So the big surprise of Fabio Capello’s final World Cup squad was the omission of Theo Walcott.

Personally, I don’t think Capello can be criticised for this decision.  Walcott has had a very indifferent season with Arsenal, in fact many Gooners were openly questioning whether the player has what it takes to be an Arsenal player and have suggested he has gone backwards in terms of his personal progression.  Whilst I don’t really subscribe to that view, I think his form made it very difficult to justify his inclusion in the squad, despite knowing that on his day Theo Walcott can terrorise the best defenders in the world with his electrifying pace and sublime footwork.

Capello clearly tried to give the young winger as much chance as possible to impress during England’s two warm-up games against Mexico and Japan, showing an obvious desire to add his name to the final 23, so long as Theo proved his worth.

In the end, Walcott didn’t really get into either game as much as he’d have liked, and Capello was left with little choice other than to leave him out.  A real shame for a very good young player, but I’m sure he’ll be back for the Euro Championships.

As in previous years, we’ll be providing bean bags to various companies and individuals during the world cup.  Our Everlast Faux Leather bean bags are perfect for such events – beautifully crafted in a luxury material which is extremely hard-wearing.  In fact, Everlast is so hard-wearing that we offer a 3 year guarantee on all products.

Why not get yourself a Cozibag beanbag and enjoy the whole tournament in complete comfort?  Get the beers in and relax – if you spill anything on an Everlast Faux Leather bean bag, it’ll wipe straight off.

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We’ve spent a bit of time these past few days visiting suppliers about new products/materials/colours and potential sites for photo shoots.  We’re happy to say we’ve found a beautiful tan brown leather to add to our existing real leather bean bag range, which includes the huge Sao Paulo Bean Bag and the slightly smaller Sao Luis and Santiago Bean Bags.

We’re very excited about the tan brown as it’s the same full-grain, luscious nappa leather as currently used for the Sao Paulo, Sao Luis and Santiago, but the lighter colour is also naturally cracked for a real vintage finish.

As for the photo shoot, we have found the perfect location Birmingham’s famous Jewellery Quarter.  It’s a lovely old converted building boasting huge windows and open brickwork to allow us to set up a fantastic scene and show visitors to our site how stylish our beanbags look.

There’ll be more information to come shortly, so keep posted.

In the mean time, don’t forget we still have at least 40% virtually everything on the site and FREE delivery on most bean bags.

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Congratulations to Chelsea FC for winning the FA Cup to complete the first league and cup double in the club’s history.  It was a great game to watch from the comfort of our Cozibag quality designer bean bags (I lounged around on a new Sao Luis bean bag in real leather, which is a product we’ve not yet added to the website but will do soon.  It’s almost exactly the same as the popular Sao Paulo bean bag only a little smaller) and Chelsea were deserved winners.  Portsmouth didn’t threaten too much but had that penalty gone in things could have been different.

FA Cup final day is always special for many football fans.  It may be a false memory but it seems that every cup final there has ever been has been played on a gloriously warm, sunny day!  I’m sure I must be wrong but that’s how I think of them.  I remember as a child watching the infamous Liverpool v Wimbledon final and seeing big Dave Beasant save John Aldridge’s penalty, and that looping header from Hugo Sanchez which sealed an historic victory for the team that had only recently worked it’s way up to the top division from non-league football.  That was a sunny day too.  Happy days.

We’ve still got a huge sale on everything and, as mentioned, we will shortly be adding a new real leather bean bag to the range, so please visit cozibag.co.uk to buy a beautifully crafted designer bean bag today.

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The volcanic eruption from beneath the Eyjafjallajokull Glacier in Iceland is an amazing thing, something which seems to belong to the age of the dinosaurs!  It’s astonishing that something so relatively small can affect such a high area, and it just goes to remind us all of the power of mother nature.

Apparently it started to erupt on 25th March but only began to spew its ash many miles into the air a couple of days ago.  This caused havoc with European airspace, with the UK experiencing a grounding of airplanes which is unprecedented.  Almost all flights in and out of the UK will not take place until at least 1am Saturday (17th April).  I have friends who are due to fly back from holiday today so they will be in for a frustrating time.  It got me thinking how nice it would be for airports to have bean bag zones for people to relax when there’s a delay!  Our Everlast Faux Leather Bean Bags would be perfect!

After hearing that a light dusting of volcanic ash may fall over the UK overnight, I eagerly (ok, geekily) woke up this morning and rushed outside in the hope I’d find a layer of warm ash, fresh from the earth’s mantle…not quite, I did see a bit of dust but then I haven’t cleaned my car for a year so it was really quite difficult to tell if there was any difference.  It’s not stopped me from going to work so no need for our customers to worry as they’ll be receiving their bean bag orders as promptly as always!

It may look demonic and it may cause a great deal of disruption for millions of people, but it is a beautiful sight to behold.

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We have continued with sale prices on our entire range of luxury bean bags and not increased our prices to reflect the VAT increase.  In fact, we have actually lowered prices across the board!

The current prices will now stay the same throughout January to allow us to clear down stock levels a little and work on exciting new beanbag designs for 2010.  We hope to expand our range of bean bag materials to include new elegant, high-quality fabrics to accompany our existing lines of luxury faux leather bean bags and luxury real leather bean bags.

We have an exciting new face on board this year to help us design some truly original pieces, so look out in the coming months for some unique bean bag furniture; we promise it’s going to make a real impression and take the modern-living furniture market by storm.

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So, the nation begins to expect…it’s that time again when every football fan starts to dream of their country lifting the greatest prize in football: The FIFA World Cup.

Unfortunately, the Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish missed out following some below-par performances, and the Irish, well, I think the less said about that one the better.  Therefore, the whole of the UK and Ireland will be cheering on the one remaining home nation to glory…or possibly not, but it’s nice to think that everyone will get behind Rooney and co.

The draw for the group stage was certainly kind to England and at least gives hope to achieving the minimum target of qualifying for the knock-out rounds.  OK, you have to beat the best teams in order to go all the way and win it, but at least there’s a good chance of avoiding a complete hammering from the English press if they reach the later stages!

The last international tournament in Austria and Switzerland (European Championship 2008) was a complete wash out, with all home nations failing to qualify for that one, but England did appear in the last World Cup, staged in Germany, 2006.  Cozibag was then a fledgling company but we met up with some local business owners and were proud to supply some prestigious Birmingham bars with bean bags to allow their customers to watch the games in style.  We only had a limited range of styles at the time and provided them all with classic High-back XXL Beanbag in Red/White combinations in our unbeatable Everlast Faux Leather material , which is beautifully luxurious but incredibly strong.  Mixed colours arent available on the website just at the moment but we will be getting new stock in plenty of time for the World Cup.  They went down a treat and we have since fulfilled more bean bag orders for various shapes and colours.

The Everlast Faux Leather range is very popular with businesses as the bean bags offer high-end style with superb quality workmanship and durability.  We have also started supplying our new range of real leather bean bags to businesses who wish to opt for the most luxurious pieces available.

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