dubai_phil

Google The Trucial States, Harold Wilson, East of Suez withdrawal. Who created Saudi Arabia by uniting the Tribes? Who drew up all the lines in the Sand that became the borders... The elders are fine, but the kids carry a big chip

I reckoned half the forum team would have done a better job than SWP

I wasn't actually defending Lampard, he also had a shocker but at least he didn't lose the ball as much as SWP, what worries me more is what options we have IF he gets dropped. Milner on the left would work, but he clearly wasn't fit so why the hell was he picked - he was slow to the two tackles that led to him getting booked and looked like death when he came off after 20 something minutes leaving us with nothing in midfield except Lampard & Gerrard. Yes Lampard was bad BUT we played that game with 2 in midfield IMHO Oh and Tim - we still thrashed US 1-1 - we had a 15 minute spell when we didn't really threaten but we had them on the rack... TBH Fabio has more questions to answer after that game than I did at HT in the Forum match

Oh God no I hope he doesn't drop Lampard - that would leave Gerrard & Barry in CM and mean he has to pick SWP again on the left if Milner is still unfit. Today showed the dangers of his original selection. 5 CB's and not enough proper midfielders. Two wide men chasing an open game is fine but to play them for 70 minutes - Lampard was dead on his feet at the end trying to cover the gaps left by them. Lennon showed some promise but he has to play Lampard & Barry in CM with Gerrard doing what he did in the qualifiers, coming in from the left

Well, may do better than a Prediction League. Had this one down for a draw, Argies to Wallop Nigeria and us to play badly and win 3-1

Well, at least we can all say WE TOLD YOU TO PICK LAMBERT. Meanwhile I think we're now worth a punt to win the Cup. No way Capello will play SWP AND Lennon together until chasing a game (God wasn't SWP shocking and Carragher made ME look pacey in the SMS warm-up) Also WC's are won by teams with an awful build up and who just scrape through their group. And - you guys probably missed the cringe worthy moment from our commentator Bradley.......... Wright Phillips......... Bradley Arrrgh

Must be a song by Johnny Sash we could use.

Jesus 51 years of taking the p1ss out of Scottish Keeprs and then Green does that to us in front of the World...... We ain't EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER live that down

It's either Mossad or Al Qaeda, big thing about it down here FIFA made an official statement - FIFA are "Appalled". they should be watching England then they would have been Appalled & Horrified that we haven't had another break - the last 41 minutes of the 1st half would have been perfect to have hacked off

Great. Calamity James & Grovelling Green in the squad. Randomness update from down here. The gaps in coverage I commented on in other threads are caused by "Hackers" - FIFA is appalled that "an outside agency is trying to deny Al Jazeera access to the coverage - no prizes for guessing who that is then. Random watching the game with Polish GF & family and a mate turns up - he's a Yank and is working in Afghanistan. Took him 5 minutes to ask why the coach wasn't taking a time out OMG Mark Hately is Soooooo Old now - looks older than Terry Venables (what is that thing on your chin Terry - give it up mate you ain't ever gonna be Jimmy Hill We're awful - which is good as I have us down for being awful and winning 3-1 Coverage is awful we had almost 5 minutes of re-runs of the Gerrard goal. Yes, fantastic to see but NOT 74 times and did we REALLY need to have a view from a camera on th Space Station? Would have preferred an ITV ad break. Talking of ads - Love the Thierry Henry having the p1ss taken by The Meerkats, better than the Messi one. Glad I ain't down a pub paying 5 quid a pint to watch that rubbish... Oh, we're 1-0 up and we bring on Wright-Phillips with Lennon on the other flank? WTF are you thinking there Fabio? You wanted a winger as cover then you should have taken Adam Johnson. But TWO midfielders who cannot tacle & defend as WELL as Glen Johnstone? Hmmmmmmmmm back to the post BBQ vino

Enjoyed that game, looks like the Greek Bubble has burst.... How come no Korean CB's are playing in th PL?

Doh!

Once upon a time our local supermarket had a great competition which was to take a photo of a Spinneys Carrier Bag in a weird location while on holiday. Which made me think we could do this, many of us Sad Sickos are away on holiday soon so here's what to do. Take a picture of your Iphone/laptop (or for the technically challenged a print out) of a page from the Poopey Takeover thread in a weird location. So you need to have a landmark in the photo. Technically challenging stupidly banal but surely possible... Expats - yes you can enter, some will be funneh but No you can't win with a picture in your own residence country - gotta be on Vacation to show how sad we all are. For those interested the Spinneys bag became massive the eventual runner up was in that "Lost Village" in Peru. The winner was a picture taken at The South Pole. It can be done!

Which will of course mean that any CVA is delayed which will mean........ Yup we're gonna get up towards the astonishing 40,000 posts mark, which gives me a silly idea for a new thread :smt004

Having got the Satellite Smart Card registered... To stay in with Terry Veneables & Ray Wilkins in the studio but suffer the stuttering signal, or go down Fibbers Irish pub and watch it on their fuzzy slingbox, or battle into one of the massive tents filled with aggressive locals having mental breakdowns having to support America because they hate us. Hmmm

Lol, 1985 eh, how times have changed, publish that today and whoosh. I couldn't possibly comment on how totally accurate their description of our neighbours The Magic Kingdom is

Oh, and thin people with hair in the crowd around you Not bald fat bstds.....

Standing in the rain at home Wearing Flat Caps Seeing wannabe Bay City Roller types with Silk Scarves tied to their wrists - guys, when you tried to look like Les McKewan it REALLY didn't make you look 'Ard

Fantastic. The Qataris get their English language channel working. At 1:30am local time, only 7 hours after the match. And they REALLY don't realise how wrong that was

Or Vidalia and I player. However having PAID for the service :mad: Still seems to have settled down better on channel wobble wiggle squiggle which was found thanks to Google toolbar translating the web site Of course, trying to get through to Qatar in the next few weeks will be impossible as the million or so subscribers realise they've been lied to in their contracts and try and phone the call centre for activation yes hello I am call centre being making I wanting you helping you are activation have it? yes web site must entry arabic only in is happy problem no?

For once you are correct. It was nothing to do with your team talk, of course. Meanwhile - damn, we didn't check the dressing room seats to see which badge they have on them!

Great, all that work and 1) You have to call Qatar to register your card it then takes 48 hours. No, that is NOT what they said on the contract you buy the card and it will be active in 24 horus automatically 2) Not one TV in the entire Middle East is showing the game because Al Jazeera don't have a strong enough Satellite signal, it runs for 20 seconds and cuts out for 5 minutes Unbelievable Absolute bunch of cheating amateurs

phew, found it. It was on JSC squiggle wobble, not JSC wobble squiggle Come on you Mexicans give the Yarpies a slapping

Habbla habla shukran yalla habibe marhaba GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL Is all I can get Harumph

120 quid to get a special card to get Al Jazeera the exclusive broadcasters down here An afternoon retuning the Satellite decoder And yep the fecking commentary is in fecking Arabic, didn't even show the opening ceremony was some bloke standing in a dust bowl Arrgghh And of course - if you wanna a larf just go google Al Jazeera Sports Channels to find out how to contact them or what to do to get an English commentary.... Oh well on the bright side won't hear those fecking horns