Pre-World Cup Friendlies

[BoyBrumby]

Team for Japan, has been announced:

David James, Glen Johnson, John Terry, Rio Ferdinand, Ashley Cole, Theo Walcott, Tom Huddlestone, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, Wayne Rooney and Darren Bent.

Theo gets another start, no Adam Johnson or Joe Cole, does this mean they ain't gonna make it? Hope not would rather have them in the squad then Huddlestone, Theo or Lennon.

My guess is that Johnson & J Cole are competing for one spot and that both Huddlestone & Parker will miss out if Barry's fit.

Interesting to see Bent get a go, have him 5th outta 5 in the strikers' list. If he has a blinder tho, what will Fab do?

 

[Furball]

Au contraire.

As an England fan this game is thoroughly inspiring. Algeria are worse than I'd hoped in my wildest dreams.

Algeria are missing Majid Bougherra though, so I'm reading nothing into it.

 

[Nate]

Smeltz makes it 1-0 against Serbia.

 

[Smudge]

Smeltz makes it 1-0 against Serbia.

And we win. Amazing. Possibly NZ's greatest ever result in football - friendly or not.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Great scalp for NZ; fair play. Will be supporting the All Whites at the WC in a annoying, patronising, second-hand patriotic kinda way.

Dare say the result cheers a few Socceroo fans too.

 

[Steulen]

Great result for NZ! If you come second in he group, you might end up facing the Dutch

 

[Ausage]

Dare say the result cheers a few Socceroo fans too.

Will expect nothing less than 2-0 v Serbia now.

 

[Nate]

Serbia with two key blokes out though.

Really encouraging for NZ. Beat Italyyyyyyyyy

 

[NZTailender]

News just had video of the All Whites post match celebration, singing Slice of Heaven whilst generously refreshed by certain beverages. Best team.

 

[_Ed_]

Doubt Tommy Smith knew the words, tbf.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Comedy marking; Japan 1 England 0.

 

[grecian]

More Keystone Kops stuff, this is going spiffingly well

 

[Uppercut]

England looking patchy at best. Japan seem much more confident on the ball than they were last time out.

 

[Jarquis]

Has Rooney given a pass that has gone to feet at all in the last 15 minutes?

Edit : There's two And then Andy Townsend agrees with me.

 

[Uppercut]

Reassuringly dire from England. Was starting to worry for a while that they might do well.

 

[Jarquis]

Haha, that goal was dire. Johnson was left with 2, went with his man but then gave him room and then the finish made it past James and the man on the post.

 

[Uppercut]

"No wonder England weren't doing so well in the first half, David Brent was playing."

 

[PhoenixFire]

Yeah would be quite nice if Glenn Johnson had the first clue about defending, useless ****.

Game was played at such a crappy slow pace that I got bored after about 5 mins.

 

[Nate]

Good subs make for England. Lampard though, DENIEDDDDDDD

 

[grecian]

Hmm, about the only way we were going to score, it's confusing this, I don't know which England side to watch being crap.

Hope that gets Joe on the plane though.