Group B: England, Paraguay, Trinidad & Tobago, Sweden

[superkingdave]

To be fair to Beckham though, he's played alright of late, but admittedly he's been rubbish tonight.

yeah he was a bit better in the friendlies but it really is a joke that he continues to take all the free kicks, he's obviously caught something from Roberto Carlos at Real.

 

[superkingdave]

Well done Stevie G.

 

[aussie]

sven seemingly foolish sub works, Gerrard does the work, yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

 

[superkingdave]

Re Beckham, it's not as if there aren't other players in the side who can take free kicks, like there might not have been in the past. Cole, Gerrard, Rooney even Lampard can take a decent free kick and it wouldn't hurt to mix it up

 

[The Baconator]

Hehe, we never beat Sweden do we?

 

[steds]

Henrik

 

[Tom Halsey]

Well England are risking screwing it up again. Crap defending. That's not worthy of Sunday League.

 

[aussie]

oh geez man..

 

[superkingdave]

what an absolute wally is this commentator "England have waited 40 years to beat Sweden"

horror defending

 

[Scaly piscine]

More schoolboy defending. Pathetic.

What was that rubbish marc kept coming up with about how England would be better against teams that don't just set out to defend? Sure as hell haven't created anything more than they did in their first two games.

 

[superkingdave]

whats even more annoying is they just lost me about 60 quid

 

[Jamee999]

All a bit dodgy...

 

[Tom Halsey]

One man I'd consider dropping is Lampard. He's been awful all three games and has never done anything of note in an England shirt. I'd have liked to have seen Carrick triued tonight to be honest but Ecuador will do.

 

[Tom Halsey]

ITV commentator (name escapes me): "all falling into place for England" - what game has he been watching?!

 

[Scaly piscine]

Anyways as I've said before... dump Beckham, switch Joe Cole to the right and play Downing.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Bloody England. Way to lose me $130 by putting in a pathetic second half.

 

[aussie]

40 years & haven;t beaten Sweden, poor second half performance by England what kind of defending was that jesus, Campbell looked so lost. Anyway surely we will beat Ecuador on sunday, don't think England will win it, but i'd back us to make it to the semis..

I hope to god Owen's injury is not too serious and we can see more of him in this tournament.

 

[steds]

Mum: "So who do England play, then?"
Me: "Ecuador"
Mum: "Oh dear. The african clubs have been doing well haven't they?"
Me: "No. And Ecuador are South America"
Mum: "Really?"
Me: "Yes. Right next to Peru and Columbia"
Mum: "I thought Peru was in Asia..."




Oh dear god.

 

[aussie]

Anyways as I've said before... dump Beckham, switch Joe Cole to the right and play Downing.

to be fair to Beckham it was his first bad game in a while, give him a chance..

 

[luckyeddie]

More schoolboy defending. Pathetic.

What was that rubbish marc kept coming up with about how England would be better against teams that don't just set out to defend? Sure as hell haven't created anything more than they did in their first two games.

Probably the same kind of stuff that Cleveland wordsmith keeps coming out with.

I really don't know why you didn't get the England job when they decided that Sven had run his race. Surely you applied?

Still, I suppose football's loss is Scrabble's gain.

(I can't remember if you do come from Cleveland, but they're all the same oop there)