When Wednesday Comes - Fantasy Football

LAST UPDATED: 4th January 2007

This Post contains all the latest assist information for the 2006/2007 Telegraph fantasy football game.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30 2006

Blackburn 2 Middlesbrough 1
Goals: Nonda, McCarthy, Yakubu
KCs: Neill, Savage
Booked: Neill, Davies, Pogatetz, Cattermole
MOTM: Savage

Bolton 3 Portsmouth 2
Goals: Diagne-Faye, Campo, Anelka, Taylor, Cole
KCs: Speed, Ben Haim, Davies, Cole
Booked: O'Neil
MOTM: Davies

Charlton 2 Villa 1
Goals: D Bent, Hughes, Barry
KCs: El Karkouri, Thomas, Hreidarsson
Booked: Sankofa, El Karkouri, Mellberg
Sent off: Barry
MOTM: D Bent

Chelsea 2 Fulham 2
Goals: Drogba, Volz, Bocanegra
Own goal: Rosenior
KCs: Lampard x2, Queudrue, McBride
Booked: Ferreira, Queudrue
MOTM: Volz

Everton 3 Newcastle 0
Goals: Anichebe x2, Neville
Booked: Arteta, Anichebe, Parker, Emre
Penalty miss: Martins
MOTM: Anichebe

Man Utd 3 Reading 2
Goals: Solskjaer, Ronaldo x2, Sonko, Lita
KCs: Ronaldo, Rooney, Solskjaer, Giggs, Shorey
Booked: Richardson, Gunnarsson
Sent off: Sodje
MOTM: Ronaldo

Sheff Utd 1 Arsenal 0
Goal: Nade
KCs: Quinn
Booked: Morgan, Hulse, Rosicky, van Persie, Fabregas
MOTM: Jagielka

Tottenham 0 Liverpool 1
Goal: Garcia
MOTM: Carragher

West Ham 0 Man City 1
Goal: Beasley
Booked: Spector, Jordan, Vassell
MOTM: Distin

MONDAY, JANUARY 1 2007

Fulham 0 Watford 0
Booked: Radzinski, Young
Sent off: Priskin
MOTM: Helguson

Liverpool 3 Bolton 0
Goals: Crouch, Gerrard, Kuyt
KCs: Kuyt x2, Pennant x2, Garcia
Booked: Diagne-Faye, Ben Haim, Campo
MOTM: Kuyt

Man City 2 Everton 1
Goals: Samaras x2, Osman
KCs: Beasley, Vassell, Neville
Booked: Trabelsi, Miller, Howard, Arteta, Johnson
MOTM: Samaras

Middlesbrough 3 Sheff Utd 1
Goals: Viduka, Yakubu x2, Jagielka
KCs: Boateng, Viduka, Hulse
Booked: Xavier, Cattermole, Hulse
MOTM: Viduka

Newcastle 2 Man Utd 2
Goals: Milner, Scholes x2
Booked: Parker, Neville, Scholes
MOTM: Scholes

Portsmouth 1 Tottenham 1
Goals: Mwaruwari, Malbranque
KC: Murphy
Booked: Taylor, Davenport, Lee, Tainio, Malbranque
MOTM: James

Reading 6 West Ham 0
Goals: Gunnarsson, Hunt, Doyle x2, Lita
Own goal: Ferdinand
KCs: Shorey x4, Bikey, Sidwell x2, Little, Harper, Doyle
Booked: Harper
MOTM: Doyle

Wigan 0 Blackburn 3
Goals: McCarthy
Own goal: Heskey
KCs: Pedersen x2, Neill
Booked: Khizanishvili, Bentley, Henchoz, Neill, Mokoena
MOTM: Pedersen

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LAST UPDATED : 13th January 2007

This post shows the highest scoring current players in the 2006/2007 Telegraph fantasy football league as of the LAST UPDATED date .

