germany 2006 begins in a few weeks. time to get a thread going for anyone's thoughts and opinions.

all the latest world cup news




ah ......the beautiful game!! joga bonita!!

tables and results

England 1 - Paraquay 3. A good bet - get on.

very bad news coming from my boys. gattuso, zambrotta definately out for the opening game against ghana and nesta looks doubtful. ghana wont be an easy team to beat with players like essien and kuffour. gattuso v essien would have been great to watch :))

The latest on the Rooney injury is that he has been told he will only be able to play if he gets a cortizone injection. Beckham and Ferdinand have threatened strike action unless they get a new car as well.

The press are saying that the scan results for Rooney are the best possible news for England on the injury front. I disagree. The best news would be if Hargreaves had broken both his legs, making certain the swede was unable to pick him.

Alan

alan, i have similar feelings about totti (or twatti as he known to us). i was very annoyed that he he didn't lose his race against time. i was hoping time would have put up more of a fight and kept him injured !!!

Still think that Spanish bird in the picture above is a bloke.....

Bloody good figure for a bloke !!

yeah, i would , too, jimmy ;)

ttt

only a few hours to kick-off ........ i'm soooooo excited i think i might make a mess in me pants !!!

Would you believe it? I will miss Ing-ur-lands opener tomorrow!!!
Life just aint fair.

Got lotsa beers riding on Costa Rica and Ecuador winning tonight. Please....!

greystone...i fancy costa rica to win 2-1...that german team is unterhose

windsorgolf - I'll be happy to settle for that but it would be great if Paolo Wanchope could score - a hat-trick preferably - :-)

Greystone, Paolo scored 2/3 - not bad - ex-Rams centreforward - seen him play umpteen matches - he can frustrate you one minute - and then tantalise you the next - a true enigma!!

a very tasty start to the tournament. the germans looked fairly strong although it was against weak opposition. anyone who has klose as tournament top scorer must be very happy.
ecuador and poland both looked useless but i think the polish manager picked the wrong team for the game. the poles looked a better outfit with the team that finished the match and i expect a better performance from them in the next game.

Yep, they might manage a draw.

With a favourable ref, of course. :-)))

We have a big Ecuadorian population here and they were partying into the early hours... Its only the second game they ever won in world cup finals.

Predictions for today please.
I'll go 3-1 to Ing-ur-land.
Goals from Owen, Crouch and Terry.
Next!

Four - nil England.... ;-)

Owen, Owen, Lampard and Owen.

i'll have the draw. good luck .