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Sadly that has been the case for quite a while.:td:

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Well the Olympics in Brazil in 2016 should be fun, as from what I've read is some places are 3 years to completion.

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Brazil World Cup squad named.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...colari-selecao

l am quite surprised at a few of his picks.:shrug:

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I'm not. Thats what he's been pretty much using.

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Workmanlike one would say.

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Well there is a case to be had with Filipe Luis, Miranda.

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+1, entirely expected

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England WC squad news tonight.

Ashley Cole not selected..

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...y-Hodgson.html

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Cole has been a wonderful servant for England but time and tide wait for no man.

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I agree with Ashley Cole been left out Luke Shaw all the way.

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http://youtu.be/VdOs518XzJ8


Big Fraz. Yaaaaas!

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The squad is as expected. I would have taken Ashley Cole over Shaw, hes better defensively and we could have done with his experience especially as the defense is the weakest part of the squad.

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Its interesting to see some of the squad announcements. No Nasri for France, no Tevez for Argentina as expected but Franco Di Santo makes the Argentina squad!

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Nasri wasnt picked because he causes problems. Each of the last 3 tournments have had problems of which Nasri was highlighted to be a big part of. Thats not to say its all his fault. Evra is a problem and he is going.

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It will all end in tears you know.:bigcry::bigcry:

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its been up and down season for him. such a shame this has happened

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Is there a world cup predictor?

I notice talksport are doing one, and wondered whether a mini-league was being done.

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One things certain and that is l will finish bottom of it.:)

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:D

You never know Den, you might do a Liverpool, and shock everyone

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That will be a first.:D

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Wow, this is the subway in Sao Paulo, a few weeks before the World Cup

http://www.flabber.nl/linkdump/video...r-het-wk-18884

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Sepp Blatter is a genius. Bow down to his greatness.

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l have only one message to Sepp Blatter.:upyours:

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massive blow.

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Get on there..1-0 Ecuuuuuu

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Oh deary deary me.:rolleyes:

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At least Roy now knows that Milner is poor at right back, come to think of it so is Johnson.:rolleyes:

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It was an odd team playing in odd positions. Not sure that it was the way to go...If England don't do reasonably well, bye bye Roy

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If it was me Johnson would have gone from Merseyside a long time ago.:td:

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Milner totally useless may as well just pack up and go on their holidays.

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Wenger was reported in the press as eyeing him up as a RB :LOL:

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great!

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Is this game with Honduras in the same stadium as the Ecuador game, the main cameras seem to be much farther away than the game on Wednesday?

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It seems to be the same one..sun life stadium

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BBC and ITV win rights to 2018 and 2022 Fifa World Cup finals.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27750996

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Groups & Fixtures: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/...le/group-stage

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Nearly time to hibernate for about a fortnight.

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Unless England reach the final which is highly unlikely one suspects.;)

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In which case slightly more than a fortnight. Thanks for the reminder :)

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Nike ad...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy1rumvo9xc

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European football leaders call on Sepp Blatter to stand down as Fifa head.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...dent-world-cup

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/f...n-9523709.html

Its time to get rid of this body of corruption.

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Problem is, you just get rid of one, more will take his place

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Come on you England!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMAF...ature=youtu.be

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:shocked:

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:LOL:

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typo. that's why I come here*

:LOL: best answer to a prediction :cool:

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Do we have to put up with the dreadful Adrian Chiles.

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Ian Wright :LOL:

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Personally l would lock him away as well as he sounded dreadful.

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did Brazil2014 broadcaster forget to employ a sound engineer ?

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Personally l say get the football on as the singing l just heard was terrible to say the least

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hahahahahhahaha Cannavaro just done ITV over :LOL:

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:omg:

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:(

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That is not an ice pack - it's a whole, frozen turkey.

Rakitic, now there's a player. Croatia looking good on the counter.

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Sadly Rakitic is off to Barcelona.

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Really enjoying the opening game. Looking forward to a month of great action

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Agree, this game has got me hopeful

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Who will you be cheering on Chad?.

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No more worries over the state of the pitch for Englands game anymore. They've painted the brown bits green.

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The Germans. Love the country and my wife is German . I'm angry about '66 by association :)

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If England don't win which is the likely scenario then the orange army will do for me.

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The Dutch are always a pleasure to watch

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Spain will win.

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I'm not convinced. Ageing squad who have already hit their peak. Argentina would be a good shout.

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Ref was doing ok until now but that's scandalous. What a homer.

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They are a team where a few of their players are looking a bit long in the tooth but they are still dangerous..

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First crap decision. :rolleyes:

He knew it was a shocker, as soon as he blew he ran away.

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+1

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Here the good one - I was playing the world cup game on my PS3.

Scotland beat Germany 5-1 in the final.:D

Real world:

If not Spain I think an South American team will win it (Due to the heat).

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Great attacking unit but their defence worries me.

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Where on Earth do you get the time to play PS3? Being Media Boy is a full time job!

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pfft Neymar will get all the platitudes because he's scored 2 goals. Reality is that he's vastly over-hyped and overrated. Lies and damn statistics.

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Very true. Surely Messi has to shine this time?

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I liked his first goal

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Yes Messi should do well but l have the memory of Germany hammering Argentina 4-0 in the last WC because Argentina could not defend and their defence has not improved that much since.

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I thought he scuffed it and profited from some awful goalkeeping after the initial loss of possession due to Modric being a coward. Got pretty lucky with the penalty too.

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Keeper has had a shocker.

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Great player though Oscar, he's MoM for me tonight.

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Its pretty obvious who the ref wants to win the Cup. One of the softest penalties that l have ever seen in football, and before Brazil got the third, The Ref should have given a foul for Croatia.

Ref had a poor game and l cannot see him getting another. From what l have heard ref's are given games on performance.

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Yes, I was disappointed for Croatia

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Yes he is pretty unhappy as most of us would have been.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27827271

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Well we are only in the second game but yet we have just had another poor decision by the officials.:rolleyes:

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:clap: RVP

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i have germany in sweepstake at work so if they im win quids in.

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Great goal from RVP. :)

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A truly world class player when fit.

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That pitch isn't acceptable.

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Its a joke that's for sure.:td:

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is this why we love football ?

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Well you can count Spain out as their defence is woeful.

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The reign of the World Champions is coming to a end.

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sorry this is hilariously bad for Spain. will they wake up later on in the tournament ?

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I think De Gea will be getting the dubbin on his boots. ;)

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They are a busted flush who have no chance of retaining their trophy.:nono::nono:

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I wouldn't write Spain off, I think they are sleeping.

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Stolen from the BBC:

No one expects the Spanish capitulation...

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:rofl::rofl:

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I think players may be reconsidering turning down Man Utd now.

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Have to say that this ref has had an excellent game. :cool:

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Poor game for Wesley Sneijder.

Why isn't Morata playing in place of Torres. If thats what Torres is going to do game after game then why not let Morata do the same but develop making mistakes?

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#5PA1N

:LOL:

kind of reminds me of #5PUR2

:D

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Chile looking ominously good, this could be embarrassing for the Aussies.

But they seem to have got a bit over confident as spring heeled Cahill does his stuff. :)