Vindicated!

For the record? Michael Owen agrees with me that Group C is the 2006 Group of Death. (That's Argentina, Holland, Serbia and Montenegro, and the Ivory Coast.)

Why does this matter? Shut up, American press. That's why. I'd take playing Italy over playing Argentina any day of the week. Doesn't mean I think the US have a chance in hell of getting out of their group, though. They play in the easiest international conference and occasionally thrash European Under-16 sides. They still aren't as good as they think they are.