[GlitterEyes]

Haven't seen any up north. Seen a few cars with stuck on stripes over the whole car and the normal flags out the window and on houses etc. Seen a few dodgy haircuts aswell but thats about it.

[Jay]

Great news about Rooney being passed fit to play but i think he will only play 20 minutes today at the most.

[Tanser_Man]

Crouch is absolutely poop... how he missed that chance... i do not know.

[InTheHood]

England are absolutely poop so far. I am for you

Owen is clearly not fit, or having one of his infamous crap runs

Crouch is an absolute waste, why England did not take Defoe

England have no strikers either properly fit or of any quality.

Looks like Rooney is needed

[Mike]

Very poor first half, we need Rooney on badly.

Its a shame when we have to rely on one player but its a fact we need him playing.

[lily.]

cmon the T & T!!!

[lily.]

Did I mention how much I dislike that big skinny bloke???

[ThaGazBoi]

2-0!!!!!!!!!

[Tanser_Man]

I slate Crouch... and he scores.

I say to my mate that Gerrard's had a poor game, then BANG! 2-0

Lol

[lily.]

Don't care... still waving my flag...

[Tanser_Man]

What happend to Jason Scotland?

Oh yeh.. didn't even play!

[lily.]

hey tanser.. swivel!

and on that note.. I be outta here...

[InTheHood]

I wouldn't say England were lucky, but they left it late. They were by far the better team, and had numerous chances.

If Sweden fail to win tonight, England win the group, as a Paraguay win, means only they can catch England, and England would beat them on head-to-head.

Hopefully we can make it 2 from 2 against Ivory Coast tomorrow

[James]

Well, their first goal was a foul so I would call that lucky. Unless, of course, hair-pulling is allowed now.

[GlitterEyes]

Gerrard is wasted sitting back Sven should play both going forward or drop Lampard because he wasted to many chances and we cannot afford that. Crouch is very hit and miss but he is the only one saving englands butt at the moment. Rooney didn't have as much impact as I would of thought but probably needs games. Owen was poor and should start on the bench against Sweden.

[Mike]

I agree about Gerrard he needs to be playing right up there because hes much more influentional, as for Crouch i don't rate him personally but i guess his height is a bonus when Beckham is putting great crosses in.

[GlitterEyes]

If you look at Owen he hasn't yet had a decent game he has always been subbed, and Rooney needs match fitness. Crouch is the only one who confidence wise is on the top of his game. He has his critics and is a different player than we are use to seeing and I know people highlight his close miss but Lampard for me had a rubbish game but nobody seems to be talking about that. He should improve next game hopefully but his shots have been awful.

[InTheHood]

.....................Robinson.....................

Neville........Terry...........Rio..........Cole. A

.......................Carrick.................... ...

Beckham.....Gerrard.........Lampard.....Cole. J

------------Rooney/Owen/Crouch........(In that order)

4-1-4-1

Carrick will give licence to the midfield 4 to move forward

But we all know the important game is today at 5pm

HT Argentina 3-0 Serbia

[Mike]

Argentina are on fire today, what a first half performance.

The again though they are playing a Serbia side who might as well not be there.

ITH, should be a good game at 5pm today.

[lily.]

Originally posted by James
Well, their first goal was a foul so I would call that lucky. Unless, of course, hair-pulling is allowed now.

What he said^...

Funnily enough.. there was a bloke in my living room saying the exact same thing!!!

[InTheHood]

Originally posted by Mike


ITH, should be a good game at 5pm today.

As long as the 3 points go the right way

If we lose, we are out I think, as I don't see us beating Argentina, and Ivory Coast will likely beat Serbia

[InTheHood]

Holland win 2-1

Feel sorry for Ivory Coast though, if they had replaced say Costa Rica or Trinidad & Tobago in another group, they'd have had a great chance of qualifying. They've been better than Ecuador and England yet are going home I was even half hoping they would equalise Just so we could have a good last 20 minutes, as we had gone all negative, England style.

The WC at the moment is too predictable, players falling everywhere, referee's blowing whistles every 10 seconds and the sides that are losing, don't seem to have any real urgency about getting back into the games.

2 of the 3 groups are already resolved, as to who qualifies, and Groups D & E could be resolved by the end of tomorrow.

I'm getting a little bored and can't wait until the final group games and knockout stages, where we will have teams of a decent standard playing each other.

[InTheHood]

Mexico v Angola If there was one game that summed up the WC so far

[James]

I think it's been a really good World Cup, with great goals and quite a few good teams.

Better than 2002 so far.

[InTheHood]

Football is not what it was. Players are paid too much, they dive too much, they feign injury too much, the referee's are far too whistle happy, the rules get played with too much, and the World Cup always favours teams from higher climates.

I say play the World Cup in December and see how them Brazilians like it then