ITV football coverage: Urge To Kill Rising

Also Corluka must be a better defender than 2 retired hacks and Dawson. He's just classier than Gallas and Bassong. Plus I'm working on the matter that you need a tall handsome man in defence these days to succeed, also known as the Gerald Pique Principle.

no, it's because he can't tackle and doesn't really sit back.

iirc, retired hacks make cf in your team.

The FA Cup's on ITV now is it? No wonder I haven't been able to find it all weekend. As for your question, all of them are too bland to inspire hatred.

― Ismael Klata, Sunday, January 4, 2009 3:49 PM (1 year ago)

How did I ever think this? SB'ed self.

tbh i think i'd take bendtner&crouch over defoe&pav&keane&broken-ed

tbh wtf

'good w/ his feet' + fabregas a winning combo?

Adrian Chiles to anchor this summer's World Cup coverage, then disappear to the same island Des Lynam went to.

ITV's World Cup coverage will include pundits such as Patrick Vieira and Francois Pienaar joining new anchor Adrian Chiles, a new James Corden show and a "dual screen" link-up with ITV.com.

The broadcaster, which will air 32 live games from the event in high definition for the first time, will field a presenting lineup including Vieira, Marcel Desailly, Kevin Keegan and Edgar Davids.

ITV has also signed Pienaar, who captained South Africa to their Rugby World Cup win in 1995, to join the presenting team for the opening ceremony and the first match between South Africa and Mexico on 11 June.

Lead presenting duties will fall to Chiles, who signed with ITV last month following a rapid exit from the BBC after it emerged that Chris Evans was to replace him on Friday nights on The One Show, with Matt Smith to present some games and highlights programmes.

Not that Matt Smith, surely?

Francois Pienaar

A friggin' Rugby player, fuck right off

Pathetic

tell you what edgar

James Corden's World Cup Live

Just had the shuddering realisation that we are a maximum of four years away from the inevitable James Corden comedy football song.

Unless he dies.

It could happen.

He is fat

Lotta strain on that hilarious roly-poly heart.

Other TV programming will include ... Gazza's Tears - The Night That Changed Football

Imagine what this is going to be like and then imagine watching it with a friend/relative from any other nation on earth with even a remote interest in football

Incidentally BBC3 had a programme on last night called England's Worst Ever Football Team and I'm wondering who got in it. Apart from Phil Neville, which was the bit I saw.

Dipped in out of it. Shit prog of course. Let me see:

Paul Robinson
Warren Barton
Phil Neville
John Terry (capt.)
Keith Curle (!?!?!?)

Carlton Palmer
Neil Hodge

Michael Ricketts
John Fashanu

... couple missing there

should surely have franny jeffers in that XI. Although one appearance one goal is a decent record!

Hold on it wasn't Robinson, it was Peter Bonetti

Oh I saw the bit with Kieron Dyer in it as well. Can't deny he merits his place really.

Kieron Dyer! Joey Barton!

By the way, far worse players played for England in the 70s, they didn't qualify for the World Cup for 12 years after all

Just had the shuddering realisation that we are a maximum of four years away from the inevitable James Corden comedy football song.

Dizzee Rascal and James Corden are reportedly planning to cover a 1980s song as an unofficial World Cup single for this summer's tournament in South Africa.

According to The Sun, the collaboration has been planned by X Factor boss Simon Cowell.

It's gonna be World In Motion with new verses and Corden doing the John Barnes bit, right?

Well anyone can rap, according to Corden

Is 'Neil Webb' Neil Webb or Steve Hodge? If the former, then yes - he was dire. Steve Hodge, however was excellent in Mexico 86 after Robson's injury and Ray Wilkin's suspension.

What's the premise of this team anyway? Is it the worst players per se to have represented England? Or the worst performers in an England shirt?

Either way to have P Neville in there is pretty unfair as he's a decent player and is unfairly remembered for giving away that penalty that stopped us going to Euro-whatever. Bonnetti, was a fine, fine goalkeeper, again unfairly remembered for one bad game in Mexico 70. Carson was as bad vs Croatia.

Bonetti probably was a very good keeper, but that one performance was so significant - you were World Cup holders, 2-0 up against Germany, lost 3-2, and he was to blame for at least two of the goals, and you didn't qualify for another World Cup for 12 years!

Nah P Neville wasn't decent, he just brought comedy fouls wherever he played. Gets away with murder in the tackle, always has done.

Much worse players have played for England than Phil Neville. They didn't have a single good full back, on either flank, throughout most of the 70s, 80s and 90s.

yeah they were all playing for us iirc

and you didn't qualify for another World Cup for 12 years!

Obviously Bonnetti's fault.

Some who would could make my team (criterion being that they were not International class):

Carlton Palmer, Mark Barham, Ricketts, Barton, Garry Birtles, David Nugent, Mike Duxbury, Michael Gray, Jeff Blockley, Mick Harford, Mike Phelan, Gavin McCann, Alvin Martin, Nicky Shorey, Michael Thomas, Andy Gray (Spurs), Ian Walker (has to get the keeper's spot), Paul Walsh, Brian Stein, Graham Roberts

Zat Knight has an England cap as well.

It'd make for a shit TV programme though.

anthony gardner has a cap, but he scored iirc

Mark Barham

I have no idea who this is. And I didn't realise most of those you listed had played for England. Didn't know Keith Curle had either.

Am I right in thinking these are mostly 80s players? I couldn't have been paying much attention to England then. Didn't know who Tony Daley was either.

My god

David Nugent scored as well. It was probably the most school football team 'goal' I've ever seen from an England player.

Noone's complaining about JT being in the team I see.

Wow, some of those names take me back.

Garry Birtles

He was really shit too when he came to Man U iirc.

That's daft too, they felt they had to have a "captain" (xp)

Baffling exclusion of Danny Mills.

Danny Mills / Mick Mills combination would have been perfect

Heather Mills as well.

Danny Mills did not play that badly in 2002 iirc. It was probably the last time he did anything of note in football.

yeah he was a big success in that tournament

For an Englishman, yes

Mark Barham was a Norwich winger in the late 80's IIRC. Didn't Keith Curle go to Euro 92?

Other shitehawks: Andy Sinton (a winger without pace), Stewart Downing (ditto), Gary Bailey (fat goalie), Neil Ruddock (very fat stopper), Steve Froggatt (fragile headless chicken), Richard Wright, Terry Fenwick (slow clogger), David White, Darius Vassell (fast in a straight line, without the ball)

Stuart Ripley? I know he got injured but was he any good?