russian brigade

to the fore/

once again the dutch find themselves beaten with a manager failing to deliver.

the russians played for there lives and well done to them/

Russians were superb, who do you call as the overall winner

Spain will win it unextended

Italy v Germany final which could well go down to penalties. Spain have only ever beaten Italy once in a competitive game and that was 88 years ago. In friendlies Spain have only lost once in 11 games...tells you that Spain freeze when it comes to the big time and Italy relish the big games. Italy 1 Spain 0 for me.

Russia Germany final. Be the game of the year. Both teams very precise. Russia to win the competition with pace and skill.

Russia too fast for the Dutch defence and Van Nistilroy looked like an old man on the field.

Dont forget that Rusiia is the reason why England is not at this competition. If they win it will justify Englands failure to their supporters

England are just plain KAK,no justification needed.

What about Croatia's role in England's failure to make the finals ?
And we all know how far the Croats got.

Most of the Russian side play their league football in Russia. Most of the Englands [layers earn more per week than the entire Russian side earns in 6 months. The England team are over paid by their clubs and they think that when they pull on their countries shirt they dont have to give of their best. Its all about image and money and nothing else. Pride goes out of the window. England are shit full stop. The reason why the English league is so good is because of all the great foreign players that play in it. The top 4 english clubs will all beat England.

Ouch, I find this depressing, still struggling to come to terms with how poor England performed in the qualifiers.

England, those Poms, are the worlds most underachieving sports nation, given the resources at their mercy.
Big talk but no results. I just love it everytime those POMS get bashed in every sports codes.
Losing is their habit, excuses their occupation. Wish they don't make 2010

Quite right shikar. But theEnglish are great at Darts and snooker. Re the big talk its the sports media that talk up the teams and the shit tabloid newspapers.The kids are more into their Playstations and X BOX...mind you the best music both from the past,present and future comes out of the UK.