one of the better overall performers.

There's no disputing that Shyamalan has his critics, but I do wonder how much involvement he's had with S2. The show just feels so short on creativity at the moment and that's the one thing I never associate with him.

Well, ignoring the referendum would mean our politicians having to show courage and leadership, so we can almost certainly put that down as a non-starter. Our best bet now would probably be for the Queen to rise up like her great-great-grandmother did and dissolve parliament, although I can't think of many 100-year-olds who would have the energy for that.

Yeah, there were definitely three books, but I believe they've already used up all the source material. I'm only four episodes in, but I think I'm going to call time on the second season. It seems to be morphing into yet another generic sci-fi survival drama.

Meanwhile, the bad news only gets worse for England - Wayne Rooney is not retiring from international football.

That's awesome. Hopefully, the latest England debacle doesn't take anything away from Iceland's achievements at this tournament. I for one will be yelling my head off for them when they play France. Apologies in advance, @jj3.

Agreed. In our case, there's the legitimisation of xenophobia and racism, the probable break-up of the United Kingdom, the strain being placed on the Irish peace process and the coming government attacks on everything from workers' rights to the health service to think about, too. They do isolate themselves, by not taking part in the conversation. If Norway for example were in the EU then they could argue the case for regulations to be more sympathetic to their policies. They're not, so their interests will never be a priority at the top table. They're influenced by what goes on, but it's a one-way street. I'm a reasonable guy, I know there are pros and cons to both arguments. But an important debate should be based on realities, and no-one had a sensible or practical forecast of how this was all supposed to come to fruition. Let's face it, the 'Leave' campaign was built around a bunch of phantom policies that disappeared into the wind literally the morning after the results came in. They made promises that they knew fine well were unachievable, and now that we're going, the people who supported them in poorer parts of the country will be the first ones to feel the consequences.

I'm sure Joe Hart could find a way to let every single one of them in.

I'm English and even I found that hilarious. It's been a hell of a long time since we were good at football (the only people who'll call this a huge upset are the zealots who still think 1966 was last week), but that was a performance of such staggering cowardice and ineptitude. Simply amazing. Apart from Rashford, who was only on for five minutes, not a single player walks off that pitch with any credit at all.

While both survive perfectly well on their own, neither have actually saved any money through not being in the EU. Geography dictates that their main market is still Europe and as such, they still have to pay into the same system and follow the same regulations. But, since neither have a seat at the table, they have no say in what those regulations are or any way of negotiating them. I've lost track of the amount of times that I've seen the word 'sovereignty' thrown around recently, as if it's something that the UK stands to gain by leaving. Switzerland and Norway have lost theirs, and it's because they've chosen to isolate themselves.

Congrats @Stormbringer So much debate about why Argentina lost, but sometimes the simplest answer is the best one. They lost because they weren't as good as Chile, a superb unit who play the game at an insane tempo with total commitment and coordination. If I'm honest, I've a feeling Messi's retirement is a bit of a bluff, designed to strong-arm an inept federation into reform. None of this should rule him out of the ‘best ever’ conversation though, because he already is the best ever.

In the interest of making an informed decision, I actually watched this before voting. It's surprisingly well-made, but at no point did I hear if there was a better alternative to the EU, or if there was a sensible or realistic path towards making that alternative happen. And quite honestly, despite the fact that the results are in and we're already edging out the door, I still haven't. Now, we're about to enter into a negotiation in which the EU holds all the cards and we hold none.

It seems to me that a lot of people voted for change, but without stopping to think about the reality of what it would look like. I can only think that the anger and frustration that they've felt about the lack of jobs and the gradual dismantling of public services has been channelled by the media's decades of propaganda into mistrust and fear of migrants and Europe. To see this level of vitriol and paranoia so close to the surface for so many people - I fear for us, I really do. I must admit, I didn't put Cameron's resignation down as anything other than him not being prepared to do Johnson and Gove's work for them, but that's quite the fascinating theory. We'll soon see what they're made of, I suppose. My worry is that a lot of the things happening in the meantime will be irreversible by the time someone decides whether or not to push the button, Scotland certainly haven't wasted any time in speaking to the EU about staying in, and that's probably just the beginning.