hell yes. both England and France were a joke in this tournament and England looks like it's about to go into a rough time. which young english player is going to be the one to lead their next generation? Premier League is so good, there's no space to develop young, struggling players in english teams. that has happened with Spain and Italy too. also you can't have Andy Carroll as one of your primary offensive weapons and expect to get away with it.

now, France was just lame. Benzema was always a mile away from the opponent's goal and their offensive line just exchanged passes in front of the area without ever actually trying to score - that when they faced inferior teams; yesterday they just watched Spain play.

on the good side, fuckin' Ronaldo was a monster in the q/f and Germany is the best international team I have seen in years.