*(No)* Thank you Israel!!!! *(in spite of your best efforts, We (Engerland still managed to get ourselves out of Euro 2008!)*

Readers,

I am writing upon hearing the news that Israel have just gone and done England a massive favour in the Football European Championships 2008 Qualifying Group!

After the doom and gloom this country felt just a month or so ago - it is amazing to feel on top of the world again such a short time afterwards and even more amazingly so because we (England) didnt even kick a football this glorious evening! - Thats right for all of you who dont know - England needed Israel to avoid defeat against Russia today to realistically stand a chance of qualifying for next years European Championships! And they not only avoided defeat - they went and beat the Russians! YES!!!!

Every time I talked to friends or read about England, somebody was blasting Mclaren (AKA McClown - the 'England Coach' and I use that expression loosely since it is Mclaren we are talking about here!)or the players or both and maybe they deserved it - but after all that has been said and done - a draw at home to Croatia who have already qualified will take us to Austria and Switzerland next year summer time!!

What a let off! Before the game - the Israel coach was talking about how he hoped Russia would qualify and when you add that to the fact that Israel were already out of the competition and were only playing for national pride - it was the pefect recipe for disaster (for England).

Yet here we are - one month on from that painful night in Moscow - all is forgiven.
The future is bright again and we even have me uttering three words I never thought I would - lets hope it is the first and last time.

Oh sod it - one more because I am that happy right now.

*(No)* Thank you Israel!!!!!!!

*( In spite of your best efforts - We (Engerland) still didnt qualify for Euro 2008 and so now all we got left to think about when we hear 'Israel' is how you stole my muslim brethren's land!)*

Peace