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I hope Guthrie scores an impressive goal. Hearing this idiot say 'BEAUTY FROM GOOTRIE' would make my night.

Gootrie. Is he dyslexic or something?

That's sad really. It's a shit state of affairs when you have 80 odd clubs playing top division football in England, Spain, and Italy every year but the same five or six clubs winning.

Well, I can't help it. My hopes are up.

They don't do public relations

Dawned on me that we have to play them in a couple of weeks.

Yeah, I think we'll take Cleverley. Jesus. 4-1.

They should let Hernandez wear Chicharito on his shirt in the Premiership. 3-1. Gibson free kick.

Younger, talented players aren't necessarily disruptive. Some clubs even manage to sign good players who aren't arrogant, abrasive, illiterate juvenile delinquents who enjoy alcohol and casual violence. There might still be a few out there.

Martin Jol signed Berbatov. Redknapp is by far the dirtiest smug c*** in the Premier League. Just the right man for Tottenham in that sense. And as for his transfers, the majority are just a waste of money. The fact that West Ham, Portsmouth and Southampton have all ended up with financial problems (and ultimately relegation) after Redknapp's tenures speaks for itself really. His name is probably the first name in every dodgy agent's phonebook.. ..And he's father of Jamie Redknapp. You just know the tabloids will have something for the front pages if he ever gets the England job. Conveniently discovered 2 weeks before England begin a tournament.

Winning and entertaining are not mutually exclusive. It's hard to pull a Stoke or a Big Sam and stay successful while being crap. Usually you get found out. But even if it was, I think 38 horrible, dire, almost unwatchable 1-0 victories would be enough to keep people turning up and buying shirts. Success is entertaining.

I think the 8 people who would rather lose than win are a little unclear on the concept of sport in general. The whole idea of 'going down fighting' is a stupid myth. It doesn't happen. Teams that go down do so because they are crap. If you can't get to 40 points, then you almost certainly aren't playing well. The honest, plucky, 'at least we play attractive football' argument is just an irritating excuse for failure. Yes, you occasionally get a clown like Big Sam, but playing well usually has a strong correlation with winning.

they photoshopped out the frame holding Kings knees together pretty well there Likely relegation battle aside, I can't wait to get back to beating them next season.

Watch the last minutes of the game + trophy presentation and porn simultaneously, while having a World Cup victory wank. Probably the next best thing to being in Madrid for a Spain supporter.

Best 23 man squad. Goalkeepers: Neuer (GER) Casillas (ESP) Villar (PAR) Defenders: Van Bronckhorst (NLD) Nelsen (NZ) Puyol (ESP) Pique (ESP) Maicon (BRZ) Lugano (URG) Lahm (GER) Midfielders: Muller (GER) Schweinsteiger (GER) Robben (NLD) Xavi (ESP) Sneijder (NLD) Honda (JPN) Van Bommel (NLD) Prince-Boateng (GHA) Iniesta (ESP) Ozil (GER) Forwards: Forlan (URG) Villa (ESP) Klose (GER)

Young, English, free, Premiership experience, free, by most accounts decent and freeeeeee. Bring on that 6+5 rule ASAP.

Voted ITV in lieu of Univision. Showing a pretty good Shakira/tournament highlights video while ABC have hastily changed to paid programming 2 minutes after Casillas lifts the trophy.

Get in. Well done Forlan. Absolutely deserved.

You have been able to buy both Spain & Holland World Champion 2010 t-shirts for the past week.

Webb wasn't that bad. There were some stupid fouls from both sides.

Already got the star on their shirts.

And Nadal, forgot about him. Just about irritating now.

Well done Spain. Deserved. But after Euro 2008 and now this they can fuck off for the next decade.

http://www.castrolfootball.com/penaltyanalysis/ Torres penalty record isn't great.

The Dutch record with penalties is almost as bad as England isnt it?