I WONDER WHAT THAT'S WORTH IN SCRABBLE? (Croatia name World Cup squad)

Croatia squad:

Goalkeepers: Tomislav Butina (Club Bruges), Stipe Pletikosa (Hajduk Split), Joe Didulica (Austria Vienna)
Defenders: Robert Kovac (Juventus), Stjepan Tomas (Galatasaray), Dario Simic (AC Milan), Mario Tokic (Austria Vienna), Josip Simunic (Hertha Berlin), Igor Tudor (Siena), Marijan Buljat (Dinamo Zagreb)
Midfielders: Jerko Leko (Dynamo Kiev), Niko Kranjcar (Hajduk Split), Niko Kovac (Hertha Berlin), Marko Babic (Bayer Leverkusen), Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk), Ivan Leko (Club Bruges), Luka Modric (Dinamo Zagreb), Jurica Vranjes (Werder Bremen), Anthony Seric (Panathinaikos)
Forwards: Dado Prso (Rangers), Ivan Klasnic (Werder Bremen), Bosko Balaban (Club Bruges), Ivica Olic (CSKA Moscow), Ivan Bosnjak (Dinamo Zagreb).

Hurst grabs a bit Moore

The BBC is offering you the chance to get your PC in the World Cup mood with this historic screensaver.
They've got a wanky one with Beckham looking stupid, but I reckon this one is better.
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and get yours if you like that kind of thing, and don't feel too gay about where Geoff Hurst's arm is in the pic.

SVEN TAKES A GAMBLE

Taking Theo Walcott and Aaron Lennon to the World Cup is Sven's last roll of the dice as England manager. But I can't help thinking it's a gamble worth taking.
While Darren Bent and Shaun Wright-Phillips have a better argument on paper, it's great that Sven has gone on instinct rather than logic, and the truth is this:
* Chelsea have given Wright-Phillips run outs in their final games of the season, once the Premiership had been won. While I'm a fan of Shauny, he has, to be honest, looked crap. Too easily disposessed, none of the tricks have worked, and he's looked half the player he was.
The mental knocks of joining Chelsea for the cash and then not being played have taken their toll.
But despite wavering form from Duff and Robben in the second half of the season, Jose Mourinho has never given Wright-Phillips the nod, suggesting that he's been disappointing in training too. Aaron Lennon has been skinning world class full backs in the Premiership since the new year, and is only getting better.
If anything, he's a safer bet.
* Hands up, when we're 2-1 down against Brazil in the semis, who wants to bring on Darren Bent to take on those world class defenders and get you into the final?
Thought not.
While Theo Walcott is unproven, if Arsene Wenger wants to spend 12 million quid on a teenager, he really is that good.
Wayne Rooney wasn't daunted appearing in an England shirt at 17 - in fact he thrived on his debut. There's no reason why Walcott, who according to Wenger is faster than Thierry Henry and Ashley Cole, shouldn't make an impact in the same way.
But the truth is, it will only be to grab a late goal if England are losing, not to start up front for 90 minutes.
At times like that you need a bit of magic, not Darren Bent or Darius Vassell.
Walcott may have that magic, and just maybe, at last, might Sven.

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23 Players that go to Germany...

Goalies
Paul Robinson (Tottenham)
David James (Manchester City)
Robert Green (Norwich City)

Defenders
Gary Neville (Manchester United)
Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United)
John Terry (Chelsea)
Ashley Cole (Arsenal)
Sol Campbell (Arsenal)
Jamie Carragher (Liverpool)
Wayne Bridge (Chelsea)

Midfielders
David Beckham (Real Madrid)
Michael Carrick (Tottenham Hotspur)
Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
Owen Hargreaves (Bayern Munich)
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
Jermaine Jenus (Totteham Hotspur)
Stewart Downing (Middlesborough)
Joe Cole (Chelsea)
Aaron Lennon (Tottenham Hotspur)

Forwards
Michael Owen (Newcastle United)
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
Peter Crouch (Liverpool)
Theo Walcott (Arsenal)

On Standby: Luke Young, Reo-Coker, Defoe, Johnson, Carson.

ROONEY FITNESS FEARS

Still, at least his foot is looking a bit better.