Football Focus

[Otta]

Anyways, it was a good debut for a not old player

[Jah Lush]

*Guffaws*

[Alan Medic]

The speling on dis tred had gon downhil.

[????]

Well. Definitely deserve the lead but could be a nervous 45 minutes

[maxxi]

Good 1st half but Poland are awful - tailor made for England with their defensive approach. Still good to see the scrapping for the ball and the attacking etc. (motivated in part, imo, by not wanting to be shown-up too much by the new boy).

Worse thing that could happen is dropping off and allowing the Poles to all-out-attack now (stating the obvious I know but this IS England we're talking about) which they are certain to do (Poland not England... well..).

[Jah Lush]

Townsend's having a blinder. And, I don't mean the commentator.

[Mick Mac]

Yes he is and Baines is too.

[Mick Mac]

Bring on Shilton.

[????]

Butcher and Ince please....

[Mick Mac]

Colin Bell

[Mick Mac]

Lampard and Gerrard. Hmmmm. Not really tightening up midfield. A very attacking move.

[Mick Mac]

Well done England. Glad someone could qualify. Beers next summer.

[????]

Beers now, oh no I am on a 2

[Jah Lush]

Blimey, you have to give up the sauce too Quids. Fuck that!

Great result. Some good performances too. Rooney, Gerard, Baines and Townsend, all excellent.

[woodrot]

I will be ordering in a case of Pi?wasser to watch the INGERLAND vs Germany game in Brazil quarters . Mystic meg just texted me kids, and its not good news for INGERLAND

[????]

Because ya didnae qualify

[Parkdrive]

Since the clubs formation, Sp*rz have won the title twice. In the same period, the Arsenal have won it twice at shite hart lane.

Just for Jah, enjoy.

[red devil]

Get in England! I've been abroad so missed the WC games, but from what I've subsequently read we're there on merit. And how important was that 0-0 in Ukraine? Take note doom mongers...

[El Pibe]

BY not beong a doom monger do you think we'll make it past the group stage or to the quarters?

[red devil]

Try not to get too carried away EP, it's far too early to be making predictions.

Can we at least wait until the draw's been made?...

[El Pibe]

wearing my Spain hat, I reckon a repeat of the conference cup (or what ever the dress rehearsal was called) could be on the cards.

That or out to Italy in the semis....draw depending of course.

basically not going to win it this time though.

[red devil]

England won't be seeded, but looking at the seeds (Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Colombia and probably Uruguay) and teams alongside England in the second tier e.g. Italy and Holland, maybe France and Portugal, it probably doesn't make that much difference if we're seeded or not. I think that most sensible fans just want England to at least look like they care this time, something which wasn't apparent in South Africa...

[El Pibe]

It's been a downward spiral since France '98 for England, let's hope S. Africa was the nadir.

There's promise in these youngsters, I mean not promise in that they'll necessarily get much further, but like you say, at least play like it matters the toss!!

[Parkdrive]

How times have changed at the swamp!!! Hordes of fans heading for the exits after the mighty Southampton equalised against their side. To be fair Salford is a heck of a way from Hampshire, Surrey and London.

[Otta]

Bit gutted Liverpool couldn't take the 3 points today. At half time I'd have been happy enough with a point, but after coming back to 2-2 Liverpool were battering their goal. That said, my heart nearly stopped at one point when it looked like they might catch us on the break.

Shame we couldn't put more pressure on Arsenal though by getting the 3 points.

On the bright side, I predicted 2-2.