Well, England’s first game of the World Cup could have been a lot more convincing, but a win was what was needed and a win is what we got.   Should have got a second goal early on, and then we really let them keep attacking, but made it to the end without conceeding, and that’s the main thing.  I’ll stick with my prediction that Owen will come good, although it’s looking a little shaky after that.  Certainly his substitution didn’t improve anything.  Now I’m off for a sit down because I tend to get a bit unnerved when matches don’t end in a draw (preferably 1-1).
Commentary Watch: Mark Lawrenson gets poetical.  On Robinson dashing all-yellow outfit: “it’s like a giant banana running at you”.  Precisely.