Dismal England

Just watched England play Montenegro. Pretty poor, I have to say. They were unlucky with a couple of penalty shouts (one stonewall hand ball) but mostly it was just a poor display. No drive, very little penetration, very few shots on or off target, no passion. I mean, really, it reminded me of the 0-0 against Algeria in the World Cup. Bleurgh.

My sporting highlight of the day: India winning the women's 4 by 400 relay. Very exciting stuff. The noise... I've never heard anything like it. The crowd, not at all biased, were going insane. England took a pretty good Bronze but quite frankly I didn't care as I was celebrating India's victory. It was pretty cool. You could tell, even on TV, that the atmosphere was electric in the stadium.

Also the lovely Tom Daly and Max Brick won the synchronized diving which is great. I like diving. It's elegant and pretty and intricate and concentrated. It's really quite beautiful. I'm going to enjoy watching the individual finals tomorrow.

I'll keep you blogged...