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Elsewhere, there is some bad news for Ireland with Gibson – who was decent against Germany – has gone off with a nasty looking injury.

For a long time I've assumed it would be a straightforward Mexico victory: defending at set pieces apart, they were decent against England and Holland and the altitude in Johannesburg won't be a problem.

It's not an enjoyable time to be a United fan at all, but if there have been positives to take from the past few weeks, it's been the promise of Varela at right-back, Martial recapturing his scoring touch and Memphis starting to look like he's prepared to fight for his place (he was decent against Wolfsburg).

While the Packers' defense is decent against the run (ranking 13th in rushing yards allowed per game) and has a deserved reputation for takeaways (its 22 interceptions are the most in the league), there is an obvious weakness when it comes to giving up the big play.

Stevenage manager Gary Smith told BBC Three Counties Radio: "I thought the general efforts and performance of the team was very decent against a good Brentford side.

We had a great first half against Chelsea, we also had a decent second half against Manchester United - let's hope we can combine those two halves now into one game against Newcastle".

We had some good effort and commitment, certainly better than Southampton, but I'm afraid it wasn't good enough against a decent Manchester United.

We've had some pretty decent results against big teams.

He scored a decent vote against an unbeatable sitting Tory.

Also, property ownership is a fairly decent hedge against currency inflation.

By Anthony Lane Ken Loach's films consistently pit decent individuals against malign systems.