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I doubt it and I sincerely hope not. What's wrong with the England management set-up is that it's the wrong way round. Venables should be in charge with McLaren underneath him.

As for Steve Bruce, well he's obviously surplus to requirements at Birmingham once this takeover goes through so he might as well go somewhere where he's wanted.

So McLaren and the England team got lucky with the results at the weekend. But I can still see us screwing it all up by losing on Wednesday night. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory so to speak. Am I being a tad pessimistic here?


England 1 Croatia 2

Croatia have been rock solid at home but don't travel so well and have recently failed to beat the likes of Macedonia (yeah I wonder what that's like), Japan and Malta away.

It being Wembley I think we'll do it, but am not expecting it to be anything less than shredded nerves time.

I can't believe that we are so happy about the fact that another country has (possibly) done us a favour. It just shows you how low we are now setting our sights/expectations. And worst of all we are now lumbered with that log of wood known as Mclaren, for the forseebale future. How cruel is fate eh??? :'(

Exactly right! I think we'll get there, but we don't really deserve it... Having said that, the table doesn't lie, so if we qualify then we've done better than the team in 3rd.


Thing is, there are big changes needed, and no one seems brave enough to make them. The FAs answer seems to be either through money at a problem, which never works, or give the job to a "safe pair of hands" that will never improve. It's depressing, and worse of all Lampard seems to have gotten his starting place back!!!

Thankfully the international break will be over by the weekend, so here we go



Saturday, 24 November 2007

Arsenal 3 Wigan 0

Birmingham 0 v Portsmouth 2

Bolton 1 v Man Utd 3

Derby 0 v Chelsea 3

Everton 2 v Sunderland 1

Man City 2 v Reading 1

Middlesbrough 1 v Aston Villa 1

Newcastle 1 v Liverpool 2


Sunday, 25 November 2007

Fulham 0 v Blackburn 2

West Ham 2 v Tottenham 1

Arsenal 2 Wigan 1 (predicting a bit of international fatigue, that's all)

Birmingham 1 v Portsmouth 2

Bolton 1 v Man Utd 2

Derby 0 v Chelsea 2

Everton 2 v Sunderland 1

Man City 2 v Reading 1

Middlesbrough 1 v Aston Villa 2

Newcastle 2 v Liverpool 3 (Ususally a few goals in this one... That said, with Owen missing AGAIN, we'll see...)


Sunday, 25 November 2007

Fulham 1 v Blackburn 1

West Ham 2 v Tottenham 2

Of course I do, but Arsenal are at home, against a Wigan side who won't be feeling fatigue, just think they might make a match of it. I've still given you the win!


Liverpool will have some tired players too, but there always seems to be goals in the Newcastle matches.


Chelsea may be tired, but the simply can't lose to Derby.

I hope so. Most of the games look good for entertainment value. The Arse and Man Ure are scoring for fun at the moment and not letting much in and as you say yourself Newcastle v Liverpool is generally a high scoring game and West Ham v Spurs could be similar as both defences are bit suspect but I think we have that little bit extra firepower up front. Roll on MOTD at the weekend as I'll probably be watching England V Croatia from behind the sofa.

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