England v Germany

[mangaman]

He works on the history of population change - I know his work on identification very well. http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/academic_staff/further_details/szreter.html

Thanks - he has an interesting looking list of research interests and he seems solid on his football.

What more can you want

 

[Smokin Joe]

There's an interesting article here which could point to Rooney's lack of form so far, and why it could be about to change -

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/jun/24/altitude-wayne-rooney-england-world-cup

 

[mangaman]

There's an interesting article here which could point to Rooney's lack of form so far, and why it could be about to change -

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/jun/24/altitude-wayne-rooney-england-world-cup

The trouble with that argument is that they have played their last 2 games at sea level - and the Germany game is back at altitude again, so I don't quite get the guy's point

Personally I think he's injured - although we're being told he's not

 

[darkstar]

Put £1k on England to beat Germany after winning a poker tourney, 9/5!

 

[Smokin Joe]

The trouble with that argument is that they have played their last 2 games at sea level - and the Germany game is back at altitude again, so I don't quite get the guy's point

Personally I think he's injured - although we're being told he's not

Apparantly it takes a little while for the effects of altitude training to wear off with some people.

Were I picking the team I would have him on the bench on Sunday to be used as an impact sub late on.

 

[snakehips]

It seems we're doomed. Paul the German octopus has given us the thumbs down ! Or should that be the tentacles down ?

Snake

My Library

 

[joch]

It seems we're doomed. Paul the German octopus has given us the thumbs down ! Or should that be the tentacles down ?

paul predicted all 1st round germany games correctly.

 

[hackbike 666]

Oh well 5h1t happens.

 

[Wigsie]

F*ck the octopus!

England to win 3-1

but we will have many battered/injured players and have some 2nd yellow card suspensions for the Argentina game!

 

[darkstar]

F*ck the octopus!

England to win 3-1

but we will have many battered/injured players and have some 2nd yellow card suspensions for the Argentina game!

Do yellow cards not restart after the groups stages? I though all cards received are dropped?

 

[Smokin Joe]

Do yellow cards not restart after the groups stages? I though all cards received are dropped?

After the next round, I believe.

 

[shrew]

Now it is, they have just beaten ghana 1-0.

I have the confidence we can do it! we always play crap against the teams we should stonk and then pull it out the bag against a big team at least once before crashing out in a blaze of controversy!

Maybe it will be different this year?

LOL so true

 

[Bill Gates]

I agree with him too.

I would drop Lampard and play Joe Cole on the left, Gerard and Barry in the middle and Milner.

And I would drop Rooney (who's not fit and has been our worst player in all 3 games) and play Crouch and Defoe - who play together very successfully for Spurs.

It won't happen - Rooney / Gerard / Lampard seem undroppable however crap they play.

Makes sense to me also. Plus sub Milner for Lennon with 20 minutes to go when the game will open up.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

why do the media seem to concentrate on the win in '66 and the semi final penalty losses in '90 and '96?

the 1-5 win in munich was surely the time that the hoodoo was broken, and it's been honours even ever since.

for some reason though, it barely gets a mention compared to hurst's hat-trick or gazza's tears…

 

[marinyork]

for some reason though, it barely gets a mention compared to hurst's hat-trick or gazza's tears…

Not in a major competition, which I think is fair enough really. A lot of people take qualifiers and out of tournament friendlies far too seriously.