Gribz

Real people in the game such as Sir Alex Ferguson and Rio Ferdinand have opinions which count. SAF said "we have to give credit to Rangers" and Rio said "most english teams to go Old Trafford and play one upfront". Our Asian media has all changed this year - English nobodies who didnt even play at a top level. I couldnt listen to them at full time, they were bad enough at half time...total twats @ media

Broadfoot does deserve additional credit for not fainting when looking at Valencia's ankle.....and then he continued to play well. I was almost passing out looking on the telly.

Jose Mourinho parked the bus at Nou Camp last season with a defensive display and got called a tactical genius. Funny how the game suits certain people. fair play to Rio for coming out with that, its true though. Liverpool will go there on Sunday with Torres upfront alone. But they wont play 5 at the back )

:lm: For me. Threw himself infront of everything, won lots of balls, passing was quite good. I felt Edu struggled at times but LM did enough for 2 people.

"You only score in a brothel" to Rooney had me chuckling. At the end "Who the F*** are Man Utd, when the Gers go marching on on on..." was great.

Id say we are being underestimated, as I said Wigan, West Brom, Blackpool, Sunderland, Blackburn are just 5 teams who dont have as good as a starting XI as we do. Id also say Arsenal, Man Utd and Chelsea would fancy taking 3 points off Wolves away more so than getting a win at Ibrox. I looked at Middlesboro' last line up and they have players who are not Premier League class and players who I wouldnt have in our starting XI. It could also be said that Strachan has lost the plot and if Southgate for EG had the same team Boro might be top of the that league!!

Thats what I think. Id rather we go down and press and get in about them rather than be cagey and let them have possession. Id rather get beat 5-0 with having a go than 5-0 by not even trying. Bougherra played a stormer against England at the WC so we might still get a performance out of him yet.

I dont think we would struggle as much as some think. We regularly play Premier League teams in pre season friendlies and come out on top albeit a friendly. But the likes of Blackburn, Sunderland and Fulham wouldnt scare me at all right now, so the teams worse than them like Stoke, West Ham, West Brom and Wigan would pose even less of a threat IMO. We might get stream rolled by the likes of Arsenal and Man U (tomorrow will give a good indication), and we would probably lose the odd game at Anfield, Goodison and White Hart Lane. The Championship might even be a more difficult league than the Premier League in some cases. the football is uglier and its a tough division to get out of it. So often in recent seasons we have seen teams come up from that league and hold their own in the top flight. I dont think Middlesboro have signed the best of the OF at all, if anything the players mentioned were actually poorer players from the OF IMO.

So whats the rules here?....is that a goal???

Couldnt agree more with Hateley.

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Public holiday here tomorrow but I'll be into the post office on Monday morning sending my best wishes via airmail.

Yip. Before Levein was appointed I was saying this. Why dont we look south of the border? I dont think an english manager would be bad for Scotland in the same way a Scottish or British manager wouldnt be bad for england. I bet any England fan would have had Alex Ferguson or Martin O Neill after the world cup. Its not about the nationality its about knowing the players and leagues etc. Berti Vogts wasnt a bad coach, he won Euro 96 which proves he cant be bad, he just wasnt right for our country. Id have had no problem if we approached Terry Venebles, Glenn Hoddle or Kevin Keegan to name a few. As for Scots, id have been going for a set up of 2 from Joe Jordan, Dalglish, George Graham, Gary McAllister, Souness, Strachan way ahead of Levein.

Fletcher and Brown havent performed since 1) they moved from a right mid position to the centre and 2) Since Barry Ferguson hasnt been in the team. I wonder how many "fans" would take Barry back in that team now....he is missed IMO. I was a slight critic of Ferguson for Rangers at times as he wanted to do everything, but for me he was always better for Scotland than Rangers as he just seemed to get on with his game more easily for Scotland.

Levein was never the right man for me, he is limited to a 3rd place in the SPL level. Those who run the game are clueless fatcats and Ive no idea what they do on a day to day basis. The state of Scottish football is a mess from those at the top, to the structure of the leagues to the media who attempt to write about the game. A draw last night wouldnt have been a bad thing, it might have kicked a few butts. Yet you have Levein smiling like a cheshire cat at full time and then he had the nerve to say he was happy with the players. No idea what Henry McLeish's attempt on a report on the game was all about.

Every player needs around 5 or 6 games to get to their full sharpness, friendlies and training in pre season is always said as not being the same as actual games. Fitness wise I can see Cotter's point. But he also should be given time to adjust to the SPL and his new team mates. Some players can fit in straight away but some need time to adjust.

He is a decent poster and a good bookie although could be a bit more generous with his tips. But the other Beattie needs a few more games to be judged on full fitness. But I wonder how much more fitness he needs as he looks well off the pace at the moment.

Shocking news. Easily the best Ranger to pull on the blue jersey IMO, Im sure he will pull through this. There's only one Brian Laudrup................

Somebody above likes Levein. A 2-1 win against Liechtenstein is a shocking result and everyone should be embarressed it took 5 mins of injury time.

We should go all out attacking and go for a 5-0. As Ian says 2-0 is probably likely. Not sure if this game will be a sell out, if not this is the type of game that should be played at Easter Road or Tynecastle to get a full house of around 20,000 and a good atmosphere - that would always help the team.

Paul Mitchell is the most dour, depressing commentator ever. Any game Ive listened to with him makes me want to turn it off. Must admit I quite liked Old Archie McPherson plus Jock Brown wasnt bad.

I like it. I think it will look better when seeing the real thing or being worn.

I'll be amazed if we qualify. I suppose Levein gets his chance but he still wasnt the right man IMO. The Czech's will beat Lithuania on Tuesday and we should beat Liechtenstein but they will already have a game in hand. As Juff says we will have to beat the Czech's twice or take 4 points off them.

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Did they not sign or try to sign a defender called Fanni at one point?? Naylor_____Schiet_____Balde______Fanni___ :robbo: