Come anticipate Fabio Capello's two years as England manager with me

Well, Downing and Wright-Phillips have both had really good games. I don't think I'd ever realised just how physically strong SWP is, he's been riding challenges and keeping control of the ball really well all night.

THIS FUCKING BETTER BE PART OF SOME STUART PEARCE REDEMPTION NARRATIVE THING WHERE 37 YEAR OLD SCOTT WORK EXPERIENCE CARSON SAVES A PENALTY IN THE FUCKING WORLD CUP FINAL

AT LEAST BARRY CARRICK IS THE MOST OBNOXIOUSLY COMPOSED CENTRAL MIDFIELD PAIRING IMAGINABLE AY

[Lisa tears off a strip of wallpaper]
Marge: Lisa, what are you doing?
Lisa: Just trying to fill the void of random, meaningless destruction
Bart's absence has left in our hearts.
[Homer walks in; Lisa trips him]
Marge: Oh, that's sweet, honey.

England were... worthy winners, weren't they?

Finally realised who Capello looks like too: Sully out of Sesame Street. Apologise if this has already been pointed out.

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/thumb/3/3c/Sully.jpg/300px-Sully.jpg

hahaha great spot

England squad:
Goalkeepers: Robert Green (West Ham), Joe Hart (Man City), David James (Portsmouth).
Defenders: Wayne Bridge (Man City), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Rio Ferdinand (Man Utd), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Glen Johnson (Portsmouth), John Terry (Chelsea), Matthew Upson (West Ham), Luke Young (Villa).
Midfielders: David Beckham (LA Galaxy), Gareth Barry (Villa), Michael Carrick (Man Utd), Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), James Milner (Villa), Shaun Wright-Phillips (Man City), Ashley Young (Villa).
Forwards: Gabriel Agbonlahor (Villa), Carlton Cole (West Ham), Peter Crouch (Portsmouth), Emile Heskey (Villa).

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it's...as if they knew

http://i40.tinypic.com/2m6r9z5.jpg

I DONT KNOW WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOOT HI IM CANADIAN EH

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^this guy should post to more football threads imo

lol a few tap-ins later and Carlton Cole goes from reviled journeyman to England elite

IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU

no harsh feelings of course, CC ;-)

^this guy should post to more football threads imo

I dunno whether it's possible to be a "stan" of an ILX poster, but yeah.

where's rooney

He is injured, unfortunately. For quite a while.

Spanish Radio Nacional currently reporting that England fans have been THROWING ORANGES AND OTHER FRUIT around. Then in same breath the presenter adds that the English media haven't been going heavy on any racism-in-Spain stories in the run-up. Just as well, since England is hardly on the moral high ground now its fans are throwing perfectly edible citrus products around, eh?

ITV's bigging up of their FA Cup coverage isn't fooling anyone, you know. Why am I thinking about watching this? Just because it's not Minder-starring-Shane-Richie?

487 people at the Wales game. Good reaction to Toshack's new contract eh?

to be fair, it was a friendly. In Portugal. And, er, it's Wales :-)

shit, thanks for reminding me this was on

i finally just realized why i haven't learned anything about football since being in the UK and it's because i've been listening to the television commentators instead of 5live

The only thing you'll learn off Alan Green is just how badly you want to punch Alan Green in the mouth.

The Spanish fans booed the English national anthem.

The Spanish players came out late.

David Pleat said 'clever, technical players'.

hey Robbie Keane has scored twice, in Ireland!

nice camera work itv.

'mexican wave'?? isn't it just 'the wave'?

Jaaames

"A Villa-dominated England team are behind to a player called Villa".

Yes, well done.

I'm sort of hoping that this England team will get beaten 4-0 or so. I'm not sure why. I guess I've often felt that way. OK that ain't gonna happen, but they could always do with being taught a lesson.

A LESSON IN A FOOTBALLING SENSE

is it because you hate the villa?

For some reason I think that if we lose 4-0 it would just be "oh, its just a friendly, with no rooney/gerrard/walcott/lampard etc. against the world champions" and treated as a non story. For once papers can misguidedly grab onto the silly notion of England having a chance when it comes to the world cup, whereas under McLaren it would have been FOR SHAAAME.

haha sheringham repeating the pinefox

no, I don't. I've never liked them, but I like Martin O'Neill a lot so that has changed my feelings I think. Probably like a lot of other people.

Terry Sherrinan is talkinn on TV

oh did Sherrinan say a lesson in a footballing sense ??

nah, he just said "we've been taught a footballing lesson"

Andy Townsend seems to think maybe that Heskey isn't that talented !!!

anyone got a working stream of this?

http://www.justin.tv/dragonblades5 is working for me

enjoying pleat tonight as he backs himself down various verbal cul-de-sacs.

the music is making pleat speak faster

you can watch it on itv.com legally btw.

Pleat needs taking out to the paddock to be shot.

Andres Iniesta however, needs to get his arse into gear and get on a plane to sign for Liverpool, he's fantastic. The pass he produced on 41 minutes was art.

while he's at it, he can bring Xavi and Sergio Ramos.

i think itv.com is windows-only

pleat and motson together would be fun

how easy has it been for spain to work out england's threat in the first 10 minutes and then just sit on it very efficiently...

and itv's online component is uk-only i think (i can't get it to work)

there';s only ten minutes left but try here: http://www.channelsurfing.net/

fearless and forceful, eh