Negative England Relief

Frankfurt

England 1 - 0 Paraguay

Scorer:
England - Gamarra (own goal) 3;

I have just wasted 2hours of my life on this really boring match. 3 points in the bag for England for sure, but how happy would they be? I think they should be more relief than happy, that Paraguay lacked a goal scorer. Or if today England's gonna play against Brazil or Germany they would have been destroyed. So, England started really well when Beckham floated in a perfect free-kick into the penalty box and Carlos Gamarra, under pressure from Terry and Owen, had to take touch of the ball and it went straight into the net. Worst thing is that the keeper, Villar injured himself clearing aloose ball and the latest I heard is he is OUT of the competition.

Anyway England took the lead and had loads of possesion. Joe Cole was the most active player on the field throughout the entire match and created lots of chances. Paraguay were really, really nervy at the start and they looked short of confidence. English sharpshooter Lampard and Gerrard had chances but both are having a competition on who's going to put the ball into row Z first. It seemed like England's gonna put a few goals in by the end of the half, but it didn't came and at half time it was 1-0.

2nd half was the start of the bore tug of war between a revived Paraguay and a distinctly negative looking England. Paraguay started really brightly and caused some problems for the England back four, or should I say the back 9. And the negative approach got them pegged back for the ENTIRE second half and they only had 2 shots on goal. Another thing worth noting is the refereeing standards of this game. He is seriously, too fussy, like a woman and his judgement lacks consistency. Peter Crouch was being penalised throughout the entire game for being too tall and there was constant decision against the foul throws. It makes the game really unbearable to watch and frustrates the fans and players alike.

Is England the most over-rated team ever? Perhaps. They boast the likes of Lampard, Gerrard and Beckham. Yet there is a problem for them playing together and today, we've again seen the shortcomings of England and IF they really want to relive the '66 glory, then they better improve and start to come out of their shell abit more.


Drogballs' Man of the Match: Joe Cole. Very lively throughout the game and his constant twisting and turning makes him the most threatening player tonight.

Tags: World Cup 2006, England, Paraguay

WC Day 2 Preview: England vs Paraguay; T&T vs Sweden; Argentina vs Ivory Coast

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

England (9) vs Paraguay (33)

England will start their campaign against South American, Paraguay in Frankfurt. There was a late injury scare for Steven Gerrard just yesterday but SHOULD be fit for today's game. If he doesn't pass the fitness test, Michael Carrick will probably step in and take his place. Roque Santa Cruz of Paraguay will certainly start tonight even though he's carrying a slight injury.

England: Robinson, G Neville, Terry, Ferdinand, A Cole, Beckham, Gerrard / Carrick, Lampard, J Cole, Crouch, Owen;

Paraguay: Villar, Caceres, Caniza, Gamarra, Toledo, Acuna, Bonet, Paredes, Riveros, Santa Cruz, Valdez;

Drogballs' Prediction: England 3-0 Paraguay;

Signal Iduna Park

Trinidad & Tobago (47) vs Sweden (15)

Drogballs' Prediction: T&T 0-4 Sweden

AOL-Arena

Argentina (4) vs Ivory Coast (32)

Sevilla striker, Javier Saviola will partner Chelsea striker, Hernan Crespo in attack while wonderkid Lionel Messi will sit out of this game. Wow, what a match. I'm looking forward to this game and we shall see how much African football have grown over the years. GAME ON!

Squad List Coming Soon -

Drogballs' Prediction: Argentina 2-2 Ivory Coast

The Offside Rule, Explained With Stickman!

Latest: Steven Gerrard Fit For Paraguay Game


Offside Rule, The Basics:


Alright, so yesterday during Germany vs Costa Rica game, Sylvia came and asked me on MSN what's an offside. Yes I know some of you out there are erm 'pretending' to know, but in actualy fact you thought it's just a rule that stops team from scoring goals. Well actually it's right, it stops team from scoring some goals, but of course there's a reason behind it. Remember in primary school when we played football, the striker is ALWAYS the one that stands right infront of the opponent goalkeeper. Then when he receives the ball, all he needs to do is to turn and shoot and GOALL.

Yes, generally offside is to stop teams from placing their striker just right infront of the goalkeeper and score some cheapo goals (Bolton will be world champions then). It is also a rule to catch those lazy strikers (VanNistelrooy, Inzaghi, etc) off guard and for the camera to show their faces more. No just kidding. Okay, let me show you what is an offside.

OFFSIDE:

Don't mind my drawing! That's the statement here. Okay anyway you'll be seeing lots of this in the World Cup and this IS offside. Usually the 4 (or 3) defenders will form a defensive line and most teams tend to play 'offside trap'. In the picture above, you can see when player A passed the ball to player B, player B's position is behind that blue line, or lets call it the defensive line. So that means he is nearer to the goal than the defenders and therefore he is deemed offside.

ONSIDE:

Looks familiar? Yes this happened it last night's game. Costa Rica's first goal to be precise. When player A passed the ball, player B looks to be in an offside position. But at a closer look, there was a player on the right that wasn't aware of the situation, stood behind that line and therefore he is said to have 'played player B onside'. So player B is not offside and referee will not stop play.

