20 minutes from the match and for all that certain managers bemoan a friendly there's never really a meaningless match against Germany. I can't see it being 5:1 even though the odds might favour the Germans coming up with that sort of scoreline, it's a chance for the squad players like Lescott or Young to show what they can do. Worth remembering that although England trounced them several years ago it was the Germans who got to the final, it's not just the good teams that they've produced it's also the mediocre ones who punch well above their weight. People talk about "efficiency" whatever that is, actually it's more like self-worth. English people call it arrogance, lacking a sense of where we stand. "Can I hang onto your coat-tails Mr President I'd prefer it to rubbing shoulders with the Krauts?" Look where that gets us in Afghanistan after a surge of body bags in a years time....I like the way they play football (the "holding" player has caught on around the world as Gareth Barry will try to demonstrate tonight) and I like the way they conduct themselves, cool calm and collected, and if they win it will be nice to go into work and see the embarassment from all the people who still like to look down their noses and never had to fight in an actual war...
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