Sunbury Fox

Tolaj would be a cracking signing but not sure if we have the money to get him.

Bizarre that Spain are playing Simon in goal ahead of Raya. Simon looks very unsteady to me.

Why do we keep signing players on the way down rather than players on the up with something to prove? No doubt we'll make him the highest paid striker in L1 just to top it off. Chaplin another one on a downward spiral - was dire last season for Pompey. I just can't see us challenging for promotion with these kind of signings, even allowing for the standard of the league.

I don't think things are at all right in the camp with players leaving, etc. Sad to see after such a great season last year.

Thank God there are only 2 more games after this one.

Oliver has been so whistle happy compared to other refs.

I'm also loving it. The Argentina v Cape Verde game last night was genuinely one of the most gripping and memorable WC games of all time. Unreal stuff.

Gutted they're out. An absolute breath of fresh air. Tonight has reminded me why I love football so much after a dreadful couple of years supporting the Foxes when I started to feel more and more disconnected from the game.

Agreed. Good to see Souttar playing well but this has been a terrible spectacle. Would have been best to go straight to a shoot out without playing the match.

Torino and making a decent offer don't fit in the same sentence.

That Lancs XI

Really impressed by Ivory Coast. They're a properly good team who more than matched Germany.

The group stage involves playing 72 games to eliminate 16 teams. That said, I'm still enjoying the tournament.

Just seen the score. WTF?!

Switzerland showcasing prime Martin ball.

Yet again losing a wicket just before a key break but what an effort from Hilly to bat for so long. At least we’ve made Essex sweat a bit but I’d expect them to wrap this up fairly comfortably.

Complete non event. Watching the Dutch knock it around endlessly going nowhere in front of a massed defence is probably indicative of what it will be like watching us under Martin in L1 next season.

Yeah. Good rearguard effort but we always seem to lose wickets at key points eg Green getting out 2 overs from the end. Will be pretty much a miracle if we don't lose the game from here.

Could be useful in the couple of CC games in August when you'd expect pitches to be hard but in the final 4 games in September, it's hard to see a left arm spinner being more effective than a good pace bowler.

Don't mean to be rude but this elderly commentator from Essex is unbelievably bad!

That's my take on it, especially as the forecast was for the clouds to clear, which they duly did.

I don't get our obsession with putting teams into bat.

Holland, Eskinazi, Tattersall and arguably Budinger too, now that Weatherald has left. Only playing 1 overseas player doesn't help either, though I guess that's by choice.

Sadly, we're just not at the level in the CC, especially with so many starters missing.

If Rehan is back, can't we drop Ajaz and play Turner as the second overseas player, given we're missing several batsmen? Or is Turner only contracted for the one day stuff?