[quote=“Sidney, post: 847560, member: 183”]That would be a sacking offence.
For the nun.[/quote]
How would you sack a nun?
Personally I wouldn’t sack her.
[SIZE=6]Wojciech Szczesny insists England can WIN the 2014 World Cup in Brazil[/SIZE]
16 Oct 2013 13:19
The Arsenal stopper was impressed with Roy Hodgson’s side on Tuesday night - and thinks they can go all the way next summer
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsenal-goalkeeper-wojciech-szczesny-thinks-2458901
Thorn between whether to post here or thing that are right
England will not be World Cup seed
England will not be one of the top eight seeds at next year’s World Cup in Brazil after sealing qualification with a 2-0 win over Poland on Tuesday.
Fifa’s latest world rankings determined the top seeds for the 2014 tournament.
England who climbed from 17th to 10th, will now have to face one of the top-ranked nations in their group matches.
But boss Roy Hodgson says he is not worried whether his team is “first or second out of the hat” when the draw takes place on 6 December.
The Netherlands, who were runners-up in 2010, and 2006 winners Italy are also unseeded.
But Switzerland, Belgium and Colombia are, following the release of the rankings on Thursday by football’s governing body.
Hosts Brazil and the remaining top seven ranked qualifiers will be kept apart in the group stages of next year’s tournament.
Those groups will be completed by teams from three different geographical regions.
England will have to face one of Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Colombia and probably Uruguay.
Uruguay’s place in Brazil depends on them winning a play-off against Jordan, ranked 70, next month. If they are beaten in the two-legged tie, the Netherlands will take the final seed ahead of Italy.
The rankings’ emphasis on recent results rather than teams’ record in major tournaments means 2010 World Cup runners-up Netherlands and 2006 winners Italy miss out on being kept apart from the other traditional powerhouses of world football.
Barring a slump down the Fifa standings for any of the three, the Netherlands, Italy and England are likely to be kept apart as highly-ranked fellow European nations.
France coach Didier Deschamps, whose side have to win a two-legged play-off to make the finals after being coming second to Spain in their qualifying group, has criticised the system.
"From my point of view it’s not very logical,’’ said the former Chelsea midfielder.
He added that it was a “double punishment” that his side were in Group I, the only European one with five rather than six teams, meaning they had two fewer matches to earn ranking points.
As well as a seed and an unseeded European qualifier, each of the World Cup groups is likely to be completed by a team from a combined Asia, Oceania and North and Central America pot and one of the unseeded African and South American qualifiers or the lowest-ranked European qualifier.
Spain remain at the top of the rankings, ahead of Germany who leapfrog Argentina to take second spot.
Scotland have climbed 28 places to 35th in the world after beating Croatia and Macedonia in the final two games of their unsuccessful qualification campaign.
Wales are up eight places to 44th in the wake of their 1-1 draw with Belgium, while Northern Ireland drop four places to 90th following their 1-1 draw away to Israel.
Ashley Cole has retired from International Football…Defensively, still the best English left back in my opinion.
ah fuck it
signing in
anyone collecting stickers?
they’re a great way of becoming familar with players like Francis Oman Biyik who was to 1990 what Ricky Lambert will be to 2014
roll on Italy vs England
[QUOTE=“mickee321, post: 943637, member: 367”]ah fuck it
signing in
anyone collecting stickers?
they’re a great way of becoming familar with players like Francis Oman Biyik who was to 1990 what Ricky Lambert will be to 2014
roll on Italy vs England[/QUOTE]
Yeah we’ve got the panini album. Both stickers and the adrenaline ones .
What’s the story here? Was he going to be dropped for World Cup or something?
Edit just saw that he’s been dropped. Madness. Far better player than Baines. I have never seen Shaw play
Hodgson is a shit manager.
Ashley to Liverpool please.
[QUOTE=“mickee321, post: 943642, member: 367”]what a goal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtqiBAg2biw
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A fucking fantastic goal, though I seem to remember Belgium dominated that match; Enzo Scifo ran the show and they were poxed to lose it.
I presume we are looking at the following for the England Squad
Hart, Foster, Ruddy/Forster
Johnson, Cahill, Jagielka, Jones, Smalling, Baines, Shaw and one of someone like Lescott or Flanagan with Smalling and Jones providing cover at right back.
Gerrard, Lampard, Wiltshire, Oxdale Chamberlain, Lallana, Henderson, Carrick & Cleverly
Rooney, Sterling, Sturridge, Lambert
Seems pretty average
They are shit but they are there. That is all. Only question is whether the players will bother, and lose in a decent fashion, or do the manyoo on it and fail miserably, convincing themselves unconvincingly that it was rubbish compared to the epl/champions league a la riy keane.
Getting close to the official announcement, the tension is palpable. They’ve decided to stir the great English spirit by having the unveiling in the Vauxhall Motor Car factory in Luton. Where better to announce the names of the men who will fight for England than in a factory partly owned by Germans and Americans 
My sources tell me Lallana, Lambert and Shaw are all IN but that its looking back for Clev’s.
Lallana:pint: