Andy

Err... Yeah, but Brazil as a team are BETTER than their usual standards. They have a more tactically complete unit than any other team in the competition.

Put a good ball through for Forlan when he cut inside and hit it straight at the keeper early on. Didn't do much after that.

Yeah, because if they played during the day they would possibly die due to the heat. In the winter. Their winter is nowt like our winter. At you. Not with you. At you.

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Yeah, I think those two will have too much going forward for France and South Africa. Mexico play some shit hot football when they're on song.

A - Mexico, Uruguay B - Argentina, Nigeria C - England, USA D - Germany, Serbia E - Holland, Cameroon F - Italy, Paraguay G - Brazil, Portugal H - Spain, Chile Brazil will probably win it. Not the best team they've had on paper, but there's plenty of talent in their squad and Dunga has them more organised than I've seen any Brazil side in a long time.

Germany will win tha easily I think and Serbia to take 2nd spot. Australians are pretty poor and Ghana will miss Essien too much. The germans are no great shakes these days. I keep hearing this, but I don't think their team, as a unit, is any worse than in recent world cups/european championships...

He has a point like, the Argentinian midfield is shit compared to Barca's.

I'd never thought of them.

Was outstanding against Everton and a few other teams in the UEFA Cup. Disappointing in the second leg against Liverpool like.

Couldn't really give a fuck about England. I actually resent a good chunk of the players who represent our national team, so why would I want them to do well by default just because I was born here? Opportunities to enjoy the sight of arseholes like Terry and Gerrard in tears are just too good to neglect.

I still fancy Liverpool to go through unfortunately. Why are they always at home in the second leg ffs. They are shockingly average without Torres, and I can't see them scoring three if Atleticó manage to sneak an away goal.

Why are the channel five commentators acting as if a 1-0 win for Atleticó is a poor result for them?

They ruined it for themselves with piss-poor defending.

Minor contact there, I thought. Alves definitely made the most of it.

How many other good teams have they struggled against in the last two seasons?

Good, Aguero has been in pretty s*** form lately. Up there with the likes of Drogba, Villa and Torres as the best striker in the world, don't you know? He's a very, very good player. This constant criticism of him is quite idiotic. Correct. In a better team Aguero will excel, he's struggled this year because Atletico as a team have struggled.

Messi is nowhere near as bad as Ronaldo and Drogba for general gamesmanship malarky.

Wow, we're 9th in the table already. Or 2nd bottom, if you want to look at it differently.

Enrique played at least three awesome through balls that I can remember off the top of my head. All of which came after mocking the opposition winger as well.

Jesus, mother Mary and the Easter fucking bunny, I nearly had a seizure when I was looking through this thread on my phone and saw all the YouTube videos on the previous page... Then I realised that Dave was lurking, so now I'm assuming they're all okay.

Changed the title. Calling our local rivals "The Scum" makes me feel like a Mackem.

Benfica terrify me. They break so well and with such pace. They're supposed to be a much better side at home, so I'm pleased we've escaped that with a draw and the away goal. We've lost to the eventual champion two years running, so maybe it can actually be our chance to win it. Yeah, Di Maria/Saviola/Ramires in particular are frightening when they go forward. I wouldn't be surprised to see Di Maria on the left wing for Man Utd next season, actually.

Enjoyed the Benfica/l'OM match. Could easily see either of those two teams going on to win the competition.

I don't think anybody needed to be told any of this, to be honest.