Why on earth did darren bent not find a place in the 2006 england world cup team ?
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Because Sven-Göran Eriksson is a tool.
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Peter Bonetti replaced Gordon Banks for the quarter final game between England and West Germany. Banks had supposedly gotten ill before the game.
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Yes.  Rooney didn't score any goals in England's WC2006 qualifying games.  They qualified without him, so they'll be able to compete without him.
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I would not say no straight away , you lot are putting all of England's chances on one man which is a mistake. You must consider that England have a forty year history of failure concerning the world cup and now it is in Germany 40 years after 1966 , so you'll see that this is a massive motivation and we have to perform well. This will push England and make stronger and more dangerous. Besides , have you seen the squad Sven has come up with? I think our chances are real good , even without Wayne but Wayne#s a strong kid and he might make  it back and just close your eyes and imagine what would happen if england won the world cup , (imagine that whether you like England or not) considering 1966
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I disagree with what Gagga_gary said about Walcott being the "next wayne rooney" when I havent seen the Current Wayne Rooney in top form as of late.I do Believe walcott has skills,no doubt about that or arsene wenger wouldve not bought him.But its the world stage, He hasnt played one regular game in the senior lineup yet.I was surprised that he didnt pick darren Bent, who is in good form this season. I see walcott in the 2010 world cup,not this one.But with football,you never know what might happen.He might shock everybody in the world cup.........or Maybe Not.
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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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There is no chance for England to win the worldcup without Rooney.So many good players had injured.They haveonly 1% of chance for winning the world cup
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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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Possibly three players missing! Aren't FIFA oifficials able to give Figo a red card retrospectively for his head butt, he got a yellow, but surely after seeing what happened he'll be given a red.  I was sceptical that England would be able to get much further (even though they showed more promise and glimmers of hope in the last game), but now they have a very good chance of progressing. \n I can imagine that it was the best possible outcome for an England supporter.
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Justo Villar was the # 1 guy, but he ooks set to miss the rest of the World Cup after injuring a calf muscle just eight minutes into the England game. The other 2 GKs are Derlis Gomez and Aldo Bobadilla
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its time that erricsson should be kicked out.He is chnging the formation at such a critical stage ,players are unused to the new formation and result is a confused,dull performance.Englands has a superb team but deoesnot have enough good strickers except rooney who didnt get any support today.crouch is a clown and why erricsson not playing lennon  more  ???? if they play like this they donot deserv to win the world cup
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Well i wish this issue was put on discussion long time ago, the football fields lost a very talented player who was one of the best in the world but the problem is that he was from wales and they never qualified to the world cup.. he was the great goerge best, he was so talented and nowadays we r missing important players like keane who never qualified to the world cup and therefore i think yes they should do a combined team and this will be better for all, they can all play under the name of the unied kingdom..
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Not England.\n\nI suppose the question should be 'Who will England blame for being knocked out of the World Cup. The manager, the Referee or the players?'
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England won't make the semis. They are a quarter-final team, have you forgotten?
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Why not. england can attack from the very beginning. like germany did yesterday. give no room for ecuador to even breathe. They could leave crouch out though. and i wonder what sven was thinking when he chose the squad, he brought a 17yr old striker who he probably will never use, 2 stylish full-of-class strikers who happen to be coming of injuries and sadly not in form, and a dodo in the form of crouch, who moves so slow and has no dribbling skills, why didnt sven get more strikers?.. with lampard shooting the ball like a trigger-happy cowboy, its left to the midfield to get goals, gerrard,  j.cole and others. hopefully england perform better than they have so far.
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Because sadly, Sven needs a utility player in his team for the cup. Stupidly he didnt take Phil Neville, and so the man from Munich seems to fit Sven's requirements. Almost agree with him given the frequency of injuries in the squad at the moment, but I wouldnt really have played him as much as Sven seems to. Bad hair cut also, maybe Sven is jealous!
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Sven Has really done it wrong you are right \nnow englandis suffering with no forwards,bent who played well has been overlooked and even defoe is out,walcott how did he come in he did not en=ven play a match,beckham may get to hold the cup if crouch and other england players manage to hold  on till owen and rooney makes a comeback\nthen england may go to win the world cup,even if they dont have rooney and owen for a while they do have lampard an agressive midfielder,joe cole another good midfielder,gerrard good schemer,beckham to supply crouch and walcott with good passes and crosses.\nengland have it all i think they can win the world cup man cheer up.\njoin my yahoo soccer group -  soccer_24x7 for more cool info