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Has anyone confirmed the rumor about being able to import plays from the PSP?

Can we still import plays from Head Coach?

Is there any chance of a web based play creator making an appearance after release? more

All the early betting moves from today’s racing at Brighton and Hamilton.
Brighton

14:30
Itsher 6.80 in to 5.00
Jonny Ebeneezer 11.50 in to 7.00
Ask Jenny 4.60 out to 7.80

15:00
Rockys Pride 2.36 in to 1.83

17:00
Rocket Rob 3.15 in to 2.64

17:30
Orpens Art 13.50 in to 9.40

Hamilton

14:15
Waveband 3.75 out to 5.40

14:45
Metroland 3.50 in to 2.88

15:15
Aldaado 3.45 in to 2.72
Northside Prince 4.20 out to 6.00

16:15
Tae Kwon Do 7.00 out to 9.40

17:15
Ingleby Princess 5.90 in to 4.30

17:45
Curlew 4.00 in to 3.15
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sorry is this belongs elsewhere

but now…i’ve got a player who at the start of april has played 22 matches and made 4 subs and he is still complaining about play time.

is this a bug or how can i resolve it ? more

I’ve never really played RTTS until tonight and I must say its pretty interesting. However, before I devote too much time to it I’d like to know just a few things.

#1. Are there any game-killing bugs that I need to be aware of? I remember there was something early on but it was fixed via a… more

There was a lot of excitement leading up to this weekend’s Belmont Stakes race, but few could have predicted the final outcome of the event. With jockey Calvin Borel facing the chance to become the first triple crown winner since 1978, everyone was expecting his horse Mine That Bird to cross the finish line in first place. more

Jonathan Wilson looks back over the Confederations Cup and assesses each team’s chances in the next big international football tournament – the 2010 World Cup.
The end of Goal!, the official film of the 1966 World Cup, scripted by Brian Glanville, is strangely elegiac. Rather than focusing on England’s celebrations, we see a cleaner slowly sweeping the terraces the morning after the final, pushing the tattered rosettes and discarded newspapers into a pile. This, it says, is the aftermath of glory, the grim low after the high, the sense, perhaps, that this great achievement after which you strived might not be worth all that much after all.

David Duval felt something similar after winning the Open in 2001, precipitating a slump from which he has never emerged – although his top-three finish at the US Open this year perhaps suggests he is on the rise again. He is [100.0] to win the Open which begins at Turnberry on July 16.

The same spirit haunts the end of tournaments, even for journalists.

You work at great intensity for the span of the tournament plus the preparation (maybe seven weeks in total for a World Cup; probably three weeks here), talking to and arguing with the same people, travelling vast distances, writing huge amounts and sleeping little (which is why the coffee is so necessary; come on Fifa, sort that out for next year). And then, suddenly, it’s over.

There’s no great party to mark the end, no climax, no closure. The final, in some ways, is your hardest day of work, what with match-reports, quotes pieces and general overviews to be written. And then, slowly, everybody drifts away from the press-centre. Perhaps you have a drink in the hotel bar, but the truth is that usually you’re too tired to socialise. All you want is your bed, and then the flight home so you can get on with seeing your family, watching the bad TV, eating the cheese on toast, or whatever it is that makes your life feel comfortable.

Perhaps the most important lesson from this Confederations Cup is that that feeling is the same after a fortnight-long tournament as it is after a month-long one. Presumably, the adrenaline keeps you going, and the problem comes psychologically as you cross the finish line.

But what else have we learned? Well, Brazil, the champions, are rather better than their early results in qualifying might have suggested.

Dunga, unyielding in the face of criticism, has discovered a happy balance in midfield, and Luis Fabiano has proved himself an exceptional front-man, not merely in terms of his finishing, but his general play holding the ball up and leading the line. Their spirit, meanwhile, is exceptional: late goals and dramatic comebacks are an indication of great heart.

The USA are more of a puzzle. They have an issue with discipline that cost them the game against Italy, and that must be resolved. Then they were ragged against Brazil in the group, superb against Egypt, resilient and disciplined against Spain, and impressive again in the final. Inconsistent they may be, but they could be awkward opponents in the World Cup.

