So perhaps our mocking was amiss, when large hadrons collide there are strange consequences, how else can we explain Engerland's 4 - 1 victory over the mighty Croatians in the World Cup Qualifier?
As Oliver Kay writes in The Times."... this magnificent victory.....their most startling result since a 5 - 1 win away to Germany in 2001 in the early months of Sven-Goran Eriksson's regime."
Hmmmm there again old Oliver could have hit the nail on the head, after all this is early days in Fabio's career as England manager too. Could it just be beginner's luck?
Probably.
Meanwhile we will have a chance to see whether anything really has changed come Sunday when all eyes will be glued to the Italian Grands Prix to find out whether the FIA has decided that cars passing each other is actually within the laws of the sport and shouldn't be punished with a post race drive through penalty.
There again we wouldn't be surprised to hear that Lewis Hamilton will be required to start from the pitlane on Sunday, three hours after everybody else, after he's had a spanking from Max.
