Articles tagged with "group-b"
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 23rd, 2006
I had no notion that there would be any Alan Shearer news at this tournament, but as usual he has scratched and clawed his way ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 23rd, 2006
Some good Sven items today:
1) The reporter absolutely buried the lede here. In a long article about the spotty defending in the Sweden match, ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 23rd, 2006
Peter Crouch says that way up there where his ears are he hears all the carping about the long-ball play that he inspires in Sven's ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 22nd, 2006
Some people object to this image of Wayne Rooney in a Nike ad. Some don't.
What do you think?
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 22nd, 2006
In The Independent, Sam Wallace has the new formation all sussed out.
Well then: the rest of us can move on to other things!
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 21st, 2006
Michael Owen has ruptured his ACL and flown home to England.
Say whatever you like about him, but nobody wanted it to go this way.
Posted on: Sweden Euro 2008 Blog by Jon | Jun 21st, 2006
1. Sven-Göran Ericksson doesn't know how to use substitutions
2. Matias Jonson isn't much of a defender
3. Anders Svensson's days in the national squad are numbered
4. ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 21st, 2006
From the Independent:
1) There is some talk that Michael Owen's injury is an ACL tear and that it will take 6 months to recuperate from; ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 21st, 2006
Sven underscores the apparent severity of Michael Owen's injury. Asked if Owen's World Cup was over, he replied with a sigh, "Maybe. ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 20th, 2006
For 45 minutes, I thought I might have a happy post ahead of me...
Minutes? Make that seconds.
In the 54th second of the match, Michael ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 20th, 2006
First word on Michael Owen's injury from David Beckham: "I think it's a bad one. We are going to have to wait to ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 20th, 2006
One minute in.
This could be dreadful.
On the other hand, the squad look much improved, and Joe Cole had a corking goal.
But the big news is ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris Heidrich | Jun 20th, 2006
Sweden snatched a late goal to draw England. England defended terribly from set pieces and corners, while Rooney looked pissed about being taken off just ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 20th, 2006
Paraguay closes the door on the Soca Warriors' dreams with a solid victory. Both teams are out of the Would Cup. You can ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 20th, 2006
1) Gary Neville out.
2) Joe Cole is playing today for the right to stay in the starting line-up in the knock-out stage.
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 20th, 2006
Anders Svensson, who once dazzled us all at Southhampton, is the first to bare his claws for today's tilt in Cologne:
On Frank Lampard: "He ...
Posted on: Sweden Euro 2008 Blog by Jon | Jun 20th, 2006
Let's sort the details out first. Sweden meet England in the clash for Group B’s top spot this evening. With both teams undefeated, the winners ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 20th, 2006
Today we kick off four straight days where there are four matches played. If you don't have two televisions lined up side-by-side you'll want ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 20th, 2006
With Peter Crouch on the bench pulling the hair of a doll or afghan hound, can we expect England to actually try to score goals ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 20th, 2006
I hope everyone reading this in Stockholm is sitting down.
Sven says that he is going to start Wayne Rooney because "opponents don't ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 19th, 2006
"Eriksson wants strikers to shine"
Gee, ya think?
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 19th, 2006
Sven is hinting that Theo Walcott might feature tomorrow: ""I would like to see him play."
Well, maybe he's hinting that he plans on giving ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 19th, 2006
Did you know that the London Review of Books had a World Cup blog?
Well they do.
I feel more noble just writing about it.
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 19th, 2006
Shoulda known this: money was at issue in Man U's dispute with the FA over Wayne Rooney's fitness. Seems the club has placed ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 19th, 2006
John Terry stands up for Michael Owen while Bayern Munich boss Uli Hoeness does the same for Owen Hargreaves.
Any moment now a video arcade operator ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 19th, 2006
So it's beginning to look like Hargreaves and Jenas for Lampard and Gerrard and Rooney for Crouch.
Firstly, what's happened to Michael Carrick?
Secondly, did Aaron Lennon ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 19th, 2006
Michael Ballack still hasn't laced up for Chelsea, but he's more than willing to immerse himself in the fracas that is the English media: ...
Posted on: Sweden Euro 2008 Blog by Jon | Jun 18th, 2006
The coverage of the World Cup in Stockholm and Sweden this week provided an insight into the workings of the Swedish psyche. In the face ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 18th, 2006
Both Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard admit that they still haven't found a workable form together in the midfield.
My take is that Sven should encourage ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 18th, 2006
Shrek apparently showed a little temper when he heard the FA wanted him to sit against T&T.
And why shouldn't he have? As Nick Townsend ...
