Barney Ronay

And I think that they could be a dangerous team to play because they will just get better.

And Czechs are a very aggressive physical team.

And they tried to press when they could, although that was difficult, despite the hydration breaks, which should presumably help that kind of thing.

I'm, for one, I'm a bit worried about the hydration.

How hydrated do you need to be?

I mean, can you be too hydrated?

I saw players not drinking during the hydration breaks.

How do you explain that?

That's a real shame, isn't it?

It's a real shame.

I hate the hydration break, which is not a hydration break.

It's an advert break.

One of the great paradoxes of football is that it's the world's most popular form of entertainment.

And yet it is long and slow.

And, you know, it can drag.

I love the bathos of the ridiculous wrestling style countdown.

You know ten to one with some sort of Deeply annoying man bellowing over the and then oh we're gonna play around at the back for a bit like nothing happens There it's football you can't like the intense workouts.

You know the intense I hate all that stuff.

Yeah, I like the fact that actually this game is refuses to bend to you it is difficult and hard and long and it makes you concentrate and

And people obviously like it.