Top three players from the different positions are :

10th January 2007

GoalKeepers

1) J Jaaskelainen (Bol) £3.3 = 76
1) J Reina (Liverpool) £3.6 = 76
2) E van der Sar (Man u) £3.5 = 64

Defenders

1) M Taylor (Portsmouth) £3.4 = 85
2) S Finnan (liverpool) £4 = 81
3) J Carrager (liverpool) £4.6 = 79

Midfielders

1) C Ronaldo (Man u) £4.4 = 138
2) F Lampard (Chelsea) £4.7 = 120
3) S Gerrard (Liverpool) £5 = 88

Attackers

1) W Roonry (Man u) £8 = 123
2) K Doyle (Reading) £4 = 112
3) D Drogba (Chelsea) £7 = 109


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Here is a breakdown of all the knowledge on premiership teams you will need
for this years 2006/2007 Telegraph fantasy football competition.

Its simple, each day I will be posting some great info on
one premiership team that may help you. Including my player
that can make a difference what can I say I just love my own opinion!

They are all be listed below in this post and so it will be a great
first place to look at facts about your team.

(This post will be linked too on the side in the telegraph footie section)

Here are the teams so far

ARSENAL

ASTON VILLA

BLACKBURN

BOLTON

CHARLTON

CHELSEA

EVERTON

FULHAM

LIVERPOOL

MAN CITY

MAN UTD

MIDDLESBROUGH

NEWCASTLE

PORTSMOUTH

READING

SHEFFIELD UTD

TOTTENHAM

WATFORD

WEST HAM

WIGAN

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Dont forget I post the Telegraph football transfer password
every Wednesday, Man of the match awards
and assists as they happen.

LAST UPDATED : 4 January 2007

This post will show the latest Man of the match awards for the telegraph fantasy football game
for the 2006/2007 season.

Always check the last updated date as it makes it easier to link!

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30 2006

Blackburn 2 Middlesbrough 1
Goals: Nonda, McCarthy, Yakubu
KCs: Neill, Savage
Booked: Neill, Davies, Pogatetz, Cattermole
MOTM: Savage

Bolton 3 Portsmouth 2
Goals: Diagne-Faye, Campo, Anelka, Taylor, Cole
KCs: Speed, Ben Haim, Davies, Cole
Booked: O'Neil
MOTM: Davies

Charlton 2 Villa 1
Goals: D Bent, Hughes, Barry
KCs: El Karkouri, Thomas, Hreidarsson
Booked: Sankofa, El Karkouri, Mellberg
Sent off: Barry
MOTM: D Bent

Chelsea 2 Fulham 2
Goals: Drogba, Volz, Bocanegra
Own goal: Rosenior
KCs: Lampard x2, Queudrue, McBride
Booked: Ferreira, Queudrue
MOTM: Volz

Everton 3 Newcastle 0
Goals: Anichebe x2, Neville
Booked: Arteta, Anichebe, Parker, Emre
Penalty miss: Martins
MOTM: Anichebe

Man Utd 3 Reading 2
Goals: Solskjaer, Ronaldo x2, Sonko, Lita
KCs: Ronaldo, Rooney, Solskjaer, Giggs, Shorey
Booked: Richardson, Gunnarsson
Sent off: Sodje
MOTM: Ronaldo

Sheff Utd 1 Arsenal 0
Goal: Nade
KCs: Quinn
Booked: Morgan, Hulse, Rosicky, van Persie, Fabregas
MOTM: Jagielka

Tottenham 0 Liverpool 1
Goal: Garcia
MOTM: Carragher

West Ham 0 Man City 1
Goal: Beasley
Booked: Spector, Jordan, Vassell
MOTM: Distin

MONDAY, JANUARY 1 2007

Fulham 0 Watford 0
Booked: Radzinski, Young
Sent off: Priskin
MOTM: Helguson

Liverpool 3 Bolton 0
Goals: Crouch, Gerrard, Kuyt
KCs: Kuyt x2, Pennant x2, Garcia
Booked: Diagne-Faye, Ben Haim, Campo
MOTM: Kuyt

Man City 2 Everton 1
Goals: Samaras x2, Osman
KCs: Beasley, Vassell, Neville
Booked: Trabelsi, Miller, Howard, Arteta, Johnson
MOTM: Samaras

Middlesbrough 3 Sheff Utd 1
Goals: Viduka, Yakubu x2, Jagielka
KCs: Boateng, Viduka, Hulse
Booked: Xavier, Cattermole, Hulse
MOTM: Viduka

Newcastle 2 Man Utd 2
Goals: Milner, Scholes x2
Booked: Parker, Neville, Scholes
MOTM: Scholes

Portsmouth 1 Tottenham 1
Goals: Mwaruwari, Malbranque
KC: Murphy
Booked: Taylor, Davenport, Lee, Tainio, Malbranque
MOTM: James

Reading 6 West Ham 0
Goals: Gunnarsson, Hunt, Doyle x2, Lita
Own goal: Ferdinand
KCs: Shorey x4, Bikey, Sidwell x2, Little, Harper, Doyle
Booked: Harper
MOTM: Doyle

Wigan 0 Blackburn 3
Goals: McCarthy
Own goal: Heskey
KCs: Pedersen x2, Neill
Booked: Khizanishvili, Bentley, Henchoz, Neill, Mokoena
MOTM: Pedersen


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LAST UPDATED : 12th April 2007

This page will show the Telegraph Fantasy Football Transfer Password
which is printed in the paper every Wednesday for the 2006/2007 season.

Dont go off the date of the post but go off the LAST UPDATED date
this means the link does not have to change!

The Transfer Password to 17th April 2007 is PAPER

Dont forget I will also display all weekend Man of the match results every
Monday and post the assists onTuesday.

I try to post others the day after the match.

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Thanks

J

Aston Villa 2005/2006 Season





Goals scored...48
Goals conceded...59
Clean sheets...12
Yellow cards...62
Red cards...1
Top points scorer: Steve Davis...132
Most appearances: Thomas Sorensen...40
Most KCs: James Milner...11
Bad boy: Gareth Barry...1R 10Y

J's Pick: G Barry £3.3 If he can keep his temper down a bit he takes theie penalties and will pick up some man of the match awards

Arsenal 2005/2006 Season




Goals scored...70
Goals conceded...33
Clean sheets...16
Yellow cards...57
Red cards...2
Top points scorer: Thierry Henry...274
Most appearances: Jens Lehmann...38
Most KCs: Jose Reyes...11
Bad boy: Cesc Fabregas...1R 5Y

J's Pick : T ROSICKY midfield and £4.1, a great player and will definately
be getting some great goals and assists.

Here are the players that the Telegraph fantasy football team think can make a difference in the 2006/2207 premiership season.

Arsenal
Thiery Henry £9.0 274 points

Aston villa
Steven Davis £3.7 132 points

Blackburn
Morten Perdersen £4 139 points

Bolton
Kevin Nolan £4.2 144 points

Charlton
Darren bent £7.2 217 points

Chelsea
John Terry £5 182 points

Everton
Tim Cahill £4 109 points

Fulham
Steed Malbranque £3.9 128 points

Liverpool
Steven Gerrard £5 230 points

Man City
Gerogios Samaras £4.4 58 points

Man Utd
Wayne Rooney £8 245 points

Boro
A Yakubu £6.7 180 points

Newcastle Utd
Shay Given £3.4 113 points

Portsmouth
Gary Oneil £3.4 115 points

Reading
Kevin Doyle £4.0

Sheffield Utd
Phil Jagielka 3.0

Tottenham
Aaron Lennon £3.8 64 points

Watford
Marion King £4

Westham
Dean Aston £5.7 61 points

Wigan
Henri Camara £5.9 137 points

Here are some more great quotes:

