The video clips and pictures of the England players arriving back at their team hotel are the best thing you will see today.
They are being clapped back in, treated as heroes with the hotel staff waving flags and making it look like a real party after England’s win over Senegal. You can see how much the players are enjoying it as they get a hero’s welcome and their staff look as nice and welcoming as the staff at our apartment block.
What is nice about the England hotel is that it’s at Al Wakrah, it’s on the beach, it’s built into the souk and you really feel as if you are in a different country down there. You can’t say that about all of the sprawling tower blocks in Doha but there can be no doubt that England have thrown themselves into this World Cup and are reaping the benefits of it.