Of course there are exceptions to the offside rule. Remember always that throw ins doesnt constitute to offside and that if it's a defender's back-pass, then there will not be offside. There is also a change of rule by FIFA, about the interfering with play or not, but simple Drogballs doesn't give a toss about that rule because it makes no sense. If you're offside you are. If you're not then you're not. Why make it so complicated? Anyway the rule that I'm saying is that if you're in offside position and the ball is passed in your direction and yet you don't touch it, the referee will NOT stop the play. Yea, confusing? Nevermind about that. End of the off-side lesson guys. Recap:

It is not an offence in itself to be in an offside position. A player is in an offside position if:

• he is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent.

A player is not in an offside position if

• he is in his own half of the field of play or
• he is level with the second last opponent or
• he is level with the last two opponents.

A player in an offside position is only penalised if, at the moment the ball touches or is played by one of his team, he is, in the opinion of the referee, involved in active play by:

• interfering with play or
• interfering with an opponent or
• gaining an advantage by being in that position

That's about it guys. If you have any more doubts, head over to FIFA.com and check the rules out. It's important that you should at least understand the basics of the rule before watching. Anyway I hope I ain't wrong in any of those drawings! Or I'll get sued! Peace guys.

Tags: World Cup 2006, England, Steven Gerrard, Offside Rule

World Cup Group A: Germany 4-2 Costa Rica; Ecuador 2-0 Poland;

Allianz Arena, Munich

Germany 4 - 2 Costa Rica

Scorers:
Germany - Lahm 6; Klose 17,61; Frings 87;
Costa Rica - Wanchope 13, 73;

World Cup host, Germany kicked off their campaign with a thrilling 4-2 win over minnows Costa Rica. Frankly this game proves to be the perfect opening match with loads of quality goals and action. Germany started the game without talismanic captain Michael Ballack but that doesn't seemed to affect the Germans too much.

As early as the 6th minute, Philippe Lahm, recently one of the nominees over here in the hottest footballer poll, cut in from the left and using his favoured right foot struck a fantastic curling shot that arrowed into the top left hand corner of Jose Porras' net. 1-0 Germany and game on! The World Cup 2002 hero, Miroslav Klose, celebrating his 28th birthday, struck twice in the game as well in the 17th minute after great work from Bastian Schweinsteiger and in the 61st minute, Lahm did the good work as he ran down the left and delivering a perfect cross for Klose to head home. Although Porras was on hand to save the shot, Klose got the opportunity to sweep home the rebound.

Of course Germany is not without problems themselves. They are really rocky at the back and lacks pace. Paulo Wanchope, the former ManCity striker, beats 2 of their offside trap and score both when he's through one on one with Arsenal keeper, Jens Lehmann. I personally think that Germany needs to tighten up their defence before they could really go on to claim the world title.

But when it's 3-2 and Costa Ricans looked for a equaliser, Torsten Frings, on his first touch, rifled home an absolute scorcher from 35 yards out and broke the Costa Rican's heart. A fantastic opening match compared to the lacklustre opening 4 years ago. No banana skin this time and I think Germany did well, just.

Arena AufSchalke, Schalke

Ecuador 2 - 0 Poland



Scorers:
Ecuador - Tenorio 24; Delgado 80;

Wow, this IS the banana skin. Everyone expected Poland to beat Ecuador, comfortably. But they started the game very conservatively and made to pay, as Ecuador showed that they are no push-overs. Nothing much from this game actually. It wasn't a footballing spectacle, but good enough, especially for this Ecuadorians whom went all the way to Germany and to those who thought that Ecuador will get thrashed.

Anyway Ecuador scored when Poland were dominating. Then Poland went in search of the equaliser and it just won't come. Then they were hit by a sucker-punch when Delgado scored an easy tap-in and game over for Poland. Now it looks bleak for Poland to go through.

Tags: World Cup 2006, Opening Match, Germany, Costa Rica, Miroslav Klose, Ecuador, Poland

World Cup 2006 Opening Match Preview

World Cup 2006
Group A

Germany vs Costa Rica
Allianz Arena, Munich

Allianz Arena:


Yeap, you see it right. This is the stadium where the much antcipated World Cup 2006 opening match between Germany and Costa Rica will be held. Home of German giants Bayern Munich, this brand new stadium was completed just last year and in time for this year's World Cup. I must say that this stadium is one of the most modern and awesome stadium I have seen. There are tubes on the exterior of this stadium that will change colours and it holds 66,016 spectators. Watch this 'pillow' glow!

Ooh, it looks so hot!

The Real Match Preview:

Alright, so the latest news is that Michael Ballack will be available for the opening match as he himself declare fit and is raring to go. This will certainly give the Krauts a boost in terms of their attack as well as mentally, as they'll have a real leader on the field tonight. Well, the Germans looked to be really fired up for this as this will be played on home soil and certainly will want to give their home fans something to cheer about and also not to 'lose face' and become a laughing stock like the French did 4 years ago.

