We've a crunch game tonight....can't say am massively confident. It's a strange group...there isn't one stand out team really.

Doyle is a huge loss. His work rate is phenomenal.

England vs Wales

England line-up:

Hart

Johnson Terry Dawson Cole

Lampard Parker Wilshere

Young Bent Rooney

Massive boos for England's national anthem. Football fans really are scumbags.

Ditto the Wales anthem.

Gosh Wales are poor.

I can't believe how badly Rooney is aging. He's like Robin Williams in that film "Jack". He's got the body of a 50 year old lumberjack with skin problems. There's a full inch between every hair on his head nowadays.

The difference in technical ability makes England look like Spain. Though to be fair the Parker, Wilshere, Lampard midfield has better balance and ability than any England midfield in quite some time.

lol at the Welsh co-commentator on Sky. Starts going on about how incredible football is when Wales manage to win a free kick.

Rooney is such a moron.

England just haven't got a clue about the type of pass and move football Capello wants them to play. Jack is about the only one that gets it. Everyone else just wants to play Hollywood passes. Wales are so poor that anything would work right now.

Wales are starting to settle now though, and look much better for it.

Dawson is so ponderous it's unreal.

Pepe LeFrits wrote:

The difference in technical ability makes England look like Spain. Though to be fair the Parker, Wilshere, Lampard midfield has better balance and ability than any England midfield in quite some time.

Was just going to say, those three worked really well together.

Yes!!!!! African qualifiers are going on today as well, and Botswana just beat Chad. We are through to our first Africa Nations Cup. Ever. Top of the group, unbeaten and ahead of Tunisia and the Adebayor's Togo team. Hehehhee. Beer!

Pepe LeFrits wrote:

Ditto the Wales anthem.

Ours is theirs too.

Caligula wrote:

Yes!!!!! African qualifiers are going on today as well, and Botswana just beat Chad. We are through to our first Africa Nations Cup. Ever. Top of the group, unbeaten and ahead of Tunisia and the Adebayor's Togo team. Hehehhee. Beer!

Congratulations mate!

Sounds like you might have a chance of doing something at the finals too, if you're qualifying record is anything to go by.

Thanks, Ricky. It's a big moment. Even if we got smashed by Ghana and the like in every game at the finals, we'd just be happy to be there. I need to start thinking about getting to the tournament now, so I can see my boys. But right now, it feels like nothing can stop us, not even Muslamic infidels with their ray guns.

Just switched on USA-Argentina - is it actually possible to be as good as Messi is? He's playing like God. Even by his standards.

Argentina look awesome too.

That England team will get rolled 3 or 4 nil if it plays someone good.

Hard to disagree so soon after the World Cup.

Lucky then that Switzerland, Bulgaria and Montenegro aren't really all that good.
Or will they be? :hmm:

All three are crap.

He stands out like a sore thumb in the England side, the way he moves with the ball, passes, his first touch - it all looks so fluid and effortless.

There are blokes in skirts everywhere. Some of them strangely have Brazil shirts on.

You got tickets, sweet. Are you sitting with the (by the sounds of it) confused Jocks, or in with the Brazilians?

Anyway, looking forward to seeing what Brazil look like post-World Cup, and Neymar starts!

Fark me, Ronaldo looks like a retired rugby player rather than a retired footballer. Reckon he must be a 17-18 inch collar size.

Something special about him though, shows what a great player he was, almost the same feeling around him as Maradona. He really is a proper legend.

Agreed. I miss the big fella. Even by Brazilian standards he was a one-off and they're struggling to replace him.

Btw, anyone know what's going on with Kaka? is he injured again?

This Neymar kid looks special. Just scored, 1-0 Brazil

What a finish from Neymar! Lets hope Wenger's got a very good view of him inside the Emirates today!

The scots looks like u21..

Tim wrote:

Btw, anyone know what's going on with Kaka? is he injured again?

Think they said on football weekly that he's being given time to get form/fitness and try to win his Madrid place back. I can't see either happening for him if he stays there.

Chelsea signed the wrong Lucas? This Lucas Mora from Sao Paulo is apparently the real deal rather than Piazon

Neymar won a peno, took it 2-0.

Neymar looks absolutely brilliant. And what a haircut!

Look at that pass from Lucas Mora...