Capello To Remain England Manager
The FA today released a statement confirming Fabio Capello will remain as England manager after a disappointing World Cup. “We are all still extremely disappointed at our performance in South Africa, and we believed it was important that we took some time to reflect on everything in a calm and considered manner back in England. After fully discussing our...
Continue ReadingQuarter Finals
Today sees the World Cup quarter finals getting underway in less than 3 hours with Holland meeting Brazil. It’s a game that really should be a bit of a football showcase but the reality is, while both teams have cruised to the quarter finals they’re also both a shadow of their former selves. Total football seems just a distant memory when watching...
Continue ReadingThe Lions Forget To Roar
England suffered their heaviest ever defeat at the World Cup finals today with a shambolic performance against a German team that showed fluid movement and some fantastic slick counter-attacking play. Rarely have we seen England defend so badly. They were sluggish, disorganised and shell-shocked. The back four were constantly out of position and exposed by simple...
Continue ReadingUnderachievers
Perennial underachivers England lived up to their tournament reputation last night by, well err, underachieveing. In a match that many expected England to easily win, Algeria constantly pressed England, looked more comfortable with the ball and the game ended in a 0-0 draw. I’ve read lot of reports that suggest it’s England’s worst performance...
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We’re 3 days in to the 2010 World Cup and what do we know? As I’m typing this Germany have just run out clear winners in their opening game of the tournament against the Socceroos, who incidentally were down to 10 men early in the second half when the influential Tim Cahill was wrongly sent off for a nothing of a challenge. Still, had it been...
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