I know Raymond Domenech has said some quite ridiculous things in the past but I heard one yesterday that Robbie Keane will be pinning up on the dressing room wall tonight at Croke Park. 'They are the England B's, we know what to expect, there will be no surprise in the World Cup playoffs.' Wow, good luck Ray. This coming from a man who has not only made some strange soundbites, he's made bizarre team selections, he falls out with players left right and centre (if you believe what Monsieur Henry has to say) and I surely can't be the only one who is surprised he's still at the helm. I'm sure the French FA will see to that if things go badly over the next few days, just don't come knocking on Arsene's door, merci.
There has been a new set of TV rights 'crown jewels' drawn up in the last few days. These jewels are protected events that have to be shown on 'free-to-air' television, and are chosen based at least partly on their cultural impact to society. This at the moment includes Wimbledon, the World Cup Finals and the Open golf, but the new set of guidelines (which still have to be agreed by the government) include all Euro/World cup qualifiers home and away (fuck yes!) and get rid of some shit that no-one gives a toss about like the Challenge Cup final. All the hype has been about the Ashes which I'm not bothered about, I'm just pleased that at last we can watch all the England games on normal telly and Sky can go and sit on it for once. It would be nice to think that someday the Beeb would take a punt on a few Premier League and Champions league games so we might have some decent coverage instead of huge ad breaks and Andy Townsend giving Liverpool and constant blowie. BBC Sport made a good move getting a few Championship games but go on lads, go one more.
The remaining European playoffs for the World Cup are as follows: Portugal v Bosnia - no Ronaldo, no good striker, hopefully Dzeko and Misimovic bang a couple in for the Bozos; Russia v Slovenia - Russia have the magical little Arshavin so they should win, but also have Pavlyuchenko so should lose; Greece v Ukraine - what a shit match! The thought that one of these will be the SA is rubbish, unless they get into Englands group of course :)
Finally, the great David Beckham and his army of Los Angelenos overcame the Houston Dynamo 2-0 aet last night to reach the MLS Final (they do like their league finals don't they, the yanks). They'll play either Chicago or Salt Lake City in the final and I'd fucking love it if DB curled in a 90th min winner, just like the Greece goal at Old Trafford.
Come on England! Take her easy.
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