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

[roseboy64]

According to the wireless, Sven has said Rooney will start against Sweden.

I'd hope he'd give some of the fringe players like Carrick(starting) and Walcott(as sub) a go. They may be needed later on and this is the best opportunity for that before things get serious.

 

[GIMH]

Just had a first scorer draw at work. I got Rami Shabaan.

Could've been worse I suppose. I could have got their second or third choice keeper

 

[TT Boy]

Just had a first scorer draw at work. I got Rami Shabaan.

Could've been worse I suppose. I could have got their second or third choice keeper

Shabaan is second choice isn't he, Isaksson was back for the Paraguay game.

 

[GIMH]

Really? I missed the Paraguay game.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

I'd hope he'd give some of the fringe players like Carrick(starting) and Walcott(as sub) a go. They may be needed later on and this is the best opportunity for that before things get serious.

Presuming that Germany beats or draws with Ecuador, England won't want to risk losing the top Group B spot to Sweden. If they do, they'd face Germany in the knockout stage. I'm thinking they'd prefer to see Ecuador then.

 

[Robertinho]

You mean knockout stages, right?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

england 3 Sweden 0
T&T 1 Paraguay 0


->T&T -1, Sweden -2

...

That'll do famously.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

You mean knockout stages, right?

What are you on about?

Quoting empowers.

 

[aussie]

looking foward to a big Englan display tonight, a comprehensive win over sweden will be perfect.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Owen injured after 1 minute...

 

[Tom Halsey]

Great, we're stuck with Crouch for the rest of the tournament. Looked bad for Owen, hope it's not too serious.

 

[TT Boy]

Awful sight, you would think Owen’s World Cup is over.

 

[aussie]

why god why, geez i hope its not too serious..

 

[aussie]

goaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal, coleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[steds]

Top goal, that. Well in, Joe Cole.




Decent half an hour for Hargreaves. Nice to see him proving the tossers wrong.

 

[superkingdave]

yep Hargreaves doing a good job so far

 

[Scaly piscine]

Sweden's defence bricking it whenever Rooney gets near the ball.

Also Robinson looks like a jewel thief in that black kit.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr - I absolutely hate it when people chip the ball like that when they're well inside the box, just lower the chances of scoring by a good 25%, brilliant.

 

[aussie]

top 1st half performance, now England please don't make the mistake of defending too deep in the second half, just keep up the good work.

 

[luckyeddie]

Not a bad performance given the circumstances.

Hargreaves a revelation in the central midfield role - lots of nice first touches.

Tempting fate here but Ferdinand looks terrific too.