Drogballs' Prediction: Germany 3-1 Costa Rica - Costa Ricans will certainly not be a push-over and let the Germans run all over them. I see them scoring a goal as Germany isn't very convincing at the back. But the return of Ballack certainly will help them get the results they wanted and also don't discount the 12th man, the fans.

Probable Line-up:

Germany (4-4-2):

1-Jens Lehmann; 3-Arne Friedrich, 21-Christoph Metzelder, 17-Per Mertesacker, 16-Phillip Lahm; 18-Bernd Schneider, 8-Torsten Frings, 13-Michael Ballack, 7-Bastian Schweinsteiger; 20-Lukas Podolski, 11-Miroslav Klose

Costa Rica (3-5-2):

18-Jose Francisco Porras; 4-Michael Umana, 3-Luis Marin, 12-Leonardo Gonzalez; 20-Douglas Sequeira, 5-Gilberto Martinez, 8-Mauricio Solis, 10-Walter Centeno, 6-Danny Fonseca; 11-Ronald Gomez, 9-Paulo Wanchope

Tags: World Cup 2006, Opening Match, Allianz Arena, Germany, Costa Rica

Latest On Cisse's Injury And It's Impact

Note: Please continue to vote for the hottest footballer's wife/girlfriend. The poll is below the tagboard and the pictures are on the post below!

Cisse To Return By Early November

A little glimmer of hope, as Cisse should be back in action as early as early November. It's already a good news that he will recover, and that soon? Well, we'll wait and see. Anyway the suegeon who did the surgery on him said that the surgery was a success. Lots of people feared that his season might be over, but according to Liverpool club doctor, Mark Waller, he will be back in a matter of months. And this time round, it isn't as bad as the previous one he suffered at Blackburn. Sounds like..a not too bad news for me.

But Wrecks Liverpool's Summer Transfer Plans

Yesterday, Rafa Benitez spoke of Cisse's horrific injury and his thoughts. He was really straight-forward in this and I think he'll have a real tough summer this time round. He sent his best wishes to Cisse, and also spoke that this has sent Liverpool's transfer plans this summer into disarray.

Now I think he will have to rethink about the plans of bringing in the more expensive players like Aimar(?) or even Kuyt. The 7-8 million we expected will not be available anymore and its increasinly difficult to sign players on a cheap after the World Cup. It looks a little grim, especially after what happened during Gerard Houllier's last summer at Liverpool, when upon building on his 2nd place finish by splashing millions and screwing up big time in the summer. Now I hope Rafa will carefully rethink about the plans and I have confidence in him, that he will get the best out of the meagre few million we have now. In Rafa we trust.

One Of The Most Comical Own Goal!

I know. I showed you guys loads of comical own goals. But this one is the most recent and it happens yesterday. It was during a France vs China friendly game and IF Cisse didn't get injured, I think would be a talking point!




World Cup's 10 Hours Away!

Uhm, aren't you excited? It happens only every 4 years and honestly, the last World Cup was forgetable. Let's hope this time round it will be a true footballing spectacle. Cheers! And enjoy the one month of pure football!

Tags: Liverpool, Djibril Cisse, World Cup, Rafael Benitez

Every Guy's And Girl's Dream Come True!!

Vote For The Hottest Footballer's Wife/Girlfriend!! 11 CHOICES

After days of 'research', picture finding and picture 'filtering', I have finalised the top 11 hottest footballer's wife/girlfriend! My lord,a lot of the ladies below are erm, 'artistic' models and its really difficult to find 'presentable' pictures of them for the general audience over here (I know loads of you aren't over 18!). Anyway I still managed to find them and I must say those footballers are damn lucky. Okay anyway here are the nominees. 11 in total:


1) David Beckham's Victoria Posh Spice (Ex-Spice Girls)


Everbody knows her isn't it. She's the wife of the most famous footballer and she used to be part of the famous Spice Girls. Can look a little ugly at times, but still quite hot!









2) Ashley Cole's Cheryl Tweedy (Girls Aloud)


Ahh, your girl next door! She's the singer from British girl-band Girls Aloud and from this picture, you could see she's sizzling HOT! And you must thank her for making Joe Cole SO embarassed when he tried to 'tap' her up and in turn he got beaten up and fled the club half naked! Also, makes you wonder whether you should start naming your daughter, Cheryl. All the Cheryl I know...hmmm..... :D







3) Ronaldo's (Fat & Real One) Raica Oliveira


This lady here gets my vote! She don't even need to flaunt ANYTHING and you can feel the heat! Looks pretty exotic and a wee bit like Posh Spice eh? But hotter in my opinion! She's a model by the way. Great job Ronaldo......














4) Francesco Totti's Ilary Blasi


This is a tough one. I struggled to find a half decent photo from this 'artistic' model over here. Well most Italian girlfriends are, so anyway looks pretty hot though.














5) Alessandro Del Piero's Sonia Amoroso


A little more erm, matured than the others. Still quite a babe though. Fits perfectly with the man beside her. She's the sister of his former team-mate, Nicola Amoroso.









