World Cup 2010

[ampersand]

In the exec lounge at Manchester Airport

I have been updating twitter

http://twitter.com/world_cup_oaf

[Langdale Wolf]

SSN pissed me off no end last night.

Capello had a go at some photographers for taking photos of Dawson getting some treatment, and SSN say 'is this evidence that the pressure is getting to Capello?'

What f**king bollocks - so the fact he was (rightly) pissed off and (rightly) told them off for getting in the way should be commended. We get a dour Swede - he's criticised for showing no emotion. We get McClown - he's criticised for being f**king useless and too 'pally'. FINALLY we get someone in who is able to enforce a bit of discipline (the players have said how he gets angry when unimpressed with a performance) and all the press can do is stir shit up.

And this morning, the papers are saying the same thing.

Personally, if I was in charge at the FA, I'd say that the press have no need to be at England's hotel WHATSOEVER and ban the f**king lot of them.

W**kers.

[Steve P]

American fan looking forward to the world cup

LINK

[Langdale Wolf]

American fan looking forward to the world cup

LINK

[Langdale Wolf]

Taken from a Wolves forum:

Ray Parlour on talkSPORT

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He was on today filling in for Andy Townsend and he told this story :

In 1998 he had been in all the England squads all season and he was Arsenal player of the season.Towards the end of the season he gets a slight calf injury and was told 1-2 weeks out.

Hoddle gets to hear of it and tells him to go and see Eileen Drury,when he gets there she starts touching his head.He jokingly says "I'll have a short back and sides then" She and her husband have a laugh about it she then just touches his calf and sends him home.

Anyway the injury still takes 2 weeks to heal and he is pronounced fit,but when the initial world cup players list comes out he's missing.Wenger can't understand why and rings Hoddle who tells him Parlour will never ever play for England again whilst he's manager.He tells him the reason is because he's disrespected his religion by not taking Eileen Drury seriously!

[ampersand]

Good job it was only Ray Parlour!

[Langdale Wolf]

tim lovejoy? is that you?

[beLIEveR]

Good job it was only Ray Parlour!

[Steve P]

What a c**t. I detest Twaddle. Good job it was only Ray Parlour!

[eFestivals]

Right, so players know what's what do they, and what any player says is what will happen?

According to Fulham's John Pantsil, Ghana are going to be semi-finalists.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/w...010/8722984.stm

In which case I reckon England are going to win it.

[beLIEveR]

I reckon England are going to win it.

[Langdale Wolf]

Right, so players know what's what do they, and what any player says is what will happen?

According to Fulham's John Pantsil, Ghana are going to be semi-finalists.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/w...010/8722984.stm

In which case I reckon England are going to win it.

[Langdale Wolf]

There's no taking it back now

[Cardboard Box City]

England are - according the the summary of all those - the 4th favourites to win it.

[ampersand]

I'm not trying to get the same, tired argument going again, but a lot of highly respected names in the world of football have been contributing to THIS feature on the BBC.

England are - according the the summary of all those - the 4th favourites to win it.

Would you say that is a reasonable summary?

[Kowalski]

Apologies if this is already posted but seen this guy?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/front_pa...00/10281195.stm

Mon the Yanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ampersand]

Apologies if this is already posted but seen this guy?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/front_pa...00/10281195.stm

Mon the Yanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheGayTent]

Would you say that is a reasonable summary?

[Langdale Wolf]

No.

[ampersand]

Is that because we're shit, always have been and always will be so there?

[Langdale Wolf]

well wenger thinks it's now or never apparently. yeah cos if you don't win it this year, you'll never win it in 20 years with a completey different squad.

and i'm sure we've heard now or never for the past 6 years at least.

[ampersand]

If we don't win it this year, we've no chance of winning it for at least 4 years.

[Cardboard Box City]

Apparently there's been a few market-movers for both outright and top goalscorers.

[TheGayTent]

Is that because we're shit, always have been and always will be so there?

[Cardboard Box City]

It's because England aren't one of the best 4 teams in the world.