Are Paraguay any good ?

[AlfredJPruffock]

Yes Scotland would have been out by now and I daresay on the evidence of what Ive seen so far ,as soon as England come up against one of the big guns they too will be out.

The reason for the demise of UK soccer is simple , nobody plays foootball anymore , they only watch it and the kids are playing computer games.

In my youth we played football every day at school then more when we got home unitl the light faded, the worst punishement was to be kept indoors, the local park often had three or more games playing simulataenously, now when I go back to Scotland there are no kids playing soccer at all.

Here in Brussels in my district I see lots of kids playing street soccer all of the time, mainly young kids from Turkish Algerian,Polish and Morrocan familes, perhaps they dont have computers at home to distract them,so at least Belgian soccer seems to have a future.

[shaunbhoy]

Nothing to laugh about - Owen's going out will fortuitously force the team to play in their best formation and they will not look back.

Their best formation presumably being with either one fat and unfit or one lanky hair-pulling forward up front then? You have to laugh, honestly!

[sasguru]

Their best formation presumably being with either one fat and unfit or one lanky hair-pulling forward up front then? You have to laugh, honestly!

Laugh all you want. The man Sven is an unacknowledged genius and this is all part of his cunning master plan to sow confusion among our enemies. 4-4-2,
4-1-4-1, 9-1, 8-1-1 , no team can guess what deadly formation England will play in next.

[DaveB]

Laugh all you want. The man Sven is an unacknowledged genius and this is all part of his cunning master plan to sow confusion among our enemies. 4-4-2,
4-1-4-1, 9-1, 8-1-1 , no team can guess what deadly formation England will play in next.

Including England

[sasguru]

Including England

Yes but with our brand of Total Balls (TM) it doesn't matter.

[bogeyman]

Are Paraguay any good ?

No. Paraguy are nothing but trouble Alf. They are vicious and bicker constantly, and preen unnecessarily unless kept in a cage with a cover over them. Vet bills can be enormous.

I suggest a Parakeet, or maybe a macaw if you have the space.

[shaunbhoy]

Paraguay are okay, but they will lose to England. England will then trounce Trinidad and Tobasco comfortably, and draw with Sweden, thus winning their group on goal difference.
Media hysteria will hit new and frenzied heights as they ease past Poland and draw either Holland or Argentina in the quarter finals. The sun will be giving away "Remember the Falklands" or "Clobber the Cloggies" paper hats and the Carling gnats-piss will be flowing like water. Millions will leave work early and gather round giant screens in city centres jingoistically belting out Jerusalem/Land of Hope and Glory/Rule Brittania/The Great Escape/Swing Low etc. armed with plastic cups full of very expensive yet ridiculously frothy warm lager.
England will then have a winning "goal" disallowed due to some large clumsy defender climbing all over the goalie and/or a defender at some set piece, and the match will end with Holland or Argentina holding their nerve and winning it on penalties. Dozens of arrests will take place, a slightly higher number than the reruns of the disallowed "goal", as England fans once again show the world they cannot hold their ale, and the show will end with a tearful Gary Lineker presenting a dreary collage of near-misses and what-might-have-been moments from the previous 2 hours during which England's forwards, presented with the first reasonable defensive unit they have faced in the competition, once again display the inescapable fact that they could not collectively hit a cow's arse with a banjo.
Some poor Match Official will spawn countless websites calling for his castration, and 2006 will thus be remembered as the year that only Scotland brought home a footballing trophy to these islands.

Not that far off the mark then. England losing on penalties in the quarter finals as predicted almost a month ago.
Still, at least there is still Andy Murray for us all to cheer for at Wimbledon.

[AlfredJPruffock]

Aye SB

Pretty accurate prediction , now what did I say on this thread, oh yeah ...

But I think your forecast is pretty accurate, one thing to add is that during the crunch game with Argentina or Holland, Rooney makes his debut World Cup appearance following his injury recovery for England.

Alas !

He has been on the pitch for mere 10 minutes when he is red carded for fighting after being provoked by a defender.

[shaunbhoy]

If only a few more on here had our vision Alf eh?

[AlfredJPruffock]

Aye SB

I would gladly accept the England job myself, I would do it happily for a fiver and that they pay my bus fare to the game.

Laugh if you like but I wouldnt fare worse than MultiMilllion Ericson who will now pocket not a fiver but five MILLION quid for that shambolic performance.

And they other thing is ... sorry there goes the phone ...AJPruffock speaking, how can I help you , oh youve forgotten where the power on button is on your computer ...