^ I saw a bit of France vs Ireland (towards the end - when it was really lashing down with rain! 😃) - the depth of the French squad looks superb, and easily brushed aside Ireland who only really offered the occasional counter-attack and set-pieces -though a good warm-up vs a defencive minded side.

Am off to se Brazil vs Croatia this Sunday in a pre-World Cup match - may be worth putting a couple of £ on Croatia to do well in Russia - and they plays some decent attractive footy with some quality players.

The bookies odds for winning the World Cup (as of today)…

Brazil & Germany both at 9/2, Spain & France at 6/1, Argentina 10/1, Belgium 12/1, England 16/1 (likely because of the amount of bets the English put on them rather than odds of actually winning it), Portugal 28/1, Croatia 33/1, Uruguay & Colombia at 33/1, Russia at 40/1, Poland 80/1, Denmark 100/1, Egypt, Senegal & Serbia at 250/1, Iceland 400/1, Australia at 750/1, with Saudi Arabia at 2000/1.