Alberto2005

If you believe the Chronicle then yes.

Awesome.

More open than I expected.

Yes, Anelka off.

Gomis on.

I love Desailly.

I quite enjoy watching the technical aspect of the game, it's nice to see possession football at times but yes it can get a bit tedius.

Whooosh.

You made it during the warm up friendly matches period. Those teams all got removed before the tournament started outright. Bad luck. Well that explains it...

Risky if you ask me, Romania are a good team and will keep it tight.

Beyond belief isn't it.

Nah mate, first I've heard of it.

Hopefully he'll nab a couple of goals. Well, he wants to, I've got a fiver on him. Likewise

Looks like it.

Spot on mate, he's very static indeed, no pace and isn't even the greatest of finishers, I'd even go as far as saying he's a poor mans Pauleta.

Good team but won't be half as dangerous without Eduardo.

Newcastle are planning to sack jailed £55,000-a-week midfielder Joey Barton unless he agrees to a 50-per-cent pay cut. Manager Kevin Keegan wants to keep Barton, despite him being imprisoned for six months in May for assault and affray. The player faces another trial later this month for allegedly assaulting his then Manchester City clubmate Ousmane Dabo last year. But the Newcastle hierarchy, led by owner Mike Ashley, executive director Dennis Wise and vice-president Tony Jimenez, are not happy and could move to dismiss the player even before the case begins on June 30. Stuart Pearce, City boss at the time of the Dabo incident and now an assistant to England head coach Fabio Capello, will be a key witness for the prosecution at Manchester Crown Court, where he and a number of players are expected to give eyewitness accounts of what happened at the training ground in May 2007. Newcastle have taken legal advice since Barton was involved in violent incidents in his home city of Liverpool in December. He has four years of his contract to run, but Newcastle believe his conviction and imprisonment give them legal grounds to sack him for gross misconduct and avoid paying up the remainder of his deal, just as Chelsea did after Adrian Mutu failed a drugs test in 2004. A FIFA tribunal have now told Mutu he must pay Chelsea £9.4million over the incident. Newcastle would try to retain Barton's registration to recoup some of the £5.8m they paid City. Barton, who has not been paid since he was jailed, has been told his only hope of staying is if he agrees a pay cut of up to 50 per cent and even that offer, which he is unlikely to accept, will be withdrawn if he is convicted in the Dabo case. Newcastle feel the forthcoming trial will further tarnish the club's image and the fall-out from the incident with former France star Dabo will hinder their attempts to sign French-speaking players. France and St Etienne striker Bafetimbi Gomis, now at Euro 2008, was the latest to reject them. http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sport/football/article-1024923/Newcastle-planning-sack-jailed-Barton.html?ITO=1490

"Cristiano Ronaldo was close to scoring one of the goals of the Championship"

Has given away a couple of freekicks from situations where he shouldn't have.. Also his delivery and decisions when he has got into some good forward positions has been poor. All-in-all, he's shit. Ronaldo's done nothing in 27 minutes, wouldn't spend more than 15m if I was Real Madrid.

Officially agreed a deal, will be completed after the Euro's. I thought it was done & dusted. Just theclubs have agreed terms, but nothing has been officially confirmed has it? Officially agreed a deal, completed after the Euro's. Source..? Can't find this anywhere.. http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10278~1321952,00.html

Based on what? One free-kick he gave away? Btw, what a pass Deco.

Offside.

Officially agreed a deal, will be completed after the Euro's. I thought it was done & dusted. Just theclubs have agreed terms, but nothing has been officially confirmed has it? Officially agreed a deal, completed after the Euro's.

I agree to an extent, with the way the ball was in the air it was the only way he could hit it.