Posts by Wally Downes

Do we really want to win the World Cup?
June 22nd, 2010 at 10:37 am by Wally Downes

Are we really that comfortable winning anything for that matter?

It sounds a ridiculous question, I know, but it is one that has plagued me throughout this World Cup and is at the forefront of my mind now Wimbledon is upon us.

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World Cup Countdown…..England’s eight midfielders
May 13th, 2010 at 7:00 am by Wally Downes

The clock is ticking for Fabio and injuries are beginning to effect the Italians options.
Gareth Barry is the latest casualty to follow in David Beckham’s damaged footsteps.
So this is my midfield for South Africa….

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Countdown Complete – Front line falls flat
May 12th, 2010 at 7:00 am by Wally Downes

If the 30-man provisional squad is anything to go by then my predictions have been pretty tasty so far. Wes Brown didn’t make it but as I said previously, if Jamie Carragher’s availability had been public knowledge he would have blown Brown out of the water, as he has.

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England Squad – Countdown Continues
May 7th, 2010 at 7:00 am by Wally Downes

Defenders

IN: John Terry, Rio Ferdinand, Ashley Cole, Glen Johnson, Matthew Upson, Leighton Baines, Wes Brown, Michael Dawson.

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World Cup countdown – Which keepers will go?
May 6th, 2010 at 7:00 am by Wally Downes

Every football fan with access to the Internet and the will power to avert their eyes, for five minutes, from the bounty of pornography available has chipped in with their version 23-man World Cup squad and I am no different. I will break it down into segments, to allow you enough time to YouTube ‘Gordon Brown Disaster’ afterwards. Goalkeeping up first.

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The Guvnor: Out of Work and Out of Order
April 22nd, 2010 at 7:00 am by Wally Downes

As I settled to down to peruse the Sunday papers a few weeks back I came across Paul Ince’s column in The News Of The World. The ex-players column is a misleading article because few, if any, are actually written by the star. Some are written jointly with a PR consultant, most are written up completely by an anonymous party with the household name simply adorning it with their face and signature.

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