Reluctant gambler Mick Martin will rarely punt the full house: “You’d have put your kitchen sink on Hernandez to score there.”

1. Martin Keown’s poker face: “Del Bosque has played his hand here… it’s almost like a game of chess.”

HALF-TIME in Port Elizabeth and it’s parallel universe time again. Remember the movie Sliding Doors, when Gwyneth Paltrow’s life split in two when she missed her train? On RTÉ, England might have held a half-time lead over Slovenia but the carriage doors had slammed firmly in their faces.