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Dear Deirdre,

A young German lady who I am keen to impress has invited me to accompany her to watch Germany vs Sweden on the big screen on Saturday. Being a true Brit, stranded in World Cup Land for the foreseeable future, should I

a.) excuse myself by pleading a prior commitment?

b.) go, and support Germany for the sake of making a good impression with said young lady, whilst inwardly unable to live with my treachery?

c.) go, and support Sweden on the basis that 1) I'm a tourist in this country and therefore not obliged to support the home team and 2.) somebody has to, in the hope that the young lady might find this very foreign and sophisticated and endearing?

d.) turn up draped in the St. George flag and fuelled with copious quantities of John Smith's, boo any goals regardless of whom they benefit, cheer all fouls and sendings-off and take whatever comes to me by way of physical violence (FYI the young lady is about to complete a doctorate in medicine and would therefore be excellently placed to take care of any resultant injuries)?

Other suggestions welcome.

Yours in the spirit of promoting international relations,
Soul Traders.

Go dressed as a Swiss (you know, lederhosen, chocolate, cuckoo clock etc.) and tell her you are trying to preserve your neutrality.

alan, i wish you hadn't put chocolat and lederhosen in the same sentence ........



best get the plasters ready ......

soul traders, to put it bluntly, a knock is a knock. do whatever you need to do :))

chocolat, with all this going on in the background it does make the italian team's performances more impressive. the pressure they must have been under in yesterday's game would have been incredible. it was probably a relief for them to get out on the pitch and play football. forza azzurri !!!!

Er.......wheres the clock and the knife with the special attatchment for extracting the kernel of truth from a philosophical debate??
Can't really be Swiss.

next two qualifiers

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LOL - Great advice, "Deirdre"; thanks to all contributors!

Tonights next 2 qualifiers.................



Thats right, isn't it Jimmy??

Looks like Owens little brother has stepped up as the new forward!!

Oh Kylie , its enough to make the city rumble !!

last two

knockout stages begin today. i just hope we don't start getting cagey games. it's understandable if teams do play cagey but it's been such a fantastic, open tournament up to now it would be a shame if it didn't continue to excite.

ooops!!! forgot about these two.

first teams to qualify for the quarters.

well nothing cagey so far. two absolutely cracking games, especially the argentina v mexico match. what a superb, highly entertaining game of football. what a goal by maxi rodriguez !!!!

Couldnt agree more bos excellent game got a bit of a sore arse watching all this footy though I never watch it normally more of a snooker and boxing man myself.

Argentina were made to look ordinary by Mexico who just didn't have the finishing touches, but if they meet Germany or Brazil they will have to step up a gear,
especially now Ronaldo has woken up from his sedentary mode.