"I was watching the Blackburn game on TV on Sunday when it flashed
on the screen that George (Ndah) had scored in the first minute at
Birmingham. My first reaction was to ring him up. Then I remembered he was out
there playing."
Ade Akinbiyi

"Without being too harsh on David Beckham, he cost us the match."
Ian Wright

"I'm as happy as I can be - but I have been happier."
Ugo Ehiogu

"Leeds is a great club and it's been my home for years, even
though I live in Middlesborough."
Jonathan Woodgate

"I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel."
Stuart Pearce

"I took a whack on my left ankle, but something told me it was my
right."
Lee Hendrie

"I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign
country."
Ian Rush

"Germany are a very difficult team to play...they had 11
internationals out there today."
Steve Lomas

"I always used to put my right boot on first, and then obviously
my right sock."
Barry Venison

"I definitely want Brooklyn to be christened, but I don't know
into what religion yet."
David Beckham

"The Brazilians were South American, and the Ukrainians will be
more European."
Phil Neville

"All that remains is for a few dots and commas to be crossed."
Mitchell Thomas

"One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my
best."
Alan Shearer

"I'd rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd."
Johnny Giles

"Sometimes in football you have to score goals."
Thierry Henry

With the premiership clubs now looking at some relegated Italian club players.

Here's a list of the available stars:

GOALKEEPERS
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)
Age: 28, Price: £13m
Underlined his position as the world's best keeper at the World Cup by conceding just once in six games. Became the world's most expensive goalkeeper when Juve paid Parma £33m for his services in 2001
Possible destinations: Arsenal, Inter Milan, Real Madrid

Others:
Dida (32) AC Milan and Brazil
Angelo Peruzzi (36) Lazio and Italy


DEFENDERS
Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan)
Age: 30, Price: £12m
Italy's number 13 has been unlucky to miss out on the latter stages of the finals after picking up an injury against the Czech Republic. When fit he is a fixture of the Italian backline and one of the toughest defenders in world football.
Possible destination: AC Milan have issued a statement that pledges none of their star players will be leaving. Chelsea will monitor the situation.

Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus)
Age: 32, Price: ?
Was the outstanding defender at the World Cup and, even at 32, there will be no shortage of takers if he is put on the market.
Possible destinations: Real Madrid, Chelsea

Gianluca Zambrotta (Juventus)
Age: 29, Price: ?
Another star of Italy's World Cup campaign, Zambrotta is equally capable of performing on either wing in defence or attack. With his best years ahead of him he is unlikely to spend them in Serie B.
Possible destinations: Is keen to stay in Italy, but AC Milan are the only club who could afford him. Chelsea are waiting in the wings.

Lilian Thuram (Juventus)
Age: 34, Price: £2m
From a marauding full-back in his heyday, Thuram is more often than not used as a calm and collected centre-half these days. He showed at the World Cup he can still perform at the highest level - and would be a bargain.
Possible destinations: Barcelona, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Manchester United, Tottenham, Monaco

Others:
Cafu (36) AC Milan and Brazil
Massimo Oddo (30) Lazio and Italy
Tomas Ujfalusi (28) Fiorentina and Czech Republic


MIDFIELDERS
Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan)
Age: 28, Price: £10m
The defensive lynchpin of the Italian midfield. Strong in the tackle and a leader on and off the field, the one-time Rangers star has pledged to stick with Milan.
Possible destination: Agent insists Gattuso is happy at Milan, and they say their players are going nowhere.

Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan)
Age: 27, Price: £25m
The artist in the Italian side enjoyed a superb World Cup. A creator and scorer of goals, there will be no shortage of suitors although as Milan escaped relegation he may be persuaded to stay and his price tag is prohibitive.
Possible destinations: Arsenal

Kaka (AC Milan)
Age: 24, Price: £30m
One of the few Brazilians to emerge from the World Cup with some credit. The Milan playmaker and one-time Chelsea target pushed Ronaldinho to the sidelines to emerge as their key man.
Possible destinations: Real Madrid

Patrick Vieira (Juventus)
Age: 30, Price: ?
Answered questions about his fading engine with some driving displays at the heart of a France side who rolled back the years in Germany.
Possible destinations: Inter Milan, Manchester United, Arsenal, Roma, Real Madrid

Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus)
Age: 29, Price: ?
The Argentine-born winger is another of Italy's World Cup winners. A superb crosser of the ball, the only question mark over Camoranesi is his temperament - he was sent off against Arsenal last season
Possible destinations: Inter Milan, Liverpool

Others:
Alessandro del Piero (31) Juventus and Italy
Pavel Nedved (33) Juventus and Czech Republic
Emerson (30) Juventus and Brazil


STRIKERS
Luca Toni (Fiorentina)
Age: 29, Price: £15m
The first player for nearly 50 years to score 30 goals in Serie A took his time to get going at the World Cup, before two against Ukraine in the quarter-finals. At 29 this could be the big striker's last chance to move to one of the world's top clubs.
Possible destinations: Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Manchester United

David Trezeguet (Juventus)
Age: 28, Price: £4m
Trezeguet was a peripheral figure in France's run to the World Cup final, but he has always been a reliable goalscorer in Serie A
Possible destinations: Lyon, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal


Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Juventus)
Age: 24, Price: ?
Often fails to live up to his billing as one of the world's top strikers and the Sweden player was off-form and injured for the duration of the finals. But the 24-year-old's ability and goal record means there are plenty of admirers out there.
Possible destinations: Inter Milan, Liverpool

Others:
Alberto Gilardino (24) AC Milan and Italy
Filippo Inzaghi (32) AC Milan and Italy

''My parents have always been there for me, ever since I was about
7."
David Beckham

"I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won
the league."
Mark Viduka

"Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level.
Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the
best manager I've ever had."
David Beckham

"If you don't believe you can win, there is no point in getting
out of bed at the end of the day."
Neville Southall

"I've had 14 bookings this season - 8 of which were my fault, but
7 of which were disputable."
Paul Gascoigne

"I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and
hopefully after that as well."
Alan Shearer

"I'd like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona."
Mark Draper

"You've got to believe that you're going to win, and I believe
we'll win the World Cup until the final whistle blows and we're knocked
out."
Peter Shilton

"I faxed a transfer request to the club at the beginning of the
week, but let me state that I don't want to leave Leicester."
Stan Collymore

here's your chance to headbutt like the master

check out this game http://www.wallak.net/zidan/

This was the results from the telegraph game, I came in the 2000 places behind these guys!


TELEGRAPH FANTASY FOOTBALL WORLD CUP - ROUND UP

So that’s it. It’s done, finished, gone and over.

Matt Daykin, a 33 year-old licensing and betting manager regulating the National Lottery, won the first prize of £25,000. The Derby County supporter might not be Italian but he had a lot to smile about at the weekend. “It’s incredible,” he told me after comfortably winning by 25 points. “It’s the best fiver I’ve ever spent. I really thought I’d shot my chance after transferring in Rooney and Lampard for the quarter-final but thankfully, while everyone else seemed to be backing Brazil, I went for the French. It worked a treat.” Indeed it did. Matt went from 32nd to somewhere in the 100s after England’s exit but pulled it back magnificently.
“Initially it was the French players who I brought in who picked things up for me but I fancied the Italians to win right from the first match. Mama Mia, Mario, Icer Cream, bellisimmo etc…”

Finishing second – and winning £2,000 – was 33 year-old recruitment consultant, Chris Gilmour, a Middlesbrough fan. “All my transfers paid off and now I can’t wait to make some more in the new Premiership season,” he added. Londoner Tony Davies won £1,000 for finishing third.

