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Even his set pieces have been poor today.

Glen on. He had a good game against Sweden, if IIRC. Pretty fast, so the counter attack option. Makes sense with England pressing more.

With Lennon on the right Beckham's playing in the centre. Gerrard and Lampard will have more attacking freedom and that will probably what wins England the game. Although the press will of course say it's cause of the Rooney Substitution.

Lennon on for Carra, that's a surprising change.

55 minutes gone. No pace, no passion, no urgence, no movement, no energy. A dull & lethargic performance so far.

Commentators suggesting Owen and Crouch dont work together as they haven't linked up this game. They haven't had the ball! It's Cole - Lampard - Gerrard - Beckham that doesn't work.

From Crouch in the first half, but it was dead easy and i'm not sure if it would have gone in anyway.

Rubbish. England have good enough players across the lines and that's even considering poor selection. Problem is Sven's picked 11 players based on reputation, instead of 11 players to form a team.

If he's on here editing your posts, no wonder he's not playing well.

Don't worry lads, when the World Cup is over things will change. You'll have McClaren.

I'm supporting the Liverpool lads, but it would have been dead funny if that went in

Beenhakker, the T&T coach said he wasn't afraid of england and they're an ordinary set piece team.

they'll find a goal somewhere and the victory will be celebrated as a good battle against a team that kept sweden to a draw. the final round will see england play out a 0-0 draw against sweden, sven will be lauded as a tactical mastermind for getting england through england will lose against germany on penalties, after rooney's goal in extra time in disallowed the press will start a hate campaign against fritz the austrian referee and the lads will be welcomed home as unfortunate heroes. sven will get an obe and be hailed as a great manager

shrek warming up

In this lineup it would make more sense playing Beckham in the holding role, Stevie on the right and Lampard in the centre. At least then the two more attack minded players are free to roam forward.

that probably makes more sense

Good cross by J Cole, Crouch gets to it, but the angle is too tight. Corner

No But it's an hour later here. Do they let you watch tv? Did he just call Owen a "cool jockey"?

Was Ferdinand already at ManU when Yorke left?

Anyone still in work?

Someone shoot the american commentator

That's quite an amazing stat.

Mikel Obi (yes i know...)

Sounds like he's just giving the Liverpool players a boost to me, which is fair enough.

Figaro = Eastenders