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That also tells you quite a lot about our midfield tbh.

Terry, Cole, King and Johnson seemed to manage much better though.

Also the problem with Carragher is he can't seem to pass forward for shit.

Seeing him and Terry pass it back and forth with minutes to go only to launch eventually anyway was torture.

Quite a lot of things to be upbeat and positive about in that game I thought.

A few terrible performances too... SWP, Lampard, Carra and of course the "incident". Pretty polarised really.

Gourcuff has just lost his spark completely. Been like that since November pretty much.

Shame. As much as I'd like to see France fail horrifically, I'd like to do well personally.

Surely it won't be as bad for matches not involving SA?

One can only hope.

http://i.imgur.com/KsVJ7.gif

It's the total opposite of a soothing sound. Just makes me feel angry.

A	B	C	D
France	Argentina	USA	Germany
South Africa	South Korea	England	Serbia
Mexico	Nigeria	Slovenia	Ghana
Uruguay	Greece	Algeria	Australia

 

E	F	G	H
Netherlands	Italy	Brazil	Spain
Denmark	Paraguay	Ivory Coast	Switzerland
Cameroon	Slovakia	Portugal	Chile
Japan	New Zealand	North Korea	Honduras

 

Quoted for brilliantly constructed post. Nicely done, sir.

Wouldn't be sad about a draw. For fun and entertainment's sake it had better be a scoring draw though!

My sister was born in the US (family moved there for a year when I was a lot younger) so therefore has the nationality and all. Been trying to get her to fucking care about this game... but she's not into football, ugh.

bbrrrrrrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhh bbrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhh bruuuuuh brruuuuuuuuhhhhhh bbrrrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh

http://tendonitis.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/vuvuzela.jpg

Are we wearing red against the US?

I'm hating these new nike grey and orange boots. They look shit and it seems 2/3 of the players are wearing them.

Personally I much prefer it this way. Hate the whole last match of the season unveiling anyway.

That we're not getting anything until probably after the World Cup is over is perfect. New shirt for a new season etc etc

Stupid "every one's a captain" strips.

So Everton are changing every season too now?

Ronaldo in a "going against all others opinion" shocker....

A place where everyone agrees with him would be his hell. Would lose his whole raison d'etre.

That Band of Brothers dude is class!

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47995000/jpg/_47995382_drogba226_afp.jpg

Interesting photo. That's what happens when you're really hurt/injured. You don't roll around flapping about. You stay still and grimace.

Shame though, whilst Ballack is no loss, Drobga can be great to watch.

Gerrard captain and Dawson back in then?

Fucking cannot wait! 

(Chamackh) Not a finisher unless it's plomped on his head somewhere within 10 yards. But he's got a lot of quality holding up the ball and is a pretty unselfish player too.

Hadn't even thought Lloris could go to Arsenal... would be a scary signing, that guy is good.

I think he had it like that for a few months, iirc. But yeah, I vaguely remember laughing at that look during one of our matches.

Yeah I worded that wrong, but I seem to remember the actual reveal game was against NUFC.

Hated some of his cockups for England (was a waste of space at Euro04) but the guy's a legend.

Superhitlerman James was against us wasn't it?

Technically Guivarc'h in 98 I suppose

and Boumsong in 2006.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47962000/jpg/_47962720_ledley466.jpg

 

Centre shirtless man = double of Ryan Taylor.

wtf? Surely that's got to actually be him.

edit: right, of course it's him!

Will be a few days yet until they give out the squad numbers.

Although Walcott probably deserves the chop given the alternatives, I can't help but feel we'll regret not having him.