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SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul

Doesn't matter a jot to me if England don't win the WC. No-one seriously expects them too because there are 5 or 6 better sides in the world than England, but hopes beyond reason and likelihood are what makes soccer great - Greeks didn't think they were gonna even qualify from their Euro 2004 group, let alone win it! How the heck did Germany get to the final in 2002? They were shlt! How the fook did Porto win the Champions League in 2004? They couldn't even string 4 passes together! The unknown, the incredible, is what separates soccer from inferior sports.

jaganath69 · Joined: 17 Jul 2003

Never mind Otis mate, his wife is off spending his money and he is just surly and drunk.

JLarter · Joined: 17 Apr 2006

I don't think anyone in England has ever expected our team to win the World Cup. All we ever do is carry hope, we do not tell people it is our right to win, I think you'll find the Italians do enough of that.
If England were to get to the semi finals I think we could call that a successfull campaign.

tiger fancini · Joined: 21 Mar 2006 Location: Testicles for Eyes

otis · Joined: 02 Jun 2006

jaganath69 · Joined: 17 Jul 2003

Wangja · Joined: 17 May 2004 Location: Seoul, Yongsan

otis · Joined: 02 Jun 2006

SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul

Junior · Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Location: the eye

I see Posh spice was looking a bit "weathered" in the stands. Too much lying on the beach in Ibiza?
And did she forgive him for his "off the field" scoring? Poor woman.

Gladiator · Joined: 23 May 2003 Location: Seoul

As usual, England have delivered wretched football while their oafish cheerleaders in the media continue trying to con us that they have the pedigree of World Champions. The same tired old chestnuts are proffered at the press conferences every time England, composed of premiership players earning thrice the cash of players from other continents who are more talented, sends us to sleep with its ugly volleyball demonstrations. They tell us England are about to unload their awesome latent talent onto the footballing world at any moment and the rest of the world had better watch out. After that moment has passed, we are told the players are still acclimatising, regaining match fitness, getting used to the WC ball (insert feeble, cliched excuse here) etc. There was an interesting variation recently. Paul Robinson claimed the "dry pitches" were preventing England from treating us to their art football. We dumb sap followers of international soccer. Why do we fail to grasp something so obvious?

I blame the players and media equally for perpetuating this tired and embarassing scam. It's as if each England player in the squad in Germany is briefed to tediously remind us numbskulls about the doormant terror lurking in Rooney's boots and that other piece of delusional propaganda about Beckham being the best exponant of free kicks in the world.

I have a copy of Four Two Four in front of me with a lead article from the England team stating confidently how "We can beat Brazil."
Brazil has more potent attacking talent skill in its defensive line than the entire England team could dream of for chrissakes. Cafu can do ball tricks 'Our Wayne' can only imagine. And yet England still have the nerve, the kind of uber Chuptaz usually typical of fraudsters of the mould of Kenneth Lay, to continue producing these statments of desperate denial.

I forsee penalty kicks for England against Portugal next, so I suppose at least we will at least get a chance to savour England's dead ball expertise again.

SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul

I don't think that's accurate, Gladiator. English Press and fans alike are either totally over-optimistic and flattering (annoyingly so), or totally pesimistic and slam the side...with not a great deal in between. There is balance.

JLarter · Joined: 17 Apr 2006

Brazil look weak. Fact. I think any of the quarter final teams would have a good chance of beating them, apart from Ukraine.