i really looking forward to this one, i agree it will be a proper game of football. i think the aussies will go for the throat early though hiddink does keep his tactics close to his chest and if croatia come out all guns blazing then were in for a high scoring game. 3-2 to aussies, emerton with the winner

i dunno but i think somebody said before that if our european exploits on tour go to plan the the chelsea game will be re-aranged?

i think the usa will win but i've gone a funny feeling the itailians will lose to czech rep.

our last 5 fixtures are: watford (h) fulham (a) chalton (h) newcastle (a) reading (h) with the run in last season being pretty exciting with the chase on for europe, what ever is on the cards this season our run in looks alright on paper. newcastle away is a well good day out to finish the away days on.

got wigan away on new years day instead of new years eve this season. fairplay it not a bad start imo. points to be had yeah.

looked on skysports and they said they are out at 10am, nothing to report yet though

Touché

ta now boy anyway it should be acknowleged or read, not listened.

the tv coverage lastnight was showing the knee twist, then showing him hobble onto his plane and then read out his statement of how he wishes the lads well etc... got to feel sorry for the guy, then the coverage cuts for a break and guess what ad is on???? the asda ad with owen running round the supermarket, kicking produce about and picking up his indian on the cheap!!! i think theo will be used, if we have a 2 goal lead in the next game, he will get the last 10 and could be quite handy on the break.

talking about paying or "pay"..... lastnight during the match didn't they say that sven earns more in a week than the swedish coach earns in a year?

he was poor with possesion, and no real impact on the game, got booked and gave the ball away cheap which led to the corner which was swedens first goal. made a few tackles and yeah he wasn't the worst player on the night but it wasn't a performance to write home about.

i can see alot of goals in this one, both teams play with tons of pride and will give everything. the usa to win something like 4-3.

i was surprised lennon wasn't used of the bench lastnight, with gerrard on a yellow card and theo just there for a holiday, i thought after the impact lennon had in the T&T game it would of been interesting to see how he would perform against a better team. on a tired defense, his pace riots any back line.

gained a few more points lastnight with joe coles peach of a goal!

hargreaves who? useless again. where was the defense at set pieces? sweden could have had 5 or 6 goals. what is the point of theo being there? not a clue, best seats maybe. england have been improving every game though the usual rock steady defence was a mess, the injury to owen has really dented englands chances too imo. rooney looked well pleased being subbed didn't he? england will still do well, the lions will roar now its the knock out stages!

changes have to be made by 2:30pm today, i've made a few changes though maybe i shouldn't change a winning team....

england will but in their best performance of the world cup so far and win by the odd goal. my mate told me yesterday that if england win 2-0 and t&t beat paraguay 1-0, there will be a coin toss to t&t and sweden to see who will go through to the 2nd round?

portugal have qualified for the 2nd round already so i can see them resting figo etc... i think the 2 teams will settle for a draw, maybe 1-1.

2010 the deal expires, does anyone know how much he's on per week now? pedersen got 30k on his new contract, i think it may be something similar?

i'll go for tottenham, we are linked with them in everything else so why not the opening fixture, would enjoy stuffing them in the first game!!!

quality news, those spuds journo's have more egg on their face!!! neill will be next, bellamy has another 3 years left so it's not to bad though it would be nice if he put pen to paper on a new deal to stop the rumours.

neill was again immense, was that another player wearing emerton's shirt? looks as though his good performance has attracted interest from everton. the aussies will make the 2nd stage imo, will be a hell of a match against croatia, emerton to score the winner from 45 yards!!!

on the korea team sheet lastnight i think i counted 6 people with the name lee and 3 with the name kim. a commentators nightmare!!! the french have missed the boat imo, no spirit in the sqaud and alot of the starting 11 look past it. should make the second round though i wouldn't be to suprised if they are home before the postcards.

i'm top of the fantasy premier league one!! ha ha

i had to load it 3 times for me to be the hero, the first 2 times in hit the bar and i tucked in the rebound only for it to be ruled off-side. the 3rd though, was the sweetest of pens, curled inch perfect into the postage stamp. how do they know anyway that england would go onto lose in extra time??? usually do alright in that, it's the pens after which has been the problem in the past.