Slovenia 0 v England 1

We did it! Through to the last 16. Ok, there was only one goal, but it looks like the team are back to their old selves, so good news all round and we can only get better. We thought the whole team played really well and Milner was superb. We felt for Rooney though, he is so desperate to score and we hope he does in the next round. Not a lot to say apart from that we are so happy for the team.

Our next game is on Sunday 27th June and it's against Germany. We think England have a good chance. If England win against Germany then they could meet Argentina and Spain in the next rounds, a very tough way to win the World Cup, but you never know.

We'll be watching the next game with family and another BBQ, you've got to make the most of the good weather when you live in England!

England 0 v Algeria 0

Well what can we say? We don't look like a winning team. The players looked lethargic, there was no compassion. Whose the Wayne Rooney look-a-like because it certainly isn't the same Rooney we all know and love. Again, we can only choose two players we thought did their job, for us it was Ashley Cole and David James.

It was a very disappointing match, but fair play to Algeria. What did we think of Wayne Rooney's comment after the match? Well he was obviously angry, but you can't blame the fans for booing. Its costs the fans thousands to be in South Africa and they don't get the chance to let the players know their individual comments, so the only way to express their disappointment is to boo. The England team need to sort out whatever it is that is wrong and they haven't got a lot of time to do it in. We know they are better than their previous two performances.

Things could be worse though, we haven't lost any games and we could be in a complete revolt like the French team.

On a more lighter note, British comedian/ actor/ presenter, etc... James Cordon has launched a national campaign. All men to 'Back the Beard' for the England team. Andy has been growing his and has even made it through the itchy stage! What do you think?!

COME ON ENGLAND!

England 1 v USA 1

England played their first group game against the USA yesterday (12th June 2010).

We had a little get together at our house with a couple of our friends and Steph's dad. Andy lit the BBQ for a pre-match meal since the weather was lovely and pretty hot. To join in the spirit of the World Cup and England we put a few flags up, wore our shirts and the dogs wore their England bandanna's.

What can we say about the game? Well we if we're honest we have seen England play a lot better. The beginning was superb with Gerrard scoring a brilliant early goal, but this start was not to be carried through to the end. We can easily point out a few players who played their part brilliantly and we can also point out a few who did not. Of course Green made a huge blunder but you could also point out that the rest of the players didn't help correct that by not scoring any more goals. Rooney seemed to only come in the game in the last 20 minutes. Heskey was taken off but for us he could have got man of the match. Heskey was always busting a gut to win the ball and we felt he played very well.

The worst point of the game for us was the fact that we never got to see Gerrard's goal, the reason was down to a huge error by the tv channel, ITVHD. Someone cut the game and put an advert in and when it went back to the game, Gerrard had already scored! What a mistake to make.

The interview with Gerrard after the game shows he felt they can play better as well. We have every hope in the team and know they should qualify from their group. Fingers Crossed!

Well, to bring up the past, England drew their opening game at the World Cup in 1966 and went on to win the whole thing, so you never know!!