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A hunch suggests that Capello will spend the weekend’s match figuring out his World Cup starting XI, with last night’s outing acting predominantly as a squad audition for more than a few of the players involved.
Walcott pretty much played himself out of any [...]
Read moreMight this be the starting XI?
Familiar ground now - the England team. They always promise so much, then deliver something frustrating. Can they go all the way this year? And, more importantly, who ARE these people? Read on to find out…
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Well, the famous 30 years of hurt [...]
Read moreHappy now?
Well, after a thrilling morning of rumours, the eggs are now sliding down faces, as the provisional 30 has been announced. Joe Cole, cancel your holiday! And then perhaps rebook it! Owen Hargreaves, you can definitely go! Paul Scholes, just carrying on being Paul Scholes [...]
Read moreIs Capello making a mistake?
The provisional 30 man England squad is set to be announced later today, and the news from this morning’s Mirror is that Joe Cole will receive a double blow to the solar plexus – firstly, by not being named in the thing, and [...]
Read moreWill THIS be you?
Quite probably the most startling thing about last night’s Liverpool match, as pointed out by Graham Taylor - who, by the way, sounded either drunk or on meds – was that Steven Gerrard had pretty much no say in proceedings. He’d totally disappeared.
It’s been a relatively appalling [...]
Read moreGood… but it’ll set you back a few bob
As expected, the most expensive team seems to be made up of Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Chelsea players, with just Ferdinand from Man United and Eto’o from Inter slightly bucking the trend.
Adebayor from Man City [...]
Read moreChelsea gaffer the latest to jump on the Man Utd bias bandwagon
In a bid to introduce his own brand of Fergie-style mind games, Avram Grant has come out claiming ref Steve Bennett helped Manchester Utd win the Premier League title. It’s true that Scholes’ [...]
Read moreDoes the armband belong back with Terry, or should it grace another bicep? 
Stevie G was handed the captaincy in Capello’s first match in charge, but should he be in command at the France game next week, and indeed in the run up to 2010? Other [...]
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