The 2006 FIFA World Cup

[Sheriff Fatman]

Just found this - pretty much sums up my feelings.

Bold Sven Loses The Plot

[Triple X]

Gotta say that Sven is probably having a laugh as a parting shot - u thought i didnt have balls well take a look at this squad.

That said i quite like it - lets be honest, if rooney is not fit he will call up another striker so Walcott is not going to evert start.

Fact is he is going for the shock factor in Walcott - and he may be a great last 20 mins sub.

Lennon v Wright Phillips is a coin-flip.  Both good, i personally would have gone for SWP as he is proven.

My only gripe is Hargreaves - complete waste of space and so untalented when he has played for England.  Lets face it you would only use him late to protect a lead and surely King would be better at that.  Carrick, Jenas and Hargreaves is too many of the same.

Agree also with those that have suggested using Gerrard in a more attacking role.

[mjrevie]

Pele played for Brazil at 16. Who was he proven against?

Walcott --> Pele??

Your having a laugh arent you??

[Pab]

agree about hargreaves, he should not have gone, complete waste of time.

Question to sven, why did u pick theo walcott?

A. Becasue he has pace!


People get in the squad on pace alone, the little white leather ball irrelevant???

Only time will time, hope it pays off, woudl rather see defeo there tho

[matt674]

only 4 strikers, 2 of whom are injured, 1 has never played a minute of top flight football and the other - well errr.

England 800-1

Sven's taking the pi$$ before he leaves 

I'll have £10 with you at those odds Matt.

It appears as though i may have been a bit hasty in my odd calculations earlier, after all i currently have England as having a slightly less chance of winning the world cup as Angola, Iran and Saudi Arabia who were all 750-1 in the original betting.

To rectify this error and show a truer reflection of Englands chances i would like to change the price to 500-1......................











 of Iran, Saudi Arabia and Angola! 

[Nem]

Walcott picked and no Defoe or Darren Bent.

So, our strikers are:

ROONEY: Wont play, as he has a broken foot.

OWEN: Hasn't played for 5 and a half months, he will not be 'match' fit

CROUCH: LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

WALCOTT: Wonderkid? Only in the 1st division. Scored any goals in the Premiership? NO. Started any games in the Premiership? NO.

England = Laughing Stock

[whufc65]

Still cant understand why walcott was picked over sheringham

also this video shows how good walcott is

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/56388/theo_walcott/

[The Baron]

Pele played for Brazil at 16. Who was he proven against?

Walcott --> Pele??

Your having a laugh arent you??

Well no I'm not actually. Pele had played for Santos but wasn't exactly proven.

People are saying Rooney will be as good as Pele, but Walcott is thought to be better than Rooney was at this age so it's not an outrageous comparison is it?

[Nem]

Still cant understand why walcott was picked over sheringham

also this video shows how good walcott is

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/56388/theo_walcott/

The video doesnt work.

[marcro]

Still cant understand why walcott was picked over sheringham

also this video shows how good walcott is

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/56388/theo_walcott/

The video doesnt work.

It worked on my computer and it makes him look pretty special.

[Nem]

Everyone has seen the footage, and obviously he looks very special. But everyone saw the footage of Pennant and look how he turned out. But my last comment isn't the point, the point is that Rooney isn't fit and he has picked 2 other strikers. One is a usless beanpole and the other hasn't played for over 5 months. If Owen got injured in the group stages and Rooney wasn't fit. Who is Sven going to bring on? Walcott? The 'boy' hasn't played a whole match in the Premier League and now the country's hopes hang on him.

What a snub to players like Bent, Beatie, Defoe and Harewood who between them have scored over 50 league goals this season.

Like a previous poster said, it is like Sven is taking the piss before he leaves.

[Junior Senior]

Copied from another thread - apparently all World Cup stuff should go in this one.


SWP is a better player than Aaron Lennon. But SWP hasn't played more than 10 games this season and is on low confidence. But to pick Walcott ahead of Defoe, SWP, Darren Bent (18 league goals) and even Marlon Harewood, is simply unbelievable.



incredibly strange! - Eriksson liks players that have been playing regularly for their club hence why i feel SWP missed out to Lennon so why o why has he gone for Walcott?!. - surely Defoe has to go ahead of him - i agree that Bent or even Vassel would have been ahead of Walcott.  Maybe Sven knows his preferred 11 and he is unlikely to stray from that apart from if injuries occur so he is just giving the young lad the expereince? - still a mystery though

[MrMoves]

If England win the World Cup, Sven will look like a genius and become the most wanted manager in history.

If they lose, he'll say "Rooney was injured, not my fault guv".

Win/Win for the shiney headed Swede.

[matt674]

If England win the World Cup,

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[Tonji]

I guess Sven is going to use Walcott as his "Get of of Jail" card, if all else fails, the young lad is going to get thrown on. I feel sorry for the lad, he does not need this so early in his career. I suppose I will make or break him, but I fear the worst.