The big one

So Lawro reckons on a one:one draw.  I cantake that but fear worse and don't know what to expect.  Depends who scores first, if anyone.  The tension is always unbearable and rarely is the football great but the result can be fantastic or dreadful.  That's football.

Stevie just cannot score!

By this point last season I reckon Gerrard had already bagged half a dozen goals, including a hat trick. He must have hit the bar that many times this season. Anyway the problems seem to be in defence probably because the increase in emphasis on attacking has removed some of the defence power.
And off the OT next weekend after midweek in France so high hopes for the next league match?

Back to basics

Well please let's get back to league football. And preferably at 3pm on a Saturday. I know I am getting nostalgic.

Predicting no qualification

So England loses in should convincing fashion - so are we back to the drama of qualification for a change? No longer do we have the certainty of knowing, under Sven, that we will get there but then fail to do anything worth shouting about.
Well I am all for excitement but joke football is another matter. Gary Neville breaks his duck with an own goal and Robinsonsays its just a freak occurrence.
Well for me is was cringing. Below is what my program thinks of our chances now.
Prediction on Thu 12 Oct 2006
Footy says ...

Pos.	Team	Pts	plus	(from)	Total	[Max]
1st	Israel	7	+19	(9)	=26	[34]
2nd	Macedonia	7	+18	(8)	=25	[31]
3rd	Croatia	7	+15	(9)	=22	[34]
4th	England	7	+12	(8)	=19	[31]
5th	Russia	5	+13	(9)	=18	[32]
6th	Estonia	0	+2	(9)	=2	[27]
7th	Andorra	0	+2	(8)	=2	[24]

Another international break

Will the football league season ever get going? Teams play 2 or 3 games and then there is an international break. For those in European competition more traveling. Ah, well it's football I suppose but my team just can't seem to get into any kind of run. Gone are the days of

"the same team as last season"

- Shankly I think said that.