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The Spoiler’s Disappointing World Cup 2010 XI

If they had faces, they’d be blushing

Okay, it’s important to define what “disappointing” means, because it’s very much a blanket term. 

Right, here it is – The Spoiler’s England World Cup 23!

Mr Cool Guy

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 [...]

World Cup Profile: England

Might 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…

Form Guide

Well, the famous 30 years of hurt [...]

Ahh, okay, make that Joe Cole IN, Owen Hargreaves OUT…

Happy 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 [...]

Joe Cole out, Carragher and Hargreaves in… apparently

Is 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 [...]

Should England be worried about the players’ form?

Will 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 [...]