A massive match for Roy Hodgson and England on Tuesday with a win needed to get to Brazil next summer. . England have a good record against Poland playing 18 times with ten wins, seven draws and only one defeat. Their most recent meeting was 1-1 draw in Warsaw in October with Wayne Rooney scoring with a header from a corner. I expect Hodgson to stick with the team that started against Montenegro but of course we have added interest with Artur Boruc trying to keep England at bay. If we still need a goal with 20 mins to go will Rickie get a chance to become a national hero and score Englands winner?
I must admit I'd settle for Artur injuring Rooney with a starfish save, unjustly giving away a penalty, and, naturally, the world's second best penalty taker slotting home the winner to national acclaim.
I'm going for 0-0 after 75mins so on comes super sub Lambert who is denied by Artur with numerous world class saves. That is until the 89min when Lambert steps up to take 35 yard freekick and blasts it into the top corner! England win 1-0!!!!
Or (my preferred option) we score 3 early goals and coast the rest of the match,,,finishing with a lovely cameo from Rickie where he scores the 4th goal. My old ticker couldn't take anything else.
Obraniak will make a last minute return to the national team and score both a 2-0 win for Poland. Plenty of red cards and Boruc saves.
Referee: Damir Skomina Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič Assistant Referee 2: Bojan Ul Fourth Official: Matej Jug If anyone cares. No? Ok then.
A draw will do if Ukraine don't win. But they are playing San Marino so the chances of them not winning are slim
No Ukraine will almost certainly beat San Marino giving them 21 points. A draw would only get us to 20. [h=2]World Cup Qualifying Group H[/h][TABLE="class: data-table, width: 320"] [TR="class: colheading"] [TH="class: left first, bgcolor: #000000"][/TH] [TH="class: left, bgcolor: #000000"]Played[/TH] [TH="class: left, bgcolor: #000000"]Won[/TH] [TH="class: left, bgcolor: #000000"]Points[/TH] [TH="class: left, bgcolor: #000000"]GD[/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: left first, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]England [/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]9 [/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]5 [/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]19 [/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]+25 [/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: row2"] [TD="class: left first, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]Ukraine [/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]9 [/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]5 [/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]18 [/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]+16 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: left first, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]Montenegro [/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]9 [/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]4 [/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]15 [/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]+4 [/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: row2"] [TD="class: left first, bgcolor: #DCDCDC"]Poland [/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #DCDCDC"]9 [/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #DCDCDC"]3 [/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #DCDCDC"]13 [/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #DCDCDC"]+8 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: left first, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]Moldova [/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]9 [/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]2 [/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]8 [/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]-8 [/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: row2"] [TD="class: left first, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]San Marino [/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]9 [/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"][/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"][/TD] [TD="class: left, bgcolor: #F5F5F5"]-45 [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
I hope Artur has a stormer and prevents England winning. I'm not ashamed to say that I couldn't care less about the English national team. If Rickie plays, of course I want him to score, but he won't be.
