Thought I'd start a football blog, we might keep this going until 2010.....England doing well....did not see the match or even the goals....I'd like Michael owen back in the squad though....and I think Peter Crouch would make a very good substitute...remember against Argentina in Geneva a few years ago....with Michael Owen and some very good movements on and off the ball...they caused havoc.....did see Scotland's missed chance....that could be very costly losing those 2 points !.

Better than Wesley Sneijder??? I don't think so!

It's Spain! Psychic Octopus Makes Choice

An apparently psychic octopus has risked the wrath of his fellow countrymen by predicting Spain will beat Germany in the World Cup semi-final.

The creature, known as Paul, has correctly chosen all of his homeland's results so far.

But with one flick of his tentacle - and ignoring Germany's superb form - he has depressed an entire nation by picking their opponents to triumph.

Two plastic boxes with the flag of each country on the front had been placed into his tank at the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre.

With food in both boxes to attract Paul, it is then a matter of waiting until he opens one of them to determine his predicted winner.

On this occasion, he initially went straight for Spain's container


We all know what happened next...


German hopes were raised as he moved and began to hover over his homeland's flag, but the indecision was brief as he went with his first instinct.

The eight-legged mystic has a perfect record at this tournament - and is said to have had an 80% success rate during Euro 2008.

In what German fans will hope is a good omen, the only tip Paul has ever got wrong is the Germany v Spain final two years ago.

Paul irked England fans by predicting the debacle in Bloemfontein the day before it happened, despite being born in Weymouth.

And to prove he shows no bias, he plumped for Serbia before they defeated Joachim Low's side 1-0 during the group stages.

Rumours that Paul had picked Spain began circulating on Sunday after a picture surfaced showing the octopus choosing the Spanish box.

But, in a flurry of blogging, the image was judged to be a fake with the real prediction not scheduled until the day before the match.

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video Its SPAIN The Octopus says

Harrycat : he's a good choice but he's on the winning side......either WS or Forlan...both superb players.......interesting story, this octopus one.....frankly if Spain don't buck up : the Germans will win.....could be a "Klose"call.....close call...get it !?....oh ! well never mind....I'm starting to wonder if this German way of catching teams on the counter attack will work as well again, the Spanish will know what to expect and will be wary....no bets from me for this evening,.. yet.....

Champions of the World cup 2010 ?

Not yet sure but one thing is certain is going to be an European country after Holland went through yesterday.

Thought Honda of Japan the best player.

Think Holland are very overrated. A bit more positivity by Uruguay in the second half and they would have won it.

dealerdear - Agree, they aint going to win it. Come on Spain knock the shit out of the arrogant German baaaaaast.... :o)

Viva Espana

How good to watch two teams play excellent football, with virtually no diving from overpaid Primadonnas. Spain deserved to win, imo, but all credit to Germany for playing good football & never giving up. Might as well drop Torres for the final, imo. One of the many 'Stars' who hasn't lived up to expectations.

Muy bien Espana

Spain are favourites but Holland have much more punch up front than the Germans.

Master RSI - 07 Jul 2010 11:48 - 1084 of 1090
Champions of the World cup 2010 ?

Not yet sure but one thing is certain is going to be an European country after Holland went through yesterday.


Uck me he got something right !

HARRY ... true but he still gets in the positions to score.

Wouldn't be suprised if he scores the winner for them in the final.

Unbelieveable, some eagle eye has noticed that Germany fielded an illegal player for the last two games, which means they could actually be disqualified - this would make either England or Argentina semi-finalists by default. Check it out on the bbc wesite. Its true England appealed to fifa only 6 hours ago. If their claim is upheld it will mean they face a penalty shoot out tonight.
































Carlsberg dont do texts for deluded English fans who STILL think they can win everything. But if they did, this would probably be the best text in the world!

For the final, we'd better ask Paul the octopus.....he's a genius !.

And ...... Y VIVA ESPA it was

Paul the octopus has done it again, well it was PUYOL who made the wining GOL
a Barcelona player ( one of seven players in Spain's starting line )

Sad for this guy

World Cup 2010 - Gambler places record World Cup bet - and loses

Eurosport - Thu, 08 Jul 12:12:00 2010


A British gambler placed the biggest World Cup bet of all time on Germany to beat Spain in the World Cup semi-final - and lost.
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The 417,000 wager - that's half a million Euros - was placed with William Hill's telephone betting service at odds of 10/11, meaning the punter would have walked off with just under 800,000 if Joachim Loew's men had prevailed.

But Carles Puyol's winning second-half header put paid to the punter's dreams - and we doubt any fan in the world was screaming louder at their TV sets when the referee denied Germany a late penalty.

William Hill spokesman Graham Sharp admitted before the match that a Germany win would be a disaster, with the nation having received huge backing throughout the tournament including a 67,000 bet being placed on them before the championship at 14/1.

But Spain have also attracted the high-rollers, with one man putting 50,000 on Fernando Torres and co to lift the trophy.

England's Howard Webb to referee the final.

Ah, I knew if we were patient England would reach the final.

Oh ye of little faith ...

Hope he performs better than your football team did.

For once I can't disagree with you.