theo walcott ? Pretty sure he was selected for the sake of filling the spaces. Useless in any way except for his pace.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2015677/arse..._man_u_0_nasri/

Yes, I heartily concur Walcott was selected due to nothing but his pace. His cross-field run towards the left corner flag to lull Vidic and create space for Nasri's first goal must be due to Melanie's naked presence at the left corner flag and not because of his intelligent off-the-ball movement.

I salute your astute observation and stereotype.

Rooney ready to face Egypt: http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cu...5997378,00.html
Capello open to Bridge return: http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cu...5998881,00.html
Capello - No Terry U-turn: http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cu...5998773,00.html

Rooney's knee injury wasnt a serious one, thank god. cant wait to watch him play tomorrow. rooney to score another header goal ?
i hope the team focus tomorrow and put some of the recent problems aside. play well & good luck, England
line-up predictions, anyone ?

I really hope England will play 4-5-1 so they will get used to it

...................Hart..................
Brown...Terry...Upson...Warnock
..................Barry................
Gerrard...Lampard...Carrick...Milner
.....................Rooney.............

England team then: Green, Brown, Upson, Terry, Baines, Walcott, Lampard Barry, Gerrard, Rooney, Defoe.

looks like a very well decent line-up to me. hope they can go out there and kill the game. bring it!

are they showing the game on astro?

0-1 egypt

1st half from england was awful & forgetable. thought of going to bed for the moment there but not until the 2nd half started.

2nd was much more better. way better than a mile. capello made some very early changes which i thought the same thing too. brought in carrick, crouch & sean right phillips to change the game style of playing. after the changes and goals. england were looking like a far more better team compared to the 1st half. really no chance at all for egypt in the 2nd half. well done to england & capello for making the nessecary changes that needed to be made in the 2nd half. i look foward to england's next game and i hope they can repeat the same performance they did in the 2nd half. see ya guys!

defoe and rooney doesnt mix well. i prefer rooney and heskey ! leighton baines doesnt perform well either.. but still england win against the best african nation team.

best but not in world cup

who were the performers and who were the ones under performing last night? from soccernet i heard after capello made subs to change the game play, England actually did better?

usual from him, tbh.. i watched quite some real madrid games in the 06/07 season where he was in charge, and that is what happened week in week out

Yeah, superb performance from Walcott. I can see him on SA now.

And about Defoe - Rooney, the partnership didn't work well. Maybe Rooney's partner destined to be someone taller? I'm kinda surprised Milner doesn't start, given his form. He did good if not great against Man Utd. And Brown, I think he did good because SWP subbed in. 2nd half subs made all the different, really. Looks like Capello knows who's going to South Africa now.

i wonder if SWP make it thru the squad, i think mostly lennon, walcott and beckham..

http://www.goalvideo.net/international/201...land-3-1-egypt/

who was that england defender that fall down in the egypt goal?

He is playing CM for villa, and you see england have plenty of good CMs, Lampard, Gerrard, Barry

If not mistaken hammer's mathew upson

Great performance from Crouch but I hate him I prefer Carlton Cole or Agbonlahor