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Time to talk hard core facts: With the two remaining groups to complete their remaining matches: Total Shots on Target: 1. Argentina 26 2. England 19 3. Holland 18 4. USA 18 5. Brazil 16 (2 Games) 6. Germany 16 7. Greece 16 8. Italy 16 9. South Africa 14 10. Uruguay 14 11. Denmark 14 12. South Korea 14 Whilst I don't know what match you were watching yesterday afternoon, but the stats show 11 attempts on target; 65.0% possession (incidentally the 4th highest of the tournament to date not including today's fixtures) & 81.2% pass completion rate (up from 59.3% against Algeria). So if a pass completion rate of 81.2% (incidentally the 3rd highest in the tournament to date not including today's fixtures) = "they could not string passes together" then I suggest you're views are as incoherent on your country's most famous footballer of all time after he had been for taking his favourite liquid refreshment. :lol: pjZcQnAIC2A Also please note the far more credible ELO Football rankings which take into account the quality of the opponent (unlike FIFA's world rankings), England are ranked 5th, sandwiched between Argentina (4th) & Germany (6th). But hey it does not matter what you think or I think. The international betting site Betfair.com has the odds after 90 minutes for the Last 16 match v Germany: Germany win 2/1 England win 9/5 Fav Draw 11/5 Maybe that is because in FIFA's 2009 World Player of The Year Top 20 there was: 8th Steven Gerrard; 10th Wayne Rooney; 11th Frank Lampard; 12= John Terry ..... whilst the only German on the list was Michael Ballack 12= who sadly was injured before the tournament. Whilst drawing at home with the Ivory Coast and losing at home to Argentina in recent friendlies suggest worldwide punters are less convinced that Germany will comfortably see off England (whose pre tournament friendly wins against fellow Last 16 qualifiers Mexico & Japan don't seem quite so shabby now), especially as Serbia showed how to shut down the opposition effectively. ......... Anyways back to iTunes ..... Shout For England is vile compared to the original Three Lions & World In Motion. I love K'naan's Waving Flags; and I'm delighted how well Katy Perry's new single is doing ...... :lol:

Suddenly England's poor performances (but victories) against Mexico & Japan in the pre World Cup friendlies don't seem quite so bad now do they ....... :thinking:

Voted.

Indeed it is great to see someone else talk complete and utter common sense for a change. I would like to announce that I am PERMANENTLY BOYCOTTING this forum as I feel zero motivation discussing my centrist social democratic views with a lot of left wing socialist posters who don't seem to have even a basic grasp of Economics.

Now 3-1 to Slovakia. What a last 15 minutes.....

Defending World Champions Italy are 2-0 behind to Slovakia. :o

Answer: It does not matter as England such start the coach to get to the plane to fly us home ....... However, Germany are beatable IMHO inside 90 or 120 minutes.

From my personal point of view, having a contest when the Football World Cup is on has been responsible for my relative lack of activity on this site. I've had a first listen to all the tracks and have awarded them pointage out of 10. I will give them another listen through, and probably vote by the end of Friday.

To be fair we were as immense today, as we were woeful on Friday. I've certainly seen dozens of less one sided 3-0's & 4-0's just that our luck was not with us today. But hopefully we are storing it up for the knock out stages. OK so we have fallen into the harder side of the draw, so if results go to form its Germany (Last 16); Argentina (Last 8) & Spain (Semi's). Bring it on........

26 Big Boi & Cutty – Shutterbugg 64 Dennis Ferrer – Hey Hey 24 Diddy - Dirty Money ft. T.I. - Hello Good Morning 01 Katy Perry ft Snoop Dogg - California Gurls 44 Kele – Tenderoni 13 Kelly Rowland ft. David Guetta - Commander 02 K'naan - Wavin' Flag 08 Lady GaGa - Alejandro 32 Miley Cyrus – Can’t Be Tamed 26 N-Dubz ft. Bodyrox - We Dance On 40 Plan B - Prayin' 13 Robyn - Dancing On My Own 15 Scissor Sisters – Fire With Fire 47 Shakira ft Freshlyground – Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) Bonus #1: Will Example – Kickstarts be higher than Kylie Minogue – All The Lovers in the chart? YES Bonus #2: Will Eminem – Not Afraid be higher than Tinie Tempah ft Labrinth – Frisky in the chart? YES Bonus #3: Will Baddiel & Skinner & Lightning Seeds – Three Lions be higher than Dizzee Rascal – Dirtee Disco in the chart? NO

01. Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dog - California Gurls 02. K'Naan - Wavin' Flag 03. Example - Kickstarts 04. Shout For England - Shout! 05. Kylie Minogue - All The Lovers 06. Eminem - Not Afraid 07. Tinie Tempah - Frisky 08. Lady GaGa - Alejandro 09. Eminem & Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie 10. David Guetta ft Chris Willis, Fergie & LMFAO - Gettin' Over You 11. Jason Derulo - Ridin' Solo 12. Robyn - Dancing On My Own 13. Kelly Rowland - Commander 14. Usher ft. Will.I.Am - OMG 15. Scissor Sisters - Fire With Fire Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the biggest faller within the top 75 next week? McLean - Finally In Love 2. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the highest climber within the top 75 next week? Drake - Find Your Love 3. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? 7 4. (for 3 pts) How many climbers will be in the top 40 next week? 5 5. (for 3 pts) How many non movers will be in the top 40 next week? 3 6. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Example – Won’t Go Quietly or Miley Cyrus - Can't Be Tamed? Example - Won't Go Quietly

I agree. Knowing that in 1974 (during his "Lost weekend") he actually appeared as a guest judge on a US talent show; so if Ozzy Osbourne could do a TV reality show; John Lydon could sell butter; and Iggy Pop could sell insurance; then I can easily imagine him as a judge on America's Got Talent or American Idol had he been alive today.

Every Night

Prisoner of Love Never Let Me Down v Glass Spider

Wonder, Stevie

It was named after Mary McCartney looked after a baby sheep after its mum was killed by a fox. What was the song Pipes Of Peace inspired by?

So you think it is OK to not speak to the manager (whom has always had a dressing room is open policy throughout his management career, but at team meetings only the captain speaks on behalf of the players); then do a press conference where you say you are speaking on behalf of the team (which the last time time I looked he was not the captain), which was apparently not the case causing reported fury from the likes of Rooney; Gerrard; Rio; Beckham; Barry & James yesterday evening. Capello believes Terry has been disrespectful to other 21 players in the England squad by calling for Joe Cole to be picked. He says he can't understand why Terry did not speak to him directly. I fully agree with this. Just another case of John "its all about me, I'm self obsessed" Terry. Rather than approach Capello in private. Very disrespectful but I don't expect any less. Guys crying because he got captaincy taken off him when it was his own fault, resulting in the 2nd best left back in the country not wanting to play for England any more. I hope Capello has the guts to drop John Terry (as he did with an equally bitter Figo at Real Madrid after a very similar outburst in a press conference) and play Upson & Dawson Wednesday afternoon.

It looks like a certain Mr Capello may agree with you .... albeit for entirely different reasons. http://www.itv.com/sport/football/fifaworl...nthelawtoterry/

Well I'd settle for a track that was truly ahead of its time released in 2008 which peaked at #168 in the Official Charts; which has become a bit of a 2010 Ibiza dance anthem and is apparently getting reissued at the beginning of August; so can hopefully go massive second time around, as its was definitely a John The Baptist type track pre Lady GaGa phenomenon.

Bobbins news. I was a fan of his Northern humour. I loved Timperley TV made by Yorkshire TV in the late 1980s/early 1990s which featured the likes of Caroline Aherne; Craig Cash & Mark Radcliffe.

:w00t: I'd be so up for this.

Looks like he is throwing an ultimatum down to his players...... Sunday, 20 June 2010 20:33 UK FA fears Capello could quit if England make early exit By David Bond BBC Sports editor in Rustenburg The Football Association anticipates England coach Fabio Capello will resign if his team make their World Cup exit on Wednesday, BBC Sport understands. The FA is refusing to publicly discuss the possibility of the team's elimination at the group stage. But privately, senior figures admit they are considering their next move if England crash out against Slovenia. This is a remarkable turn of events given the FA renegotiated Capello's four-year contract only on 2 June. The FA removed a break clause from the Italian's four-year deal which would have allowed them to avoid paying him hefty compensation in the event they wanted to sack him. Despite now discussing the possibility of Capello's exit, the FA's hierarchy says it remains firmly behind him going into Wednesday's must-win match against Slovenia. Speaking on Sunday morning, Adrian Bevington, managing director of Club England at the FA, told BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek: "Nothing has changed as far as we're concerned. "I don't want to sit here discussing the manager's contract, or anyone's contract for that matter, in the middle of the World Cup. That was the whole reason we very publicly announced the situation [about Capello's contract amendment] while we were in Austria. "All we're focused on is trying to get a result on Wednesday, to get through to the next round and go forward from there." In fact there is a feeling among senior figures that the players should shoulder the greater share of the blame for the lacklustre performance against Algeria on Friday and the frustrating opening draw against the United States. The FA is also concerned about apparent splits between groups of players in Capello's squad, believing that to be of more concern than any disquiet in the squad about his style and tough regime. The issue of Capello's future would ultimately be a decision for the FA's board - who currently remain fully supportive of the manager. And even if his England side become the first since 1958 to be knocked out at the group stage, there is believed to be a reluctance to fire him. There are two reasons for this. The first is the difficulty of hiring another top-class manager. England have a friendly against Hungary at Wembley on 11 August and their first Euro 2012 qualifying clash against Bulgaria on 3 September. They fear they would have very little time to hire a new coach in time for those matches. And, while sources insist they are not considering the financial implications of any decision to remove Capello, the cost could be in the region of £10m, or two years' salary. They know they would face accusations of wasting money so soon after the huge compensation pay-outs to Sven Goran Eriksson and Steve McClaren. The FA removed a break clause, which would have allowed them to sack the 65-year-old for far less, a day before the team flew to South Africa. The FA knows it will face intense criticism over that decision to take away that insurance policy if everything goes wrong for England on Wednesday. Following the disappointing 0-0 draw with Algeria, Capello himself refused to rule out the possibility he would quit if England fly home from this World Cup earlier than expected. The FA believes he is such an honourable and honest man that such a humiliating exit would force him to consider his position. England's elimination from the World Cup would be the latest blow to the FA after a dreadful six months which has seen John Terry forced to quit as national team captain following allegations about his private life and the departures of chief executive Ian Watmore and chairman Lord David Triesman.

Lastly ...... The Top 10 Finishes Game 2010 only this year it is based on Points score per Top 10 finish each week (1st = 10 Pts; 2nd = 9 Pts ..... down to 10th = 1 Pt; but all ties count as the same points as position finished so no shared points (i.e. Two players tie for 3rd place one week each score 8 Points) After 25 Weeks: 1 1 spiidey 164 2 2 thisispop 119 3 3 Ben 118 4 4 Jester 72 5 4 JakeyShake 63 6 6 AdzBrown 61 6 6 Aaron 61 8 11 West 59 9 8 FM11 58 10 9 titty 52 10 9 ElectroBoy 52 10 12 BrayFish 52 13 14 jackph89 45 14 13 TomKay 44 15 14 eightiespopkid 42 16 17 Theo 41 17 16 soundseekerz 38 18 18 mark w 26 19 19 Hitstastic 24 19 20 zero 24 21 21 madonna-4-eva 22 22 22 Gboy 19 23 23 mancdude 17 24 24 Mikey 15 25 25 Come Along 14 25 25 Nick F1 14 27 27 Kay 13 28 28 paulgilb 12 28 28 Tacticz 12 28 31 WillR0173 12 31 30 the-equalizer 11 32 31 NoiseAddict 10 32 31 Gleek! 10 34 34 superbossanova 7 35 35 basdfg 6 36 36 chart wizard 4 37 37 Ditherless 3 38 38 Pavel 2 38 38 Shoat 2 40 40 gagafan 1 Significant developments: Spiidey lead increases to 45 points; Ben is now just 1 point behind me in 2nd; Jester is now alright 4th; West is up 3 to 8th & Bray climbs 2 to tie 10th. Elsewhere jackph89 climbs 1 to 13th; Theo climbs 1 to 16th; zero climbs 1 to 19th & WillR0173 up 3 to 28th Thanks all for playing in this week, I'll see you next week to see what further damage the 2010 Football World Cup continues to do to the chart (but I hope its not Oasis' Stop Crying Your Heart Out having a sales surge from Wednesday evening). Elsewhere we have new singles from Scissor Sisters; Big Boi; Diddy (Puff Daddy in old money); & the record I hope is number one next weekend........

