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Last night's whores doovers has surprisingly got me appetite back for the WC.

Not that I think we will win it, but the competition as a whole.

Our defence still looks dodgy and Smalling should never get near an England squad.

Johnson was especially crap at RB and, yet again, Rooney does fuck all. Sterling should get in before him.

Lallana looks classy along with Sturridge and Joe Hart may keep us in games on his own.

Don't particularly like Welbeck but he does seem to play well for England.

Seeing Uruguay struggled to a 1-0 win against Norvern Ireland last night we may yet get out of the group

Bring it on!

For me it's either the argies or Brazil to win. Tempted to put money on Belgium.

Knowing England, they will struggle to get out the group. I can hear the heat excuse now...

Brazil to win.

Johnson's always been shit at right back for england, Rooneys been a fat waste of space for England pretty much since the end of his first Euro tournament.

Other than that though I'm quite optimistic for the squad. It's a nice mix of youth and experience and if Sturridge scores goals like his one last night in every match we'll get out of the groups and possibly to the semis.

I think winning 3-0 was impressive partly because it seemed to be done in a rather laid-back manner. Bring it on...

I still can't believe Rooney made the squad let alone the team. Sterling did more in his first 5 minutes as coming on as a sub than Rooney did in his entire game. Hodgson has picked him off past glories which is a huge mistake. My money is on Rooney to have a poor opening group stages, get frustrated before picking up a red card. Hope I'm wrong.

Come on now. Who would have taken instead? Carroll? Defoe? Some fucking riches there...

10 goals in his last 15 England games. Not too shabby really.

7 in 6 for the qualifiers too? It's vogue to slate Rooney. Anyone know says they'd drop him from the squad is a retard.

That's the sad reality isn't it? Rooney is not the player he was but still makes the squad because by and large English strikers are seriously lacking. Look at the top 5 scorers in the PL,  only Sturridge English. Trust me I want rooney to do as well as the next man but the shameful truth is he would have made the squad no matter what. Having said all that can't entirely blame Rooney for a poor season at Man U and if he treats the World Cup as a fresh start then he might surprise us. Last night did not fill me with encouragement though.

He makes the squad because he is one of the best 23 English players.

And therein lies the problem for England

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

I fucking love this place at times.

I know friendlies count for nowt but Italy couldn't even beat the Paddys tonight - and they are real shite at the moment

Don't know what game you were watching.

Rooney was fucking dump.

His first touch was non existent and he looked as much of a threat as a newborn kitten.You could feasibly argue that we haven't got much better but there's no way on earth that you could argue he's there because he's world class.

Rooney's just come a season where he's scored 17 goals in 29 league appearances.
Not a bad record at all in truth.

But he's always had that sort of season.

He scores for England in qualifiers alright, too.

It's when it comes to the actual tournament he's absolute pants.

Every time

I'm getting twitchy now, only a couple of weeks before I'm off to get mugged in São Paolo!!

I've been getting twitchy lately...lots of good birdwatching trips.

I've caved in despite my best efforts not to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaBdajHOsSM

Embrace it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvuqgyKj5iM&feature=kp

 :toocool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CcU085tGwE&list=PL4BE02DBC9130A4B8&feature=player_detailpage

OK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZLyoBNCJek

Be rude not to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re4aDJL3heA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG-0ASyBYT0&feature=player_detailpage

Come on people, there's only one real proper football song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJqimlFcJsM

Agreed.

Crikey,  that's some old footage  ;)

And to complete the set...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLpyriMOttA


....so many 'comb-overs' !

MISREPRESENTATION, I ACCUSE YOU OF IT SIR

Which group are Scotland in this world cup? ;)

I believe we have 3 teams in group D.

I thought it was just ABE? 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T68AXsUAEI

You guys seem so bitter.

I'm uncontrollably bitter... I just don't know why.

At least rent a jock Rod Stewart has been able to put his feet up for quite a few summers now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO844xT7ivE

The only world cup that I have attended.....we were so close to getting through but an injured Keegan missed an easy header vs Spain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNemDqbQBKE Keegans miss is 2 mins 50 seconds in.

Still fairly happy memories like Robson scoring after just 27 seconds of the first game for England vs the frogs, a game I attended over in Bilbao.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WbxYCe4AWw

The set is not complete, without the wonderful Lonnie Donegan singing World Cup Willie.  Donegan was Scottish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn1ocjcD-ZE

You're right, of course, Reg.  How could I have forgotten "World Cup Willy"?!

Apparently, this classic from the 1962 tournament was the first World Cup song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEd978OF9zg&feature=kp


Those crazy Chileans sure knew how to swing their pants back then!

If we are going old school, this little gem from 1990 - much better than their 2014 effort!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNWu7Ejm_TM

Italia 90 was all about the mighty Pav

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_-1OOeVem0

Unofficial and largely forgotten but a great one from Mexico 86
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SLOWo3hCGk

If we're going to do BBC theme tunes, then look no further than 78's Argentine melody the only decent thing Andrew Lloyd Webber ever wrote.

You don't need England to be at WC to make it memorable....as long as you've got the Sweaties to keep you entertained with overblown views and failed drug tests.

Last WC in South America...and a classic. Vamos! Los Albiceleste.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfS_UYal5mw

Baddum-tish.

Good work Reggie.

I bloody love this

The England team today visited an orphanage in Rio.

'Its heartbreaking to see their sad little faces with no hope,' said Jose, age 6.

:D

Bets placed. Quite looking forward to it now, it's just a shame a lot of games are on quite late.

I got Mexico in the pub sweepstake  ::)

World Cup Day! I have a feeling this world cup will be very significant and one of the great world cups!

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