6) Thierry Henry's Nicole Merry


I know Emily's gonna vote for her! Haha I read your mind! Anyway according to her, she looks exotic and hot wearing that France t-shirt. The tall lady beside her is Trezeguet's bird.











7) Andriy Shevchenko's Kristen Pazik


A suave and cool footballer needs a really cool and gorgeous lady to be beside him. There you go, Sheva's lady over here. Icy cooooooL!













8) Raul Gonzalez's Mamen Sanz


Uhm, Spanish ladies. They got the really...exotic look in them. Those dark brows make them looked a little different and aparrently she's no in good terms with Posh Spice!














9) David Trezeguet's Beatrice


Couldn't really find her name anywhere on the net, but basically just call her Beatrice. Uhmm, looks good to me.










10) Luis Figo's Helen Svedin


Just like Totti's Ilary Blasi, this lady over here is also another example of 'artisitic' model. Well I looked quite hard for a presentable photo of hers and this is the most...appropriate one. Yea, how difficult is my job!













11) Kaka's Caroline Celico


Another example of a suave footballer + hot wife. Uhmm you wonder why she looks so young. That's because she's only 18! Yea Kaka, you paedophile! Nah, just kidding. Good choice!

















Yea, I know there are ALOT of them out there including Christian Karembeu and Magnus Hedman's. But I would like to focus more on those players whom are taking part in the World Cup and also, easier job for me! Anyway PLEASE DO VOTE AND SUPPORT THE HOTTEST FOOTBALLER'S WIFE/GIRLFRIEND!

Tags: World Cup 2006, Footballer's Wife, Fotballer's Girlfriend, Beckham, Victoria, Ashley Cole, Cheryl Tweedy, Ronaldo, Raica Oliveira, Totti, Ilary Blasi, Del Piero, Sonia Amoroso, Henry, Nicole Merry, Shevchenko, Kristen Pazik, Raul, Mamen Sanz, Trezeguet, Beatrice, Figo, Helen Svedin, Kaka, Caroline Celico

Know What's Karma, Ballack? World Cup Sheeps!

Latest: Michael 'Big-nose' Ballack Will Miss The Opening Game

Yesterday I have heavily criticized a certain M Ballack because of his arrogance and his commitment to Germany seemed questionable. So here's the latest news that he will sit out in tomorrow's opening World Cup game against Costa Rica. As some of you might know he had been struggling with fitness this few days and finally, Jurgen Klinsmann declared he will not be fit in time for tomorrow's match. I hope the Krauts win tomorrow, by a huge margin, so as to shut this guy's mouth up for awhile. Constantly criticizing Klinsmann and questioning his team's quality. Come on you Germans, show your captain that he's just another over-rated money grabber.


More On Rooney

And my extremely unclean mouth strikes again. On my previous post, I stated that the England doctor will give a go ahead for Rooney while the ManYoo docs will try to..erm stop him from going. So according to F365, unsurprisingly ManYoo docs really did try to block Rooney's return. So anyway ManYoo has urged caution to England and their usage of Rooney. BUT he will only play in the 2nd round matches, and that's quite a big IF. Just what IF England fail to get past the first round? You'll never know....

World Cup Sheeps!!

Tuned in to Power98 this afternoon and the DJ 'tipped' us with a website where this certain farm over in England showed their support by...shooting a video of their sheeps playing football! Yea, those bahhhh bahhhh sheeps are playing football while a remixed version of the 'Land of Hope and Glory' played in the background. Pretty funky!

SHEEPS PLAY FOOTBALL! CLICK HERE FOR THE LINK

out you go, kid!

Tags: World Cup, Michael Ballack, Germany, England, Wayne Rooney, World Cup Sheeps

Tales Of 2 Strikers: A Good And A Bad News For You...

Alright, I was supposed to be updating my blog late late last night...or should I say earlier this morning. I was playing FM while waiting for the scan results of Rooney. Of course there will be smiles, from both Rooney and the whole of England, but there will be tears shed this time round.

Smiling Rooney Back In Germany

Right after he came out of the hospital, there was reports that stated he was 'smiling'. Then the next thing was he's already on the plane back to Germany. Although there has not been any 'official' news yet, you can safely say that he will be taking part in the World Cup this time round, though we're not sure how many games will he play.

While Cisse Breaks Leg And Will Miss The World Cup

Just when the good news of Rooney were filtering through, I saw the words 'Cisse Breaks Leg And Will Miss The World Cup'. I'm not his biggest fan, but those words certainly made me a little depressed. How unlucky is that fella? 2 leg breaks in 2 seasons and now to miss the World Cup? Anyway he fractured his right tibia and will definitely miss the World Cup according to nutter Domenech.

Anyway as a person who strongly believes that everything happens for a reason, I hope this injury will be a blessing in disguise. As we all know he looks set to leave Liverpool after lashing out at Rafa. But now seemed like he's not going anywhere and no teams would want a footballer that can't walk now to join their team. So let's see if this is the time for Rafa to show his support to the Frenchman and in turn, Cisse will then recover and justify the 14million we paid for him.

