JimmyJim1990 asked on the forum who did we prefer watching football on, BBC or ITV? I have to say it wasn't a difficult decision for me...BBC hands down and that is despite Motty.John Motson v Clive Tyldesley - Close win for ITVMotty is just past it ...
After a few weeks of speculation, Chelsea have announced their new manager and he is none other than Big Luiz Felipe Scolari.The man who was once on the verge of becoming England manager instead of Steve McClaren but chose not to because of the FA's ...
Aaron Ramsey has long been linked with moves to the top tier of clubs, but now it looks like Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool are all willing to pay £5m+ to sign the 17 year-old. Is he really that good?...
So we have culled eight squads and the same amount are playing on - read our TalkFootball predictions hereWe start off tonight with Portugal v Germany and the Germans have not impressed at all on their way to the Q/F's. The pre-tournament favourites ...
Euro 2008 starts tomorrow and it is a wide open tournament.The 16 best nations in Europe are ready to start a three-week championship to find out who is the #1 out of the 16. Germany go into the tournament as the bookies favourites but the darling of...
Austria 0-1 Croatia (Modric Pen 4)Austria: Macho, Standfest, Stranzl, Pogatetz, Aufhauser, Linz, Ivanschitz, Gercaliu, Proedl, Saeumel, Harnik.Croatia: Pletikosa, Simunic, Kovac, Corluka, Kovac, Srna, Modric, Olic, Kranjcar, Petric, Pranjic.18:26: Pr...
Portugal (Pepe 60, Raul Meireles 93) 2-0 Turkey - FTTeams:Portugal: Ricardo, Bosingwa, Pepe, Carvalho, Ferreira, Petit, Joao Moutinho, Ronaldo, Deco, Simao, Nuno Gomes. Subs: Rui Patricio, Bruno Alves, Fernando Meira, Raul Meireles, Hugo Almeida, Mig...
Romania 0-0 France FTFrance: Gregory Coupet, Eric Abidal, William Gallas, Willy Sagnol, Lilian Thuram, Claude Makelele, Franck Ribery, Jeremy Toulalan, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka, Karim Benzema.Romania: Bogdan Lonut Lobont, Cosmin Marius Contra,...
Switzerland 0-1 Czech Republic (Sverkos 70) - FTTeams:Switzerland: Benaglio, Lichtsteiner, Muller, Senderos, Magnin, Behrami, Inler, Gelson, Barnetta, Frei, Streller. Subs: Zuberbuhler, Jakupovic, Djourou, Huggel, Cabanas, Yakin, Derdiyok, Grichting,...
So with the result earlier in the day going the why these two teams would not of wanted - three points and a victory became even more vital than it already was.A game that saw Austria spurn three guilt edged opportunities early on, an offside goal, a...
They say that any major tournament doesn't really get going until we've seen an upset - well Euro 2008 is well and truly up and running after Croatia beat Germany yesterday afternoon.The Germans had not just been pencilled in as the group winners, mo...
The Germans kicked off their Euro 2008 campaign with a win over Poland thanks to a brace from Polish born Lukas Podolski.The bookies favourites for the tournament showed why they are receiving backing with an impressive performance against the Poles....
This was the first game between the so called 'Big Three' in the 'Group of Death' and boy was it special.After enduring the Romania v France bore draw, football fans yearned for this game to live up to its billing. What we got was even better than wh...
Portugal went into the game with the Czech Republic knowing that they needed to put in a performance after the impressive displays of the Dutch and the Spaniards and most would say that they succeeded.With the likes of Ronaldo and Deco in their side,...
A lot of pundits were tipping Spain to do well in this tournament. After their performance earlier this evening you can see why.A 4-1 scoreline doesn’t do the Spanish justice. They swarmed all over a pretty disappointing Russian team to announce thei...
Game eight of the tournament saw the reigning Champions enter the fray and once again make us wonder just how on Earth they won this thing four years ago.An awful and negative display by the Greeks disappointed but didn't surprise us. Luckily the Swe...
The evening game yesterday saw the co-hosts Switzerland staring down the barrel of going out of their own tournament within the first five days.The game started off in decent weather but soon a thunderstorm came and horrendous rain started hammering ...
So some people said that Euro 2008 would be boring without England...I think we can safely put that myth to bed now can't we?With twenty minutes to go in last night's Czech Republic v Turkey encounter it was all over. The Czech's were going through a...
So Euro 2008 is over and what have we learnt from the tournament?We have learnt that the beautiful game is alive and kicking. Euro 2008 was a terrific tournament flush with entertaining games. We opened up slowly but on the third night the games spar...
Despite being heavily linked to the job for an eon, Guud Hiddink has finally confirmed that he won't take the Chelsea managerial position. He would've been the perfect man for the job and I think Chelsea fans must be seriously worried who'll end up b...
So it looks as though the referee got it right last night and it was me (and most probably the majority of us) who got it wrong.I am part of many forums and discussions on football. On one e-mail list (a Portsmouth Football Club one - no surprise the...
Once upon a time male football fans would quite openly mock their female counterparts for the perceived inability to understand the rules surrounding offside, today however both sexes could be forgiven for a failure to grasp its apparent complexity.R...
Many were tipping the current Spanish side to be the perennial underachievers to shrug off such an unwanted tag and make the biggest impact on this year's European Championships. Instead it's quickly becoming clear that it's the laid back Dutch side ...
Spoof WAG Stacie Smith and her football ace other half Stevie Smith have recorded a hilarious song BECOME A WAG. Have a listen at www.myspace.com/becomeawag WARNING! Love it or hate it, it will be going round your head in a continuous loop!...
The news that Manchester United supporters feared has come out. Cristiano Ronaldo wants out and he wants his dream move to Real Madrid. After helping United to European glory, he feels the time is right to leave England and go to Spain. However Unite...
So apparently FIFA hadn't given England clearance to use seven subs in the recent international with Trinidad & Tobago. Looks like Jack Warner may of screwed England over and the game might be downgraded from full international status. If that is...
Alan Shearer is on the verge of a sensational return to football with Blackburn Rovers.Just five months after being in the running to takeover at his home town club, big Al is being tipped to take the helms at another former club, Blackburn Rovers. A...
So Sparky has left Ewood Park but not for Stamford Bridge. The former Chelsea and Manchester United star has joined United's cross-city rivals Manchester City. It is a surprising move considering most people saw him as the man who'd step into Fergie'...
So Mark Hughes is set to take the Manchester City job without even talking to Chelsea. It is quite a surprise to me as the Chelsea job is one of the biggest in world football. I know Man City have a lot of money but are they really ready to compete a...
So Sven has finally been given his marching order at the City of Manchester Stadium. They treated him pretty terribly I must say. Man City had a decent season and lacked the depth in their squad, so when injuries came about they were unable to cope. ...
When Avram Grant was booted off the Chelsea throne a week ago, Peter Kenyon and co must have known that they had their work cut out to find a replacement who would not only take the job but also satisfy Roman Abramovich's quest for football which com...
David Pleat is currently the lead co-commentator for ITV at Euro 2008 but he really should not be in a job.I know the excellent Martin Samuel of The Times thinks that David Pleat is an excellent co-commentator and doesn't deserve all the stick that h...
So Jack Warner now thinks that England have a good bid for the World Cup in 2018. I wonder if that has anything to do with England's jolly up and friendly over in Trinidad over the weekend? Isn't it sad that this is how World Cup bids are won and not...