I bet he made Duffer go to the bar for him and get the drinks, bring them over and then miss his mouth with the glass from 2 inches.

I bet the bar tab cost him a fortune......i'd take him eight attempts to get a drink down his throat instead of down his shirt! :ph34r:

No mate, Im delighted that McClaren is in charge.

It will be exactly the same

Good comeback!!

Yeah it was much better under Keegan, they way we played. The true English way, and wasn't it good to watch.

Bucky you must be gutted now that your best mate Sven has finally buggered off!!! Its ok...we're here to help you through it!

i want a france victory and something very bad to happen to Ronaldo

I only saw patches of the game but luckily i saw the two goals...brilliant finshes both of them! And the reverse pass from Pirlo was immense! Wasn't he at Palace a while back?!

Feel sorry for Germany though as they have been one of the best footballing teams in the tournament....but someone had to lose i guess!

it certianley is,at the moment i have a bigger quandry,do i give anna from krarkow with the 38DD 50 euro,s or do i stay on the ###### all day

Oooh Anna....she's nice....say hello from me!

I want 120 minutes of play, players sent off and njured and some post-game fight.

2 out of 3 of those are likely to happen in the portugal match though Oklahoma!!!

Im going for both ties to be settled on pens....with Germany and France getting through (hopefully!!!)

A donkey hughes signed, his first Youri Djorkaeff. Also he missed his mls game for Metrostars/ Red Bull New York on the weekend because he had family commitments/problems. Too bad he had a photo taken of him at the frace vs brazil game which made its way back to Red Bull New York

I remember he got a great assist on his debut for us....that's about all i remember of his stay however. It was Hughes first signing so shall we let him off with that one?

Which football club does he support?

Liverpool!

We are top the league say we are top the league!!!!

At least one Sven got it right in this world cup!!!

What we lose in Bellamy's pace I think RRoberts could make up for a bit in pace, but his muscle and height have got to be a plus when our only other option is Kuqi. I have great mental images of MGP crosses actually getting us somewhere this season. Now, just get a real speedster to play alongside him and I think our frontline will be in as equally healthy state as last term, only less reliant on one man.

I would go as far as to say that if hughes get one of his 'star' targets...which i am confident he will, we will have a far superior offense than we did last season.

I'd be very happy if we sign Mido...but i wouldn't be suprised if we got someone who we have not been linked with at all!

As for all you doom-mongerers....chill out! We are only 2 players away form being a much better team than last season.

Hughes still has the majority of his kitty to play with and i dont think we'll be disappointed!

I agree with some of the others on here who think Ronaldo may have done it with a move to Madrid in mind....he thinks he's off so he doesn't really care about the consequences...

Where has Rooney said that he wont play in the same team as Ronaldo?

He's caused a few problems at OT now and i wouldn't be suprised in RVN stays and Ronaldo is off

Argentina show a perfect example of how to be graceful in defeat!!!!

Pretty boring 1st half.....Penalties written all over it! Its about time one of these teams learned what its like to lose on Pens!!

Sully Muntari anyone? He once had trials at Man Utd you know!

Same. I'm shattered that I can't show off my future Rovers shirt with a world class name on my back. Will have to wait it out to see who to go for now...

Bellamy isn't world class

good performance by France...but i can't see them getting past Brazil. I hope they do, but i cant see it happening!

On a side note how interesting would it be if all the underdogs won their repective matches and England, Germany, France & Ukraine all went through?! Throw the compition wide open!

What do you guys think of Teymourian of Iran, their defensive midfielder, or the right back who hacked down Figo, Kaabi!?

I was impressed with most of the Iranian players...in the last world cup they were defensive and boring as hell but they look to have sopme really skillful players and good passers of the ball. However my answer is no...i would not want either of those two to come here!

same here

1) Anybody non-German (and there will be a lot of T5 packages) will be screaming for Argentina so it will be 6:1 in the crowd. Not impossible if you silence them early.

2) Argentina have the players both to kill the game in midfield and terrify the Germans up front.

3) The Germans will have no answer for the Tevez/Aymar/Messi substitution (nobody has).

4) Riquelme is the player of the Tournament. An absolutely peerless midfielder.

5) If England can beat them 5-1 on their patch....

I will be screaming for a German victory...purely because i would rather England played them in the final than Argentina.

Also Riquelme...peerless? Whatabout this Ronaldinho character who everyone has been spouting on about?

I could see Chipperfield with some interest.

He already plays regularly in the CL for Basle though doesn't he?

Italy should never have gone down to ten men, Australia should have taken more advantage than they did...why wait until the last ten minutes to bring another front man on?

The penalty was a tough one to call, but if you dive in like that in the box then you're asking for trouble.

Completely agree....a bit negative only bringing on one substitue on a very hot day...they didn't go for it anf they paid the price...

As for you Aussie's claiming it wasn't a penalty....it would've been if it was in the other box though wouldn't it?!!!

I feel a bit sorry for Lucas but i also think its very, very funny!

It was a penalty...he shouldn't have gone diving in like that!

Good old Lucas!!

Didn't say that Abs.

What I did say was, in the NRL, if you behave like a jerk, then there's a good chance that your contract will be torn up and you won't be able to play at that level again. It's called contrary conduct, bringing the game into disrepute, if found guilty, the minimum is a steep fine

Best to put it this way.

There are better role models for the kids of Britain than Rooney.

Have a look back through some of the threads on here, they are not very respectful of the Roon.

Rooney is perfectly fine role model for kids...after all he is their role model because of his ability and what he does on the football pitch...the fact that he nailed a 45yr old hooker means absolutely nothing...it doesn't mean all his fans are going to do it!!! I bet the majority of kids dont have a clue about what he does in his private life anyway because they dont read the ###### tabloids!

As for the NRL....doing that sort of thing in the PL would be impossible due to the proximity of the other major leagues...italy, spain, grermany etc whereas you guys are out on your arse in the middle of nowhere!!

And while we're on it i too have noticed the anti-English sentiment of a few of the Aussie users...i know everyone is feeling ultra patriotic because its the world cup and all but there's no reason to go over board...after all...most of you have our blood anyway!

Im going for a big win for England 3-0

The team has got to click at some stage...i just hope it is now!