Robert Craddock

I mean, imagine if Australia had lost 2-0 yesterday.

But so it's on.

It's quite a wonderful thing, I must admit.

And, Gerard, doesn't it hit you between the eyes

how big World Cup soccer is.

I mean, when that match ended yesterday, it was a Melbourne Cup style vibe, wasn't it?

As in nothing else seemed to matter in the world for about an hour, did it?

It is.

And Gerard, I wish Australia owned that great song, It's Coming Home, that is the anthem for the England World Cup.

Because

If ever I've got a day where I'm feeling a bit down, I put that on my phone on my way to work, and it's a real pump-the-table song.

And I urge people to do the same.

If you have a day and you're struggling, Google this.

It's coming home.

And the old England World Cup anthem, it's full of, it just gets you going.

And I swear you'll be right for the day.

When I saw overnight that Ben Stokes is on the verge of being suspended from the England captaincy for a nightclub incident after their first test win over New Zealand, I got to say, I just, my head is just, as I speak to you, my head is still shaking.

Well, do you know what?

It's such a good point because the whole Brendan McCollum, Ben Stokes reign, yes, sure, it had Baz Ball and had aggression and had a sort of flamboyance, but it had a lack of accountability.

And, you know, the standards were sloppy.