The top performing Chairman, who also won a grand, was Sion Matthews from Fife (although he supports Oldham Athletic) while the leading
Super League was The Baer Hunt, run by John Hunt and Bruce Baer. They can now argue over who wins the £2,500 prize although I find the best way to settle such things is to head butt my rival as hard as I can in the chest.

Congratulations to all and don’t forget to look out for our new £100,000 domestic game starting this Saturday.

Of Course Here at WWC -FF I will be keeping up with all the news of this game and certainly doing the online game again.

Cannavaro was my player of the world cup and it seems fitting to show him holding the cup. The Italians gave us a great game against Germany, dodgy one against Australia and certainly knew how to take penalties in the final. Shame about ZZ but insults happen on the pitch every 15 seconds. I wish it had finished better for him but still well done the Italians.

I finished 2nd but only 2 points behind Sean Hanna!

ZZ cost me dear with his sending off but well done to Sean and his mass Subs at the start stategy. It paid of in the end.

By the way What was going on with the voting of Zidane as player of the tournament and also Portugal as the best team to watch? The Germans should have got that.

The final top ten

1)ST and his 34 Anuses Total=334
2)The Robotic Dancing Daddy Long Leg Clarets Total=332
3)Fliegenden Affe Total=318
4)Mexico 86 Total=313
5)Please Drop David Beckham Total=305
6)Rocky Horror England Show Total=265
7)Scotland, Champions of Europe 2008 Total=230
7)Get Your Eagle On 2006 Total=230
9)The Hand Of Dog Total=215
10)The Bunken Drums Total=169

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Fifa's World Cup squad of the tournament

John Terry only english player to make it.

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Jens Lehmann (Germany), Ricardo (Portugal)

Defenders: Roberto Ayala (Argentina), John Terry (England), Lilian Thuram (France), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Fabio Cannavaro (Italy), Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy), Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal)

Midfielders: Ze Roberto (Brazil), Patrick Vieira (France), Zinedine Zidane (France), Michael Ballack (Germany), Andrea Pirlo (Italy), Gennaro Gattuso (Italy), Luis Figo (Portugal), Maniche (Portugal)

Strikers: Hernan Crespo (Argentina), Thierry Henry (France), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Francesco Totti (Italy), Luca Toni (Italy)

I'm at 3rd but only 1 point ahead of 4th and 4 points behind Andy Clarke
in 2nd place with his flying apes.

Sean Hanna still leads in our Fantasy football and is 33 points ahead.
Ronaldo getting man of the match really helped him.

I will put in 4 subs for the final. I dont care who wins but I've got
France in the sweepstake so come on France! I just hope I can stay in the top 3.

The top ten

1)ST and his 34 Anuses Total=326
2)Fliegenden Affe Total=293
3)The Robotic Dancing Daddy Long Leg Clarets Total=289
4)Mexico 86 Total=288
5)Please Drop David Beckham Total=274
6)Rocky Horror England Show Total=249
7)Scotland, Champions of Europe 2008 Total=204
8)Get Your Eagle On 2006 Total=203
9)The Hand Of Dog Total=195
10)The Bunken Drums Total=165

Here's a picture of the moment all fans have been waiting for.

Ronaldo tried to win a spot-kick last night by one of the most dramatic dives ever, but his theatrical dive under the slightest challenge from Willy Sagnol was correctly ignored by referee Jorge Larrionda.

He should have got booked and the other diving divas in last nights game. Glad they are out of it. Hopefully Rooney texted him after the game to try and cheer him up.

2006 World Cup Man of the match awards for the telegraph fantasy football game for last nights game.

5th July 2005
France V Portugal - Ronaldo (Portugal)

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WARNING : No diving from portugese players is allowed on this blog!

I'm still at 2nd, but only 1 point ahead of 3rd and 2 points ahead of 4th.

