Take me to your leader

Well so there we have it the Lib Dems will be led by Ming the Merciless.

To be fair I actually like Ming he has a certain gravitas. Some say he is too old and would be out of touch with the "yoof". Now I am a little puzzled by this because over the past five years only one event has mobilised the "yoof" and that seems to be opposition to the war in Iraq and which party leader has been consistent in his opposition? The "geriatric" Mr Campbell.

On the subject of "leaders" who will we get to lead "our" footy team? Given that Beckham has peed him off I'm leaning towards Allardyce. What are the chances that Sven will realise that Beckham has done nothing for England since Greece in 2002? Probably not high, Becks was a liability in Japan (not fit) and did nothing in Portugal. Of course the manager doesn't seem to understand that the best team and best players are not the same thing.

My starting 11 for the world cup, presuming everyone nice and fit.

Robinson, Cole (A), Terry, King or Carrager or Woodgate, Neville (G), Cole (J), Carrick, Lampard, Gerrard, Rooney and Owen

Not sure who should be captain ... Fat Frank I guess, seems a decent lad.

The cricket took a slight downward turn but we have a lead of 71 with India having a wicket in hand. If we can snaffle that for a lead of 60 and then bat the day..... still given where we were yesterday morning this is a stunning position and well done the lads for the comeback. Any result is possible

As I suggested there have been a few positive despite all the inuries but perhaps the biggest is not Collingwood and Cook but Monty Panesar. We may have a halfway decent spinner! The problem with that is our preferred pace attack of Jones, Harmy, Hoggy plus Monty would mean a VERY long tail. So unless they go back to Giles short term we may have to play Plunkett and drop one of the quicks. Still we have options and we need a spinner. Monty has also worked hard on his batting by all accounts he may never be any great shakes but I hope he takes a leaf out of Hoggards book and becomes an obdurate git who the batsman can trust. Ok he isn't the finished article but injuries have meant that we have the making of a stronger squad .