England squad

Sven has accounced his England squad (which we get to watch in close proximity!!) and it is as follows:

Name	Team	Age	Caps
Goalkeepers
Paul Robinson	Tottenham	27	19
David James	Man City	35	33
Robert Green	Norwich	26	1
Defenders
Gary Neville	Man Utd	31	78
Rio Ferdinand	Man Utd	27	45
John Terry	Chelsea	25	22
Ashley Cole	Arsenal	25	44
Sol Campbell	Arsenal	31	66
Jamie Carragher	Liverpool	28	23
Wayne Bridge	Chelsea	25	22
Midfielders
David Beckham	Real Madrid	31	87
Michael Carrick	Tottenham	24	5
Frank Lampard	Chelsea	27	38
Steven Gerrard	Liverpool	25	40
Owen Hargreaves	B Munich	25	29
Jermaine Jenas	Tottenham	23	15
Stewart Downing	M'boro	21	1
Joe Cole	Chelsea	24	30
Aaron Lennon	Tottenham	19	0
Strikers
Wayne Rooney	Man Utd	20	29
Michael Owen	Newcastle	26	75
Peter Crouch	Liverpool	25	5
Theo Walcott	Arsenal	17	0

Clearly, every other person in the country is going on about Walcott and what a surprise it is to have him in the squad (and it clearly is), but the main thing I don't like about this squad is the inclusion of Jermaine Jenas.
OK, being a Newcastle fans and having Jenas abandon us for Spurs and calling living in Newcastle like being in a Goldfish Bowl wasn't nice, but really, the guy is rubbish! He plays in centre-mid, though he isn't especially good at tackling or passing, his scoring record is woeful, he hasn't got pace and can't dribble past people, and he isn't good in the air! Really, Jenas is similar to Beckham, except he can't cross or take free-kicks, so why on earth is Sven wasting a world cup spot on him is beyond me!!! Argh!!
Apart from this oversight, the squad is decent enough and injuries permitting, is the strongest we have.
(i would have put Darren Bent in instead of Jenas, btw).

And best of all, we're going to be in Germany this time next month! or rather, I'm going to be in Germany this time next month driving from Dusseldorf to Frankfurt in a 6berth campervan on the wrong side of the road, so Germans, I'd avoid the autobahn on that day if i were you!!!!!

Chris is in France

Chris (or Jossy, as he likes to be known) is away for a long weekend in France so I'm going to be in charge of the website whilst he's away so I (Andy) have the power to do whatever i want!!!!
hahahaha!
One thing i want to mention is how disappointed I was by Sunderland's victory last night (their only home victory of the season!). They were on track to make league history by being the only team ever not to win a single home game, but they have now ruined their chance of gaining this accolade and their chance of glory in pub quizes for years to come. Even in victory, sunderland still don't earn any glory!!!!

Important football websites!

Everyday, without fail (unless i have no internet access, its a weekend, or the even more unusual occassion that i have phd work to do!), i keep my football knowledge up-to-date with the following websites:
www.bbc.co.uk/football - classic, regularly updated though a little boring as never has an opinion!
www.guardian.co.uk/football - much more opinionated with witty remarks and humour throughout and a daily quiz to test the most knowledgeable individual (i've never managed to get 10 out of 10! so there's a challenge for you Alan!)
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/ - The greatest fantasy football system ever, with a very competitive "cambridge chem eng" league which me and Alan are competing for championship of! and Richard has developed a MATLAB based team which has so far failed to better my own team! hahahaha!
www.nfl.com - American football is a great version of our national game which has long been overlooked by English people but after 4 months watching it in the states, I've been a follower and always check out how the Patriots are doing, who are they signing, how the cheerleaders are doing...... anyway, moving away from the point.
www.nufc.com - Newcastle United are, without doubt, the most interesting team to follow in England, as they are forever buying rubbish players, injuring good players, sacking managers and can always be relied upon to lose to rubbish teams and beat good teams at home, without any of the risk of actually winning a trophy. The unofficial website is great, has lots of humour and is always optimistic about our european chances, no matter how slim they are!

There are many more websites out there with lots and lots of useful knowledge on them, all of which can be searched easily using google, and my best ever google find has to be this:
http://eteamz.active.com/CNS_Wrestling_Grades_7-12/news/
about a 1/3 of the way down the page, we have Steve Raulli's motivational speech (complete with Rocky soundtrack!) from last year when he was at cambridge with us. Classic!

At this point I'll stop before Chris kicks me off his website :-P