do you think that the picking of jens lenham instead of oliver khan will affect the football world?
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i thnk it will affect the german team in a bad way, oliver khan is a much better goali then lehman, plus khan has much more experience, and has worldcup knowledge, lehman dissapoint  the national team.
947065
Its been confirm that Lukas Podolski will not be able to play in the Germany vs Cyprus match due to his injury.....and they predicted that either Mike Hanke or most likely Oliver Nueville would take his spot in front.......\n\nPoor Poldi....I was hoping that he would be able to play during that match......Oh well......GOAL GERMANY!!!! (^^,)
644196
If we are considering the current world cup finalist, I dont see it happening. However, judging by the performance of African players in Europe and other parts of the world, it is likely that one of the countries would probably suprise the world soon. The exposure and experience is really helping develop african football. The major impediment however is the FA in the african countries. They either lack knowledge of what it takes to win a crucial competition or are too greedy and selfish/dont really care if their country perform well or not.
1163293
Absolutely not. Of all the teams that are lewft they have displayed the worse football in all of their games thus far.  Luck and the wishes of FIFA are about to run out.
894021
Not all countries are playing well now(infact some have never played well at all). \nExcluding the minor countries, the only world cup winning team which is performing poorly is (sadly) England. They will find it very hard to do so in 2010. But then again not all hopes are lost as I beleive that Rooney will mature as a footballer and also control his temper and guide England to victory. There is also Aaron Lennon(precociously talented; AND MUCH BETTER THAN BECHAM) and maybe even Theo Walcott will come good and I sincerely hope my favorite Englaish footballer(at present), John Terry will be around. But if England has to make some inroads now, they gotta fire McLaren and hire O'Neill.\n\n\nI feel that most of the others contenders for  2010 are playing well. But i also am forced to believe that my other favorite team, Argentina might miss qualifying too.
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i felt sorry for m.owen as he has had a tough season with injuries and been a physio myself i know what these guys go through.\nsven still doesnt know his best 11.if the right side of midfield had more pace and attacking prowess i think england could get to semis,but neville is doubt and beckham isnt that type of player.\nhargreaves did enough last nite to balance team in midfield.he gave lampard room to attack which is what he is there for.j.cole was excellent and u seem spoilt for choice in midfield.its who to leave out is the problem for england.lennon would b interesting on right of midfield.still no one wants to see players injured and the media never have a good word to say no matter what.if england won the world cup i wonder how the media would react.in a way i hope they do so these so called patriotic journalists can eat their words..and i aint english
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Sounds like chelski's marketing machine is getting into top gear, not surprising since they nicked Man U's top man Kenyon\n\nWhere the British have failed in recent years in pop music (in conquering the US market) we might just succeed with association football via clubs likwe Man U, Chelski, Arsenal, Liverpool etc
1173371
If they are going to perform like they did today, then no. Although the heat was pretty intense and they were missing Rooney (who I don't think will actually contribute that much, despite all that talk). I think we're just going to have to wait and see how they perform in the next match. Hopefully, they'll give the world something worth watching.
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He's so important to England the F.A. will do a Beckham on him. They'll take him and hope he recovers in time to play after the group stage. Does the injury harm Englands chances?. You bet it does.
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Obviously what happens in the transfer market will help to determine how Man U does next year.  As of right now I feel Man U's only weakness is the middle of the park.  Scholes and Giggs are aging, and Roy Keane is gone.  I  also feel the experiment with Alan Smith in the holding role really isn't working.  I feel that Man U needs to get at least one solid midfielder such as Graveson for that holding role.  They should probably look to the future as well and get 2 solid youngsters who they can work into the team slowly.  I agree that it will be a tight race next year with Arsenal's youth revolution, Benitez's spanish armada and Chelsea's checkbook all viable candidates to win it next year.  It also has to be a good sign of Man U's form to end the season, which they can translate into a positive start to begin the new season in August.  So to sum it all up I believe Man U is a couple of midfielders away of lifting the the trophy once more.
