Articles tagged with "England"
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Nov 17th, 2008
I'll bet it's hard work picking a team for an England friendly. Because there's more at stake than just winning the game. It's about getting ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Nov 17th, 2008
The upcoming game against Germany raises a straightforward but possibly difficult question: Who are England's biggest rivals?
The three obvious candidates are (in alphabetical order) Argentina, ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Nov 17th, 2008
I was wondering how and if Fabio Capello was going to address the old Lampard/Gerrard problem against Germany. But wonder no more, the problem is ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Nov 15th, 2008
A few shocks in Fabio Capello's England squad for the game against Germany. And I like it.
First of all, a lot of familiar names missing. ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Nov 14th, 2008
We've clawed our way back into the top 10 of FIFA World Rankings. Hooray? No?
OK, maybe not the most spectacular achievement ever. And we're really ...
Posted on: Germany World Cup Blog Blog by Jan | Nov 13th, 2008
The last match of the year is approaching and the squad lists for U21 and senior level have just been released:
U21 (vs Italy, 18.11.2008 in ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Nov 12th, 2008
Not everybody agrees with the FIFA World Rankings. According to our poll, 64% of World Cup Blog readers prefer the World Football Elo Ratings System. ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Nov 11th, 2008
It's squad selection time for the grudge match friendly against Germany pretty soon. Rumour has it that David Beckham won't be making the trip, ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Nov 4th, 2008
You know when our next World Cup qualifier is? April 1st, 2009, that's when. Long way away.
Before we continue the march to South Africa ...
Posted on: Ukraine World Cup Team Blog by yevy | Oct 28th, 2008
I remember waking up that Saturday morning with an evil hangover, a souvenir from the Dr. Dog concert I went to the previous night. ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 26th, 2008
Wow. England must be doing well, because all of a sudden even non-English players want to play for us.
Arsenal keeper Manuel Almunia will become a ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 15th, 2008
Very solid away performance from Fabio Capello's new WAG-free England. The streaming video embedding attempt didn't really work out (played for about 10 minutes then ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 15th, 2008
If things work out you should be able to watch the game here:
Password is "5000"
Please leave all and any comments about the game below...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 15th, 2008
It's becoming increasingly clear that England's away qualifiers are going to be a pain in the arse to watch on television. If you're in the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Oct 15th, 2008
If you were to make a list of the best players currently without a senior international cap to their name, Mikel Arteta would be up ...
Posted on: Wales World Cup Team Blog by j | Oct 14th, 2008
With much of their squad handed strategic duties for the Senior's World Cup qualifying match against Germany, Wales U-21 fought to 2-2 draw against England ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 14th, 2008
I know he only mentioned it as an aside, but I think Steven Gerrard has hit the nail on the head as to why he's ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 14th, 2008
No, seriously. I just posted the latest odds on World Cup 2010 winner from Paddy Power over Bet Offside and England are fourth favourites (behind ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Oct 14th, 2008
Spotted this video on our very own Paraguay WCB. It's Salvador Cabanas scoring the only goal to give Paraguay an important 1-0 win over Colombia, ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 13th, 2008
The good folks on Sky's Sunday Supplement gathered for coffee again this weekend (sans Jimmy Hill of course, he's no longer invited) and discussed the ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 13th, 2008
Should England fans have booed Ashley Cole for this cock-up?
It was pretty bad, no doubt about it. But I think if it had been any ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 11th, 2008
The scoreline makes it look a lot better than it really was. According to my TV screen England lined up in a 4-3-3 like this:
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Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 10th, 2008
It's looking increasingly possible that Capello is going to - NOOOOOO!!! - give Gerrard and Lampard one more go together in central midfield.
Seriously.
The thinking ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 9th, 2008
Looks like we'll be without John Terry for Saturday's game against Kazakhstan at Wembley. Seems Rio Ferdinand has been lined up to do armband duties ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 8th, 2008
Yep, this again. Sorry folks.
Gerrard was injured for the Croatia game so we didn't have to worry about he and Lampard playing together in central ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 6th, 2008
Fabio Capello crossed his fingers through the Premier League weekend and hoped for no injuries. And he mostly got his wish. Wayne Rooney and Ashley ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 2nd, 2008
Stuart Pearce's Under 21 team have a big two-legged playoff against Wales this month, with the winner getting a place at the UEFA Under 21 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Oct 2nd, 2008
Not sure if this is shocking or sadly predictable. But former English FA chief executive David Davies has claimed that in the course of bidding ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Sep 28th, 2008
Yep, that's a picture of Borat. Because we're playing Kazakhstan. I never claimed I wasn't predictable. But I will promise not to do it again. ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Sep 23rd, 2008
So the Four Associations Cup is go for 2011. Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland will compete in a round robin league format with two ...
