Regulars will remember since the start of Euros2024 I've been shouting at my TV GIVE IT TO SAKA! Consistently the best England player today he proved me right. What a great goal. But for the first half he kept getting it up there only for no striker to be anywhere in the box. Why not? Drove me mad (and hoarse). Almost singehanded (or foot) he won today. What a marvellous player. Not just the man of the match today but the player of the tournament so far (and that includes Mbappe).

Def our player of tournament thus far; if only we played in a way that freed him and others us up - we would have exciting games as opposed to moments between watching nothing much....

Sadly of course the answer to "why weren't players in the box on the several times SAKA passed a ball into the box" is - they can't run as fast as Saka. They are too old or too lazy or too slow. Saka is the closest we've got to the brilliant Kevin de Bruyne but a faster version. Build the team around him for the next two games please Gareth.