Spain ([5.8] to win the World Cup) are excellent but beatable, and while the absence of Andres Iniesta and Marcos Senna must be taken into account, both Iraq and USA showed they can be frustrated by teams who defend deep in midfield against them. The use of Albert Riera over David Silva perhaps suggests that Vicente del Bosque recognises that and is looking to include a crosser who can exploit Fernando Torres’s aerial ability.

The world champions, Italy [14.5] , look stale (six of their players in the 3-0 defeat to Brazil were over 30), and need rejuvenation. Marcello Lippi, arch-pragmatist that he is, will presumably look to damage limitation early on in the World Cup, and try to build up momentum (but then, that has been the Italian way at almost every World cup).

Egypt [240.0] , who may not even make the World Cup, as they scrap for a single place with Algeria and Zambia, remains enigmatic, brilliant on their day, awful on others. New Zealand [1000.0], meanwhile, are desperately limited, and surely will not come through their qualification play-off against either Saudi Arabia or Bahrain.

The hosts, South Africa [120.0], meanwhile, have made points both on and off the pitch. Given the differing scales of the tournaments, it would be rash to draw too many conclusions about their capacity to host the World Cup based on the Confederations Cup but, one or two minor issues aside, this tournament has increased rather than decreased confidence. more

Right piece of a cuntface

We deserved to win that. more

If this thread belongs in the online threads I apologize….

I was wondering how many online franchises can you be in at one time? I know on NCAA last year you could only be in a certain number of dynasties,so I was wondering has anyone heard anything on this? more

England are in the U21 European Championship Final… and that sounds really good according to our injured Mike Norman. But at what cost did Friday’s victory over Sweden come to Stuart Pearce’s young lions?
I can only apologise for not blogging yesterday. The truth is, I had no laptop to work on after volleying it around the living room upon seeing James Milner’s hideous penalty shoot-out effort.

I can laugh about it now – whilst sat here nursing a broken foot – as England eventually made it to the final of the U21 European Championship after a sensational night in Gothenburg. Watching our young lions squander a 3-0 half-time lead did nothing for my usual imperturbable nature however, and by the time the match went to penalties I was on the verge of a breakdown.

I absolutely detest penalty shoot-outs you see. They are accountable for at least four of the five unhappiest moments I’ve endured during my life. The other was when I asked a man I knew (who’d recently had both his legs amputated and was now wheelchair bound) how he was getting on. His response was to humiliate me in front of a queue of people for what he believed was me taking a cheap shot at him. We were at a bus stop at the time.

As much as I admire Stuart Pearce, I have to laugh when he says that his under-21 squad have been practicing penalties for the last two years. As Milner has proved at this tournament (two misses from two spot-kicks), you can practice all you like, but a penalty shoot-out is a complete lottery and invariably boils down to nerves, bottle, and above all else, lady luck.

But thankfully – and I can’t believe I’m saying this – England prevailed in a shoot-out and are now in the final of a major international football tournament. Sounds good that doesn’t it?

Friday night’s dramatic victory over Sweden came at a cost however, as goalkeeper Joe Hart, and strikers Gabriel Agbonlahor and Fraizer Campbell all received significantly coloured cards to be suspended for the final, whilst there are strong rumours that England’s only other striker in the 23-man squad, Theo Walcott, is struggling to shake off a knock.

A full match preview will be available tomorrow form our experts, whilst I will be looking at the mood of the two camps ahead of the final as well as looking at some of the players of the tournament.

As if you care, it’s Germany that England will face in Monday night’s final after Horst Hrubech’s team stunned Italy by recording a surprise 1-0 semi-final victory, thanks to a second half stunner from right-back Andreas Beck. Germany are chasing a unique hat-trick of continental tournament wins, as they have recently tasted glory at both under-17 and uner-19 level.

There is no question of the England lads underestimating the Germans, but they should be extremely confident of victory following the 1-1 draw the teams played out just six days ago. England were much the better side in that game, this despite making 10 changes from the team that had won their two opening group games.

England are available to back at [1.8] to lift the trophy tomorrow night, whilst Germany are available to back at [2.2]. In the Match Odds market, England can be backed at [2.5], Germany at [3.25], and The Draw at [3.3]. Let the excitement begin.

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