Sean Hanna still leads in our Fantasy football and is 44 points ahead and has now used all his subs. England going out has affected his team and all our plans for the final!

I have put in 3 frenchies tonight and the portugese keeper incase it goes to penalties.

Can we catch him? Well you will just have to keep on coming back to see!

The top ten

1)ST and his 34 Anuses Total=315
2)The Robotic Dancing Daddy Long Leg Clarets Total=271
3)Mexico 86 Total=270
4)Fliegenden Affe Total=269
5)Please Drop David Beckham Total=249
6)Rocky Horror England Show Total=240
7)Get Your Eagle On 2006 Total=191
8)The Hand Of Dog Total=189
9)Scotland, Champions of Europe 2008 Total=168
10)The Bunken Drums Total=158

COME ON FRANCE TONIGHT!

After seeing the German - Italy game last night each one of those sides would have beaten England easily.

It was nice to see a game with no cheating and both sets of players really going for it.

Maybe there is hope the world cup if more games were like last night.

COME ON FRANCE TONIGHT (I JUST WANT PORTUGAL TO LOSE!)

Due to popular demand This page shows the Telegraph Fantasy World Cup Transfer Password, which is printed in the paper every Wednesday through out the 2006 World Cup

World Cup Transfer Password to 11th July 2006 is GLORY

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I had some brilliant emails going on about the can Lampard and Gerrard play together debate

I'm posted below one of the best from Paul Bishop, take it away Paul:

Now getting on to Lampard and Gerrard. I have always given them the benefit of the doubt, but there is only so long you can go on beofre you have to say enough is enough. The best team does not have to be made up of the best players and that is a fact. Lampard scores the goals he does for Chelsea as he has Makalele behind him. Gerrard scores the goals he does for Liverpool because he has Alonso behind him. Without a shadow of a doubt now, this principle must apply to England if we're ever to achieve at International level.

I'm a Man United fan and for years have watched Roy Keane sit in midfield while Paul Scholes would rush into the box and hit the back of the net. Frank Lampard is a very good player, but Steven Gerrard is simply better. Let's face it, Sven did not have a clue about anything and Steve McClaren will be much much better, but does he have the grapefruits to make this decision??

I don't know about you, but watching Gerrard and Lampard during this World Cup was hard. They totally got drawn around the pitch and never once put their stamp on any game. Lampard had a shocker of a tournament and I can't beleive I'm saying that for a guy whose easily one of the best midfielders in the world. Both he and Gerrard's games are very similar thus cancel one another out. Gerrard must be the main man in midfield with either Carrick or Hargreaves as the holder, which would let Stevie G break forward and you'd see his Liverpool form at International level.

I think Paul sums it up brilliantly!

If you are starting to get over the weekends match, here is a link to an
article on the BBC about uses for the england flag now

Dont forget one of the best English character traits, the ability to laugh at ourselves!

Big match tonight going to make 4 subs and go for it!

COME ON ANYBODY APART FROM PORTUGAL (IT STILL HURTS)!

Like the rest of you England fans, I feel really down at the moment.

I really thought When Stevie G was going to take that penalty that we would be in the drivng seat, but it wasn't meant to be.

Owen Hargreaves was brilliant in the second half and deserved his man of the match award.

Dont know what to say about Rooney, apart from being in a stupid position which didn't help. I only hope I get the chance to see Ronaldo cry when the French beat Portugal!

A quick question for you all:

Can lampard and Gerrard play in the same team?

Lampard had the worst world cup I think was possible to have, shame because we all know he is better than that.

Feel Sorry for Beckham, no matter what you think of him, he gave everything when he wore that shirt.

Why are England so bad at penalties? Please add acomment or send me an email I need to know!

thanks

J

2006 World Cup Man of the match awards for the telegraph fantasy football game.

1st July 2006
England V Portugal - Owen Hargreaves(England)
Brazil V France - Zenedine Zidane (France)

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