GO SWEDEN!!

That's one scary pic

 

C'mon ENGLAND!

 

Rather not

So long as England make it to the Final, but if Sweden have to lose to allow England to progress, that's how it will have to be

 

I have never been a fan of the German national team, but Klinsmann's team plays attractive offensive and technical football. For the first time in find myself cheering for my neighbours to the south.

JETZT GEHT'S LOOS!!!

 

Shoulda been 9-0!

Not like Germany to suddenly turn into the best team in the world following the group stages...

Bugger.

 

Hey Spear, can I get your picks for the 8th at Woodbine? Ha ha ha.....

Funny thread you guys!

 

Holy crap, what was up with that PK? He looked like he was trying to put a hole in the back of the net.

 

Henrik Larsson was looking to put an exclamation point on the end of his international career - and he made a complete mess of it.

I should thank him, though, because he allowed me to collect my full bet instead of a half.

Sadly, there are a lot of frustrated bigshots in the WC...

* Lampard (who shoots every time he touches the ball)
* Beckham (who barely touches the ball)
* Ballack (who wants to justify his value after leaving Bayern Munich for Chelsea)
* Shevchenko (who resorts to tripping over himself to earn penalties so he can justify his move to Chelsea as well)
* Ronaldo (who couldn't hit the side of a barn until he was standing next to the barn)
* Henry (who had to be gifted a goal to break his streak as well as the whole team's goalless streak)
* van Nistelrooy (looks like a chicken running around with its head cut off)

If they would all calm down and play their usual game they would be way more effective - but the WC seems to bring out the worst in them.

Today, England are giving Ecuador a one-ball handicap, while Portugal and Holland are even but Holland is slightly favored in the straight odds.

Ecuador has proven to be a big surprise in the WC, and they could threaten but it's not likely that they will beat England, or even draw, if Rooney finds form and Gerrard gets an early start.

England 2, Ecuador 0.

Portugal and Holland is going to be another classic battle. Just about all the big shots are available for tonight's game - so in a close battle it's going to depend on Arjen Robben's form for Holland, and Deco plus Cristiano Ronaldo's form for Portugal.

A very difficult call indeed, but I'm going to lean towards Holland because Robben has been most influential in Holland's early stage games.

Holland 2, Portugal 1

Now let's see who's jinxed

 

Bit harsh on "el gordo" after he scored a very nice brace

Agree with most of the rest, except that that is Lampard's usual game It's just that normally he scores one or two of them!

The heat's going to be the big threat to England today, so a few thunderstorms wouldn't go amiss...

 

Even though I love England with all my heart, they have been so boring to watch so far. The best game for me so far was Italy v USA. What a cracker!! The USA nearly had them as well. Unlucky guys. Germany were very nervous in the opening game, but since then they have come on leaps and bounds and could go all the way. Argentina are not far behind, with Brazil.

Hopefully we won't be seeing any of this type of nonsense as well!

COME ON ENGLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

>* Lampard (who shoots every time he touches the ball)

Heh hee.. Shame more of them can't be on target!!

>* Beckham (who barely touches the ball)

TOTALLY disagree... The guy never ever ever puts a ball wrong. Noone in the world can place a ball like he can, and he does it every single game.

>* Ronaldo (who couldn't hit the side of a barn until he was standing next to
>the barn)

TOTALLY TOTALLY disagree... Ok - he's a little on the 'heavy' side this year, but the build up play and finish on Thursday were world class. Unless you were talking about Cristiano?

>England 2, Ecuador 0.

I've taken a flyer on a 3-2 thriller! Gerrard twice and Rooney.

COME ON ENGLAND!!!

 

1-1 (Rooney) for me.

2nd half of extra time, with 2 minutes to go Beckham scores from a free kick outside the box. We win 2-1. The whole f^&*$g country is in a frenzy. Everybody gets pissed and nobody turns up for work tomorrow!

Beckham is elected Prime Minister with immediate effect.

The Queen declares a public holiday until the end of the tournament.

Dream, dream, dream!!!!!!!