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I might sound like an election campaigner again, but in fact I just want to share another “encounter” with our MP – Steve Pound.

The question I had this time was personal, I am not going to discuss it in my blog but help and support provided by Steve Pound was quick and straight to the point (as usual).

I think my political decision to vote for Steve Pound second time in a row during recent elections was amongst the best political decisions I took.

I couldn’t believe it this afternoon! Italy is out, France is already out. Well, see my predictions about “same altitude and climate” teams I do know, what I am talking about!

And the next England fixture with Germany is even more interesting. In this case none of the teams has the “altitude” advantage. So we are both Europeans, even neighbours in some sense. This makes the game England vs Germany one one the most interesting in the World Cup 2010.

Can I make a prediction here? Difficult one… But I somehow have a gut feeling that it wouldn’t be over in 90 minutes and might go into penalties. In in this case it’s simply becoming a lottery. Well, this much of an tip.

Well, my favourite bookie – Paddy Power has another special offer in place for this particular game.

Apart from very generous bet a tenner get 20 free, they are also offering a full refund on 1st/last goalscorer, correct score and scorecast singles if the England-Germany game ends 0-0 in 90 minutes. I’ve already placed my bet (I’ll keep it a secret though ) What do you think the outcome would be? Click below and get a 20 quid free bet.

Well… what can I say… Don’t even know if it worth blogging about.

But I have to! Who was playing for England? Impersonators? The names we know and respect in domestic games were still there but players. Are they now using “field doubles”?

You know what, with the level of commercialisation in English football, I am not surprised. May be they were looking for future team-mates and letting them play so they can see the level. This is just not right. I know that Germany has lost but, honest, it doesn’t make me feel any better.

Now a bit of a surprise for my readers, so they understand what I mean by commercialisation. Do you know, that if I want to put in my blog that, for example, Chelsea plays Everton tomorrow at 16:00 (disclaimer! this is fictitious entry!) than I have to PAY thousands of pounds in license fee! Just think! I cant even say on the net that I am going to watch a game tomorrow and mention time because it’s a fixture and to put a fixture you need a license.

May be this is the reason… at least one of them.

OK, we are now facing the mighty Slovenia (2 millions population, something like Ealing, no disrespect, I am really surprised with their achievement), the group leader. I hope it wouldn’t be another bitter post though.

Thank Paddy Power for the refund! I like their “Bore War” option. As they said: “As the England v Algeria match finished 0 – 0, Paddy Power will refund all losing 1st /last goalscorer, correct score & scorecast singles on the match”