You'll Never Walk Alone, Cisse. Get well really soon. Please!

Okay, if you have a weak heart..please do NOT click on the link below.

VIEWER DISCRETION - PICTURE OF CISSE'S INJURY (Clicky)

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Tags: World Cup, Football, Wayne Rooney, Djibril Cisse

Kolo Forgot...Stevie G Shows Potential & World Cup Latest

Toure Wants 'The Elephants' To Do An Arsenal

Yes, you read that right. Ivory Coast defender, Kolo Toure wants Ivory Coast to do an Arsenal....and go on to lose in the finals. Nah, just kidding. He empahsized that he wants Ivory Coast to make a huge impact like Arsenal did in the Champions League. For me, I think the Ivorians are the dark horses (not racist!) of this competition and IF they can make it out of that group of death, or Group C which includes the Argies, the Dutch and the Serbs, then I think they really can go a long way.

But after all this, I still don't understand. Why do an Arsenal? Why not do a Chelski? HAHA

He's 12 And Already Showing Potential!

Alright who am I talking about here. None other than Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard. I found this really...'special' video on YouTube and some of you might be interested to see how cute yougn Steven Gerrard was! You could see he's so excited about the game and his leadership quality already showed at such a young age.





I love the part he went jumping and jumping. Just like a professional footballer at a grand old age of 12!

Drogballs' World Cup News:

Ballack Showing His Chelsea-ness Already

So he felt that he has the right to criticize his coach, Jurgen Klinsmann. Just joined Chelsea and you already could feel the arrogance coming out from the big-nosed one. As a captain of the team, you should set an example to your team mates instead of blasting your coach. Who do YOU think you are. Michael Ballack? So what. Who will remember you in 10-20 years time since you chose to join Chelsea. Good on you, hope your arrogance take you to 'greater' heights. Some 'captain' you are.

Dirty Italians Facing Some Problems

Italy will be without 2 key players in Gennaro Gattuso and Gianluca Zambrotta for their opening match against Ghana while Milan defender, Alessandro Nesta is doubtful. I think they will have the players to cover for them, but Cristian Zaccardo doesn't seemed to be a good replacement for Zambrotta.

Rooney's Scan Result Will Be Announced Soon

The foot of one of the most talked-about human being currently is undergoing a scan and the results of the scan will be made known to the world in a few hours time. Doctors from the English FA and ManYoo will judge whether Rooney's foot will be England's saviour or just a false dawn. I can bet with you now, that the England doctors will give the go ahead while the ManYoo doctor will say he can't make it(scared of the wrath of Fergie actually). If this happens, a doctor from FIFA will step in and give his judegment. I'll post the latest on the scan results once it is released. Stay tune.


Tags: World Cup 2006, Ivory Coast, Cote D'Ivoire, Kolo Toure, Arsenal, Steven Gerrard, Michael Ballack, Italy, Zambrotta, Nesta, Gattuso, Wayne Rooney

Don't You Wish You Girlfriend Could Dance Like Crouch?

FIRSTLY, AU REVOIR, CISSE...

Djibril Cisse agreed a move to Marseille following talks with the French club. The Marseille president Pape Diouf travelled to Merseyside to open negotiations with Liverpool. Liverpool's chief executive Rick Parry yesterday returned from a fortnight's holiday in the Caribbean and his first task will be to have talks with Diouf over the France international forward's future.

Diouf will seek to persuade Parry to accept a loan move for Cisse with an option to purchase the player at a later date. However, Parry is likely to hold out for a £7m transfer in the knowledge that Marseille are highly capable of raising funds through the sale of the France international winger Franck Ribery to Manchester United, Arsenal or Lyon.

Parry may even raise the suggestion of an exchange deal, though Diouf, who values Ribery at £25m, will undoubtedly resist. Lyon had considered an approach for Cisse but they would want to take the player only on loan. Meanwhile Claudio Ranieri's talks with Marseille over his becoming the next manager at the Stade Velodrome appeared close to collapse last night as the club feared the Italian's financial demands would be too great.

Massive Pictorial Updates On Crouch And DoTheCrouch:

So, the 'Do The Crouch' craze have hit England and some parts of the world eh. His robotic dance has now become a new trend, just like last season when everyone is 'Doing The Dudek'. Yesterday, I flicked on SportsCentre and saw them showing various people doing the Crouch, kids and old men alike. And lot's of photoshopped pictures are being posted to 'hail' the coming of the tall one. Haha I have a little collection and would love to post it up here! So here they are... [CLICK FOR BIGGER VIEW]
























The giant, scaling greater heights this World Cup!


















Uhm, not that tall!

















This is my favourite! Transformer + Crouch hahaha.



























He made Keane and Rio looked dumb. FACT.















Let's do it!













Thanks to this.is.anfield for those photoshopped pictures. Haha brilliant. Yeah and you got that right, there are 2 websites set up just for Crouchmania fans.

