england v germany it is then

if the right team turns up on sunday we will do it,we were stronger today,hopefully now improve more,the germans are good young side,i think our experience will show,and we have the master tactition in charge

correct in your thinking,germany and argentina reached a final each that they lost,basically because they were lucky to get there and hadnt played any quality ties in the run in,if your good enough it wont matter who you play barring a little luck

If England (read the big 4) play to their strengths than they can beat the Germans. Play like they did in the group games and it's all over.

Overhere in Holland we're still not impressed by the English team, hopefully this will change after sunday's game!

Is it the pressure that causes this? I mean in the qualifiers it all went very well with confident performances.

The Slovenians, the smallest nation present at the WC, did make life very difficult yesterday. Sunday's just one game, do or die!

Great, it's Germany!!! This is what the WC is all about for me. Playing top class opponents and hopefully beating them. I don't subscibe to all that WW2 crap, but our history certainly gives the game an "edge". Then the Argies probably........bring it on!!!

Who will the royal family support? Their adopted country or the one of their forebears? Shame greece are out for them too. Still they can enjoy their Battenberg/Mountbatten/Windsor cake while they make up their mind.

When I saw them in Morrisons yesterday, Betty & The Duke were loading up their trolley with plenty of beers and England caps and flags.

I don't think Old Piilipous has forgiven The Bubbles for giving his family the heave ho during the Generals Revolution and neither he or the missus are very partial to the Germans for wrecking their ancestral ceilings during the blitz.................although The dear old Queen Mum was adament it was just a "bit of an over enthusiastic firework party"

I think to be honest any country that had the good grace to turn out in pink and primrose quarters would get the Battenburg family support................maybe that's why The Sweaties adopted those colours when they faced England in the very first international football matches in Victorian times.

Anyway, I asked Her Madge if she would be getting her feet up and cheering on the boys yesterday afternoon and she said "yes, of course young man; but we'll have to give it a miss on Thursday as we're orff to Wimbledon...................not that ruddy outdoor ping pong mind you; me and the Ole Geezer are going down the dogs and in our younger days we used to love a bit of stock car racing over there too ~ does Vinny Jones still drive for them?"

It's great living in lil'old Lun'un, you never know who you are going to bump into, it was only last week Charlie George was in the check out queue also ~ a bit of an attention seeker though is old Chas; he has a habit of laying on his back for some unknown reason with both his arms in the air ~ an old dear was having a go at him for queue jumping but he pulled rank on her" I used to play for Arsenal you know" he said. 'Yeah, and I'm Ronnie Woods' latest girlfriend ' she replied 'now get to the back of the queue!'

Lun'un people eh? such gentle and warm folk......................I'm so proud to live 'ere ~ ave a banana!

* Have those two idiots finished their game of tennis yet, don't they know there are others who would like a game? No class there these days is there!

They're not Germans by any chance are they? If they were I suppose they'd have left their towells on the chairs before they went home last night. Bloody hell, we'll be allowing players who can't be perfectly understood in the press interviews to play there next....................wot we do already? What's the world coming to?