Carlsberg don't do World Cup draws......

[Redhead]

It's a joke! Get yerself up !

What that wasn't the real draw

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I thought it was very funny, but was not feeling in the mood last night and my speakers were not working. I watched it again this morning.

Well played.

 

[Easy 10]

Sven would probably settle for second in the group and safe passage into the next round.

Ahhh, who can ever forget that CLASSIC encounter in 2002, when we went into the final group game against Nigeria just needing a draw to go through. What an awesome spectacle that game turned out to be, and entirely unpredictable of course, as England powered their way to the 0-0 they needed to ensure qualification.

Sends shivers down the spine, that does.

 

[Wilka]

 

[Pavilionaire]

Indeeds Easy, that Nigeria match was a f***ing disgrace.

When do the likes of Brazil EVER walk through a match like England did that day?

 

[Wozza]

I thought it was very funny

It's obvious where it's going from the off - there's no twist.

It's not plausible.

There's no punchline.

= Not funny.

 

[Easy 10]

Indeeds Easy, that Nigeria match was a f***ing disgrace.

When do the likes of Brazil EVER walk through a match like England did that day?

Well, it WAS quite hot that day wasn't it. Thats the excuse I'm waiting for from Uncle B anyway.

 

[Simster]

It's obvious where it's going from the off - there's no twist.

It's not plausible.

There's no punchline.

= Not funny.

When John Barnes stroked home number seven against the jongleurs all those years ago, it was also obvious where that was going. i.e. the scum were going to get absolutely thrashed.

And yet 9-0 wasn't plausible either.


Yet...
= f***ing HILARIOUS.


Strange that.

 

[Pavilionaire]

It was HOT and a draw meant we could play Brazil in the Quarter Finals because that's a lot better than maybe meeting them later in, er...oh f***, we're out!

 

[Simster]

You two are going to look like SUCH PLUMS when we win the thing.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

It's obvious where it's going from the off - there's no twist.

It's not plausible.

There's no punchline.

= Not funny.

You could say that after watching one episode of Little Britain.
Mind you didn't think that was funny in the first place.

 

[Redhead]

You could say that after watching one episode of Little Britain.
Mind you didn't think that was funny in the first place.

Seconded Little Britain is dangle.

I reamin convinced that this year is our year for the World Cup, providing the key players are fit (Campbell, Gerrard, Lampard, Beckham and Rooney) We have a great chance, Sven'll get it right keep the faith, and if we do go out at least we don't have to getup a stupid o'clock to watch it like last time.

 

[Bozza]

Seconded Little Britain is dangle.

I reamin convinced that this year is our year for the World Cup

You're deluding yourself. This year is 2005 - the next World Cup takes place in 2006.

 

[Pavilionaire]

You two are going to look like SUCH PLUMS when we win the thing.

You might turn out to be right, but the facts are that:

1. Sven hasn't solved the left-hand midfielder problem.
2. His substitutions are almost entirely ineffective.
3. He's failed to get the best out of the World's No. 2 and 3 players.
4. We've lost to Northern Ireland, Denmark and Australia under his tenure.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I reamin convinced that next year is our year for the World Cup, providing the key players are fit (Campbell, Gerrard, Lampard, Beckham and Rooney) .

......and Crouch.

I would like to see the captaincy passed on, but now is not the time. Sven should have passed it on a long time ago. I am worried about Beckhams tendancy to perform rash tackles this season.

 

[Dave the OAP]

fantastic

 

[SK1NT]

Do you think England would qualify though?

 

[Uncle Buck]

Well, it WAS quite hot that day wasn't it. Thats the excuse I'm waiting for from Uncle B anyway.

Why you there? No, so you would not know, so leave it.

I would say they took a calculated risk that they rather play Denmark in the next round in the evening, towards the north, so conditions were more favourable, rather than play the unkown quantity of Senegal in the South, afternoon kick off in the heat.

Still if it means you can sit there being a bitter old bore and slag Sven off, then off you go. It just makes you look like a fool.

 

[Uncle Buck]

It was HOT and a draw meant we could play Brazil in the Quarter Finals because that's a lot better than maybe meeting them later in, er...oh f***, we're out!

However if we won the group, we would have played Senegal, Turkey and then Brazil, so we would have got them one round later.

 

[Simster]

You might turn out to be right, but the facts are that:

1. Sven hasn't solved the left-hand midfielder problem.
2. His substitutions are almost entirely ineffective.
3. He's failed to get the best out of the World's No. 2 and 3 players.
4. We've lost to Northern Ireland, Denmark and Australia under his tenure.

Point 4 is irrelevent, as you will see that Brazil consistently lose matches IN QUALIFYING. We hardly ever do. Oddly enough, Sven was quoted in the Times this morning that he didn't realise we had that rivalry with the Aussies and so the game didn't feel like a friendly. Apparently if he'd known, he'd never have played it. FFS!

Point 3 is also bordering on unfair since he any manager would have to play one of those players out of position - and that is the problem. Should he just drop one of them? That is the real question.

I agree about the first two though. I guess I just have faith in him. I like his style of management and he certainly has the dressing room. And yes, I know you could argue that it is because the players positions appear safe, but those players are capable of getting some TASTY results, as we have just seen.