A hectic day yesterday. The Twittersphere was a rockin’ as journos galore gave us snippet upon snippet until the finite South African bound 23 was formerly announced.
We didn’t do too bad. Our ‘leaked’ list was only two names out and if anyone is outraged by that, they’ll have got to get a lot more heated to match Theo Walcott. He actually thought his knock-back was a wind up, bless him.
Jermain Defoe was wound up, Fabio apparently told him he had bad news for him. Defoe’s heart sank. The the Italian supremo added, the bad news was that he’d have to cancel any holiday plans – he was going to South Africa, baby!
One happy chappy is Joe Cole. Seemingly up to ears in negotiations domestically, he now has the opportunity to really up the value of his stock now he made the cut.
Defensively, the omission of Michael Dawson has to be questioned. He’s had a great season for a team that finished 4th.
The Defenders, a brand new band from Leeds, who have released an unofficial England World Cup Anthem, called ‘Mr Capello’.
Matt Bowman of the Pigeon Detectives, said: “This song is catchier than Three Lions, has more class than Vindaloo and a chorus that deserves to be shouted by every England fan on the terraces”. The Kaiser Chiefs and Embrace are also backing the song as the underdog northern anthem for the World Cup.
A group of creatives from the North of England produced the song/video for Mr Capello – the first ever remote World Cup Anthem – using only NorthernNet digital technology to help them collaborate over 350 miles.
