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The positions I would differ from you on Colshy are : GK - Abbondanzieri (but close between him and Casillas) LB - Lahm CB - Cannavaro in place of Terry (sorry Colsh) RB - Owen Hargreaves (lol) RM - Maxi Rodriguez (more for his goal contribution than anything else) CM - Riquelme (in place of Ballack) But...... I haven't seen nearly as much of the WC as you have so I bow to being in the minority on some of them.

Eh ?? If he couldn't beat Whiteside's record as youngest player then what would an additional 2 weeks do to mean he can beat the record ? If he was already older than Whiteside was then he still will be if he plays on Sat.... What am I missing ?

I am sure I read commentary in one of England's warm up games saying Walcott couldn't beat whiteside's record

Maradona could have equalled Matthaus if he hadn't been nabbed for being a cokehead

Did the Royal family pay off the ref in '66 Colshy ?

I don't hold grudges Colsh - and I have to have a sense of humour because I don't have much else

I don't want to be following in your footsteps every year.... Best Newcomer this year (after you got it last year).... next year starting a fight in an empty room.... nah, you can keep those ones Colsh. Back on topic - I am glad Hartson has left - he may hev been immobile, he may have been a gin.... (ahhh screw it, now you have me at it Colsh) and he may have annoyed us..... but he knew how to find the back of the net. I will be much less worried about Miller and "Magic" than I would be about Hartson.

Lol - will give you credit Colsh..... you deserved your place as THIRD funniest user for that one

At 7/2 with 20 quid on it he would have made 70 quid profit Fraser

Never saw the game Gribz - but the stats show the Aussies had 59% of possession which is pretty impressive against any Italian team ! With an extra man you would think Oz could sneak a goal but the Italians have always been resilient.

Last kick of the ball as well - the Italians sure know how to grind out results !

This referee is a TUBE !!!! Geo off now as well (not geo1873.....)

Portugal will be lucky to field a team against England !

Colshy should be happy - Portugal will be lucky if they have enough in there squad to field a team against England ! And now Ricardo is injured too !

That Deco booking was unreal !!

And then you were wrong thanks to the ref - Ricardo just booked....

Just how many cards has this ref shown ??

And now it all kicks off !! 10 a side, might open the game up a bit.

Just so you don't have to post to yourself again Geo..... Going to be an interesting 2nd half with Portugal down to 10 men. But they have been good for the lead - have been pretty impressed with Portugal and less than impressed with Holland. Thought Maniche was going to get a 2nd yellow for his goal celebration - would have been a shocker. As for Robben, how he hasn't been booked for diving is beyond me.

LOL. That is one way to get out of a bet........ Just one more "quality" you have Colsh. But fair enough, if you don't want to pay up on your bets then I won't lose sleep over it. Don't be so uptight - we had a disagreement, not that big of a deal I would have thought.

Good performances are one thing but a win is a win is a win. If they win another 3 games playing shite then no-one in England will care because they will be champions..... though I doubt playing this bad they will win another 3 games. I hope they lose their next game as it will mean you owe me 100 quid Colshy !

Yep, keeper should have saved the free kick and Ecuador should have scored in the first 5 mins - great tackle by Ashley Cole but the forward took an eternity to line his shot up. Crap game

I think a 4-5-1 suits England. I am supporting England today. England 2-0 for me

Henry won't get top scorer Colsh - I doubt France will go much further the way they are playing.

you going to talk to yourself in this thread too geo ??