England v Ecuador

Firstly, Eriksson says he hadn't looked at Ecuador but has now seen some videos.

What's all that about ?? Surely when the group draw is made you say, right, we can play Germany, Poland, Ecuador or Costa Rica in the 2nd round and you do a little homework. :\ohwell:

Secondly, having watch the videos, can't he see their big threat is down the wings ??

Why drop Carragher for Hargreaves ?? I'm the first to say Carra is not an attacking force and we suffer because of that, but with their threat on the wings, at least he is comfortable at Right Back. Hargreaves has a mare there against Belarus and says it was because he's out of position.

If Sven was thinking about this formation why did he bring Campbell on against Sweden when Rio went off ?? Move Carra to Centre Back, Hargreaves to Right Back and bring Carrick on.

I still think we'll win, but we won't make it easy for ourselves.

And then we'll get spanked in the 1/4's

Dave - we did win. 1-0.

Ecuador next!

Ahh, bollox. edited

These South Americans, they all look the bloody same to me

Dave Legge wrote: Ahh, bollox. edited

These South Americans, they all look the bloody same to me

What do you know anyway?

Drop Beckham

And shoot Sven

DONT PANIC !!!! we dont look to promising but honestly a good thing as happened. NO owen means that gerrard plays further forward.ive wanted that for ages!!! .he will push us maybe even to the semi's.cant see us in the final but all is not lost.anyway we will all get get pissed throughout whatever of course

England 2 Ecuador 1

England 3

Ecuador 0

Well id love us to get through,stuff Brazil in the final and really be the best team in the world. Sadly i think we are more likely to get beat today. Weve got great world class players-but as a team they`re only Premiership quality. 2-0 to the south americans i think,i hope im proved wrong and forced to have sex with an angery great white shark, while covered in fresh nettles.

Rooney will run out of steam at about the same time that England run out of ideas.I predict a match of mostly manic defending,rounded of by the ritual humiliation of the dreaded spot kicks.

Congrats... English hooligans started their job yesterday... Many of them got arrested... :(

Bere wrote: Congrats... English hooligans started their job yesterday... Many of them got arrested... :(

I'm not defending anyone, Bere, but Germans were fighting also.

As you no doubt know, the German Police have powers to arrest and hold without charge people who haven't actually done anything, just to prevent possible trouble.

Of 378 detentions, only 3 English have been charged with anything in Stuttgart.

60000+ others are there simply having a good time.

Flaming June wrote: Drop Beckham

Say it again!

David 1 - Victoria 00

Nice Shot by OCD Spice

GIRL POWER

Plain Lazy wrote:

Flaming June wrote: Drop Beckham

Say it again!

Well i was half right.He dropped his guts

Shug wrote: It's that wee element of fans which makes us support everyone else who plays you I'm afraid Wearing fake tin hats singing about 10 German Bombers along with several other distasteful stuff about the War, it's been all over the news today. And yer right, they always ruin it for the genuine fans who just want to support the team.

No need to say who I will be cheering on, but I can't see past you lot winning 3-0 or 3-1.

Not disagreeing Shug but I'm sure I read the Tartan Army gave a rousing rendition of 'There's only one Bomber Harris a couple of years back". I think there's more to your anti-Englishness than that.

A quick google shows I'm not the only one;

...what is being celebrated is English and not British nationalism, and this has been a development of really just the last 15 years. This is a complex phenomenon that needs separate examination; however it is my view that English nationalism is not necessarily more reactionary than Welsh or Scottish nationalism. Certainly the myth that England supporters are more right-wing than Scottish ones needs to be punctured, I have heard Scottish fans chanting "there's only one Bomber Harris" at the Germans.

From this forum http://doctorvee.blogspot.com/2004_06_01_doctorvee_archive.html

EDIT: ..and there's another here, full transcript not accessible but ....

... Scotland supporters chanted, ‘One Bomber. Harris, there’s only one Bomber Harris’ in the match versus Germany (Bairner, ... taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/ index/1C88BWUCGEMQT5M2.pdf - Similar pages

Plain Lazy wrote:

Flaming June wrote: Drop Beckham

Say it again!

I suppose Sven could go the post-game press conference and flip off the English football press...."Drop This Bitches"

An they call us the island race.Shug leave home.

RE shug (and real scottish people) supporting anyone but England...

I wouldn't expect Scots to support England, I wouldn't support Scotland, I'd just be indifferent to them. But this business of cheering whoever they are playing against (being an England opposer?) makes Scots look as if they are just a teeny bit obsessed with us...one day they (and foolish English people who get all angry up about it) will realise its really a form of flattery!

Anyway, when I watch England play, all I can think of is how incredibly well paid these buggers are, considering how mediocre they presently appear to be. They might beat Portugal, but I can't imagine this bunch beating Brazil or Argentina or Germany. So Shug's interest in the cup will soon be over anyway. I bet he'll miss us when we're gone.

Dave Legge wrote:

These South Americans, they all look the bloody same to me

Get back to school, then. But this time, try a decent one.

Spider In A Land Of Meat wrote:

Dave Legge wrote:

These South Americans, they all look the bloody same to me

Get back to school, then. But this time, try a decent one.

And perhaps you could try some night classes to get yourself a sense of humour.