Podolski first German to miss a penalty in the World Cup since the 80s

Sneijder was 7/1 to score first. Glad i bet on that, thats a big price for such a good hitter

Lol @ Anelka!

What a lad he is! Had a go at Domenech, basically calling him a crap manager and Domenech (according to sources)sending Anelka home. Love it.

Anelka has waited all this time to finally play his first world cup and will be sent home for being right!! Lol!

Obviously I'm a bias Chelsea fan but Anelka is sorely needed if the French are going to progress. The pure fact that Nicki is a more attacking midfielder rather than a poacher has disadvantaged France because they only have, IMO a highly over-rated Franck Ribery and Malouda supporting him on the wings. However if Domenech wasnt deliberately trying to screw France then he would aid Anelka with a central attacking midfielder like the Zidane roll...hmm who have the French got that suits that role...hmm...oh they only have Henry who happens to be perfect for this role! But just because Domenech rates himself and is completely ignorant he will single handedly get himself sacked and become the most hated figure in France.

Its one thing to not play Henry because he doesnt like him, then to drop Malouda for validly stating Henry is still class and then to send Anelka home for being right I think is the cherry on the cake. Aswell as not taking Benzema in the first place yet Domenech is a National team manager, how scary is that.

Proves though if Domenech can qualify for a world cup finals then I could of won it with France.

Group C and Group D results and tables after 2nd group matches:

Group C Results:

Slovenia 2-2 USA
England 0-0 Algeria

Group C Table:

Slovenia 4
USA 2
England 2
Algeria 1

Group D Results:

Germany 0-1 Serbia
Ghana 1-1 Australia

Group D Table:

Ghana 4
Germany 3
Serbia 3
Australia 4

domenech said he is resigning after the WC anyway. He is a clown! He wouldnt play Pires because he is a scorpio and he doesnt trust scorpios.

He continues to play govou despite the fact he is useless! but all in all im delighted, hopefully will be beaten again in their last game haha

SAMUEL ETO 1-0 CAMEROON

Romedahl, quality player, sweeeeeet left foot that guy. CHARLTON legend!

Oh and Derry I don't understand your Torres hasn't scored for Spain in 10 hours comment, he scored in a 6-0 win against Poland about 12 days ago?

No carra for the next match, and can't see Milner playing, I don't rate him at all, and after his 30 mins in the first game can't see it myself.

my team

James

A. Cole
Upson
Terry
Johnson

Barry

J. Cole
Lennon

Gerrard

Crouch
Rooney

Cmon the Crouch!!!!!!!!!!!

Also playing Gerrard left makes us soooooooooo short in defense, A. Cole is left to defend the whole left han side cos Gerrard wonders in field.

Gerrard plays left for Lampard, Lampard should have been MOTM yesterday, only Rooney stopped him being the worst.

We definitely lack a left footed winger, however J. Cole is pretty two footed and has plenty of craft which we need, rather than out and out pace of SWP and Lennon.

FInal point on Anelka though, the guy is an idiot. You are not the boss Anelka, if Dominech says jump, you jump.

The French are their own worst enemies. Dominech got them to the final last time, it his not his fault the french team would rather bicker than play for their shirt.

Dominech is not an idiot, though we like to see him as one. France are better off without Le Sulk.

Edited at 21:02 Sat 19/06/10 (BST)

i think he meant torres has not scored in 10 hours literally as opposed to 10 hours of match time.

Right, my bad. If you take out the freindly (which i dont think you can really count) torres played 7 of the qualifiers for Spain leading to the world cup and scored none. David Villa played 7 games and scored 7.

I calculated the last goal Torres scored in proper matches and Fifa tells me 11 appearences since his last goal. I think internation friendlies are like counting pre-season club games.

But I guess I should of been more clear. Torres hasnt scored in nearly 10 hours of Spanish internationals (Excluding friendlies) His last goal was in the Federations cup when he scored a hat-trick against New Zealand on the 14th of June....2009.

So in a proper International game Mike, Torres hasnt scored for over a year . Making it just under 10 hours of play

I did my homework!

Also I think Hart should seriously be Englands #1.

David James has been relegated with pompey and Green just survived relegation on the last game of the season.
You could argue that Birmingham have a worse defense than Pompy and West Ham...Yet stats show differently.

Barclays Premiership Table 2009/2010
Position ........................GP...W.....L.....D....GS..GA
9 Birmingham 38 13 11 14 38 47
17 West Ham 38 8 11 19 47 66
20 Portsmouth 38 7 7 24 34 66

Premiership Team Of The Year 09/10
The Premiership team of the year has been announced.

Premier League Team of the Year: Hart; Ivanovic, Vermaelen, Dunne, Evra; Fabregas, Milner, Fletcher, Valencia; Rooney, Drogba.

The lad gets voted best goalie in the prem, yet both the other English goalies who are in the same league and got rated lower than Hart both have primary and secondary position for England #1.

So what are the reasons for this I ask myself.

To the people that say "Hart has no International experience" I say, how can he get International capps/experience if he isnt given a chance!

He's clearly a better goalie so let him prove it.

This is where the "fear" factor comes into it. Pundits say England look scared to lose, scared to give it a go. Capello is scared, the players are scared and the nation is scared and England might be going home before we even give it a go, just from fear.

Also to all the people that wouldn't start Lampard for England...this table says it all.

Top Prem Scorers

1 Didier Drogba 29
2 Wayne Rooney 26
3 Darren Bent 24
4 Carlos Tevez 23
5 Frank Lampard 22
6 Jermain Defoe 18
7 Fernando Torres 18
8 Cesc Fabregas 15
9 Adebayor 14
10 Louis Saha 13
11 Gabriel Agbonlahor 13


Top English scorers. England at this world cup cant score a goal to save...well...to save their World cup hopes.

Rooney in 1st, god knows whats happened to him tho.

Bent in 2nd....didnt even get a ticket to the finals! beyond a joke.

Lampard 3rd, ahead of crouch, heskey, defoe agbonlahor and any other Englishmen.

Oh wait there...lets have a look at another table...

Top Prem Assists

1 Frank Lampard 17
2 Cesc Fabregas 15
3 Didier Drogba 13
4 James Milner 12
5 Ryan Giggs 11
6 Aaron Lennon 10
6 Nicolas Anelka 10
6 Craig Bellamy 10
6 Nani 10
6 Ashley Young 10

Not is he just the most prolific scoring midfield outlet England has or the world has, but he is also the most creative and assisting midfielder England has.

But yeah, you guys are right, dont start him. Start Crouch or Heskey or Defoe...which all have less goals than Lampard.

Lampard has outscored Defoe & Heskey combined.

Makes me laugh that people would overlook Lampard...these people should never get close to management. The odd one slips through the net now and again...Capello.

You tell em Dezza!

guys im not posting on this thread no more looks like you'll have to find someone else to give you the results and tables so chow and happy world cup chatting

erm, ok gaz

sorry mate its ciao

i might come back at the knockout stages actually ok then there's no table messing also before the knockout stages i will tell you what teams are in the last 16

Balls to prem scorers, Lampard has always been gash for England, same with Gerrard but he is captain and has played better than Fat boy in the 2 games so far.

NZ 1-0 up over Italy. Lmaooo

lol i cant believe it , i may place a bet for it to finish 2-0 or 2-1 to NZ