Lunchtime at work today I started talking to some girl about the England national team, their chances, the players and all the kind of stuff I would normally only find myself talking to a fellow bloke about. She knew her stuff and I was impressed. The stereotypical image of a female knowing bugger all about footy and only paying attention when Beckham takes his shirt off is a myth. Well kind of…

The conversation went onto the topic of Steven Gerrard and how he was quite possibly England’s best player. Another female hovering about making a coffee then entered the debate… “Oooh! Stevie’s soooo cute!”. The girl I was talking to replied “Sol Campbell is the sexist footballer ever. He’s such a hunk but is really very gentle”.

*sigh*, that’s one way to end the chat for me. It was a nice football debate while it lasted.

Strong, reliable centre half… also a gentle hunk???

I’ve also entered another Fantasy Football online game, this time on the Metro website. Somebody in the office has created a departmental league on the site which all the football fans are submitting their teams into. £5 to enter, winner takes 75% of the pot, runner up 25%. Better than a sweepstake in my opinion. The problem with a sweepstake is that no skill or knowledge is involved. The football fanatic could easily pick out Togo while the one who hates the sport could easily get Brazil.

Here’s my team…