It may seem premature to write a footballing obituary for a 31-year-old man at the peak of fitness, who captains his national team, scored the winning goal that took England into the quarter finals of the World Cup, and who may even lead Hinglan to World Cup glory. But David Beckham is a shadow of […]

I know it’s early days, but here’s a team comprised of players that have caught the eye in Germany so far!

The main question raised by the England v Hungary friendly is: who will fill England’s defensive midfield role? In the first-half of the fixture this post was handed to Carragher who looked very comfortable. He won the ball well, looked competitive and confident, and his distribution was sound. I think it was an excellent idea […]

I need a strategy to cope with the fact that Wayne Rooney might be absent from the World Cup. I could face up to it and write an article about how England should organise the attack in his absence, but I’m just not ready yet! Instead I’m going to transfer my attention onto a much more […]

Kahn
G Neville  Vidic  Mellberg  R Carlos
C Ronaldo  Deco  Gattusso  H Kewell
Inzaghi  Van Nistelrooy
Marcel Desailly would obviously have been captain if still in the game but that honour must now go to Oli Kahn.
Any alternative XI’s out there people????????
 
 
 
 
 

There are some players who have a big reputation that is incommensurable with their actual talent. These flat-track bullies are the sorts of players who will bulldoze inferior opposition, but are nowhere to be seen when the chips are down.
Portugal’s Pauleta is one such player. Playing for the host nation as striker at Euro 2004, Pauleta was touted […]

Now that WCH has been going strong for several months, we thought it was about time we introduced the team! Below are introductions to a selection of our contributors with reference to their footballing prowess. Click here to read profiles on our other team members.
Herr Danny is almost identical to Siena and Croatia centre-back Igor […]

Now that WCH has been going strong for several months, we thought it was about time we introduced the team! Below are introductions to a selection of our contributors with reference to their footballing prowess. Tune into WCH next week for pen portraits of Herr Neil, Herr Danny and Herr Paul.
Jimu
Starting off as a lanky […]