Limeys out too

As the old adage goes: a team of champions will never beat a champion team.

This has been a very shaky World Cup for the England side, it started with Beckham’s injury, then Terry sticking his willy where he shouldn’t losing the captaincy in the process, then Ferdinand injuring himself and losing his captaincy – and all of this happening before a single minute of World Club football had been played.

Things didn’t go much better once the Cup started, with Rooney not climbing the mountain of expectation that had been laid out in front of him. English fans were irate at the poor performances, causing them to boo their team off the field, which caused a frustrated Rooney to complain about the fan’s lack of support – an act that he later apologised for (!?).

In between the matches Terry called a press conference and tried to organise a coup against Capello which was not backed up by his team mates. This conference was bested by a second English media outing, in which the coach and captain only asked five minutes of questions, and refused to answer any questions from non-British reporters.

As for Fabio Capello, I’d be very surprised if they renew his 6 million pound a year contract – I’ve seen Soccer managers booted out for far lesser indiscretions than this World Cup debacle. For those living in London, expect the tabloids to hunt down the official that didn’t allow Lampard’s goal, and post his picture under clever play on word headlines as they enjoy their new villain of the hour.

Anyway, we see one of the favourites drop out of the race, tipping the scales ever so slightly into my favour.

Now if only Argentina weren’t playing so well...