For the first time i have to do a half time report....

Spain have been woeful (again)

But i still think when David Villa and Costa come on things will change....8-P

The clown they have in goal cost them 3 goals against the dutch and as for trying to punch the ball for the second...words fail me...They have two better goal keepers on the bench

Alonso has had the worst 45 mins i have seen from any player in a long time....Why do they keep picking him as hes never really been that good.

Once Iniesta takes the lead shot out of his boots he might get forward quicker...

As for Busquets......is he playing ?

I really dont see a way back for Spain who look like a team that doesnt want to play together anymore...

50/1 to win the world cup ....:eek!:

Oh go on then just another fiver........o:D

SPAIN 0 CHILE 2


There are a few words that can describe Spains performance in this world cup

But the one i want to use is....disinterested......:eek!:

From the time Van Persie equalised in the first game they just seemed to loose interest in the whole thing.

I dont buy into this "too old" thing as tonight only two of the starting eleven were over 30 ...

There were plenty of players you could blame but for me the worst player in the two games was David Villa who contributed nothing and in truth looked way out of his depth.

The Spainish midfield was weak and poor in both games and they had a lot of decent players on the bench that never got a look in.

I doubt we will be seeing Spain lift a major trophy for many years now and for anyone over 50 they may never see it...

Chile showed a passion to play for the shirt and deserved their win but we all know they wont go a lot further once they play a country thats there to win.

I watched Australia who are also out of that group but they gave it everything they had and its a shame they still went out the same time as Spain.

I can see at least 7 changes in Spains last game against Australia and maybe we will see more passion when its all too late.

Costa was as bad as i have ever seen a striker play in the world cup and it was only his performance that saved Torres from getting that vote.

I fear for Chelsea next season if they do pay 30 odd million for him....we are better off keeping BA at least he can score goals and looks like he wants to ....Costa just looked like a bloke who didnt fancy it.

Anyway onto tonights bets.......:'D


All lost ..........:eek!:


New balance

217

Tomorrow we look at ENGLAND V URUGUAY at 8pm ....;)

PS

I think FRANCE could be the dark horses now....14/1 looks big .....o:D

Ineista and Alonso are long past it. Cassilas isn't even Madrids goalkeeper. Their Barcelona tip tap style hasn't worked for 18 months. The refs now know that just because they fall over it might not be a foul. They've had small quick men running into people getting players booked for standing still, found out, move on.

ENGLAND V URUGUAY....8PM

Although beaten on Saturday night by the Italians for once England lost with pride and hopefully tonight they can carry that into the game with fancied Uruguay.

I doubt there will be any changes in the starting line up for England but a few will have to up their game for us to win.....

Uruguay have Suarez back and he will always be a threat not only for scoring goals but also for diving about.....

I can see England winning this as they have a decent record in these sorts of competitions in their second match.

Stirling and Sturridge look our main chances of goals against a defence that doesnt like players running at it.

Fingers crossed we can take three points into our last match.


TONIGHTS BETS

FIRST GOALSCORER....STIRLING @ 10/1.........3 points

TO SCORE AT ANY TIME.....CAHILL @ 12/1.......3 points

ENGLAND TO WIN 3-1@ 14/1..........................3 points

DRAW 2-2 @ 12/1..........................................3 points

OVER 3 GOALS IN GAME @ 2/1.......................10 points


TOTAL POINTS BET......22


ENJOY............:news:

ENGLAND 1 URUGUAY 2

Well im not going over old ground but once again we just cant bring off Gerrard who not only cost Liverpool the league but has now cost us any chance of making the knock out stages.

I thought Henderson played well in midfield and at least he was getting forward to support....but no they had to take him off again.

Stirling never got going tonight a bit like what happened in the second half against the Italians where when he was out wide right Johnson kept getting in the way

Then we look at the bench and on come....Lalana and Lambert....14 months ago they wouldnt have got into the Scotland team let alone one thats playing at the world cup...

NO PLAN B .............(o)<

What every good international team have is a STRIKER who can score goals.....Tonight it was Suarez on Saturday it was Ballotelli....

We have NO ONE.......Sturridge.....Welback and Rooney are NOT strikers.

The only time we attacked the box was when we scored and with no one in the middle Baines cant cross from the by line ..he had to keep cutting in and thats easy to defend.

Should have taken Defoe or Crouch for a plan B.

Until we find a out and out goalscorer it doesnt matter how good our kids are....

We got back into it and then went to sleep thinking 1-1 would be a good result when really we should have pushed on for the winner.

Anyway if results go our way we might still make it through but winning Saturdays lottery is about the same odds.


Tonights bets

ALL LOST

New balance.....197


Tomorrow we look to get back into a plus position

SWITZERLAND V FRANCE 8PM

I think the Gerrard comment is a bit harsh, almost like saying Chelsea would have beaten Man U in Moscow if it hadn't been for JT.

As long as England continue to change their team to allow Rooney to do as he wants we will never win anything. For the millionth time he isn't anywhere near world class. He's as good at football as the old prostitutes he shags are at sex (o)<

It was never going to happen in Brazil ..
You had to know before the event that Roy is a yes man for the FA

So with NO Ashley Cole, NO John Terry, and above all NO Harry, it was always going to be a No No before the event :-C


And PT is right... Rooney is not good enough, neither is Gerrard (past it) .. Roy was cluching at straws with those two :'D

You mean when he slipped over taking the pen that would have won the game and the cup ....o:D

That was the pitch.....8-P

SWITZERLAND V FRANCE 8pm


Well ENGLAND are out of the world cup after the Italians 1-0 defeat to Costa Rica.....o:D

Looks like we will be coming home with Nil points from this world cup....


Onto tonights match and the two fancied teams from the group meet after both winning their opening match.

I was disappointed with the Swiss in their first game and only managed a late winner to take the points.

France were a lot better then we all thought they would be and looked a team that could well win this .

I think tonights game will be tight with the Swiss having a decent defence but no real fire power up front.

France will win but not by much.


TONIGHTS BETS.

FRANCE TO WIN WORLD CUP @ 16/1...........5 points

FRANCE TO WIN 2-0 @ 8/1.........................5 points

FRANCE TO WIN BOTH HALVES @ 5/1.........5 points

FRANCE TO SCORE A PEN @ 8/1.................3 points

SWISS TO SCORE A PEN @ 12/1.................2 points

MATUIDI (France) TO SCORE AT ANY TIME @ 7/1..........5 points


Total wagered..........25 points.

SWITZERLAND 2 FRANCE 5

Tight it wasnt.....:eek!:

Entertaining it was.......;)

Really the French should have had a few more ....A missed penalty and a 6th goal disallowed when the ref had blown for full time says it all.

The French dominated from the start and the Swiss who have conceded only 2 goals in eight previous world cup matches conceded two in 13 seconds.

The French never turned up in the last world cup but they have here and with a very decent mix of young and more experienced players i think they could even go on to win it and the 16/1 on offer earlier will have long gone.

Very organised and workman like with decent strikers and although the Swiss scored two at the end the match was over long before.


TONIGHTS REYURNS

MATUIDI (France) TO SCORE AT ANY TIME @ 7/1..........5 points


And we should have landed the pen and France to win both halves....:'D

But back into profit after a couple of poor nights.


New balance......212 with 5 points running on France outright @ 16/1


Tomorrow we look at

GERMANY V GHANA AT 8pm