lizard
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going into the tourney, I was particularly interested in the US, Germany, and England, with a minor in the Netherlands. ANYONE BUT BRAZIL PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE but I know that is probably a forlorn hope. but anything can happen.
How England will win the World Cup this year...
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BY the way, this was the England song for the world cup in France '98. (Yes, believe it or not, countries sometimes go in with their own made up anthems).
Here's the video -- really funny when you note the names on the back of the German players shirts, hahahaha: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QIAv2EoIP0
Lighning Seeds wrote the song (but Baddiel and Skinner sang it -- two UK tv hosts, that's why their singing is so bad, haha).
Still, good for a laugh and it gets you in the mood. FOOTBALL's COMING HOME!
Here's the video -- really funny when you note the names on the back of the German players shirts, hahahaha: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QIAv2EoIP0
Lighning Seeds wrote the song (but Baddiel and Skinner sang it -- two UK tv hosts, that's why their singing is so bad, haha).
Still, good for a laugh and it gets you in the mood. FOOTBALL's COMING HOME!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/england/5082118.stm
Awesome! Hopefully he'll get as much match practice in the next two games as possible, to get him ready for the knockout stages. With Rooney at full fitness, England can seriously go very far in this tournament. I just hope it's not like the Beckam fiasco of last time when he clearly wasn't fit, but they played him anyway.
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Awesome! Hopefully he'll get as much match practice in the next two games as possible, to get him ready for the knockout stages. With Rooney at full fitness, England can seriously go very far in this tournament. I just hope it's not like the Beckam fiasco of last time when he clearly wasn't fit, but they played him anyway.
lizard
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Doom said:
It'll come down to this again: would we prefer a 70% fit Rooney over his complete absence?
It would be good to seem him play today and against Sweden, even if just for 20 minutes each, just to build the match fitness as you say.
The winners of group A, by the way, is going to be the winner between Ecuador and Germany. The way Ecuador is playing, I'm not sure who we'd rather meet in the next round.
THe fact is, losing to Ecuador is an easier pill to swallow...
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As was expecting, if we win, England will have still managed to make it look bloody difficult...
lizard
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Oh man, this is just horrible....Crouch back to what he was 6 months ago. The fact that Trinidad have come closest just sums it all up.
Oh yeah, England are normally worse in the second half if you can somehow believe that.
Oh yeah, England are normally worse in the second half if you can somehow believe that.
lizard
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if T&T were to tie or win against England, man...what giant killers they will be after tying sweden...
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2-0! Lizard runs around his cube in jubilation.
T&T played a great game, they've just run out of steam.
T&T played a great game, they've just run out of steam.
I'm breathing again.
I'll take 2-0.
It's weird -- we play better against stronger opponents. Who knows, my mind is racing right now.
I'll take 2-0.
It's weird -- we play better against stronger opponents. Who knows, my mind is racing right now.
Haha of course England deserved to win. But they were pretty fucking bad!
Crouch was really bad, regardless of whether he scored or not. Lennon seemed to do more in half an hour than most of the other players did in the whole match, combined. The defence looked strong though.
I agree with JayK though, England do play better against better teams.
Crouch was really bad, regardless of whether he scored or not. Lennon seemed to do more in half an hour than most of the other players did in the whole match, combined. The defence looked strong though.
I agree with JayK though, England do play better against better teams.
