By James Cochrane Holland v Spain After 63 games we finally reach the final of the 2010 World Cup. It started with South Africa against Mexico and it ends with Holland against Spain. When Spain lost to Switzerland in their opening game a place in the final looked a long way off and talk was [...]
Friday, July 9, 2010
By James Cochrane Germany v Uruguay I’m going to completely dampen the spirits and try and advise you not to get involved in this game. After Germany’s defeat to Spain, captain Philip Lahm stated he would happily sit out the game and Uruguayan striker Diego Forlan also came out saying he didn’t feel 100% fit [...]
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
By James Cochrane Germany v Spain Germany were once again very impressive against Argentina and although they were not advised outright I hope some of you backed them for the sheer fact they were too big a price. Their counter attacks were too much for Maradonas men and they contained the likes of Messi and [...]
Friday, July 2, 2010
Argentina v Germany Argentina v Germany at the world cup, it doesn’t come much bigger than this does it? At the time of writing the Brazil-Holland game is about to kick off but I am personally more excited about the prospect of this match up. Leading up to the finals, every story involving the Argentinean [...]
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Holland v Brazil What a game this is setting up to be. Some of the greatest footballers in the world go head to head to fight it out for a place in the semi-finals, and the winner will fancy themselves for a place in the final. Brazil have been immensely solid so far and are [...]
Monday, June 28, 2010
By James Cochrane Paraguay v Japan Paraguay topped group F with five points and in doing so only conceded one goal. They held defending champions Italy to a draw (although that doesn’t seem as impressive after more recent events) and dispatched of Slovakia with a convincing 2-0 win. However, they ended with a disappointing 0.0 [...]
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
England v Slovenia I don’t really know what to say about England. The performance against Algeria was up there with some of the worst I have seen. I wasn’t even angry with the lack of effort, if anything I felt a little uncomfortable watching it. However, the anger crept back in after Rooney’s outburst towards [...]
Monday, June 21, 2010
France v South Africa We knew that the French national team was a bit of a mess before the world cup but amazingly things seem to have got worse in the last eleven days. Nicolas Anelka has been sent home and the whole team refused to train in response. Why didn’t they bring in Laurent [...]
Friday, July 9, 2010