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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. 

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 [...]

World’s Costliest XI – yours for £1.6million/week!

Good… 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 [...]

Lessons learned from Saturday’s horror show

Another England match, another rubbish evening…

The scoreline flattered to deceive, England were horrendous against Kazakhstan. Barely a decent string of passes were strung, and half of the players had the look of men who’d rather be anywhere else other than playing at home for [...]

Vote: Who should be England’s captain?

Does 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 [...]

The most expensive team EVER – yours for £1,351,180/week!

It seems that in the world of professional football, right backs and left backs are like the hospital porters compared to the glitzy surgeons nodding them in up front. Not one of the tireless wing-backs features in the Top Fifty earners – not even Mrs Gary [...]