A couple of the keepers have looked good......particluarly the Iranian keeper and to a lesser extent Agassi of Togo......oh and that Lanky Aussie of course!

What about Asamoah Gyan of Ghana....although he might already play for someone good!

BAM!! Back to the top of the league!

If Lucas does leave...and on tonights display there should be some clubs in for him...then i think we have his replacement , at least in the short term in Emerton! Great performance tonight by both our guys!

It's a game the the US should have won. Too many players didn't turn up today...especially Donovan. I was expecting big things from him but he's been very, very disappointing throughout!

how are we judging the eventual winner? On averall worth?

Owen Hargreaves played well last night....for me the second best England player behind J. Cole. Its funny how he is always the scapegoat even when he plays well. So he gave away a corner that led to the goal...i dont think he is to blame half as much as the defenders who were caught napping in the penalty area.... Apart from the 2 goals did England have any shots on target?

the thing that really annoys me about the whole situation is Sven refusal to play Walcott...whats the point in taking him if you're not going to play him? A complete waste of time!!

No changes to todays table....i'm not a computer wizz so i fdont know how to get the graphic up. The important thing is that that i am still winning!!

i guess i was hoping that Sven would have the guts to play one of the midfielders on a card with a holding midfielder....then he would see how the team could and should be! Also i was hoping that Lamps would get booked so we would see Gerrard as the attacking midfielder in the 2nd round. On the card situation.....if you collect you second yellow in the final group game then you miss the second round....however if you only have one yellow after the final group game then it is scrapped.

Reports are sayingthat Sven is going to rest Lamps and Gerrard for Hargreaves and Jenas!! Now i can understand resting one of them but in my opinion Jenas shouldn't be anywhere near the England team. It also says he's going to go with a diamond formation in a four man midfield! If this is true i cant see us beating Sweden! Which means Germany in the second and Argentina in the quarters? Hoorah for Sven!!

Well if you're throwing you money away i'll have some please!

Im not bothered about avoiding Germany in the second round...i just want to avoid Argentina until as late as possible...which means the final hopefully!

i think you mean Korea-swis drawing and france winning. What makes this potentially very, very interesting are all the reports of unrest in the Togo camp. What happens if they refuse to play agianst switzerland? Surely the swiss would be awarded a victory by default?! But what would happen with the goal difference?! I know that when i played powerleague a 10-0 victory was automatically awarded if the other team didn't show...although i doubt it's the same in the world cup!!! I dont think it will happen..but it could!

I dont think any of the US red cards would've happened in the premiership...but its not the premiership, and referees seem to be pretty strict during the WC especially on tackles such as the first Sending Off. I don't think you can blame the referee for the decision because everyother ref in the tournament would've done the same thing if they were worth their salt, as that's what they've been tolds to crack down on! With all the talk of the sending's off, you shouldn't forget the manner in which the US played afterwards...maybe the best performance so far in the compitition..obviously for different reasons than Argentina. You should be very proud!

I honestly dont think you can have any complaints about the sendings off....the first one could've easily broken the guys ankle and the second was a booking. Although i think he got the sendings off right....I agree that the ref was poor on the whole though....the u.s second goal should've stood in my opinion. The performance should give the US confidence going into the final game with Ghana...should be a cracker!!!

i really think the Czechs are up against it now.... does anyone know why that Ghana player pulled an Isreali flag out of his sock when they scored the second? though it was a bit strange!

i'm quite surprised...i forgot about this for a few days and i thought i'd be bottom!!

Argentina's performance against S & M was one of the best i've seen in a long time (certainly since Rovers v Spuds!!). I was very disappointed with Serbia though, i thought they were very poor. The one good thing about England playing poorly is that they can only get better...and hopefully reach their peak just in time for the quarter finals...of course they will still get a 5-0 hammering from the mighty argies wont they Neekoy!!! Seriously though...if these two did meet i think that the form guide would go out of the window to a certain extent with all the history involved...and i think it would be a very, very dull game. just like the last world cup.

That's the spirit!!!

It's not on BBC unfortunately so we cant hear the pearls of wisdom from Hansen....i'm sure Venebles, Pearce and Allardyce will have plenty of bad things to say....they're not bitter though...honest!!

I should've read all the way through before i entered this debate..... Spain do have a very talented squad.....but i do not watch them week in week out so i cannot possibly comment further. What i can comment on is the England team and i still think that England have 11 world class players and will win the world cup Do you get to watch much spanish football in Aus Neekoy? Lucas Neill is not better than Gary Neville.... Beckham has a better delivery than Ronaldinho.....just becasue he is the best player in the world doesn't mean he is the best at every single aspect of the game....he is at most, but not in delivery.....or workrate.

I'm with Eddie on this one.... With the exception of crouch...i beleive England have a world class player in every position. Neekoy...Beckham IS world class...name me one player who has a better delivery and work rate? He's coming off the back of his best season for Donkeys years. Owen is world class...granted he needs minutes on the pitch, somehting that Sven doesn't seem to want to give him...But he will show his class this tournament! As for 'England looked 3rd bestin their group'.....well where does that leave Brazil then? Bottom of their group? I was taking you seriously until you claimed that Lucas Neill was world class.......Surely that happens as soon as he signs his spurs contract! :ph34r:

The japan goal was the 2nd worst decision in the cup i think...behind his failure to give a penalty and a red card! I dont think we'll see this ref beyond the group stages!

I understand that you Aussie's are excited to get your first world cup win and all but i think you're getting a bit carried away. You were very, very lucky to get anything from the game.... The ref can't really be blamed for japans goal because it could've easily been Moore who barged the keeper...but the penalty decision was aweful...and i cant beleive japan didnt even appeal for one!!! Anyway a win is a win so congrats....something tells me you'll have to do better than that against the boys from Brazil though!! Incidentaly, I thought Bert had a good game in the end!