It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

Going for Birmingham and Lazio to win....risky once again....but not bad odds...

Can't believe it England 1- Spain 0.......beaten Spain...well done lads....perhaps that's the best way against them...sit back ...soak up the pressure and catch them quick....and well done Ireland...second leg just a formality...

Lampard's best game in an England shirt for a long time.
Parker still in the form of his life, two quality midfield players tonight.
Jakielka & Lescott solid st the back
Poor ball retention and little quality going forward, so still a lot to do. Hope the ingerrland mob don't start thinking we are world beaters!

Spain to be fair were by far the better team.....most of the time our lot just don't know what to do with it when they get it,....it seems that when one player has the ball the others don't help that player enough,....they don't anticipate that the player in possession needs a lot of support with at least 2 or 3 choices for passing it on......this has been a big problem for England for many a year.....but still the same the defending was a lot better than usual and they were a bit lucky...

"Hope the ingerrland mob don't start thinking we are world beaters! " .... I don't pt :)

Dil - you never have mate!

Crikey...they've beaten the bogey team....we never beat the swedes...missed the game but saw the very end when Sweden came with a whisker of getting a goal.....good for the ratings...log on to Fifa.com and there is a great little toy to play with with the ratings...you can work out which position each country will be in...
Each country has a bogey team...for the Germans, it is Brazil...they never beat them, and I think that Sweden was one for Italy for a long time and for the Brazilians : Argentina springs to mind...

... Wales have got lots of bogey teams :-)

Euhhh...all of them ?...

Good old Harry - Tottenham can win the Premier League, says Harry Redknapp

Posted on the other thread but Very sad and strange this one http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8918628/Wales-boss-Gary-Speed-found-dead.html

RIP Gary Speed , always came across as a genuine nice guy and even managed to get Wales playing some decent football in recent games.

A tradgedy.

Burnley 4 Ipswich 0. Result of the night I think you'll agree.

.. And here are the goal highlights, which I'm sure you have been waiting for -):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15831916.stm

I texted a couple of MU supporting mates last night, simply asking if they had seen the score - no reply so far :-))

Nicked from accross the road .....

Who would 1 -2 be a Man U fan last night? :O)

They'll be out next round :-)

Have to mention Socrates who has passed away...., who was a fantastic player for Brazil....have to say that along with Holland 1974, that Brazil side of 1982...those are probably the best 2 sides never to have won the world cup...England 1970 would have made a good third.....
Anyway...difficult group for England next year.....won't be easy by the look of it....

Result of the weekend.. I think you'll agree. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15901825.stm

What's so good about Burnley, or are you just anti West Ham? (we have a bit of a soft spot for Robert Green down here as he used to be Norwich City goalkeeper for quite a while!)