Group C (England, Algeria, Slovenia, USA! USA! USA!)

[Leyton388]

Green made more errors leading to goals than any other player in the Premier League last season. He's ****, I just can't understand how he got picked.

James should be no.1

Theres a reason why west ham finished 17th and i think you just hit the nail on the head.

[Pablo]

I think part of the problem with Green is he's used to being busy making lots of saves every game at West Ham, as they are constantly under pressure, but for a top team, like England, that doesn't happen. Most of the time you are just stood round doing nothing, so concentration on the few key moments in each game is key. I think Green just isn't used to this and his concentration slipped.

The problem is the other two keepers don't play for big teams either, so the same applies to them.

Of the three I would pick David James, again he has issues with concentration, but he at least does have that balance of skill and experience which Hart, for now, lacks.

[Joey Jones]

Algeria v Slovenia = **** game so far.

[Pablo]

Algeria should have scored from that corner then.

I think it's been alright, it was never going to be a World Cup classic, both teams are playing quite attacking though.

[Craig_H]

Zzzzzz...

[Vermilion]

Zzzzzz...

Hope it stays like that. 0-0 please.

[doogle]

Zzzzzz...

them Vuvuzela's are probably the highlight of match

[Redspin]

I thought he was ****, no where to be seen in the first half.

Agreed. It's saying something when you have fewer shots on target than Emile Heskey (Heskey 1, Rooney 0).

Rooney has never done it at international level, so I find it inexplicable why so many pundits were saying he was a good bet to be either or both of top scorer in the tournament and player of the tournament.

He's now failed to score in his last 9 internationals and until recently went fully three years without scoring for England in a competitive match.

But the English media portray him as some kind of superman, which his international performances have never merited.

He didn't touch the ball until about 70 minutes and was quite poor throughout. Still, I fully expect the rampant over-hyping of this over-rated player to continue apace throughout the tournament

[Vermilion]

Didn't realise that pitch England played on last night had synthetic fibres in it, first world cup pitch to contain artificial content, a couple of the pitches in the tournament have it apparently.

[Shaggy]

I was nodding off after THREE MINUTES of this snoozefest. I have a terrible hangover but my God this is dull. Three minutes must be some sort of record.

[Shaggy]

Hahaha Ghezzal what a numpty

[Mike]

Algeria down to ten men, substitute gets two yellows in 15 minutes

[Craig_H]

Agreed. It's saying something when you have fewer shots on target than Emile Heskey (Heskey 1, Rooney 0).

Rooney has never done it at international level, so I find it inexplicable why so many pundits were saying he was a good bet to be either or both of top scorer in the tournament and player of the tournament.

He's now failed to score in his last 9 internationals and until recently went fully three years without scoring for England in a competitive match.

But the English media portray him as some kind of superman, which his international performances have never merited.

He didn't touch the ball until about 70 minutes and was quite poor throughout. Still, I fully expect the rampant over-hyping of this over-rated player to continue apace throughout the tournament

I think 25 goals in 61 caps suggests otherwise. As does 4 goals in 4 games in Euro 2004.

[Mike]

Goal Slovenia.

Howler from the keeper, not as bad as Green though.

[Shaggy]

1-0 Slovenia, **** goal