I suppose they don’t have the liberty of playing audio of the team huddle. So instead we hear Alexi yammer on. And on.

Everyone was wondering if your casual fan thoughts had changed in the last 5 minutes.

and maybe you’ll contribute again.

Be my guest. But this isn’t the Romper Room.

You’ve now contributed exactly two posts to the discussion, both critiquing me. Great work. Look in the mirror.

But they also played really well against a team that beat Germany and held France to 1 goal.

They certainly need some better players but I don’t think they are as far off as this game suggests.

I hoped their success in the tournament meant they had really taken a step forward. I’m still not a big soccer fan, but rooted for my country.