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Robben and Schweini. Just for Schweini.

Löw is very careful in the selection of his squad. He doesn't bow to pressure to just take the best players available. Kuranyi isn't even in the squad, because he "doesn't fit tactically", and Kießling (21 goals) is behind Cacau (13 goals) and Klose (3 goals), who spent the entire season collecting splinters in his arse on Bayern's bench. If a player doesn't fit in the side, he won't be picked. I couldn't see Löw faffing around trying to play Gerrard and Lampard together. He'd just drop one of them. Spain, Argentina, England seem to start with a list of the best individuals, and try to figure out how to get them to work together, which doesn't seem to be as effective. Torres probably shouldn't even be playing for Spain. He isn't fit, and just doesn't fit into their style of play.

I don't get it either. But they do. Makes you sick, doesn't it?

Eh, is it fuck! It's way better than Grolsch and Kronenburg. What's going on here? Still piss, though. As if the likes of Uruguay, Spain or Holland wouldn't do a party of the same quality. Have you ever tried Dutch or Spanish beer? I have, some aren't bad, others not drinkable. But German beer (especially Bavarian beer) is the best in the world imo. Mmmm. Weizenbier. Splendid stuff. Isn't it classed as a basic staple in the Bavarian constitution? As if the likes of Uruguay, Spain or Holland wouldn't do a party of the same quality. Have you ever tried Dutch or Spanish beer? I have, some aren't bad, others not drinkable. But German beer (especially Bavarian beer) is the best in the world imo. It's summer so our party would be sangría-based tbh. A fine basis for anything.

As if the likes of Uruguay, Spain or Holland wouldn't do a party of the same quality. Have you ever tried Dutch or Spanish beer? There's good Spanish beer, just not the mainstream brands. Amstel's areet imo. Streets ahead of Heineken. Why are the popular beers always shite? It doesn't make any sense. It's not like they're cheaper than good beers.

I thought it already belonged to them. Last time I was there, I spent an hour trying to find some Spanish nosh. It was all sausage, sauerkraut and kebabs. Okay, I'll throw Gibraltar in the deal too. Dangerous game. You know what they're like. You let the Germans on the mainland, and before you know it, there'll be towels on everything. And VERY bad music.

I thought it already belonged to them. Last time I was there, I spent an hour trying to find some Spanish nosh. It was all sausage, sauerkraut and kebabs.

As if the likes of Uruguay, Spain or Holland wouldn't do a party of the same quality. Have you ever tried Dutch or Spanish beer?

That's pretty great. Just had a look at that. Didn't realise Enke's baby girl had died. Good on the Mannschaft.

I voted for the Germans, purely on the basis of the utterly epic party there'll be if they win. Yesterday, the police had to close the road to traffic within about 15 minutes of the final whistle. Mental. http://momama.net/images/schland_fitties/Rue.jpg

If Gerrard and/or Torres get sold, there's not a cat in hell's change that Hodgson will see much, if any, of the money.

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Not that we appear to have much in the way of resources

as I wasn't is there a *whoosh* smiley? Or do you really have such a low opinion of my intelligence?

You won't be laughing when Sir Roy of Hodgers wins us the EPL, CL, FA Cup, League Cup and World Club Championships next season

Everyone has their share of deluded idiots.

A million times? I'd say it's pretty much the same thing, perhaps less crazy. After all, Kenny did actually win a few league titles and a couple of FA Cups. Still crazy, though. So what? To us KK was one of the most successful NUFC managers in recent time. It's irrelevant if that dosen't match to your standards. Eh? That's utterly beside the point and not at all what I was talking about. Bringing Kenny back would simply not be "a million times more sentimental and crazier" than KK coming back to NUFC. I was on about your comment about it being "less crazy". Don't see the difference, personally. Both of them were yeasterday's men. No I don't see much difference, either. Hence the "perhaps". I did not mean to imply in any way that it would be only slightly crazy to bring back Kenny and insane to bring back KK.

A million times? I'd say it's pretty much the same thing, perhaps less crazy. After all, Kenny did actually win a few league titles and a couple of FA Cups. Still crazy, though. So what? To us KK was one of the most successful NUFC managers in recent time. It's irrelevant if that dosen't match to your standards. Eh? That's utterly beside the point and not at all what I was talking about. Bringing Kenny back would simply not be "a million times more sentimental and crazier" than KK coming back to NUFC.

A vuvuzela tuned to the brown note. Magic.

That was EPIC commitment!!! :clap: Stupidly brave by Terry, could have broke his neck, but hats off to him. Got to love the way Glen Johnson immediately protects the crown jewels, Not like that he couldn't have.

If he'd got the ball, it would have been amazing. Give over, if that had been old man Carragher doing that you'd be singing for him to get a Knighthood! (though I might have read your post negative when it was in fact positive so sorry if you were praising it too) Anyone who has the balls to dive headfirst into a shot 5 yards away has got a huge amount of courage, and a bit of respect from me - no matter how strange it looks. Mostly, it's the hilarity of the clip. It's only really "brave" if you're a bit daft: ultimately no player has ever suffered a career-ending injury from being hit by the ball. Tackles are far more dangerous. But it was 110% pure commitment. Terry or Carra, more than anything, that dive reminds me of Riise's disastrous own-goal header against Chelsea in the CL, which gives me the willies. But that's just me.

If he'd got the ball, it would have been amazing.

Where's the pool? http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/5967/wheresthepooltez.gif

Now take a look at the team that beat Germany 5-1 in Munich. That game was a hell of a lot closer than it looks on paper. The Germans had left their shooting boots at home, much like in the game against Serbia, (I recall Ballack contriving to miss the target completely from about 5 yards out) and Owen just couldn't miss. I was at that match and it didn't look remotely close to me. I was there, too, and it didn't look it to me at the time, either, but I've watched the DVD quite a few times since, and the Germans had just as many decent chances as we did until they threw in the towel at 1-4. Looked to me like they were dead at half time. Their fans certainly thought so. Gerrard's goal right at the end of the 1st half hurt them (Kahn described it afterwards as breaking their neck), but they'd missed a few very good chances by that time. As I recall, Völler took off a defender after the 1st half (which was what really did for them) and brought on Asamoah, and I said to my mate that we'd score more, but it was still only 1-2 at half time. It wasn't till the last 20 minutes that it became an England exhibition match (Gerrard nutmegging Hamann, then turning around and going past him again). I was sat in the German end, and I'll never forget the bloke next to me suddenly cheering up when it was 1-4. That's what he'd drawn in the office sweepstake, and he stood to win a few hundred marks. A couple of minutes later, Heskey banged in number 5, and the bloke just stood up and said, "I'm off to get the car." Also, John Terry's a cock.

Now take a look at the team that beat Germany 5-1 in Munich. That game was a hell of a lot closer than it looks on paper. The Germans had left their shooting boots at home, much like in the game against Serbia, (I recall Ballack contriving to miss the target completely from about 5 yards out) and Owen just couldn't miss. I was at that match and it didn't look remotely close to me. I was there, too, and it didn't look it to me at the time, either, but I've watched the DVD quite a few times since, and the Germans had just as many decent chances as we did until they threw in the towel at 1-4.