WWW.DOTHECROUCH.COM

WWW.THEROBOCROUCH.COM

More later!

Tags: Liverpool, Djibril Cisse, Football, Marseille, Lyon, Peter Crouch, Do The Crouch, Robocrouch

And The Goal Of The Season Is... Wishful Thinking Part 3.... And More

Latest (Not Quite) News On Rooney

Okay I'm a few hours late about this, but this news surely will be the one thing that make all the England fan believe again. That is Wayne Rooney has today, started light training in the England training camp over in Germany and apparently, he did a scissors-kick during the training and...Sir Whiskey of Fergie is fuming over it as usual. Anyway he's gonna have a scan again back in England tomorrow and the fate of Crouch awaits!

05/06 Liverpool Goal Of The Season: Steven Gerrard's 2nd vs West Ham (FA Cup Final)

You seen it coming, don't you? Seriously, what other goals scored this season by Liverpool can overtake this fantastic strike from the skipper. Not only is it breath-taking, it was oh-so-important and the timing of this strike is just perfect. Sometimes you wonder whether Rafa is a manager, or a magician + fairytale story writer. Istanbul and then..Cardiff!



Since It's 6/6/06, 6 Wishful Thinkings By F365 Then...

• Players to stop spitting
• Women to actually understand that one month isn't much to ask for considering that the World Cup only occurs every four years.
• Women not to remember that argument in two years' time when the European Championships begin.
• Rio Ferdinand not to jump on the back of any of his team-mates after they've scored a goal.
• The music to be turned off and all the fans inside the stadium to be completely silent during the national anthems so that we can hear just how badly the players sing.
• Theo Walcott to score the World Cup-winning goal.

Footballer's Wife/Girlfriend/Bird Rough Draft Nomination

Okay after much(quite) research, I managed to come up with 9 nominees for the prettiest/hottest footballer wife/girlfriend. Note that this is only the rough draft so you guys still can continue to give your opinions on the options and also if I have missed out any babes, please do drop me a comment. And here are the 9:

1. Andriy Shevchenko's Kristian Pazik
2. Kaka's Caroline Celico
3. Francesco Totti's Ilary Blasi
4. CAshley Cole's Cheryl Tweedy
5. Raul's Mamen Sanz
6. Roque Santa Cruz's Giselle
7. Luis Figo's Helen Svendin
8. Del Piero's Sonia Amoroso
9. Trezeguet's ....I don't know her name (:

Alright anyway continue to come up with names and the poll will be held on Friday! Get ready your tissues guys, your nose MIGHT bleed :D

Tags: World Cup 2006, England, Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard, Liverpool, Football, West Ham, FA Cup Finals, Footballer's Wife, Footballer's Girlfriend

Stevie! Pass The Pringles! And World Cup Stuff (NOTE: 3 DAYS)

Stevie G In Pringles Advertisement

I don't think this advertisement will be available in Singapore. But anyway thanks to this.is.anfield for the YouTube link, we can all watch Roberto Carlos, Gerrard and Totti going over the same....Pringles.




World Cup Wishful Thinking Part II:

• Costa Rica to do to Germany what Senegal did to France in the opening game in 2002.
• Jermaine Jenas and Owen Hargreaves to catch the plane home, admitting they're well out of depth.
• No England fans to be sent home from Germany for fighting.
• Ian Wright to admit that Shaun Wright-Phillips would have made absolutely no difference to England's World Cup hopes.
• The Irish to support England in the manner that the English supported Eire at World Cup '94.

The 'We're Not Going To Germany' First XI:

Goalkeeper: Jerzy Dudek (Poland, Liverpool)
Poor old Dudek. The hero in the 2005 Champions League finals has suddenly found himself dropped out of the Polish squad due to the fact that he didn't have too many games at Liverpool this season. A solid shot-stopper but sometimes as calamitous as David James. Sorry Dudek, we screwed your World Cup dreams...

Right Back: Dani Alves (Brazil, Sevilla)
Understandably, he's dropped due to the sheer strength in dept in the Brazillian squad, with captain Cafu and Cicinho on the right-back slot. But looking at his form for Sevilla this season makes you think why is he not ahead of Cicinho during the selection. Perhaps he's playing for a smaller and less fashionable team? I think so.

Left Back: Javier Zanetti (Argentina, Inter Milan)
In my opinion, one of the best wing-back in modern era. Solid defensively and raring to go forward at every chance, he is a player every manager would love to take into their squad. His down-to-earth attitude and influence makes him a perfect captain. Can't understand why Jose Pekerman dropped him. But presumably its due to his age and its against his objective of keeping the Argentinian squad as youthful as possible.

Centre Back: Philippe Mexes (France, Roma)
Ah, the player that everyone buys on FM isn't it. Anyway he has had a fantastic season with Roma and how on earth is Jean-Alain Boumsong picked ahead of him? If I'm Mexes, I would be more ashamed than devastated. A p*ss-sh|t defender gets the chance of going to the World Cup while I'm on a holiday. But not surprisingly, his maager uses Astrology to pick the team, so he's bound to fail anyway.