Overall Leaderboard 2010 After 25 Weeks Position / Last Week / Games Played / Name / Points 1 1 25 spiidey 3279 2 2 25 thisispop 3189 3 3 24 Ben 3014 4 5 24 Jester 2895 5 4 25 FM11 2891 6 6 24 Aaron 2820 7 7 25 eightiespopkid 2815 8 10 24 West 2808 9 8 25 TomKay 2792 10 9 24 JakeyShake 2788 11 11 25 madonna-4-eva 2755 12 12 24 BrayFish 2717 13 13 23 ElectroBoy 2694 14 14 24 Theo 2655 15 15 25 mark w 2588 16 16 25 Mikey 2583 17 17 22 jackph89 2477 18 18 22 soundseekerz 2463 19 21 23 Hitstastic 2425 20 20 25 paulgilb 2393 21 25 21 Gboy 2333 22 23 22 zero 2267 23 28 23 Nick F1 2265 24 19 22 Tacticz 2262 25 22 22 the-equalizer 2256 26 27 21 chart wizard 2137 27 24 18 AdzBrown 2111 28 26 17 titty 2081 29 30 19 gagafan 2000 30 29 18 Kay 1830 31 31 15 WillR0173 1697 32 32 15 Come Along 1641 33 33 9 BA Baracus 789 34 34 6 mancdude 690 35 35 6 Shoat 689 36 38 5 Gleek! 570 37 42 5 Pavel 558 38 36 4 superbossanova 470 39 37 4 Darren-5-08 416 40 39 3 basdfg 355 41 40 3 untitled 336 42 41 3 Allyballybee 329 43 43 4 Ditherless 312 44 44 3 connor111 289 45 45 2 7heDreamer 178 45 45 2 Galang 178 47 47 1 NoiseAddict 145 47 47 2 Lilmisshumeygold 145 49 49 1 Rossco 112 50 Ne 1 madeinheaven 111 51 Ne 1 lee wallace 111 52 50 1 152.chris 93 53 51 1 ahenryf08 84 54 52 1 Jack 79 55 53 1 RIOSOfficial 75 56 54 1 1Dave2006 70 Top 10: The Top 3 remains unchanged; Jester overtakes FM11 for 4th; Aaron & eightiespopkid remain 6th & 7th; West goes up 2 at the expense of 1 place fallers TomKay & JakeyShake. Outside The Top 10 those who climbed 2 or more places are: zero up 3 to 22nd; & debuts from madeinheaven & lee wallace debuting in 50th place. Looking at the Last 6 Weeks Points Score Form Table based from Week 20, 2010 to Week 25, 2010: Position Last Week Name Points 1 1 spiidey 823 1 3 Ben 823 3 2 ElectroBoy 803 4 9 West 795 5 5 Jester 791 6 4 thisispop 782 7 6 BrayFish 781 8 8 WillR0173 754 9 10 soundseekerz 750 10 19 jackph89 733 11 12 FM11 731 12 14 Aaron 730 13 16 Theo 728 14 24 Nick F1 715 15 11 JakeyShake 711 15 17 madonna-4-eva 711 17 7 TomKay 709 18 21 Hitstastic 708 19 17 gagafan 705 20 20 eightiespopkid 701 21 13 Come Along 693 22 15 Mikey 692 23 22 mark w 640 24 27 zero 602 25 25 paulgilb 596 26 29 Gleek! 570 27 26 Gboy 569 28 28 Tacticz 544 29 30 the-equalizer 460 30 23 chart wizard 459 31 32 Pavel 343 32 31 titty 136 33 36 AdzBrown 114 34 37 Rossco 112 35 Ne madeinheaven 111 35 Ne lee wallace 111 37 33 mancdude 82 Top 10: spiidey stays at #1 for a 6th straight week but is now joined by Ben who moves up 2 places; ElectroBoy drops a place to 3rd; West climbs 5 to 4th; Jester stays 5th; I fall 2 to 6th; Bray falls 1 to 7th; WillR0173 remains 8th; soundseekerz is up 1 to 9th & jackph89 climbs 9 to 10th. Outside the Top 10 those who played and climbed two or more places are: Aaron up 2 to 12th; Theo up 3 to 13th; Nick F1 up 10 to 14th; madonna-4-eva up 2 to 15th; Hitstastic up 3 to 18th; zero up 3 to 24th; Gleek! up 3 to 26th; and hello to debuts from lee wallace & madeinheaven in 35th. Weeks on top of Six Weeks Leaderboard: spiidey 21 Wks: Week 1 - 9; Week 11=; Week 13 - 16; Week 20 - 24; Week 25= Ben 4 Wks: Week 17 - 19; Week 25= AdzBrown 2 Wks: Week 11= & Week 12 thisispop 1 Wk: Week 10

