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GO GO NILE RANGER, YOU MIGHTY MORPHIN NILE RANGERRRRRRR!!! one nile ranger, theres only one nile ranger, one nile ranger.... walking in a ranger wonderland...... THIS IS THE GREATEST THING THATS EVER HAPPENED, EVER!!!!!!!! (and a good, solid win!)

let it begin the forum will implode. thanks for the memories

If Joe Lewis can get a call-up, surely Stevie Harper can? I think he's good enough for the WC squad.

Wenger: "I would prefer it to be in the Premier League, but at the top level of the Championship could be interesting as well."

I guess its personal opinion, but I'd rather West Brom won. Or at least a draw.

Can see Wilshere ending up at West Brom. They play fairly attractive football too, which probably appeals to Wenger.

i wonder if pulis will end up going because of this. itd be a shame, but a manager attempting to headbutt his striker isn't the best way to conduct yourself.....

Ziani at Wolfsburg, Belhadj and Yebda at Pompey, Bouazza.. scraping the barrel a bit. bougherra and ghilas too. do they count as decent?

Just seen it on a "well-known video site".......wasn't that impressed like.

It's always just one team that screws it up This is for you, Crystal Palace

Lets just fast forward 500 posts to the inevitable letdown. As if we'll fall for this again

Theres a family wedding on July 3rd and as soon as they said it I mentioned its Quarter-Final day. If England finish 2nd in the group, there might be a problem.......

Only 3 out of Group G can go through, whereas any from Group D realistically can. Maybe its the glamour of Brazil and Portugal that swings it. Maybe I've gone mental too....

So is Group G getting "group of death" status?? I'd say Group D was stronger.....

Edited the OP by the way, its a work in progress

Can't believe how jammy England are!!! Honestly, the worst team in Pot 3 and the worst team in Pot 4. Ivory Coast in a hard group again, and will probably play Spain next if they scrape through it As a fan, I really like Groups A, D, G and H (can see G being given "Group of Death" status, but I reckon D is harder) but I'm gutted Algeria vs Slovenia and New Zealand vs Slovakia will be taking place. Oh and the ceremony was reminiscent of the Eurovision Song Contest!!!

I see what you're saying, but we can't start assembling a worse squad than last time. Especially when we'll be at a disadvantage this time, being newly promoted (hopefully)

Last season we had Taylor, Coloccini and Bassong as CBs and we still went down. Kilgallon isn't good enough to replace Bassong, in my opinion.

Switzerland, Paraguay, Mexico

ESPN Classic were showing the official World Cup films until a month ago. About 90 minutes each

so if you get promoted, you get booted off the forum?

Rosicky, Eboue, Song and Silvestre. There, that's four I don't think he's doing so much to prove a point as he is to blood his youngsters. For 18 year old kids to get to play a quarter final against world class players will do them a world of good. Thats true, but this isn't some pre-season cup, its a major (ish) trophy. And as a manager thats went 4 years without one, I just think he should alter his priorities. Not that he's in danger of being sacked though.

Wenger's faith in the youth system at Arsenal is admirable, but i just wish he'd play some first-teamers in the later stages of the Cups. I can't believe he keeps sacrificing trophies just to prove that his kids are good. We get it, but don't be an idiot and just start winning trophies man. If he'd only stuck 3 or 4 senior players in there (as well as Silvestre) they could have won tonight.

teams should be allowed a 4th substitution if it goes to extra time the restrictions on goal celebrations must go restrict champions league to top 2 only get rid of away goals get rid of 2 legged carling cup semi-finals (possibly fa cup replays too) stop fa cup semi-finals being played at wembley unless its a 2nd booking or a diabolical tackle, don't give the red card AS WELL AS the penalty then theres the obvious ones such as technology (goal line only), homegrown rules, capping a club's wages/spending etc. theres so many more i'd change...

Friday, 1715 GMT on BBC2 I think. 17:45 according to article above. How come the they are playing at such shit times though? They should move the two early kick offs one hour later at least, fuck the massive gap between the second and third game. Ah right. That sort of time, anyway. Am I the only one who isn't too unhappy about the kick-off times? I'm ok with them too.....we're getting spoiled with 3 world cup matches every day, so can't really complain. screw christmas, this is what i'm REALLY excited for!!