England WC 2010 now the dust has settled

on the Fabio Capello appointment, what will the man get from the englnd team in the WC 2010 South Africa?

QF.

Best players in the world
10 world class players and then there's rooney, and now a WORLD CLASS coach. Winners of course

Zerooney?

TM wrote:Zerooney?

14 goals at 21 for a ss isnt so bad i think you will agree

He's older than 21.

England wont excist anymore in 2010

Runner up definitely (Capello has winner mentality). Will have to accept the fate to fail against mighty Ivory Coast

Limp home to 4th place after sneaking through the quarter finals with a last minute set piece.

Whats the weather like in South Africa in June?

Our players will probably have heat stroke after a few training sessions and go out in the group stage.

Feynal Fantasy wrote:England wont excist anymore in 2010

Been watching 28 weeks later of something?

Z wrote:Whats the weather like in South Africa in June?

Our players will probably have heat stroke after a few training sessions and go out in the group stage.

They have summer peak in January, so it shouldn't be that bad

QF... Capello is the best coach England could have got, but he is not a magician.

England will go far, will look like contenders and play like that, but mostly likely lose to one of the favourite in the KO rounds.... 2nd round, QF or semis. My guess is QF.

And IMO that won't be a failure.

The-Frankinsense-Tavern wrote:on the Fabio Capello appointment, what will the man get from the englnd team in the WC 2010 South Africa?

Fail to qualify or qualify one or the other.

It depends how ruthless he is. By the sunds of things, he likes players that are model professionals. If he takes that approach, then all he'd be left with is Owen Hargreaves and a bunch of league one players.

In all honesty though, I think the only real worry is a keeper.

We have some very good defenders and I think we have enough in midfield to on our day beat the best out there. We need to choose ball retainers rather than Hollywood players though. Its oke to have one, or maybe two of these types of players but to function we also need water carriers. Still, Capello seems to rate the team over the individual so I'm sure he'll figure that one out.

It'll be interesting to see who he bloods for England in future.

If he watched Villa yesterday, or indeed any other game this season, he's sure to give Young a chance.

Also, I'm sure that Robbo won't be our keeper - so its probably going to be one from Carson, Hart or Foster.

Up front he apparently likes target men. Lets hope Ashton stays fit or else we're left with a hardworking, yet hardly world class Heskey, or Crouch - who isn't really a target man anyway!

He doesn't particularly like wingers - he prefers them to be able to cut in, which should guarantee Joe cole a place at least.

What if he tries to utilize Gerrard and Lampard in the same team? Does this make him worse than McClaren and Eriksson put together...

second round - its the hot south african weather after all.

8 go for winner. Are these Italian or English votes? No matter where they're from these people are brianswashed, drugged or both

2008: De Guzman's year wrote:8 go for winner. Are these Italian or English votes? No matter where they're from these people are brianswashed, drugged or both

probably just germans and dutch taking the piss. they never seem to grow tired of easy jabs at england

I think it is winter in South Africa when the tournament will be played. Capello will do reasonably well. Won't win it, but will do enough to get extended for next Euros, which he will do very well in, possibly win it. Don't think England will travel well to South Africa and expect at least one African team to pull a surprise and do better than Cameroon or Senegal previously.

Last 16, if it's a media team.

Last 4, if it's a proper balanced team that ignores images & profile.