Left Midfield: Clarence Seedorf (Netherlands, AC Milan)
He used to be damn good when he was at Real Madrid. But since his move to AC Milan, his career seemed to go downhill from there. Everytime I watched a Milan game, he would be out there on the left, out of position, and performs badly. Not once or twice, but quite a lot of times. But on his day, he is still a top-class midfielder.

Right Midfield: Shaun Wright-Phillips (England, Chelsea)
Taken advice from Ian 'Wrong' Wright, his dad, he joined Chelsea to 'further' his career and look how much further have he got. Nowhere further than Stamford Bridge itself. He was such a fantastic performer back in the days when he was playing for Man City, but the constant bench warming excercise made him more of a zombie than a rather good replacement for erm, David Beckham. Watched him played a few games this season and he was truly, truly awful. Deserved to be dropped. Come on Aaron Lennon!

Central Midfield: Ruben Baraja (Spain, Valencia)
He was marked by Benitez as a successor for Steven Gerrard when everyone thought the G is about to leave for Chelscums and everyone knows why. His style seemed to be similar to Gerrard, fearsome tackler, excellent passer of the ball, controls the pace of the game wel and also famed for scoring crucial goals, he's dropped from the Spanish squad due to the sheer quality and quantity of the central midfielders. Fabregas, Alonso, Iniesta and Xavi.

Central Midfield: Edgar 'Pitbull' Davids (Netherlands, TotSpurs)
Have been around in the Dutch squad since 1992...yes 1992. His nickname suggest that he's a tenacious and energetic midfielder that does everything with passion. But he has clearly struggled in Tottenham last season and it's no surprised that he would be dropped. I've seen a couple of matches he played in and obviously not the Davids of old.
[NOTE] - How ESPN StarSports picked him as one of the nominees of Midfielders of the season is beyond me.

Attacking Midfielder: Ludovic Giuly (France, Barcelona)
Ah, the master astrologer at it again. That nutter Domenech picked his team using his astrology formula and dropped the in-form Ludovic Giuly. He played the crucial role in Barcelona's double winning season and has been fantastic last season. Apparently, he's quite humorous as well, telling Monsieur Domenech that he would be on a holiday in Australia, canooeing amongst crocos, kangaroos and penguins. If anything happens, tough luck for him.

Striker: Fernando Morientes (Spain, Valencia)
Was recently sold by Lverpool because he's really not up to the mark and had a pretty poor season with us. He has scored 26 goals in 43 starts for Spain but promptly dropped by Spain because Aragones wants only 4 strikers.

Striker: Roy Makaay (Netherlands, Bayern)
This surprises me the most actually, other than Giuly. He has been scoring consistantly for Bayern this few season and although he did hit a rough patch earlier this season, his scoring record are for all to see. A fantastic striker and in my opinion should have gone due to the fact that van Nistelrooy hasn't been performing too well recently.

Tags: Pringles, Advertisement, Jerzy Dudek, Dani Alves, Javier Zanetti, Philippe Mexes, Clarence Seedorf, Edgar Davids, Ruben Baraja, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Ludovic Giuly, Fernando Morientes, Roy Makaay, World Cup

5 Players That Never Made It To WC; Top L'pool Goal #2..

5 Great Players That Never Had A Chance To Perform In The WC:

- Alfredo Di Stefano

It is frankly staggering that Di Stefano never kicked a World Cup ball in anger. Some argue this fabulous forward was the greatest player of all time - greater even than Pele and Ken Charlery. The driving force behind the Real Madrid side that won the first five European Cups, he was an extraordinary goalscorer. He hit the mark in each of those first five European Cup Finals, culminating in his hat-trick in the famous 7-3 victory against Eintracht Frankfurt at Hampden Park in 1961.

Unlike most people in this list, Di Stefano wasn't a rare jewel playing for a country with a poor World Cup tradition. Instead he played for two of the best teams, under the peculiarly lax nationality rules of the time.

A native of Argentina, his misfortune was that his homeland went through a run of refusing to participate in World Cups due to political rows with South American rivals. They stayed away in 1950 and 1954, returning to the fold for 1958. They won their qualifying group but went to Sweden without Di Stefano because by then he was playing in - and for - Spain, who missed out on a place in the finals because of a home draw with Switzerland which allowed Scotland to sneak through even though they had lost 4-1 to the Spanish in Madrid.

Di Stefano won European Footballer Of The Year in both 1957 and 1959, missing out in World Cup year to Raymond Kopa of France, his Real Madrid team-mate. Finally, a 36-year-old Di Stefano made it to the 1962 finals in Chile with Spain. Alas, he was injured and unable to play.

- George Weah

The Liberian forward is possibly the greatest footballer ever to emerge from Africa - it's between him and Eusebio. George's performances for Monaco and Paris St Germain led to a £3.5m transfer to AC Milan in 1993. Two years later, he became the first non-European to win the European Footballer Of The Year.

