Pilko

Caster Semenya in the diamond mine?

I haven't the faintest clue whats going on here. I've had four Blackthorns and I'm shattered, but even without such impediments I doubt I'd be able to decipher some of this bullshit

To be fair I kinda agree with this, he did stand around a fair bit when he came on. Benefit of the doubt though, it must be hard at 17 making your debut in front of 38,000 people, especially when another youngster has just put in a really good shift like that. I really do hope the hype around him is justified. Considering Ranger had been withdrawn and we were in the last four or so minutes, Hughtons instructions to him were probably to stay higher up the pitch and hold the ball if it was hoofed up there. Having said that, it'll be a few first team games for him to get accustomed. This is a very physical league and he might need a little while to get used to it, especially at his very young age.

This deserves upping for those who haven't seen it.

Don't much care signing players on loan who chose to sign for Wolves over us tbh Was there ever even a bid from us?

He's already got a handful of full Welsh caps (alright, not hard) and looked very good for Wolves in this division last season. He'd be an excellent short-term signing.

No, it's a member of the German hammer throwing team.

English defence with such huuuuuuuuuuge gaps in it.

I used to love Palermo on FM, he was an excellent target man. Crazy if he's still playing now though, same goes for Veron.

This is a good game. England back in it, 2-1.

They won't win, the German women are the equivalent of Stoke City, just a bunch of shotputters

You'd take Woodgate over Upson? Not me, Upson has played really well for England recently alongside Terry.

I'm really pleased for Hughton, he deserves this. He now knows that his hard work this summer has been recognized.

Bent? He won't be anywhere near.

I think that this excellent winning mentality that Capello has instilled will be the most important thing. That, and the fact that some fairly poor teams are qualifying (South Africa, Slovakia [nearly], Ghana) give us a real chance of winning the thing for the first time in ages. EDIT: Ghana aren't that bad actually, tbf.

lol

It's stupid how Beckham always comes on as a late sub when the game is dead, he should be giving cameos to the likes of Carrick, Crouch etc, the ones he's hardly played.

Fuck you Mike, you want us to lose. I'd agree with KD's but minus Beckham and plus Ashley Young.

Domenech should have gone after Euro 2008.

ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONEY!

Boooooo. Green did really well there to make those first two saves.

This is fantastic.

Class header.

Yeah, I agree. Don't understand the slagging him off on here, he's been very effective tonight.

Heskey can do pretty much everything but score.