Does anyone think that England won't be beaten 5-0? If so why?
968846
mate , you need to contain your grossly misplaced australian arrogance. England won't lose the ashes to dad's army! \nIt will be a stern lesson to the aussies but hopefully this will lead to them shutting there mouths for once!
1162442
Still after they have played 4 matches, England has not convinced me that they are playing at their best. England got lucky that Ecuador didnt attack that much and that if they wouldnt have gotten that free kick, the English team would have lost the game in Extra Time because these guys were not even running at all and got tired from the hot weather. I think Portugal is going to beat England, but then again England is so lucky that Deco and maybe even C. Ronaldo are not going to play
624960
i've been an England fan all of my life but you have to be realistic folks.  Yes i would love nothing better than England to win the World Cup but it will not happen in 2006.  We do have a good team, but i just don't believe we have a world class english goalkeeper.  And i'm not sure what Sven is doing picking only 5 strikers with 2 of them injured right now and 1 of them has never played a premiership game - shouldn't Theo have been called up in a friendly seeing as that's what they are for - EXPERIMENTATION!!!!\nGranted we have quite a few strikers in the premiership who could be backup to Rooney and Owen but they weren't chosen because of their poor form - but forgive me if i'm wrong, no matter how good a striker's form, they always find it tough adapting to playing for the national side.  A lot of good strikers have failed to score at international level even at the top of their form at club level.\nI believe England will reach the Quarter finals and get knocked out by the winners of the World Cup.\nThere's my prediction.  i'm begging you Sven please prove me wrong, but then again what do you care, you're leaving anyway.
1081656
I'm an England fan bt they lack the finishing touch..they will lose to Portugal..
1135125
I did not actually see those questions although I did see a lot of negativity towards England.  I  see that England is one of the favorites to win and deservingly so. They have won 3 games and drew one and came out top of their group.  I would never say how many goals will they score but yes they will win by 1 or at least 2..ha...the less goals scored the better the sides are playing ...I believe England will do great in tomorrow's game against Portugal
686189
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
339906
Can put my house on them getting to the final, but whoever they face, be it england or germany, my bet is that they will loose due to overconfidence, and poor midfield displays. Of course they will play beautiful football, but it reamins to be seen who will be the chose 11, lots of choice! Think they will go all out in group stages to scare opponents, with ronaldihno playing a third striker just behing Ronaldo and Robihno, but after that they will operate more defensively, possibly 451 or like a chelsea 433.
504372
I think it depends on several factors. Firstly we dont know what suprise Sven has got when it comes to squad selection and actual team selection for the games.\nThe next major factor is which players are going to be fit - Rooney, Terry and Owen currently injury worries and there are still more games to go before the World Cup so anything could happen.\nThirdly, it depends (assuming they are good enough to get through the group stage) on the teams they are selected to face and WHICH England team turns up - if its the one that lost to N.Ireland, Trinadad & Tobago will beat us 5-0. If its the one which beat Germany 5-1 away, then we will definitely have the ability to challenge the likes of Brazil and Argentina for the trophy.\nWith the right (and fully fit) squad, a bit of luck and no Kim Milton-Nielsen, we could go all the way: although I am expecting a Quarter Final place with the possibility further progression.\nLets see....\n\nCOME ON ENGLAND!!\n\noh and stay away from the dreaded penalty shootout!
1030419
Ya you are definitely right because on paper England team is most powerful team and most likely candidate for being champion so any lover can except good performance from them but they not able to perform well during the match so it is disappointment for any lover, So dont worry and have faith in Beckham and gang and hope for the best...
1092028
England will beat them 2-0.
1115838
It's always a 50-50 chance, ain't it? Personally, I think England has a tough match ahead of them. Ecuador has been quite consistent in their matches while England has struggled with their wins. But I'm going with England as the winning team because Beckham can step up and deliver when the occasion calls for it.
574202
i have to be honest we probably take as much joy in seeing england fail as we do in the rare occasion we win...  just don't act like wankers and no one will bother you... we'll rip the piss out of you but a little slagging never hurt any one
1183289
because our players are more then capable, they just arent lucky! its 2006, we won in 1966, its all in the 6's! they want the win more then anything and we always get far in the compertitions, maybe its about time we go all they way! And if its a Germany n England final it will be like history repeating itself, well worth watching! best of luck england!
1179790
England's performances so far have been laclustre - but they have qualified for the quarter finals! They have not yet met any teams from the 'A' list yet, eg Germany, Argentina etc, so we will have to see if their luck holds out.
1013256
I think the real question is can England beat Ecuador or Germany in the final 16? If so, then can they win the quarter finals? If so, then we will talk about Brazil.\nAt the moment, England have a better overall textbook team on paper. I think Brazil have so much more talent that could be used though. I think England's textbook team are not as comfortable in using this to their advantage as Brazil are at using their talents to their advantage. So really I think Brazil play more to their strengths and should win.
617120
That's the thing about Germany, there never really anybody's favourite to win a major tournament, but there always there or about. Do you remeber when we thrashed them 5-1 in the Olympic Stadium in 2001, jsut under a year later they were playing Brazil in the World Cup final. \n\nI think it's very unlikely though, because we could meet before the Semi quarter final stage and any betting man would put there money on England.
443756
i full agree with the first post. it seems like the likely team. until we go a goal down and sven substitutes joe cole for hargreaves and rooney for crouch, just to make sure we have absolutely no chance of winning.