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Thought the first game was pretty good and a draw was a fair result. What about those horns though? I'll think I'll get one of them for the Caley Park!

Personally, I thought that Ghana looked really good.

Oh, and only two days till North Korea, I can't wait!

"England drew their opening match in 1966"

Have they also mentioned that 1966 was the only other year North Korea have qualified for the finals?

Germany looking very good so far.

Germany looking very good so far.

or Aussies look very bad

that Ozil looks like a player though

Germany looking very good so far.

or Aussies look very bad

that Ozil looks like a player though

He does indeed. Lahm has some engine on him as well. Not helping the Aussies cause that cahill was sent off. Very harsh decision IMO

Not helping the Aussies cause that Cahill was sent off. Very harsh decision IMO

Thought the decision was a disgrace but that's football. Germany looked the part but it was a poor Aussie side.

New York Post

I think this is quite a neat fixture list, allowing you to view by date, team, group or stadium.

Fixture List

Been interesting so far. France are 25/1 at the moment to win and are still worth a shot, although they drew 0-0 they have a pretty solid team. I would say they are only lacking upfront with Anelka. Argentina also looked good against Nigeria and if it wasn't for their keeper it could have been 4 or 5. Germany have done the best so far though, and at 14/1 before the match well worth a bet. They have some attack force but we will have to wait and see how they get on against Ghana or Serbia who may be a bit more testing that the Aussies.

Looking forward to seeing Italy play tonight, they are 18/1 and with Buffon in goals i still think they'll be there near the end.

Who's everyone's least favourite pundit?

I cannot stand David Pleat and have to switch the tv/radio off if he is on!

New York post... oh deary me!

Poor World Cup so far. Too much pressure from media these days not to lose the opening game so lots of causion. Hopefully it will change.

Who's everyone's least favourite pundit?

I cannot stand David Pleat and have to switch the tv/radio off if he is on!

Couldn't agree more.

Who's everyone's least favourite pundit?

I cannot stand David Pleat and have to switch the tv/radio off if he is on!

So far the only people from both the BBC / ITV lot who I haven't wanted to punch are Adebayor, Desailly and Seedorf. The others I have seen / heard have either spouted complete rubbish or have been arrogant and condescending towards other participants in the WC.

Who's everyone's least favourite pundit?

I cannot stand David Pleat and have to switch the tv/radio off if he is on!

So far the only people from both the BBC / ITV lot who I haven't wanted to punch are Adebayor, Desailly and Seedorf. The others I have seen / heard have either spouted complete rubbish or have been arrogant and condescending towards other participants in the WC.

Craig Burley for me. He comes across as an arrogant so and so. Yes, Ok He played in the world cup for Scotland the last time we played in it but most of his comments are just plain stupid or state the flaming Obvious

Who's everyone's least favourite pundit?

I cannot stand David Pleat and have to switch the tv/radio off if he is on!

Rather good Scotsman article on the topic

I read that article earlier. Very good.

Shearer is as dull as dishwater and contributes nothing but cliches. The article makes a good point that it wasn't so long ago that the pundits were Martin O'Neill and Gordon Strachan. Mind you, it forgets that Ian Wright was also there (who, when asked about IIRC how Romania would do in a match not involving England, he said "I don't care about Romania, I care about England!" - well, don't accept a salary if you're not going to be a pundit on the match).

Really you want some fire. I like Keegan. He's biased and enthusiastic. If there was someone like Fergie or Souness to challenge him, that would be something. As it is, Keegan just sounds mad instead of passionate.

Most of the commentary I get is in Arabic (except for some games that I have to get elsewhere when Nile Sport doesn't show it), so I only get the odd word here and there - no bad thing! Al Jazeera Sport has Lineker, Souness and Trevor Francis normally (Craig Brown too - he's a bit too easy-going but gives good insight into being an international manager). That's pretty good as there's some real analysis there.

Watch out for James Cordon's show next monday night. Big Tel's on it.

First big shock today. Esp 0 swiss 1

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With all the teams now having played, this World Cup is shaping up to memorable only for the vuvuzelas. Matches seem to be lacking in entertainment, and most of the fancied teams are looking quite average.

The only plus side of the mediocrity is that the outcomes of games and of the tournament as a whole are very unpredictable. It's also fair to say that England will never get a better chance to end the decades of spectacular underachievement, with an easy group (even if they make a bit of a meal of it) and as straightforward a route to the semi finals as a team could realistically hope for.

With all the teams now having played, this World Cup is shaping up to memorable only for the vuvuzelas. Matches seem to be lacking in entertainment, and most of the fancied teams are looking quite average.

The only plus side of the mediocrity is that the outcomes of games and of the tournament as a whole are very unpredictable. It's also fair to say that England will never get a better chance to end the decades of spectacular underachievement, with an easy group (even if they make a bit of a meal of it) and as straightforward a route to the semi finals as a team could realistically hope for.

I don't really know if you could call it spectacular underachievement. They've never really had a team capable of winning it, with the exception of Italia '90. The Dutch and Spanish have much more to answer for.

With all the teams now having played, this World Cup is shaping up to memorable only for the vuvuzelas. Matches seem to be lacking in entertainment, and most of the fancied teams are looking quite average.

The only plus side of the mediocrity is that the outcomes of games and of the tournament as a whole are very unpredictable. It's also fair to say that England will never get a better chance to end the decades of spectacular underachievement, with an easy group (even if they make a bit of a meal of it) and as straightforward a route to the semi finals as a team could realistically hope for.

hold up it's only the first round of games, still plenty of time to go yet

Craig Brown was one of my fave pundits. When it came to the tactics and the way things should be done, i always thought he was very good!

Who's everyone's least favourite pundit?

I cannot stand David Pleat and have to switch the tv/radio off if he is on!

Couldn't agree more.

I hate david pleat, i just says the most obvious things like " well their going to lose this game unless they score" no s***!

Mick McCarthy is pretty bad aswell

I think it's time this site had a bit of World Cup fever!

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It's just CTO as normal though. A bunch of trumpets droning on and on. :022:

Disappointing to see so many South African supporters leaving early from the match tonight. It's the world cup for heaven's sake! Seeing so many leaving early must have been just the kind of inspiration their team needed.

Uruguay looked pretty decent though. One of the few plusses in an otherwise disappointing World Cup so far.