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Id have the boy Mueller on that list, whilst Ozil and Schweinstiger were good I though Mueller was outstanding and A Cole couldnt deal with him. England were absolutely torn apart, Germany were superb to watch. England had a brief 15 min spell around half time were they went up a gear but they are so disjointed with Gerrard playing out left. I had to laugh when Heskey came on for Defoe...they are chasing goals and he brings on someone who cant score. Regardless that Lampards shot was over the line Germany were far better and even the England fans are saying that.

Ghana were good, 2 cracking goals from them. Uruguay were a good bet also, I had a tenner on 2-1 which was nice.

Until we see a offer above 7.5 million we should bin all incomging faxes on Bougherra. Liverpool dont have a manager yet and Hodgson wasnt linked with him for Fulham so I dont know if he would want him. Hamburg can piss off with 5 million. If they offer us a decent player plus 5 million then its a possible consideration but Bougherra is easy worth 9 million if lescott was worth 22 million.

Last 16 now. Uruguay v South Korea - home win Mexico v Argentina - away win Germany v England - score draw, leaning towards away win USA v Ghana - no score draw, leaning towards home win Paraguay v Japan - home win Holland v Slovakia - home win Brazil v Chile - away win!!!! Spain v Portugal - Oooomfff...home win

So you think Boyd was a good "player"...he could nip past defenders? trap a ball? Bring others into play? Track back and help out?...etc Rather then say its ludicrous how about defending the above. If i was alone in this thinking then you might have a point but id say 50% of the support agree. ive already said his goalscoring record was awesome but im talking about his PLAY. McCoist still tops the charts and Super Ally was an all round striker. Can you imagine Boyd getting on the end of Hateley's cross at Elland Road in 1993? No chance!

Agree with the flying hippo! Boyds departure wont affect us in the slightest IMO. Anyone who thinks it will fails to look back to before Boyd was even signed. In fact i can see us playing better. Boyd was one of the worst "footballers" to pull on a Rangers shirt. He was an enigma, as he scored a crazy amount of goals (albeit against the average SPL teams) but I cant remember him having more than 5 good footballing performances. Plus he NEVER played well against good opposition...his record against Celtic and in Europe speaks for itself. (looking forward to some mighty abuse for this post )

Anyone think Spain could be heading out tonight? Chile still need a point to guarantee qualification and to avoid Brazil in the next round. They are a decent side and could get a point against Spain. Switzerland should beat Honduras which would put the favourites out.

One of the things I was going to mention on my post was the ignorance of them sometimes when referring to anyone out of their own and Harry Redknapp struck my mind instantly.

Was thinking the same. France were just a mess and its the first world cup where I only recognised maybe 4 italian players. Normally in world cups past I could name at least 8 of their starting line up. Anyway Italy only reach the final every 12 years: 1982 - winners, 1994 - runners up, 2006 - winners....2018 - get a fiver on them finishing runners up!

Cant see this on any other football pages. Like UCB says it will be good to see him get a chance, its good a few clubs are offering managers a chance now. However you feel it could be down to Liverpools finances. Probably wouldnt be near there top 5 choices had they been in a position to play Champions League football and had better finances.

My good friend out here is English, she was wondering if I wanted England to win last night, I told her Id enjoy seeing them getting knocked out but id equally enjoy it if it was Semi finals, just as long as they dont win the thing. Its nothing to do with English direct, there is as much assholes in Scotland as there is in England. Its a form of racism to directly hate all english. Personally I think John Terry is a knob along with a few others, yet I like Steven Gerrard and 1 or 2 other players, so its a tricky one. Yes the media are beyond annoying but this year has been good in that they almost feel out when they all had them down as group winners before a ball was kicked. But I just couldnt stand seeing them winning the World Cup. That would be too much.

We still have to remember he is only 18. Plus at that age fitness shouldnt be a problem so the fact he is in early working on it means he should be firing on all cyclinder. This should be his break through season where he is on the edge or if not being in the first team every week. Id personally play him in behind the striker(s).

Harsh end to the tabel for Slovenia, they led for the first 2 games and end up going out. Thye were the better side for the first 15 mins then a silly hand ball gave England that break from which they scored. It was always going to be a game where whoever scored first would win. But they havent won the group that they were supposed to walk! And now they have Germany on Sunday night - what a game that should be.!!!

Yip, everyone is forgetting Slovenia have it all to play for, they need a draw to go through.

Nice odds being offered on Slovenia and the draw! Slovenia 6/1 Draw 10/3 England 4/9 0-0 is 8/1 and thats attractive as is 2-2 @ 20/1

The knockouts are a different thing altogether though. Thats where the likes of Germany and Italy are masters, they can go through even when playing poor. Thats if they get out their group first!!

I think we are pushing our luck to get another gem of a centre half. Plus as good as these players are its a pain in the ass knowing they are only using us as a stepping stone. We need a long term partnership at the back. I hope we keep Bougherra for 1 more year. We've more chance winning the league with him. If he still has 2 years left id rather keep him 1 year and sell him next summer for around 4 million. Bougherra and Webster are currently my first pick. I dont know what frame of mind Wilson will be in if he stays.

Yip looking forward to that one. Uruguay v South Korea is a good game for a dark horse to go further. My money is on Uruguay. As I mentioned last week its open for a Uruguay and Paraguay to cause an upset this year. And Chile look a good team aswell. France were worse than in 2002 when they didnt score a goal. Looking forward to England v Slovenia tonight, I can see it being a draw.

Thats about the same as I hope for, but a winger who plays BOTH sides is stretching your wishes there!! Still the possibility of getting Obertan on loan from Man Utd and Id take that for a season.

If we can hold onto Bougherra it would be superb and its likely Weir will have another 1 year deal. That would probably give us just enough in defence. We are fine for centre midfield and Fleck could be given a chance in an advanced attacking role playing behind strikers. But the width is non existant. Upfront numbers are ok but quality is poor. Miller and Lafferty would be my starting duo but the other 3 dont do anything for my confidence. There is no doubt we will add to this but just who and when is the question. Id say a player in each position is required.

Like the others if he left I wouldnt have lost sleep but what his this does is give cover all over the back four as he can play centre half and RB. Plus if we need cover at LB Whittaker can move over and Kirk covers Whittaker. But the lack of width in the squad is concerning. It means our most creative player (Davis) will once again be pushed out right when he should be are main man in the centre. And the likes of Naismith and Lafferty will be played wide also. Lafferty especially should play through the middle...as for Naismith I dont rate him at all.

Yeah the reason ai put money on was because while folding the 32 teams for a work sweep this bit of paper feel out twice and both times it was France so I had to have a bet. I read that some of their players were going to boycott the match tonight. They should have been going for at least a last 16 spot and now they are fighting with each other. Mexico and uruguay might be thinking lets play out a nice draw, but then again one of them gets Argentina in the next round while the other gets South Korea or Greece!! How good were Portugal last night BTW!!!

Typical arrogant French. They should be challanging to win the WC yet are having players sent home and not training. That manager should never have been in charge and shouldnt have annouced he was quitting. The only people the players have let down in themselves. They have to look back in 20 years time and say they failed at the WC. Plus I stuck 20 quid on them as an outsider :box:

I think our starting XI is capable to win the league but as Flying Hippopotamus says the likes of Miller or Davis get injured for a while then its all about who comes in and currently I dont think our squad is strong enough in depth or talent. Im not confident on Naismith coming in and bagging 7 or 8 goals in a run of games. There is no way our key players will play the full season without an injury or suspension. We also have a sheer lack of width and there is no natural winger at the club at all which is concerning.

And Hutton at RB at the same time!