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Amazing how much better the whole team looked with Colo and Krul back in the line-up. If Tiote isn't sent off, we're scoring at least another goal, probably two.

49 points this week, actually moved up in all my leagues. Captain Demba, of course. Pienaar, douchebag.

And Tevez and Balotelli and Dzeko...

The same team except Jonny Evans, Steven Davis and possibly Chris Baird would come in. Hughes? Lafferty?

Suppose for a minute that Ireland were to form a team from the entire island...who would make the starting 9?

Who doesn't know Goebbels?

Brain Blessed, Mark Knopfler, and Cheryl Cole Love it

Captaining Ba against Sunderland. He'll probably come off injured in the 9th minute now.

Oxymoron?

A quality back-up keeper? Yes please.

Match tomorrow against Guatemala. TSG has a good write-up available. I really like his line-up as well: http://theshinguardian.com/2012/10/15/that-wasnt-algeria-tsgs-usa-vs-guatemala-preview/

I don't think that's true. We bought a defensive midfielder who's adept at playing RB and maybe even a little LB if need be. Anita offers a lot of versatility that a pure CB would not.

Tell me the 10 then. Shilton Banks Schmeichel Yashin Zubizaretta Arconada Maier Clemence Zoff Van der Sar Casillas Seaman = Kahn There's others such as Grosics, Viktor, Mazurkiewicz but I haven't seen enough of them to place them. Buffon surely.

Somewhere, Sewelly has lifted his head from what he was doing, and is now making his way towards the nearest internet cafe. "Scores goals eh? Shite player"

I'd be okay with either one of these. Fantastic looking

Alright get rid of that fucking avatar now Flip

This Canada-Cuba game is wild. Cuba down to 10 men, with no subs on the bench, and Canada lose a man after a scuffle inside the net after a goal. CONCACAF

Cuba showed up to play qualifier in Canada with only 11 players

Thank fuck for that.

Unbelievable that this game is tied. They have one good player and he plays in the Championship ffs.

Agreed but they should have to do more to be able to be put into these groups. They are clearly not good enough and just end up being wipping boys, put them amongst the Faroe Islands and that lot and if they improve as a footballing nation bump them up to the groups with the big boys. Would make qualifying more competitive and interesting too. I dunno, I think the potential for a minnow to upset the natural order of things is pretty interesting. Especially in the group format. Moldova's draw with Greece in 2010 WCQ group stage, in a game Greece should have easily won, probably prevented Greece from winning the group (though they did eventually qualify). Start everyone on an even playing field. If England can't beat the likes of San Marino or the Faroe Islands in open group play, that's on England, not on those teams.

It defies logic that they let countries join an international tournament between countries? I would say it defies logic not to include any and all eligible countries.