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Pffft. The English players have enough trouble remembering their own national anthem, never mind remembering someone else's. They'd probably break in to "Abide With Me" at best.
Let's just be thankful that since it's our national anthem and has to fit the tune, they can't make it politically correct, like they seem to have done with everything else. Can you imagine the England squad having to sing this to the tune of "God Save The Queen"?!!!
"Omnipotent being, whose existence is questionable, save our gracious figurehead monarch of either sex, who now has no power over the general populus, since oppression is bad, unless it's decreed OK by Downing Street.
Long live our noble figurehead monarch of either sex, who now has no power over the general populus, since oppression is bad, unless it's decreed OK by Downing Street.
Omnipotent being, whose existence is questionable, save our figurehead monarch of either sex, who now has no power over the general populus, since oppression is bad, unless it's decreed OK by Downing Street.
Send reigningperson victorious, although it longer matters if we win, just as long as we take part, happy and glorious, but not so happy or glorious that we upset the happiness or gloriously challenged.
Long to reign over us, though we all know that it doesn't mean anything, except a free share of everyone else's taxes and several huge country houses, anymore.
Omnipotent being, whose existence is questionable, save our figurehead monarch of either sex, who now has no power over the general populus, since oppression is bad, unless it's decreed OK by Downing Street."
Not even one of those fast-talking folks that reads the smallprint claims at the end of radio commercials could fit that in to the proper tune!
Let's do "Land of Hope & Glory" instead, it's a much better anthem!
Looking forward to many more renditions of "Vindaloo" and "Three Lions" too!
Back on topic, it's not a bad draw for England, although I'd put money on Paraguay to spring a surprise or 2. There's no real "Group Of Death" as such, maybe Group E, and hopefully it'll be the USA and Czech Republic that mug Italy for the top spots.
I'd say out of them all, Spain have probably got the most favourable group.
My predictions would have to be:-
Germany and Poland to progress from Group A.
England & Paraguay to progress from Group B.
Argentina & Holland to progress from Group C.
Mexico & Portugal to progress from Group D.
USA & Czech Republic to progress from Group E.
Brazil & Croatia to progress from Group F.
France & Switzerland to progress from Group G.
Spain & Ukraine to progress from Group H.
