Group D - Germany, Australia, Serbia, Ghana

[grecian]

Can I totally disassociate myself from my fellow Pom CWers who seem to want the Krauts to win tonight. This is quite frankly Crazy Talk, and I'm having none of it:

c'mon the Socceroos

 

[grecian]

Oh look Podolskis holding hands with Tomas Brolin, that's nice

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Australia's anthem drowning out the vuvuzelas. Fair play.

Friedrich & Badstuber in the back line ugh

 

[Son Of Coco]

Right, am up at 3:30am for this you bastards, either be down 4-0 inside 10 minutes or slot the winner with 30 seconds to go.

The Germans looking like they had their personalities seized by customs in early close-ups so far.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Australia doing well to hold them to 0-0 up to now...

 

[BoyBrumby]

Garcia starting? Eeeuww. Oz planning to fight fire with fire on the diving front this time around then, obvs.

 

[duffer]

That was a badass Aussie anthem right then. Have no doubts the players will be on it tonight.

 

[duffer]

Gah, ffs why?

 

[GIMH]

Ha, in fair voice ye crims, good on ya

Come on Jerry

 

[Steulen]

Lively start by Australia! Come on lads, push Germany into second place and laugh all the way to the R16 against Slovenia.

 

[BoyBrumby]

My word. Good start for the striker-free crims. Lucky Lahm was awake for Jerry.

If a player the size of Mertesacker (sp?) can't make the zonal marking system work it must be a bad idea, surely? Have suffered with it at the Arse for years.

 

[duffer]

Bloody hell that opened us up way too easily.

 

[duffer]

****

 

[BoyBrumby]

Fair play. Kwality strike from Podolski.

 

[chalky]

Keeper should have done better

 

[Son Of Coco]

Hmmm, that didn't take too long.

EDIT: Yellow card for diving At least make it look reasonably credible!

 

[duffer]

Said it before, this German team is sick. They look mean as ****. Really worrying about the final score.

 

[Matteh]

Deutschlandddddd!

 

[Burgey]

****! How disappointing was that?

We were Brazil for the first 5 minutes. My kingdom for a decebt striker.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Is it me or is Khedira a bit of a ringer for heart-free ex-Liverpool & Villa striker Milan Baros?