Good piece by Henry Winter in todays Telegraph, about how dangerous a First Round Draw England
could get despite the fact that we will almost certainly be seeded (won't be officially announced
untill all the teams are through and FIFA has worked out the best way to get the big teams through
the fairest way for everyone to play against each other.
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Well all in all it wasn't a bad result. Though I watched the game alone I had a little
liveblogging adventure with Daryl and various commenters. If you missed the game I'll give you a
link to some highlights, and my pity (it was a good game). It was also, despite the fact it was a
loss, was an encouraging result for England.
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Join Matilda and myself for some chit chat about understrength England vs understrength (but
still scary) Brazil, from about 30 minutes before kickoff on Saturday, November 14th, 2009. If
you're in the UK it's a 5pm kickoff on ITV1. If you're in the US it's a 12 noon kickoff on Fox
Soccer Channel.
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Bad news. Our list of the fallen is now about as long as Peter Crouch's leg. The BBC so kindly
tells us that we're missing Rio Ferdinand, Steven Gerrard, Ashley Cole, David James, Theo Walcott,
Emile Heskey, David Beckham, Aaron Lennon, Carlton Cole, John Terry, Frank Lampard, and Glen
Johnson.
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What: England vs Brazil (or Brazil vs England), friendly game of football
When: Saturday November 14th, 2009. 5pm kickoff UK time. 12noon US eastern
time.
Where: Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar
I Don't Live There!
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So yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and thusly the
reunification of Germany. To mark the occasion I watched the rather brilliant film Goodbye Lenin!
(recommended, if you haven't seen it), which basically takes place during the fall of the Berlin
Wall, from the East German perspective.
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Fabio Capello has named his England squad for the November 14th friendly vs Brazil in Qatar.
There was a bit of complaining in the run up, with Fergie suggesting the whole thing was a waste of
time, and Rafa Benitez asking that Steven Gerrard be excused.
Capello ignored Fergie and selected as many Man Utd players as he wanted (including Wes Brown,
who I'm glad to see back in the squad).
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Arsene Wenger thinks 20 year old Arsenal left back Kieran Gibbs is "ready to play" for England.
I'd rather stick with Ashley Cole and Wayne Bridge for World Cup 2010, thanks Arsene, but after
watching Gibbs play in Arsenal's 4-1 win over Wolves today, I think we can definitely file Gibbs
under "near future".
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Could this work of art kill England's World Cup Bid?
OK so perhaps the title is a tad hyperbolic, but really things are getting ridiculous. A quick
refresher course for those of you who have missed this: England (as you all should know) is bidding
to host the 2018 World Cup. Recently there was a conference in London at which Jack Warner, a FIFA
vice-president, was present.
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Wayne Rooney contributed what looked like a good all round performance for Man Utd vs Blackburn
on Saturday, featuring some nice link play and a sweet sweet goal which he swept home to make it
2-0 (around 4:10 in the above video).
I saw about 15 minutes of the game live, and there was also a magic little
inside-of-the-foot-with-back-to-goal pass that somehow didn't make the Match of the Day cut.
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If you had asked me six months ago who was England's best centre back I would have undoubtedly
said Rio Ferdinand. However posed with the same question now I would be a little less sure. I think
that the talk that he's "over the hill" is overly dramatic, but Ferdinand's form this season has
definitely been more than questionable.
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Interesting story in Bild recently, suggesting that Fabio Capello has been asking Stuart Pearce
to keep an eye on Werder Bremen's 23 year old attacking mid/forward Aaron Hunt, who you can see
above scoring twice for Werder Bremen (in white) this weekend. The second goal (which tied the game
at 2-2) is an absolute cracker of a chest-volley combo.
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Sir Alex Ferguson has always enjoyed a good moan. Especially when it comes to England
friendlies. So it wasn't a huge surprise to hear him complain about England's upcoming game vs
Brazil in Doha, Qatar on November 14th.
Ferguson doesn't mention the Brazil game specifcially. But he may as well have.
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You may be wondering why the name at the top is neither Daryl nor Rob. I'll introduce myself,
I'm Matilda, I also write for Bolton Offside. Both Rob and Daryl will still be writing here, I'm
just a little addendum.
Milan chief executive, Adriano Galliani, has come out with the wonderfully self contradictory
statement:
"It's practically certain at 100 per cent, the only thing missing is the signatures, but the
agreement is complete.
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Hands up if you'd forgotten about Joe Cole? No need to be embarrassed, I sort of had as well. At
least as an England starter anyway.
The Chelsea man has been out since January with a knee injury, but returned to play a starring
role as Chelsea thrashed Blackburn 5-0 this weekend.
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