Starcraft a sport? It might be for Hashi and Koichi :D

@ andrew
Despite being English I don’t get support any of the English national sports teams. It’s a combination of things that I’ll talk about another time. I prefer to stay neutral :). I fully expect the next generation of Aus cricketers to follow in the footsteps of their predecessors and maybe even go one better.

That streaming site is great. It looks like it’s maintained well too.

The Gerrard/Lampard dilemma has been an issue for some time. At club level Gerrard has saved Liverpool on many occasions single handedly. Lampard has been a crucial source of Chelsea’s goals since he joined. Chelsea cope better without Lampard than Liverpool can without Gerrard. For England, Lampard has got more goals but Gerrard has given more to the team. From a neutral pov if England can rely on other players to score then perhaps Gerrard is the more important of the two. I’d say both are past their peak anyway so will be interesting to see what happens.

This is the first tournament for a while where the expectation hasn’t been as high in previous years. Mybe the media have figured by not putting so much pressure on the team, they might acutally perform better. I still can’t see England getting past the quarters.

As for Rodgers becoming new Liverpool manager, it’s definitely a gamble and he will need time in order to turn the club around. He’s still a young manager with his only experience at Watford, Reading and Swansea. He surprised people with his style of football he got Swansea playing. If the Liverpool owners and fans are patient and give him time to make mark on the club then he will be a success. If they expect him to walk in and to get them back into the top 4 and win more trophies then he won’t last long.

@ andrew
Yes, haha. The expectation over here is if England reach the quarters then it’s somewhat of an achievement. The last time they reached the semis of any tournament was Euro 96.

Roy will have to deal with big egos in the dressing room. It could either be his making or downfall as England manager.

The Chinese Super League was founded at the same time as the A-League. So it’s still very new. I agree that they need proper development and administration before being able to compete in popularity with the J-League and K-League.

I know a couple of stream sites. Google “first row sports” and it should be the first link in the results. That’s the main site I use.

I don’t watch Cricket as much as Football but I think England are doing ok lately. They won the Ashes back to back, but didn’t win the World Cup last year. The current generation seem to be doing well. That Ashes white wash back in 2006/07 must of gave them the motivation to do better.

I think Aus are going through a tough cycle at the moment. The Ashes squad was absolutely world class. So many great players in that team. Warne, Ponting, Lee, McGrath, etc. They will bounce back eventually and create a new generation of players.