Re: FIFA World Cup 2010 : Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:01 am  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

He had to speak his mind when Avram Grant and Scolari were in charge though.

In qualification there was no need to speak his mind. England coasted to the WC. Does England's WC performance and results warrant people to speak their mind or not?

He didn't have to speak his mind and he certainly didn't have to vent his spleen in public. I hope England win the thing as I'm English, but I've already completely lost interest in the tournament with multi-millionaire players trying to run their national teams. Pathetic.

Re: FIFA World Cup 2010 : Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:14 am  

I have a degree of sympathy with JT and I am not a big fan of his. He was nominated to do the press conference after a dreadful performance where everyone knew whoever turned up would get a real grilling by the press. He was refreshingly honest and for 99% of the time said the right things. He did make an error with mentioning individual players like Cole which he should not have done. He was right to say the players can go to the management and speak their mind but perhaps he should have said it in a slightly less aggressive way as these type of discussion should happen behind closed doors.

Most of what he said I was fine with, I did wonder if he had an agenda and wanted to appear as the big man and whislt there might be have been a bit of that I do think for the most part he was trying to just answer the questions honestly.

That said Capello is the boss and what he says goes, he had given Terry a real cage rattling and maybe he is right, sometimes after a big mistake comes a big performance. I just hope England do perform and this is all seen as a catalyst for the rest of the tournament, so far the players have not done themselves justice and they owe the fans a big performance or two.

Re: FIFA World Cup 2010 : Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:14 am  

JT continues to demonstrate what an utter tool he is.

Re: FIFA World Cup 2010 : Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:52 am  

It's a good job the French are in South Africa, or England would be the most embarrassing nation over there.



A couple of decent days gambling wise, getting close to the break even mark.

Today's bets:

South Africa to win, Uruguay/Mexico to draw, Argentina to win, South Korea to win - 19/1

Argentina and Greece over 2.5 goals - evens

Re: FIFA World Cup 2010 : Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:43 am  

Paddy Evra wrote:

It's a good job the French are in South Africa, or England would be the most embarrassing nation over there.



A couple of decent days gambling wise, getting close to the break even mark.

Today's bets:

South Africa to win, Uruguay/Mexico to draw, Argentina to win, South Korea to win - 19/1

Argentina and Greece over 2.5 goals - evens

Got a similar accy today but I have SA and France for a draw and had all 3 yesterday.

Re: FIFA World Cup 2010 : Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:15 pm  

Mark wrote:

JT continues to demonstrate what an utter tool he is.

Re: FIFA World Cup 2010 : Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:21 pm  

South Africa beating the french who couldn't be bothered to even pose for the team photo together

Re: FIFA World Cup 2010 : Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:23 pm  

Cmon Bafana Bafana

I hate when people say Bafana Bafana usually

Re: FIFA World Cup 2010 : Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:28 pm  

Deary me from bad to worse to absolutely unbelievable for the french

Down to 10 men now

Re: FIFA World Cup 2010 : Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:28 pm  

France down to 10 men now. Gourcuff got a straight red. I'm in South Wales, the wind is coming from the west & I'm sure I can hear the sound of laughter.