Unfortunately, he was the only Liberian of any real quality, and it soon became clear he was doomed to play out his years making a fortune in club football. At least the poor bugger doesn't play for Citeh any more, though.




- George Best

Northern Irish drinking genius who played the odd game for Manchester United, including the 1968 European Cup Final. Won the European Footballer of the Year Award that same year.

Almost qualified for the 1966 tournament but a 1-1 draw with Albania in their last match cost Northern Ireland their chance of a play-off with Switzerland. Defeat in the Soviet Union cost a place in Mexico four years later. Came nowhere near West Germany 1974, but then Bestie was gone by that stage. Northern Ireland finally qualified without him in 1982 and 1986. Alas.



- Ryan Giggs

The Welshman who, as Ryan Wilson, captained England as a schoolboy. Would he have opted for the land of his father rather than the land of his birth if Graham Taylor had not been England manager when push came to shove?

Almost reached USA 94 - a Paul Bodin penalty miss in the last qualifier against Romania cost Wales a place - but catastrophically poor results in qualifying for France 98, Japorea 2002 and Germany '06 suggest the lad took the wrong option.

- Eric Cantona

Eric could even have captained his country in the 1994 World Cup finals had they not conceded two goals in the last ten minutes at home to Israel or a last-gasp goal at home to Bulgaria when they were seemingly certain to qualify.

Would still have been in contention for France 1998 if he had not lost his place in the team following his suspension for the attack on a fan at Crystal Palace. Went from being captain to never playing again in one moment.



Top 15 Liverpool Goals of 05/06 Season: #2 Steven Gerrard vs Newcastle:

Actually he scored 2 goals against the GeordieBoys this season in similar style. A long ball, a knockdown from Crouchinho and Stevie on hand to blast it into the net. But I picked this because it seemed to be a nicer goal and requires a little more technique than the one he scored at St. James' Park.




It's Peter Crouch at it again. A nice touch from a big man, then Gerrard promptly finished it emphatically past a helpless Given.

World Cup Wishful Thinking Part I:

• David Beckham do anything more difficult than leaning back, putting his arms out and swinging his right boot. Or even touching his hair?
  
• Any player taking a tumble to get up, shake themselves off and say: "Silly me, I can't seem to stay on my feet. No of course it's not a free-kick..."
• No footballer to be accused of rape, robbery or urinating in a public place.
• Sven-Goran Eriksson to make any substitution that makes you think, 'yes...now we'll do it.'
• Brazil's female fans to start watching their team in the nude. The fans, not the players.

I Need Your Help...

Okay so after all, football is more male oriented, therefore making the who's the hottest World Cup star seemed to be abit gay. So why not, let's do a Hottest WC Star's Wife/Bird/Girlfriend poll? But first off all, I would need some help. That is to help me name some hot birds footballers have. Off my mind I could think of those Italian's, like Totti and Zambrotta's and also Ashley Cole's Cheryl Tweedy and Walcott's...I forgot her name. So would you guys do me a favour? Help will be much appreciated!

Tags: World Cup, Di Stefano, Cantona, Best, Weah, Giggs, Liverpool, Gerrard, Newcastle United

Oh...Look What You've Done.....

The Reason Why You Should Change To Mozilla Firefox NOW:


So, Ladylala commented on why my blog can't be viewed on IE (Internet Explorer). Out of curiousity, I opened up the cobweb-filled IE and entered my blog. To my bloody horror, I cannot believe what I saw. How on earth can a blog looks totally different with 2 different programs? Okay now, let me show you what YOU should see on this blog:





















Nice, clean and everything's in line and everything's in order. But look what IE has done...



















Completely screwed up, with a message 'Error Loading Page' below. Now if you're observant enough, you should have seen the message right below my 'profile' that is to switch over to Mozilla before entering the site. Now I know how terrible my blog looks especially with IE. Anyway I'm doing a free advertisement for Mozilla here. It's has a very user-friendly interface, easy to use and of course the wonder of tab-browsing. Why still continue to use IE when it's so cluttered with those 'anti-syware' toolbar? One day those toolbar are gonna take up half the spaces of the window.

So now if you decide to 'convert' to the goodness of Mozilla, either go straight to www.mozilla.com for the download or IF you can see the advertising button at the bottom of the 'Other Rubbish' column, click on it and you'll go to the same webbie.

Anyway that's a short update and advertisement for the Mozilla Firefox. More football updates later, when it's noon time over in the UK.

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer

It Made Me Laugh Pretty Hard...

Thank The Lord FM Is Just A Game....

Was having a game of FM recently, then I was shocked to see....






















Yea, okay thanks for that...but I'm sure DAVID DEIN IS BEHIND THIS!!

In The Meanwhile....

Was scanning through old photos that are somewhat hidden within that cache of mine. And was quite surprised to find...something that I have found from the F365 forums long ago.

























Then after lots of photoshop work, it became....


























HAHA brilliant. Notable mention of Mourinho, Joe Cole, Crespo, Robben, Lumpard and Wright-Phillips.

More tonight! I'll be having my common test soon! Wish me luck....