974856
Someone has to play the great man. It might as well be the unpredictable guy, who most people would agree has a chance even if he's more likely to implode on himself. \n\nTo draw a paralell, what was the point of watching Arsenal destroying Reading 4-0 in football recently? According to Paul Merson "Reading fans should feel privileged to witness this sort of football at all". So I guess there was a point to the game.
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I can't see the point of it.A manager is only as good as his players.He had some of the best players in the world leading up to 2003 world cup.Who he wants back, are the likes of Jonno (Martin Johnson),Billy Whiz(Jason Robinson),Jason Leonard,and Lally(Laurence Dalaglio)to name but a few.Once they all started leaving,it all started to go wrong. England also has a massive injury list.Hopefully Lally, will be fit again soon,though I somehow fear that Wilko's international career is over.
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Hey, I am a big fan of Red Devils, favorite players on the team are Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Ronney. I am from California, United States. I cannot tell you my email until I know yours, so I am sorry. United is going to do a dramatic end to the premiership as they will go on to win it. I will also think they will win the F.A cup, and Carling Cup is there's for sure. I think that they should land Deco from Barcelona and put him to replace Keane as he is a real good player.
1044803
for good of we who love football we hope yes... No matter which team he will play for, the point is I like to watch good football no matter the teams and he is one of several guys in this world cup that will make me enjoy this event :)
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Wake -up call for all present:  Ronaldo was just replaced in the 69th minute.  He's a little overweight and not performing that well.\n\nKlose is now an easy pick seeing as he already has 2 under his belt - no-brainer and #1 favorite.  Same goes for Rosicky.  \n\nCrespo - maybe.\n\nDrogba more than likely won't make it past the next round.  \n\nOwen also left the pitch earlier than planned - as soon as Rooney is healthy again, he can go back to Newcastle for a long vacation.\n\nHenry also needs to make it into the half-finals.  They won't.\n\nRaul maybe\n\nShev maybe\n\nVan Nistelrooy longshot, but feasable\n\nAnd now the player you forgot:  Ronaldinho.  He will win the Golden Boot 2006.
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Yes, I do.\n\nThis is the reason why: the loss of our best player is obviously bad news, but I now think we have the opportunity to add a balance to our team that has been missing.\n\nWith Rooney in the team we would play 4-4-2, with Lampard and Gerrard in the central midfield berths. This is a remarkably flawed system because both are attacking players with poor tackling skills (Gerrard famously so).\n\nSven is never going to drop Gerrard or Lampard (and who can blame him) but the loss of Rooney allows us to play a five man midfield - Cole (on the left), Beckham (on the right), Lampard (in the centre), Gerrard (in the centre) AND Carrick  (who is a tackling'holding midfielder, in the centre).\n\n(It's worth noting that no team has never won the World Cup without a holding midfielder - even Brazil have always needed a work-horse midfielder to allow their more flamboyant midfielders to shine.)\n\nEngland having a holding midfielder allows Lampard and Gerrard (two of the best attacking midfielders in the world) to head towards goal without having to worry too much about defensive duties.\n\nThis formation will require one striker up front on his own, and I think Peter Crouch would be perfect for this. He can hold up the ball and supply the knock-downs for Gerrard, Cole, Lampard and Beckham to run onto. (And if we need to be more attack minded, we can take off a central midfielder and bring on Owen to parter Crouch.)\n\nThis formation I'm suggesting has been well used by Mourinho and Benitez in England over the last two seasons, and it hasn't done their teams any harm.\n\n(Also worth thinking about: Enlgand got to the World Cup 90 semis without the sublime skills of the injured John Barnes. And France won the World Cup with Zidane missing three games along the way - he'd been sent off early in the tournament.)\n\nSven can make this situation work for him if he chooses to.
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I beginning to think so.  This year World Cup is so obvious how some players are given yellow card easily (ironically it happens always to key player of the team).  I think they should so another draw after the first round.  Right now some teams are hedging so that they don't have to play against the big team e.g. Germany who is the host country.\n\nAndygurl:   FIFA is being investigated for bribery/corruption.  Go figure!