David28

Don't see that Rio missing out is that big problem tbh. As Mourinho would say "he's an important player, but we have other players, too" (or something like that). The only real vital England player is Rooney imo.

Got England vs. Holland and Germany vs. Spain in the semis. The dream final England - Germany then.

Well tbf David James playes a big part in that with his 40 years or what he is.

I meant in terms of how they perform at club level. So I think we agree there. Heskey is shite all the time whereas Gomez lacks... experience at international level? Gomez has been shit for Bayern as well. He had one or two good seasons for Stuttgart. The same way as Heskey had them for Wigan in the last years. Gomes is shit. Probably Heskey is too, but Gomez is worse.

Typical friendly once more. Will wait for my next bet till the World Cup now. Edit: Yes, and Norway missing about 5 times a 1000% chance doesn't make it any better, really.

What a fucking waste that was. Well done Norway

This.

No. Mario Gomez will definitely be the worst. Mario Gomez is far better than Heskey. Gomez has 1 in 3 this year, despite having a rubbish year. Heskey has like 1 in 42,035 atm. Gomes has been shit in every match for Germany. Can't stop or play a ball either.

No. Mario Gomez will definitely be the worst.

We're on premierleague.com listed as well. Has been the case for 2 weeks now, though.

25 € on Norway to win against Ukraine.

Was about time. Still CCC on the BBC site.

Thought about that as well. You're thinking that's a safe bet?

Think that Hamit Altintop of Bayern was mentioned as a potentiel target in the press quite often. End of the story finally as he's signed a new contract for Bayern now.

trying to see if its announced anywhere with squad numbers, but thefa.com is slow for obvious reasons. Would imagine James will be given number 1 though. Ah, right. Thanks.

Has it been announced finally who is the Nr.1 goalkeeper?

10 € on Portugal, Switzerland and Holland for tonight.

I know I'm a bit of a Scott Parker fan. But I still don't really understand why he won't go to the WC and why he hasn't even had a chance to play in the England games now vs. Japan or Mexico. I always thought that Capello would pick his squad based on the current form a player has. With choosing Heskey over Bent and with don't picking Parker he hasn't really done that imo.

At the German press conference they said today that the final sqaud has to be sent to the FIFA till Tuesday midnight.

Mexico and France (though nobody in the group is that good) Holland and Cameroon I thought Group D was the most unpredictable until Essien pulled out. Now it has to be Germany and Serbia. Group B has Nigeria, Greece and Skorea going for 2nd place.......all mediocre. I wouldn't write South Africa off, yet. They have a good coach and of course, the home advantage. Before the WC 2006 in Germany (almost) nobody here would have thought about the semi-finals for Germany but we've reached them. Could be the same in SA, probably not till the semis but I doubt they'll go out in the group stages. And I don't rate Serbia as high as so many else do it. Somehow they always mess it up - like 2006 as well were they were also favourites to qualify for the next round. Think Australia actually could to it again and surprise many people.

[snip] ? I've posted the first three England games with dates. But some here thought that it looked a bit like a very much forbidden fixture list. So it was deleted.

What a shame. I've already been looking forward to my 20 years ban.

Does this really count as a fixture list?

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Have France/Chile double for tonight.