England 2 - 1 Slovakia

It was Labor Day today, so no work thank god, and how did I make the most of the day off?  Why, by doing practically nothing - our region is once again engulfed in smoke, this time from Oregon/East Washington rather than Canada.  The air quality is shocking - the sun is incredibly orange, and so makes for some great sunsets but put me off going to some of the big attractions this weekend.  So, instead I was able to catch the England game on TV.  Oh boy.  We hardly look like world-beaters did we...  It was yet another mediocre performance, with long periods of absolute awfulness, but were able to scrape a victory against a far inferior opponent.  This is classic England - good enough to qualify, nowhere near good enough to get through the group stages or maybe the first knockout round in the actual tournament.  A better side like Germany or Spain is absolutely going to rip us apart.  Especially with our suspect central defense, and why Joe Hart is still our number one is beyond me.  But a win is a win, so I guess you got to be happy with that.