Magic8Ball

still think england need to hold onto the ball better

looking at Argentina - so much talent Aimar, Messi, Tevez, Riquelme, Saviola YIKES and there's more I'm hoping with Rafa at the helm we can start getting some of that talent while its young and affordable

unbelievable goal -- poor mexico

hope rafa is looking at these mexican wide players 100mph or what

I was impressed by Ballacks ability to stay back - previously I saw him as the German Lampard - but hes more intelligent and has a better range of passing - indeed it will be interesting to see Ballack at Chelsea - will he have Makele behind him - or will he share a midfield with Lampard ? either way I think Lampard will improve as a player by learning from Ballack - it could even get to the point where Lampard learns to work with Gerrard - summary: watching the German midfield there is lots there for Gerrard and Lampard to learn from -- maybe even Alonso and Gerrard to learn from - they balance their runs very well

seems odd saying that of a german team

japan 1 - Brasil 0

its a shame there isnt pennant there as well ... I presume we are not losing KromKamp, but I have heard rumours that he's unsettled

yeah I was hoping for something like that if we are to play 442

this is SO the best most accurate statement re Sven and England Oddly enough I see similarities between England and Liverpool Gerrard and Lampard = Gerrard and Alonso - both need a holding player so the CM=3 Crouch for England and Liverpool gets isolated = Crouch needs someone up close to him attacking midfielder or fellow striker Solution a midfield 5 but to do that you either leave crouch isolated or you sacrifice a defender, I would go for the latter and play 352

---------------Crouch ----Rooney-------------Gerrard Cole ----------Carrick------------Lennon Cole-------Terry------Ferdi'------Carra' thats the best england ATM IMHO BTW with a name like Crouch is Peter the new Little John ?

Liverpool 2 - T&T 0 Crouchino, Steven-Kaka-Gerrard

and miss !!

its the manager, had england a decent manager they would be in with a shout

thats 1 owens missed 1 crouch has missed and 2 lampard's missed

weird eh? I was thinking that

shock horror the england number 8 in the box ball at his feet and he lets it bounce off him

T&T are throwing bodies at everything - this should be a test of England inventiveness

reminds me of Simi ( or what ever his name was ) a youth player on our books, probably at crewe now

tha's the UK and Europe covered, but who are our South American scouts ? and what about Africa ?

Kuyt and Alves would be fine, Pennant ( paid for by Sales ) would make it a good transfer window the other players I assume have already been paid for and budgeted for ie Paletta, Gonzales, and Aurelio

Hope they get the draw or win they deserver, one thing is for sure teams that play with pride are a joy to watch

get well soon Djibs Rafa will sign a cup tied striker in Jan and you'll be off to another CL final

that's why I dont think his recovery will be as quick this time 1 no world cup 2 liverpool dont want him 3 he can't play for his dream team in france to be honest Djibril is emotionally driven and the circumstances around him will not help him Anyway this time I would have him working on all his ball skills and positioning from Aug/Sept so he comes back better than before

I thought that too -- I can only hope he recovers well and this time he learns while not playing so he can come back better just as carra did