Not with our fans. I can't believe half the things I hear on here. Get behind the team FFS. We have a good chance, as good a chance as we have had in my whole lifetime. Why spoil it with negativity and moaning. Its not about tactics anymore, its about luck and good fortune.

I love Blackburn fans. They dont see anything wrong in calling black people monkeys. FFS

It wasnt a dive. If he had not jumped he would have risked his leg being taken off.

I would agree that when Souness took over, we looked more like going down than going up. He did more good than bad

Were you watching Spanish highlights? Henry was kicked off the park, and nobody did anything about it. I don't look down on Eboue either. After seeing the ref only give free kicks when they were dives. I would be diving too. If you can't beat them, join them. Why do you say Arsenal should be down to 9 men? Deco dived more than twice and so should have been sent off, as did Marquez, Ronaldinho in fact the whole team. So Arsenal should have won by default.

Everybody wants to do a bit of Arsenal bashing. People love mentioning how many foreigns players they have (they spent 10m on both Jeffers and Walcott). And they also play the English way. I was proud to watch them on Wednesday, but maybe thats because I hate Barcelona so much. Del Horno should never have been sent off by that ref for Chelsea against Barca and because of that he shouldnt have got to ref the final (esp. as Barca were in it).

Don't have to drop anybody. Play Gerrard off the striker. When Rooney gets fit, decide who needs to be dropped by looking at the performance of the previous few games. Simple

Yeah, only we hadn't just lost a Champions League final against Europe's favourite club with help from an inept referee.

That's rubbish Kamy. After the sending off Barcelona made a lot of rash challenges including lunges from behind, and no yellow cards were produced. As Henry said, if they had been booked it would have made his job a lot easier. It happened against Chelsea too, Barcelona players pressure the referee and then the ref buckles under it. I can't believe it was the same ref that sent Del Horno off. Do they not have any other referees?

That's exactly what I was feeling too. It happened in Euro 2004 and it will probably happen again.

Bloody hell. Our manager makes a comment about how versatile one of our best players is, everybody jumps on it. Personally I hope Carrick and Lampard are in the middle with Gerrard playing off Owen, until Rooney comes back anyway (he reckons he will be back for the 3rd group game)

I think it's a bit unfair to call Rooney a thug. He looked like he might be turning into one after the England V Spain game, but since then it looks like Ferguson has tamed him.

Shut up. He got us to Japan, he got us to Portugal and he has gotten us to Germany. And you say he is standing in the way of us winning it. I think the problem might be that we dont have any world class strikers that are fit, and thus he is having to resort to 17yr old wonderkids. You werent complaining about Sven the last time he took us to Germany, and Im pretty sure you wont be this time either. I hope when we do rather better than you believe we will, you dont celebrate and just sit there, sullen faced waiting for an English manager to take charge whilst complaining that Sven has taken too many risks. Going on your logic, Sven should never have picked Rooney (he hasnt scored that many, even this season)

I thought he had scored in the championship. One in each of his first three games. Also he scored a brace in his first two arsenal reserve games. And he is faster than Owen was when he was 17, and we know what an impact he made.

I do have sort of a thing for Sven. I used to play Championship Manager quite a lot and when Keegan left, I thought he would be a good appointment and he was then duly appointed. And he has given me 5 great years of English goodness. We are a great team, and we werent when he took over. And this isn't good enough for anybody, which annoys me.

We aren't relying on a 17yr old kid What are you talking about. We have Gerrard, Cole, Lampard. They all know how to score goals and perform at the highest level (unlike Defoe and Bent, who have never shown that they can perform at International level)

I think we all know what this is about. Abbey is jealous of Sven's bed hopping antics and isn't really mad about his selection. I mean if he had picked defoe and bent also, you would be criticising him for being too boring.

Wenger has Robin van Persie, Thierry Henry, Reyes and Bergkamp. England dont.

You don't have to do ANYTHING to be picked for the England squad. Sven has to think he is good enough, and I seem to remember him taking a "gamble" on Rooney (when everybody said he was too young) and look what happened there. Have faith ffs, he has done something drastic, which apparently he is not capable of (boring boring sven)

He warrants a place in the squad because the European Champions League finalists paid £10m for him, and Tord and his scouts deemed him good enough. I thought Sven was boring not a maverick (his inept,boring,defensive substitutions cost us Euro2004 remember?)?

Ultrablue. You really are a bit pathetic I thought World Cup's were for getting excited about. Wenger wouldn't have put him in the squad (even though he recommended him and paid £10m for him). If he didnt think he was good enough he wouldnt have let Sven pick him, as embarrassing himself will not be a benefit to anybody.

For the first time this man speaks sense Taylor: No win for Sven

Abbey's solution to our world class strikers being injured. Is to bring in some players who definately aren't world class. Keep up the good work.... I have seen Walcott play, and he seemed pretty decent. Arsene Wenger said to Sven he should take Walcott, he can make an impact. But Abbey would ignore Arsene Wenger and would pick Defoe (who has never played well for ENGLAND). I can't wait for everybody to say Sven was right. (Germany 1 - 5 England)

ultrablue You will look a even more of a fool when the world cup is over. We are 2nd favourites, and its all svens fault!!

Im happy at the inclusion of Walcott. Defoe and Bent have proved they aren't impact players. Walcott may well be. And if Sven hasn't seen him play (he will have watched videos im sure) neither has any defender he will be up against. It could work very well. Im looking forward to the friendlies. Im really really looking forward to seeing us at the world cup.