Pirlo's penalty...

Playlist
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Starlightnight
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Before Aftersilence
Sister Pam came to me in a dream...

She was ill and I was looking after her but she said it was all going to be ok...

And I awoke from this having had a new idea for the very start of the new album placed in my mind...
Up before seven and working on this...

Along with the newly proposed pre-CBQ compilation...

The new intro was debuted to the Exec Producer in the car to my mum's but was drowned out by the torrential rain...

A good time was had - sister Sheila also in attendance...

Over to Anne's mum's, where the kids were as mischevious as ever...



We watched the first half of England v Italy before heading home...

Absolute torturous finishing from the Italians but, inevitably, justice was done (based on performance) and England lost the penalty shoot-out...

England are ranked 6th in the world while France are 12th, Italy 14th, Sweden 17th and Ukraine 52nd - yet England were worse than any of these four teams...

Of course, Scotland would have done worse than England (they are ranked 41st)...

But how do England maintain their high ranking?

I believe it's because they are eternally drawn against "diddy" teams in the qualifying groups for the European Championships and the World Cup...

Their ranking is determined from their results against those teams...

But where is the sporting integrity in seeding?

Wimbledon is the ultimate culprit re this of course and has been as long as I can remember...

Seeding in football competitions says to me that television has ruined football...

Anyway, post the match and the extra time and the penalties, a couple of episodes of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" from the borrowed season three...

Then, back to some late work...



...and off to bed...

Highlight of the day : Pirlo's penalty...