Pasta La Vista

After a relatively slow start the world cup is shaping up nicely, already the last world cups finalists are on the way home and today the pre tournament favourites Spain could be joining them, though I don’t realistically expect Spain to lose to Chile but who knows.

Italy and France deserved what they got both sides performed terribly France with a fractured camp and the Italians with an ageing squad, so its pasta la vista to the Italians and Bonsoir to the frogs.

This opens up the tournament beautifully for Brazil or so it would appear but Brazil have not been firing on all cylinders yet  either,  they have played fantastic football in parts but not nearly consistently enough.

My pre tournament fancy Argentina still look the team to beat though my heart is with England, as expected they got past Slovenia the score flattering the opposition, England were better value than just 1-0 but it made for an exciting final 10 minutes.

If or should I say when England send the Germans packing it will set up a mouth watering clash with Argentina, we have waited a long time to settle the score with Maradonna and his” hand of god goal” 24 years to be exact but July 3rd could be when we get our revenge.

COME ON ENGLAND

DurdensView Tags: Italy, France, Argentina, Brazil, England, Germany

Come On England

What a shambles the qualifying stage has become for England it looks pretty bleak, but a closer examination of what has gone wrong reveals to me that we have really only had one bad result and that was the Algeria game.

I think the problem goes back to when the draw was made, when the opposition was announced it almost looked like a bye for England, after all it was only Algeria and Slovenia to get by for an easy 6 points and maybe 9  and easy qualification.

That’s where I see the problem the England squad have gone into the first stages complacent, not in a competitive mood,  in their minds they were already thinking of the knockout stages, in truth they did not play that badly against the USA who incidentally are only two places behind them in the world rankings.

Nobody really turned up for the Algeria game because they expected to stroll through it what a shock when Algeria started to come at them, even then England should have been able to turn things around but Capello when it mattered failed to inspire with his substitutions, we lacked a plan B.

When it became obvious that we would not get things our own way we should have switched tactics and Capello didn’t, his substitutions were really just like for like, and why on earth did he not throw on Joe Cole I am not his biggest fan but why take him if you are not going to use him.

I see a different England coming out against Slovenia this Wednesday, after all this is the same squad that won nine out of ten qualifying matches they have not become rubbish overnight, now that the pressure is on us to get a result I believe we will, I see a comfy 3-0 maybe 3-1 result and then on to knockouts and who knows.

I still think Argentina will be the eventual champions but what’s life without a dream so COME ON ENGLAND.

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Vuvuzela

What a shame that the World cup though it isn’t firing on all cylinders yet is being ruined by the “Vuvuzela” it’s a kind of trumpet that emits an irritating sound when blown, apparently very popular in Africa.

This though it may be acceptable in Africa is not elsewhere and is ruining the premier football tournament for everyone else, there is a simple solution, cancel out crowd noise and let the viewer  only hear the commentary. Problem solved.

It has also been suggested that the games have been below par because the players are being put of by this sound to, I would not be surprised if this were true.

By the way I stick by my pre tournament tip that Argentina will win the tournament, so called favourites Spain were humbled by Switzerland yesterday and Brazil were very pedestrian in their opening match against the North Koreans, I am sure there are many twists and turns still to come but for now Maradona’s boys look to be the ones, though my heart still says England my brain says otherwise.

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Nick Clegg - Call Girl

Nick Clegg is behaving like a high priced call girl touting himself out there looking for the best price, after 4 days of cosying up to the Conservatives he has now started flirting with Labour, none of this is about policies now its about grabbing every last concession the pathetic Lib Dems can before they are consigned back to the political backwater.

Finally David Cameron has had enough and said no more concessions, personally I would like to see another election called the Tories only lost by 16000 votes so a swing of 1.8% would be enough to see them win with a clear majority.

But Labour in their desperation to cling to power look like they are about to flop on their backs and let Clegg do what he likes, this would be a disaster for the Country even some senior Labour figures have their doubts about a successful coalition.

Brown has finally offered his resignation but astonishingly wants to remain leader for another four months before he finally leaves, this is beyond ridiculous , how can the Country function with a lame duck leader for so long, I think his own cabinet will turn on him and he will be gone within a week.

So fun and games for the moment while British politics descends into farce in the eyes of the world, after 13 years of a Labour government the last 3 years with an unelected leader we cant even change Governments properly.

Let us hope that sanity prevails and Clegg slips back under the covers with Cameron and we can get the Tory lib marriage under way, not sure how long it will last and how happy the couple will be, but its better than what we have now.

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Un-hung Parliament

I am surprised I was so wrong on the mood of the British public regards Gordon Brown, how did so many people keep faith with him, this tells me that lots of people take no notice of policies but vote the same way they have voted all their lives.

if Labour had been judged on the last 13 years I don’t believe they would have even finished in second place in number of votes cast, still I was spot on about Clegg being exposed as the wishy washy tree hugger that he is, I’ll settle for that for now.

Even though it has finished as a hung parliament I still believe Cameron will be moving into number 10 by the end of next week, he may have to get into bed with Clegg to oust Brown but it will be a marriage of convenience and Clegg will soon become an irrelevance.

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Hung Parliament

I cant believe that the majority of pre election polls are forecasting a hung parliament, I disagree and predict that the Conservative party will win decisively.

People polled on the street are more likely to say what they believe their asker wants to hear then their true intent and  this is doubly true if there are others within earshot, so once again the polls will be wrong, policies aside common sense tells us it will be a Tory win.

After 13 years of Labour turning this once great country into the mess it is now the British public will not allow Brown to continue, look at immigration look at crime look at the economy, three huge nails in the Labour coffin, so we look for an alternative there are only 2 to choose from, and of the two Conservative looks the only pick, before people can take the Liberals to seriously they need to toughen up, tree hugging is okay for running a commune but not  a nation.

The Liberal leader Nick Clegg has no substance, apart from a short stint working for Leon Brittain in Europe and he only got that job because of his language skill ( he speaks 5 Languages) Clegg has never had a proper job, his family’s wealth has isolated him from life’s real problems, that’s why he spouts such nonsense as giving up our nuclear capability, Clegg has always been protected from the bogeyman, so he has no idea that bad people exist in the world and that we must protect ourselves against unstable elements like North Korea and Iran.

So disregard the Liberals to, a comfy win for the Tories, lets hope our confidence in David Cameron to make a difference  is justified and we can begin to see our once great country rise up again. incidentally I fear the last 13 years of our open door policy on immigration will also register at the polls with big gains for the BNP and such. Don’t waste your vote, Vote Cameron.

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Utd Pip Chelsea

It looks like the premier league title is heading to Stamford Bridge thanks to an inept display from Liverpool yesterday topped of with a gift of an opening goal from perhaps the most over rated player in the division, Stevan Gerrard who on his day can play but usually flatters to deceive looks to have settled the closest Championship contest for years with a schoolboy error.

It should all be settled, but I have a sneaky feeling that  it is not quite over yet, all Chelsea have to do is beat Wigan at home next weekend and they are champions, however I am sticking my neck out and predicting a shock draw in that game, meanwhile Utd take all three points at home against Stoke and snatch the title on the last day thereby creating history with 4 league titles in a row.

That sounds a better scenario than having the best league in the world settled by a iffy back pass.

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