Gribz

Hoi, do you think this is Gridiron!!!! Russia GOT a penalty:thup:

A fine 3 points to pick up. Id take 3 pts out the 2 games. Some people would have been happy with 2 draws but 1 win and 1 defeat can sometimes do the squad confidence more good. Now we have Norway at home which we must win and then we are back on our way. Hopefully we have Ferguson and Hutton back for that game - both were sorely missed this week. Actually Weir was missed aswell.

How will Gribz be happy Jon????? I did fancy England to go there and win by a few goals but not a 4-1 hiding. Walcott has bascially just told Beckham to hang up his boots!!! Notice they played a 4-4-2 with Barry and Lampard in the middle - 1 holding, 1 going forward...they played with 2 wide men (Cole and Walcott) then Heskey and Rooney upfront. The BBC says they were back to there Euro 96 best. Thats what happend when you play a system to your strengths rather than players by name - Beckham, Owen and Gerrard. Although Gerrard would still be in my team ahead of Lampard.

Iceland wont be easy but we need a win. They drew with Norway away 2-2 at the weekend. Your team isnt bad but id play Scott Brown on the right and Maloney on the left then push McFadden up with Miller.

If Lafferty has even 75% of the ability Cousin had when in the mood then we could have a player on our hands. Lafferty will give his all so would be more consistant. So yeah a miller / Lafferty partnership would be my preferrance at the moment.

At first i was against this appointment and would have preferred Donadoni or Laudrup. But im swinging towards this. I like Zola and he was a tremendous player but he has it ALL to prove, so in that case its a gamble of a signing. I think the fact the director of football is an italian has put this one in place...but im not sure if i like the way the club is being ran at the moment. Its not as bad as Newcastle but something isnt right. At least its not Joan Collins who was in the running. And no thanks to Sam Allardyce

Im not too sure about Mikel yet, i dont think he is a patch on Makelele or Essien. If Anelka got his finger out and played like his Arsenal days then he and Drogba would be scary and that would mean another midfielder dropping out

Malouda gives them width if they need it. I think they will in some games now that SWP has gone and they didnt get Robinho. J Cole can play wide but he isnt a natural hugger of the touchline.

First and foremost I think its the opening post has some ridiculous comments but it still opens up chance for a decent debate. It kind of makes me glad im not living in the backward victorian society of Scotland now. As someone said...go live in England for a while then you will see bias at its best and Scotland seems non exsistant. I lived there for a while and the BBC BSKYB are supposed to be British - your having a laff Firstly anyone who has a smile on there face after there own national team get beat can talk a walk and go apply for citizenship of another country. I find this very Celtic like minded and a pure example of how the hatred in the game will never disappear. Why cant it just be a banter fed rivarly between the 2 - because people are so filled with a self anger. You dont sound proudly Scottish - You just told us you had a smile on your face at full time!! How on earth can an annoyance of bagpipes, tartan and kilts show your proud. I agree that there is not much need for them at football matches and they are over used on occasions. You have a point on the anti-englishness thing, again this should only be a bit of banter between the 2 places IMO. And on International football, there is a problem with the set up IMO for this. The qualifiers should be played in 1 period and not broke up over 15 months or whatever. There could be a winter break from the domestic season and then play half or all the games then. I can see where getting motivated for Scotland v San Marino isnt easy for some fans...but I would still watch the game with support. A bit of a glory hunter then are you?? Jump onto the bandwagon when its going right??? Football is emotional at times, i pick up on every scottish players bad pass whether they play for Dundee Utd, Celtic or Rangers. But to single out Celtic players is harsh IMO...ok slaughter them when they are in a green hooped shirt What do you want - a 2nd Rangers team turning out for Scotland?? Should every manager be a Ex Ger??? Whether Burley ws the right pick is another debate, I was 50/50 with him and I still am as he has only had 1 competitive difficult away game. His selections have been a bit baffling but there isnt much to choose from. Not sure if he ran away from Hearts, he was being told what who to pick for the team. He had a superb season with Ipswich, taking a small club to 5th in the Premiership. Massive clubs like Spurs and Newcastle are struggling to do that.

I actually gives Scolari 1 less headache to worry about as he couldnt fit Essien, Ballack, Lampard, Deco, J Cole, Mikel and Malouda into the same midfield. It is a blow though becuase Essien would be in my team every week.

We have a large amount of Red Hand flags at all our games - does that make all our games an official Ulster day?

Genuine question about the oranje day we had for Advocaat and the dutch players - does anyone think we would still have had this day if the Dutch national colour wasnt orange?? For example if it was green - does anyone really think we would have wore green all day??? - I doubt it!!

Have to say Cotter is pretty much spot on here IMO. There isnt anything wrong with giving a nice gesture for our NI fans/players but to have such a gesture to them and not the spanish, english and mostly the Scottish fans, shows this sticks out like a sore thumb. I wouldnt bet against there being more gers supporters who make the trip up from England than come across from NI. Id would be interesting to see the reaction if Celtic had a Rep Ireland day.

Excellent read and spot on. It will all be about players staying fit for Arsenal. If they get there near strongest team out every week they are in with a chance of the title IMO. They need to learn how to defend leads against the big teams. Last season they were the better side at Stamford Bridge and Old Trafford but when 1-0 up they lost it. Wenger has to be admired...imagine how good his teams could be if he actually bought big name players!!! He produces a top team on a very low spending amount.

I agree with Cotter on this one especially as the club have never really marked St Andrews day in any way. I know we have a large support in NI but we also have a big support from England..but the majority is Scottish and as I said nothing gets celebrated for that.

I hope we go with Adidas. There strips have been great recently...especially Chelsea's kits in the last few seasons

Strange one. There isnt really a reason given other than he lost faith...i dont agree with that one.

You must have clicked on edit rather than quote. Dont worry, Im sure everyone would like to edit Pete's posts

falls, wasted passes, embarrassing turns, the odd decent set piece....but it below average in general. Maybe he can whip up some fine scone's and takes them to the team during training!!!

He probably wont get much games this season so it another one where he its best if he moves on to free up wages. I like Hemdani and think he would do well in the team with Mendes. For one, Mendes wouldnt be tackling him for the ball like Ferguson does

If we are discussing time zones then Jon and Hurlock are a few light years behind being stuck up there

Cracking keeper!!! If it wasnt for Klos he would probably been a Gers legend. He is 1 keeper with a fantastic catalogue of saves.

Listening to yourcall then Scotland and Burley are getting a bit of a pelting. Was the performance so bad???? After the game burley said we were outstanding Its a bit of a knee jerk reaction, Macedonia drew with England twice and are a hostel type team. For me, 3 points out of the first 2 games would be fine....people say 2 draws would be ok, but a defeat and win is better than that. We HAVE to beat Iceland or its all over already though.

He should have been punted 3 years ago...he's never cut it for us and to be on 12k a week is a joke. He tries to run with the ball and gets blown over.

Its getting beyond a joke.. All last season i had 3 out 4 or... 5 out of 6.... or 7 out of 8....this season has started off the same...then last week i had Miller on for the last goal and Nakamura gets a free kick that never was in last minute. Yesterday: I had a 7 fold: Carlisle - won 3-1 Leeds - won 5-2 Turkey - won 2-0 Ukraine - Won 2-0 Croatia - won 3-0 Portugal - won 4-0 Romania - lost at fucking home 3-0 to lithuania - WFT!!! :box: Beattie...how much pints have i lined u up with!!!