The official 2010 World Cup thread

[????]

..and I don't mean his cakes

[citizenED]

Why, do you know how to Kipple?

[Mick Mac]

You mean this man? We need this man.....

 

['bout now]

Tomorrow I will be on a plane to San Francisco, so I will miss the game, result and post match furore.

?500 and the ticket is yours.

[????]

I remember in 1986 after a defeat to Portugal and a draw with Morroco watching England V Poland(starting at about 10.30pm...on a friday maybe?) Robson was out, the system changed, Beardsley came in...a Lineker hatrick all was rosy again...

[red devil]

...and not a boo to be heard ;-)

[wjfox]

My prediction:

Slovenia 2 - 1 England

England to score the first goal, fairly early on. This will get everyone's hopes up. But as usual, they will miss loads of opportunities, their passing will be atrocious and they just won't gel as a team.

[red devil]

[citizenED]

Does anyone actually want England to go through, and us have to again endure the dispiriting chore that is watching England?

[MrBen]

CitizenEd - It is your destiny to play the Germans in the second round and lose on penalties - face up to it!

[mockney piers]

It's all part of the 'fun' citizen. Of course we have to go through, and if they turn all England 5 - 1 germany all

of a sudden then those boos and rubbish football will all be forgotten.

Of course Spain will win the world cup (or concede a last minute equalizer to chile goddammit)

[SimonM]

Wel I certainly want England to go through. It takes the pressure off Andy Murray, stops the tabloids filling their pages with Big Brother rubbish and the Grauniad filling its own pages with sneers about the tabloids' obsession with BB..

[MrBen]

More than any world cup previously - I am fully supporting England this time. Even though you've played crap. Not many Scots will say that. All the turgid picking over the bones and grim faced builders that I'll have to deal with if you don't...

[????]

But you may lose your malt :)-D

...I wouldn't worry too much.

[matthew123]

Cry baby Wayne Rooney might think he has it tough but following North Korea losing 7-0 to Portugal their ex-North Korea coach (now defected), said: - poor play overseas has meant punishment at home, including being "purged" and sent to coal mines.

http://www.channel3000.com/sports/23981088/detail.html

[Mick Mac]

Team

James, Johnson, A Cole, Upson, Terry, Barry, Milner, Lampard, Gerrard, Rooney, Defoe.

[red devil]

Milner?, Defoe?, no Gerrard up front playing off Rooney with the silky God given skills of Joe Cole on the left providing support?..BOOOOOOO!

[red devil]

I told you Milner and Defoe were a class act...HOORAAAAAAY!

[matthew123]

What a block tackle by Upson in stoppage time!

[????]

A cole, Terry and Milner Excellent

James, Gerrard, Defoe, Upson, Johnson good

Barry Ok

Rooney Lampard Poor

England have blown it, they needed to top that easy group to have a chance

[DaveR]

So, likely to be Germany in the last 16, then Argentina if we win that one. Compared to Ghana or Serbia, followed by Uruguay or South Korea, had we been top of our group. If we do get through, we'll have done it the hard way.

[Brendan]

So, here?s to New Zealand (my new favourite soccerball team) getting through today.

[Pickle]

Never in a million years did I think I would be posting on a Football thread - but here's to the Kiwi's this afternoon, come on boys!

[MrBen]

England 1 Germany 1

Penalties then England WIN.

[Mick Mac]

some sort of scottish irony going on there.