TIPs Chart Single Prediction Game Sunday 20th June - Week 25 - The Results: I asked you to predict the following PREDICT THE FOLLOWING: Sales Period: Sunday 13th – Saturday 19th June Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds – Three Lions 26 Eminem – Not Afraid 6 Example – Kickstarts 3 Glee Cast - Anyway You Want It/Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' 32 Glee Cast - Over The Rainbow 30 Kele - Tenderoni 31 Kelly Rowland ft David Guetta - Commander 17 Kylie Minogue – All For Lovers 4 Lady GaGa - Alejandro 10 McLean – Finally In Love 44 Robyn – Dancing On My Own 8 Shakira ft Freshlyground – Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) 39 Terry Venables – If I Can Dream 35 Tiffany Page – On Your Head 100 Bonus #1: Will Dizzee Rascal & James Corden – Shout For England be higher than K'naan - Wavin' Flag in the chart? YES Bonus #2: Will England / New Order – World In Motion be higher than Fat Les – Vindaloo in the chart? YES Bonus #3: Will Pixie Lott – Turn It Up be higher than Usher ft Will.i.am – OMG in the chart? NO This week's results are as follows: 32nd Tacticz 67 (0) Pts 31st Gleek! 89 (2) Pts 30th TomKay 95 (1) Pts 29th Come Along 100 (2) Pts 28th Mikey 106 (3) Pts 26th lee wallace 111 (3) Pts 26th madeinheaven 111 (3) Pts 25th the-equalizer 114 (2) Pts 23rd eightiespopkid 115 (2) Pts 23rd JakeyShake 115 (2) Pts 22nd madonna-4-eva 119 (2) Pts 21st gagafan 120 (2) Pts 20th paulgilb 121 (3) Pts 18th Aaron 127 (2) Pts 18th Nick F1 127 (3) Pts 16th FM11 128 (3) Pts 16th Pavel 128 (3) Pts 14th Gboy 130 (3) Pts 14th mark w 130 (3) Pts 13th Hitstastic 131 (3) Pts 12th soundseekerz 135 (3) Pts 11th ElectroBoy 138 (3) Pts 10th zero 140 (3) Pts 9th WillR0173 142 (3) Pts 8th jackph89 143 (2) Pts 7th BrayFish 144 (3) Pts 6th thisispop 147 (3) Pts 4th spiidey 150 (3) Pts :cheer: 4th Theo 150 (3) Pts :dance: 3rd West 152 (3) Pts :yahoo: 2nd Jester 155 (3) Pts :dancing: But the players winning this week for the 4th time this year is: 1st Ben 158 (3) Pts :winner: Many Thanks for the 32 of you playing this week