IT'S DERBY DAY, RIO INJURED AND THE GOLF CLUBS GET AN AIRING

Jan Vermeer is drifting a bit now for the Derby but that's to be expected it got far too short at 7/4, and money always going to come for Frankie and Kieren as well on the day. I really hope that Henry Cecil can have a good day and get that 25th Classic that he was denied in the 1000 Guineas early in the year. 

In the opener I do fancy the Queens horse QUICK REACTION but more about that one and the rest of the Epsom card can be found on our racing pages. 


www.bigtedonline.com/Weekend1.htm


Of course the big World Cup news is that Rio Ferdinand is out of the England squad and the captaincy is now in the hands of Steve Gerrard. The thing is this might not be such a bad thing in the end, I mean yeah it's terrible for Rio personally but he's not had the best of seasons and was probably carrying a bit of an injury anyway. Rather we play 100% fit players at all times than play them just because he's "Rio", same goes for the rest of the team. If Rooney isn't fit then we better play Crouch and Defoe as a pair as they clearly click together and we'll have more success with that than a half fit Rooney on his own. 


Looking forward to next weekend, don't underestimate the USA either, the opening game could be a draw and a decent result for both sides. 


More on the world cup games later next week. 


Golf -- went out and shock some cobwebs off the golf clubs earlier, only smack 60 balls on the driving range but good to get a bit of a swing on before lunch and the racing. Must get myself around a course soon ...