wouldnt be at all shocked to see uruguay and mexico go through from group a. seen nothing at all from france last night, they were a shambles, weird substitutions, players out of position and reported in-camp fighting.



seen in the paper yesterday someone has got 55k e/w on them to win the tournament at 20/1. to put that much on france to win the world cup would yield a return of roughly 1.5m apparently. if you can afford to have 55k on france in their current situation to win the world cup, then they must be significantly richer than the 1.5m winnings would make them anyway.

Utterly anonymous and only in the side because Malouda offered Domenech outside at a training session and was, unsurprisingly, dropped.



What that French side needs is an injection of flair. It needed a Nasri, a Ben Arfa or a Benzema to come off the bench. But that tit Domenech didn't pick any of them. The man's an árse.

Did ITV not get Davids to do some sort of an interview before offering him a deal for the WC, Desailly is shocking but this is even worse so far. They are making Schmeichels efforts the other year look fantastic!!



Anyone remember Leonardo's stint for the BBC at the 2006 WC? He was superb, guess he doesn't need the work after getting paid off by AC at the end of the season.

The South Africans should have asked England how we managed to fill our stadiums for Euro 1996.

Credit to Adebayor last night but unfortunately his talking speed and level of English meant I struggled to understand him and had to really listen to what he was saying.

After watching the 2 and half games of the world cup so far, how anyone can come out with that statement is beyond me.



At this rate, the world cup will be known as "the muted world cup" The band versus them Vuvzela's tonight should be fun. Come on the band.



Oh, as I speak 2-0 South Korea.

Its like the infamous Beatles Shea Stadium gig a joke cant hear my self think, whats the point in the noise its just a drone

Worst pundit ever

On that occasion, the vuvuzelas would be preferable.

It is, actually like Burley to be honest. He pulls no punches and usually calls it well too, much better than the usual idiots you get.









No, no, no that award has to go to Joe Royle.

Mick McCarthy isnt much better

ITV showing themselves up to be as usual, well Matt Smith anyway by claiming 'Greece put it on a plate for South Korea' very unfair, Korea played very well and fully deserved their victory. Greece were awful but Korea didn't let them play and should have had at least another two.

Did he just say "is that thee Won Veron"?

Korea played with a lot of speed and movement at times and the pedestrian Greek side couldn't live with them.



How many times will we have to hear "how did they win the Euros?" during Greek games, it's as if these "experts" don't realise that things can change in six years!

Result the commentary keeps going off

Argentina played some good stuff, but can definitely be got at defensively, Gutierrez at right back is an accident waiting to happen, and they could be vulnerable at set pieces as they don't have any particularly strong headers of the ball, maybe with the exception of Heinze.

Ever since Burley chanted 'It's a victory for football' when United beat Sunderland 1-0 last year, I've hated him. Similarly, when we beat Pompey 3-2 last year, I endured 90 minutes of sheer criticism and bull from 'our Craig' - you wouldn't believe we won.



Worst pundit ever is either Mark Bright, Garth Crooks, Jamie Redknapp or Burley.





As for worst host: how on earth is Chiles employed? He has an absolutely woeful sense of humour, yet he continually 'forces' his jokes upon the guests. How many times did he have to ask Vieira 'would you go on holiday with Capello?' before he realized he isn't funny? Complete and utter tvat.

I hate Chiles the guy bores me to tears

In work but got a telly next to my screen. And nothing to do. Come on England! Glad Heskey is playing, I think he could help Rooney propel himself back into form.

Green, Milner and Heskey in the positions that were up for debate, rest of the team as expected.

Lampard and Gerrard in midfield together. *Facepalm*



How many times do they have to show they don't compliment each other and they are extremely similar players? I'm actually bored of seeing managers try.

Thought James would start with the squad numbers. Hope Heskey plays well but I aren't expecting much. Milner offers a bit more of a defensive option so not really much of a surprise.



As for our GK I hope Hart is given it after the WC. Tell him it's his to lose for the next 10 years and get behind him. Look at what it did for Casillas getting made first choice at 21. If we nurture him well Hart will be a top top goalkeeper in my opinion.

When the alternative is playing Michael Carrick I think it's worth another go!



I've always thought the problem wasn't just those two, but we also had Rooney and Joe Cole in the side who did their best work in the same part of the pitch, behind the striker(s).



Hopefully by now they are experienced and disciplined enough to make a decent enough fist of it, won't fancy it up against the better teams though.

I guess we'll see then.





This build up from Chiles by ITV is utterly embarrassing and small time.

I'm keeping the TV off until kick-off time when it's an ITV game.