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Dwayne Wayne Rooney has been passed fit to play by the specialist blokies.

Good on him tbh. I'm letting no one leave here early either.

Sammy, pictured leaving work moments ago.

And I also reckon Sven is gonna play Hargreaves at right back instead of Carragher.

According the BBC News "the England squad were kept up until 2am by the noise outside their hotel near the station in Nuremberg." Pre-emptive excuses.

According to this Dr. Wallace bloke he's running the tests this afternoon and an announcement may be made after as to the conclusion. If they've got any sense they won't make any grand announcements though, as it has to be unsettling for the rest of the squad. I'm not sure on the deadline for a teamsheet, but I wouldn't have thought it would be much more than an hour before kickoff.

2 or 3-0 England. And I predict Rooney will play some part in the game seen as the specialists have flown out a day early. They've arrived this morning and are away to run some tests on bionic foot boy.

Like Laurent Robert. Only with a work ethic. Oh, and the fact that he still sets up and chips in with goals. Robert stopped doing that. He doesn't go in huffs or go missing like Robert either. In fact, Robert was pretty rubbish most of the time.

I just came looking for this thread to point out how hilarious the whole Ghana/James Garner bit was. I was crying with laughter. "Hello is that James Garner?" "No dis ees Gahna da country, I'm sick of getting calls for James Garner de Actor. Do not tink i ave got all day to take other peoples phone messages. I thought the Rockford files was shit! Goodbye!" 148861[/snapback] That bit at the end was quite funny. But that was Skinner and it was funny cos he flipped the joke on its head. I thought the stuff that went before with Baddiel repeatedly pretending to be someone else calling James Garner and slobbering and chuckling was cack though.

The stuff about James Garner getting calls meant for Ghana is David Baddiel at his worst tbh. A concept that's mildly amusing as a throwaway but then he goes on about it for far too long, laughing far too much at his own joke. I have liked them so far though, but that bit in the latest one is crap.

Finally Renton comes clean with the truth. Leazes has been vindicated. 148845[/snapback] I've noticed you've been conspicuous by your absence like. Any tips? 148847[/snapback] In what regard? If you mean how to handle Leazes, I've been advising from about page 3 that you stop replying to him before it gets out of hand. It's now out of hand.

Finally Renton comes clean with the truth. Leazes has been vindicated.

What will Renton say in his next "last response on the matter"?

I reckon we'll be playing Ecuador in the second round, so let's hope they aren't too much of a surprise.

He does look a bit "Sunday League" there.

I don't reckon we're putting the likes of Leonardo and Desailly up. I think they'll be there working for Brazilian/French TV and we're just borrowing them for the matches they aren't covering. We'll still be paying them a wage but not all their expenses. Tbh though this is the one sort of thing I don't begrudge paying the BBC for. It's their crap period dramas and woeful sitcoms that I've got more of a problem with.

He still gets to start the next game then by the look of things. Also, the description by Tostao, as funny as it sounds, pretty much sums his performance up.

3 year deal tbh.

The lad is a class player. Is he only getting picked every week for Real Madrid because of the goal against Wimbledon too? As for the odds on him getting sent off, I would say they're canny long tbh.

Some bloke went into William Hills in London last week and put £150k on England to win it at 6/1. Mental. There's an idiot who's put £500 on England to beat Germany 4-2 in the final as well. Mug's bet tbh.

Argentina or Holland look the best bet so far. What price are they to win the whole thing?

I think when Zidane retired, Henry took over his mantle. I don't think any of Henry and his pals are overly fussed at Zidane having come back from retirement to save the day.

Zidane picks the team, apparently. It's why Barthez plays ahead of Coupet. If you think our club is an old boys network it's nothing compared to the French national side. 148614[/snapback] Not anymore apparently, according to the R5 commentary last night. Supposedly the power has shifted to Henry with Gallas and Thuram as his back-ups. Hence the argument with Zidane and those two last night looking even more like there was a split in the camp.

Brazil were poor last night, but they'll get better. I still fancy them to win all their group games. That should be Ronaldo's last game though - he was absolutely awful and for the most part it was due to a total lack of interest or effort. Disgraceful.

Shame Renton, because I think its scary that people are happy to see terrorists free on the streets of the UK 148407[/snapback] If you have no intelligence you can't help but let potential terrorists roam the streets ffs. Are you dizzy yet? 148413[/snapback] No. I think you should call it inadequate legislation. How would you know there is "no intelligence" ? 148422[/snapback] How can you bring legislation against terrorists when you don't know who the fuck the vast majority of them are? 148518[/snapback] Can't you read ? Do you try to understand anything ? How do YOU know they don't know who the terrorists are ? 148535[/snapback] And so we enter a new phase of circular arguing....