Footy Speak

The overly-hyped World Cup draw takes place later, with Ingerlund seeded first but that doesn’t mean they’re guaranteed an easy ride to the second round.The traditional Group of Death could prove haunting for Capello’s men, with a possible line-up including Mexico and Ivory Coast, plus either France or Portugal.

Likewise, the Group of Durge is an option; we’re sure ‘JT’ and ‘Lampsy’ would be grinning from ear to ear with a group schedule including New Zealand, Algeria and Slovenia.

The draw takes place at 5:15pm British time.

Pot 1: (seeds)

South Africa, Germany, Brazil, Italy, Spain, England, Holland, Argentina.

Pot 2: (Asia, Oceania and North/Central America)
Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Mexico, Honduras.

Pot 3: (Africa and South America)
Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Algeria, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay.

Pot 4: (Europe)
France, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland, Greece, Serbia, Denmark, Slovakia.

Following Luke Young’s decision to never play for England again, I’d also like to take this opportunity to announce my retirement from international football with immediate effect.

Big game tonight guys! I’m really excited – it’s going to be a goal bath, I’m sure. SO sure infact, I’ve placed a £50 bet on there being over 2.5 goals scored, i.e 3 goals, throughout the entirety of the match. That should return me a healthy profit. Anyway, back to the football!?

The main questions being asked before the match kicks off, is, who will start up front for England? Yahoo Eurosport put up a poll the other day, and take a look at the resutlts.

So, Defoe should be starting right? I wish there was a bookies which would take bets on this NOT happening, I’d bet my whole life savings on the fact that Heskey starts. England need someone like Heskey up there, or Crouchy. Why? Because the second Croatia put any pressure on us, we’re going to be blasting the long balls ALL night. I must say, Heskey is rather good at keeping the ball up there. Defoe, on the other hand, is a whole other can of beans.

Anyway, thats it for now. I’m planning on writing my next article on why I think Owen should at least still be in the squad. C’MON ENGLAND!