World Cup!!!

[ivor&mel]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(admin &#064; Jun 14 2006, 12&#58;46 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
Pity the game with Toga was buggered up with a sending off, would have been very interesting otherwise.

Ronaldo is like Beckham.....too big a name to replace [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif[/img] Wonder if McLaren will have the bottle.....

....and also make GERRARD captain.
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Togo looked pretty slick, considering all their off-field hassles, and the fact that they hardly know each other&#33;

Seems impossible to avoid using the the words "Ronaldo" and "big" in the same sentence [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Grin.gif[/img]

It&#39;s time Beckham was replaced totally. Scolari would have done it... but don&#39;t think McLaren will do it before the Euros. In which case it might be best just to go for a new captain - but not Gerrard&#33; He has enough on his plate just trying to play in the same team as Lampard&#33; It has to be Terry.

[Admin]

Bang Bang - Welcome to Spanish Football Ukraine [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

[ivor&mel]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(admin &#064; Jun 14 2006, 02&#58;39 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>Bang Bang - Welcome to Spanish Football Ukraine [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]
[/b][/quote]Shevchenko looks like he&#39;s been taking lessons from Ronaldo&#33; But Spain are looking useful... maybe they&#39;ll make decent progress this time...

[Admin]

Setup & goal of the tournie so far that 4th Spanish goal...excellent play. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

[ivor&mel]

Meanwhile.... Germany go marching quietely on... Anyone else getting a feeling of deja vu...?

[Admin]

Go on Saudi [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

[Eljohno]

I was impressed with Spain today. Will they fall flat as usual or carry that form through a few more games, thats the big question...

The Germans even though they have not been the best German team ever should probably still get a run and they could meet England around the 2nd knock out stage.

I like Switzerland also and they should qualify for the next stage also...

[ivor&mel]

[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Doh.gif[/img] Anyone know when England are going to start playing...?

[Admin]

What a joke....nearly LOSING 0-1 [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yikes.gif[/img] Not unexpected though....nice to see the crown BOO [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Grin.gif[/img]

[baboyako]

less than 0.5 goals so far...

[ivor&mel]

You lucky . A better 2nd half performance eventually, but a decent team are going to rip us to pieces unless we wake up.

[ervenescence]

Yeheeyyyyyyy&#33;

Well done England. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/BouncyHappy.gif[/img]

2-0&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; 2-0&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

[Eljohno]

It is typical of England to play poorly against poor teams and i do not think you will see their best game until they meet Germany if it pans out that way.

And it took two LIVERPOOL PLAYERS to win the game for England&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

[Admin]

Liverpool 2 - T&T 0 .....Don&#39;t ya just luv it [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Grin.gif[/img]

GERRARD should be captain....he&#39;s proved his worth TWICE on the big stage. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/BouncyHappy.gif[/img]

Beckham has the fire of a roadkill hedgehog [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Erm.gif[/img]

Interviewed after the match....and I quote "If we play like that against Sweden we should qualify" [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yikes.gif[/img] We already had you dumb [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cwm23.gif[/img] ....do the MATHS.....it&#39;s simple&#33;&#33;&#33; [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cwm24.gif[/img]

[ivor&mel]

An interesting situation now: by the time we play Sweden, we will know who are 1 and 2 in Group A. So, effectively, the choice of 2nd round opponents is in our own hands; though I don't know whether I'd prefer Ecuador or Germany! Maybe Ecuador, because we tend to do well against "lesser" South American teams, and Germany are the home team, more familiar with our style and have a strong desire to avenge that 5-1 defeat (oh, the good old days! ). So, if Ecuador stay top of Group A, I hope we lose to Sweden Maybe we should send out an experimental team in that case: Crouch in goal, Lennon and Walcott in central defence, Hargreaves and Carragher up front... I'll have a word with Sven...

Whoever we play though, we could be facing Argentina if we get to the Quarters?

Terry's contribution was even more important than Gerrard's: if he hadn't made that fantastic goal-line clearance in the first half, the whole balance of the game would have changed.

Did I hear right that Beckham was "man of the match"? For what? Making one decent cross to Crouch?

[Admin]

But if it wasn&#39;t for the defence getting in a twist and done there job, Terry wouldn&#39;t have had to have re-employed himself as a defender [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

I couldn&#39;t care who we get, we&#39;ll be knocked out soon enough, when we hit a team that can play football [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

[ivor&mel]

If England play Argentina on current form, it's going to be a comedy show...

[KeithD]

ENGLAND!!!!! Ya bunch of poo.....thought I'd get that in before kick-off

[ivor&mel]

Imported_admin?? What have you done to Rob??!!

[ivor&mel]

Forget that posting about imported_admin... I think we have 2 Keiths now:cool:

[cappelan]

Aussie Aussie Aussie Oii Oii Oii !!!!!

Bring on the Italians!!!!

[ivor&mel]

WTF was Graham Poll playing at last night? Can he count? Can he write? Do all Croat names seem the same to him? Is he really one of the Premiership's best? How embarrassing...

[KeithD]

Professional refs eh?? He's the big headed one with the number plate REF1 ....plonker...

[ivor&mel]

He seems to have had a strange record last season: only gave 1 pen all season... made 34 bookings from Aug to 16th Oct... then another 6 in the Wigan v Arsenal match on 19th Nov... and then absolutely nothing for the rest of the season...

[fontain]

Hopefully thats the end of him in this world cup, and hopefully the league by the end of next season

I just hoped the croats scored after his mistake, just to see the aussie reaction......Anders Frisk style

Up until his 15 minutes of fame I was cheering on the aussies but theirs nothing like a bit of controversy on a Friday morning and it least it wasnt happening 2 us

I just cant wait till Sunday, its make or break for us now
Surely we are due a performance
Even Brazil finally got started last night

[baboyako]

maybe he had a bet there would be less than 0.5 sending offs?

[ivor&mel]

What odds could you have got on >2.5 yellow cards to the same person in one match?

[baboyako]

watching france go out is more fun

[baboyako]

au revoir!!!

[KeithD]

Not now Next round along with England