A quite interesting opening to the whole tournament and a rather enjoyable game played by two of the teams I expect to go out in this stage of the World Cup.

I thought South Africa were very adventurous and really went for the win, which meant that Mexico (who have yet to win an opening match in the tournament) got a bit more play and more chances ( Read more... )

It's getting rather exciting now, there's gossip aplenty and all sorts of nations are coming out of the woodwork to say this year could well be their year. After Pele's (I think it was Pele) embarrassing claim that an African nation would win the world cup before the turn of the last century, now Lars Lagerbäck, the Swede in charge of Nigeria has ( Read more... )

(Not much chance for my starting line-up for the first game, seeing as about three of those players are going to be staying home now...)

England's 23-man squad for the World Cup finals:

Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Manchester City), David James (Portsmouth), Robert Green (West Ham).

Defenders: Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Rio ( Read more... )

Well not really, but as Zombie Awareness Month finished off a couple of days ago I now turn my attentions to another of cinema's legendary monsters. This is not to be a case of how many can I fit in one month though (I ended up seeing 23 of those on my Zombie list), as I'm going to be guest blogging about our hairy friends and have promised to ( Read more... )

You pretty much knew I was going to start all this analysis before the big tournament began didn't you? Well you should have ;)

This is my starting eleven for the first game against the USA. This is based on the preliminary 30 man squad that Capello has chosen and assuming I get the manager job in the next few days...

Goalkeeper:
Joe Hart ( ( Read more... )

Shane B. has decided on 31 films in 31 days for his Zombie Awareness Month celebration and even though I'm not sure I have that ambitious a schedule (time being my main enemy) I am attempting a few. Here's my list so far (with others more than likely to follow):

1. Pontypool: 2008 [watched]

2. The Evil Dead: 1981 [watched]

3. Evil Dead II - Dead by ( Read more... )

Well as many of you already know, it's Zombie Awareness Month this month. You didn't? Oh good, it wasn't just me then...

I was quite pleased about watching Pontypool, last night, both for it being a cracking film and it slotting into the month's theme nicely.

As my love for the board game Zombies!!! knows no bounds, I have decided to re-watch ( Read more... )

Much as day two, this was a case of having far too many to choose from and so I went for one that had an effect on me not so long ago:

Kings of Convenience: Gold in the Air of Summer

Without giving anything away ( Read more... )

So many to choose from and I really had to just go for a nostalgia one that makes me chuckle every single time I play it:

Half Man Half Biscuit: All I want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague away kit

Come on, the title is even funny!

What I love about this, apart from its whimsical tune, is the fact that it is almost like a stand up comedian in ( Read more... )

that that persianfire posted. I stopped doing these meme things a while ago but thought this one was worth a look ( Read more... )