Dr Gloom

surprised at how few have said shearer or rob lee

Do you want a medal? Why have you got an irrational dislike of capital letters? yes please, a nice shiny gold medal with 'dan is always right' engraved on it would be super. seriously though, until they start consistently under-achieving (like england) instead of regularly over-achieving, the germans always have to be among the favourites. they're never far off. i don't dislike capital letters, it's just quicker to type without them and i'm lazy

wtf is that shit?

stevie's blind optimism regarding england was laughable. it was obvious that we wouldn't better previous performances. got to say though that i was surprised at just how shit we were. funny looking back in this thread that i was one of the few to tip the germans. no one ever fancies them before the tournament starts but they always have to be among the favourites because they almost always make at least the semis. even when they look ordinary, they've got the belief and the winning mentality that the likes of england lack.

New henman tbf. Chokes on the biggest stage

class result for the clogs.

i'm the opposite. i get bored with the exact science involved with baking. i prefer cooking savoury dishes because it's more a case of a handful of this, a pinch of that and taste as you go until you're happy. cooking main courses is defintiely more creative as you can follow recipes as a starting point and then see them evolve into your own creation.

i don't get why americans don't like nice lager. i just got back from vegas, it's light beer all the way out there.

So, out of the 8 teams left in it you've gone for the 3 favourites? nah, fuck that. ghana all the way Stop being inspired by Sky Sports News lunch time World Cup report. I reckon Ghana could've raised eyebrows had Essien been fit. possibly; they had a kind draw though and i doubt they would make it past the semis either way. it's good for the tournament that at least one african team is left in it. there were way too many empty seats in some of the group games for a world cup so hopefully the south africans will latch on to ghana.

i do a mean balti, make the paste from scratch and chuck in shitloads of fresh corriander at the end. serve it up with a nice side of raita and dal makhani (lentils cooked with tomatoes and cream) oh, and a new york style cheesecake. make this one for your mrs and she'll be putty in your hands.

i'm a big fan of ardberg. some might find it a bit too petey but if that's how you like your scotch, this one is hard to beat i'm more of a bourbon man myself though. love a drop of wild turkey or maker's mark me.

So, out of the 8 teams left in it you've gone for the 3 favourites? nah, fuck that. ghana all the way

we need to invest a bit of cash to finish anywhere near midtable or above the mackems, and i'm not talking players of j lloyd samuel's quality. as things stand with the squad we've got, we're looking at another relegation battle

can't see past the brazilians or the argies. spain probably the best bet of the european countries left in it

camp as a line of tents tbh You're the expert.

camp as a line of tents tbh

been listening to muse a fair bit this week on the back of their glastonbury performance

crap collar

johnson did enough to get in ahead of swp, as did walcott. i probably would have taken walcott instead of heskey

i know one of the senior sports reporters at a national redtop and he reckons they've been sitting on a massive gerrard story until after the world cup. it's pretty bad and could explain why he might be leaving the premier league this summer.

nowt on telly so thought i'd give it a whirl for half an hour. that shabby girl seems a bit disturbed like. painful to watch.

none taken, but you're 12 and haven't a fucking clue (no harm of course), and you wouldn't have heard of some of them as there is a large local presence of artists. festival started out 10-12 years ago w/ 600 people attending and has been growing ever since w/ 12-16 thousand attending last year. truly an amazing experience, no other festival like it. nice line up. akills, noisa, plump djs, nextmen, beardyman, qbert, hatrias.....looks good

benicassim in spain is a good option. been there once myself; it was class

aye. bit liek when henman choked when sampras went out early and all he had to was beat ivanisevic and rafter. he won't get a better chance than this year. already a set down like but he's doing better int he second. 3-0 up