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50 England Victories!

the best thing becks ever did for Jonny was to leave the country ..now he will be a star.

I'm a football fan over Rugby but Jonny Wilkinson will be sports personality of the year on that BBC thingie they do every year. If they win they will be team of the year.

Which will make the Scottish folks really happy..lol

And Jonny doesn't sound like a dumb blonde girl from Essex every time he opens his mouth.

or have a dumb ass, leather skinned crap singer for a wife

I don't think she is dumb. The rest is about right!

Who's also about the un-poshist, common person Ive ever heard

She can't be posh, she married a dumbass footballer!

I've always wondered why he was made captain of England. Granted the guy was/is good at football but the team captain gets a LOT of interviews and sort of represents the team and country. That's fine until the first word comes out of his mouth then it goes downhill fast

Trying to think of a footballer who is intelligent and is good at interviews... have to say I am struggling. Michael Owen seems the best bet.

Maradona chimed in today: "There has been two really great football players: Pelé was the biggest ever - and Maradona was God. And Beckham? Oh - he's a woman, no?"

http://it.sports.yahoo.com/031116/212/2j3z3.html

Well, he is a good player but also at the time he was in such a media spotlight that I think it was the right choice because whoever else was made captin would have been undermined by the focus being on another player.

Also, even though he isn't the smartest chap in the world I tink you could have much worse roll models for kids than a family man that does the best with the skills that he has and largely keeps him self out of trouble.

Good point... he is a decent hard working chap who is a decent role model!

Agreed Sarah

Plus hes the best British player we have by a long way.

Unless you are looking for someone to goal hang for the whole 90 minutes, then when he finally gets the ball, he falls over it, then puts his hand up hoping the ref thought it was a foul, even though there isnt another player in site. If this is what you want then Micheal Owen is the man!

I don't think Becks is the best player we have. Would say Scholes is a better player just being ginger and slightly ugly doesnt get the same credit as Becks!

I agree on all points EXCEPT...

Every time the guy opens his mouth anyone from this country cringes and the rest of the world laughs!

(better make it clear and ruin the effect that I'm not anti-Beckham and agree with the choice. But that voice....*shudder*)

true but I guess he can't help his voice - though, I have noticed lately he is speaking a tad deeper. I was wondering if he has employed a vocal coach.

Quite likely.... probably a posh idea!

Find one hair on his head and I'll buy the next round!!!

ENGLANDDDDD

Can't wait to see Scotland beat England at footy again!! hehehehehehe

Hello?

England are pretty much shit at all sports........ but Scotland?......If its not throwing wood in the air they're not really the ones are they?

yeah that's true, but beating Australia and New Zealand at the beginning of their season when the only important games this year are at the world cup is a bit hollow..

3 - 2 Denmark

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That is what I like about you Jocks - Your willingness to wait around forever -

It will not happen again in your life time!!!

and?

Did you read this!




SPRINGBOK players were forced to strip naked and ordered around at gunpoint in a bizarre effort to prepare them for the World Cup, the Johannesburg-based Sunday Times reported yesterday.

"Despite being sworn to secrecy, two players have talked about the three-day 'Camp Staaldraad' (Camp Steel Wire) that took place at a location some two hours drive north of Pretoria in September," the newspaper said.

"On arrival, the players were made to strip naked and leopard-crawl across gravel before getting dressed and repeating the exercise," it said.

One Springbok, who was not named, said players were taken into the African bush, where they had to do physical labour, carrying tyres, poles and bags - all branded with England and New Zealand flags.

"Later, the players were ordered naked into a freezing lake to pump up rugby balls underwater. Players who tried to get out, among them captain Corne Krige, were allegedly pointed back at gunpoint," the newspaper said.

On their last night, players were dropped off individually in the bush, to spend the night on their own, while given half a match and egg with instructions to cook it.

They were also told to strip and climb into a hole.

"There was little room for movement and recordings of the England anthem and New Zealand haka played for hours," the report said, adding that "the cover on the hole had periodically been lifted and ice water thrown on the men".

"They spent the rest of the camp carrying out special task force survival stunts like jumping into the lake from a helicopter," the paper said.

South Africa's 29-9 quarter-final defeat by New Zealand was the first time in their three World Cups that the Springboks had failed to get beyond the last eight.

The camp was the brainchild of a security consultant, Adriaan Heijns, who recruited former members of the South African police's elite Task Force unit to run the camp.

Without divulging details, Krige said there were certain parts of the camp that he would recommend not be included for future rugby training.

"It was trial and error. You go through certain things and decide 'these are good and maybe these aren't so good'. Most of the stuff was really good for team spirit," Krige said.

Chill dude, it was obvious i was gonna put that in somewhere...