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Hilton has more class tbh.

lol, I knew lots of people hated him on here, couldnt remember who. So that's one. 129678[/snapback] I think it would be easier to count the people who don't hate him, the man is a walking knob end.

We let most of ours out a few years back.

My point is that you cannot afford to take a risk with three players, Cole may well come back and look like he's never been away but to take three players who haven't been match fit is a huge gamble.

give ower cole is fit, hes played in 2 reserve games and hes got 40 days to get himself match fit. 129904[/snapback] So you would take a player who will have played a maximum of about four full first team games in eight months? Did you see how bad Wayne Bridge was against Argentina due to a lack of games? Its a huge gamble.

So you would start three players who are short of match fitness? (A. Cole, Rooney and Owen) Taking an unfit Beckham in 2002 was obviously a mistake and England certainly can't afford to have 3 players like that, Sven should leave Rooney and Cole at home.

Well its fairly safe to say he'll not be playing for us any time soon so its a moot point.

No my reasons are purely football, Joe Cole was a luxury player, drifting in and out of games, never doing enough to justify a starting place. Mourhino has turned his game around and has instilled a work ethic in him to be a top player, if he came to us he would undoubtedly go backwards to the Joe Cole of old.

I still wouldn't have him here.

Never a truer word spoke.

England's chances of any success in the WC are now gone. They will go on now to be hammered in their three group games and be an embarassment to the shirt (at least that is what the press would have you believe). Far be it for me to try and give England fans hope but there is more than one player in a team. England (fully fit) have a multitude of world class players, I personally rate a fully fit Owen, Cole and Lampard above Rooney and most logical people will not disagree with that. Rooney may be able to turn a game with one piece of genius but it is players such as those above who deliver every week in the PL. Owen and Cole provide good value to their country but Lampard has never looked comfortable, IMO that is solely down to the manager's selection of MFs. At the end of the day Rooney was only one player. It takes 11 to win a WC and from an Irish POV England still have as much chance of winnind it as they did at 12.45pm this afternoon.

Bruce easily wins the "Basil Fawlty Impression Competition".

If another team wanted him for free and were prepared to pay his wages I'd take their hand off but I can't see it happening.

He's taken them as far as he can. He's a mid-table manager at best, I just hope Freddy doesn't get any ideas.

Shay saves us again.

Boumsong to knock in the winner as super sub.

A prime example of why we will be playing Chelsea at the best time possible.

Disappointing from a neutral footballing perspective but couldn't have happened to a nicer lad.

I would be both shocked and appalled.

Wasn't he seeing a sports pyschologist or some sort of head fiddler to sort this "mental" problem out? May be starting to show some of the benefits in the last few games.

The most shocking revelation out of this is that McClaren is only 44 I would've had him down for being in his late 50's.

Its fucking embarassing for him. Its like the geeky kid in school, "Pick me! Pick me!" . He needs to catch a grip of himself and realise that they aren't going to choose the guy who shouts the loudest for it, its obviously going to be who has the best record over the last six games.

Hhmmm

Doesn't it go down to results against each other if two teams can't be seperated by the usual means? Though it would be great to see, like our own cup final.

Gay as fuck the lot of yis.