Gribz

I thought this was going to be about the problems Ive had the last few nights. Everytime I click on anything the forum freezes and I have to log back on again then it does the same. - Once again its me with problems Anyway, your idea sounds good. How we going to go about it though? Does 1 person tally up all the days posts then divide it into how many each person posted?

Good stuff about Smith. Hopefully Novo isnt out long, he'd be in my first XI at the moment. Whats the story with Webster anyway? Does he go back to Wigan in Jan or are we signing him?

Id say Eck was pretty much a good option right now therefore id prefer him to stay, and i think he will. If he does move on then i dont think Levein would be my first choice. I prefer experience. Davie Moyes would be great but I really cant see him leaving Everton. After that, George Graham springs to mind along with Souness and even Strachan.

Here is the free kick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZO1ysiicro I can maybe see where your coming from that he does look like he is running a bit casual but IMO thats Huttons style and the soaked pitch didnt help him as he was making a 180 degrees turn. IMO he was just about to draw the striker in the put the foot down and take up up the wing but he was whacked off the ball. You can clearly see he Hutton is going in with the shoulder (50/50) but is hacked off the ball. The linesman is a few feet away from it!! Unbelievable. Fletcher is standing like a cardboard cut out when the ball comes across.

Great point, and not only the CB's he was in the LB position so all 3 defenders werent there. What impresses me so much about Hutton is the ease and comfort he looks when he is on the ball. He is a natural player. He is priceless to the Rangers team right now because he offers us such a good attacking option - and he is a RB!! If we could get another De Boer to assist Hutton then id see goals flowing from our team.

Firsly Pete id be interested how you managed to think it was a free kick to Italy to start with. It wasnt even a 50/50 decision, Hutton was bundled off the ball. Personally I think Fletcher wasnt fit and i also think he is a bit over rated simply because he is a Man Utd player. He is a handy squad player for them at best and he doesnt really stand out in games. He normally does a good job for Scotland but i dont think he has had enough games since his injury. We still have the basis of a good young team. Once we get Quashie back to do the job Hartley attempted on Saturday we will have a more sold midfielder who can pass and tackle, which will help Ferguson out more. Not only that, we still have a lot of youngsters to still break into the squad.

Yip, the problem is that there are so many clubs in the premiership and championship with the same ambition of trying to establish themselves as a top 10 club but they are all cancelling each other out. It needs serious invesntment plus a big name manager to do it - like Man City this season. Their support also help. But then again Steve Gibson has probably been the best chairman in the EPL yet Middlesboro just cant get out of being a bottom half club. Birmingham have a bit of potential but it will take multi millions, they basically need a new team.

I thought Hutton was the main stand out. Fletcher and Brown werent that great for me but it should have been Hartley or Fletcher who came off rather than Brown. I think the wet conditions played its part and made it more tricky for us. People were happy it was raining with typical scottish weather but it pisses down in Italy aswell. I think we would have won if it was a dry pitch.

Not sure what to think about that but i know none of us would break there legs

He is just a egg and nothing else. He doesnt have a fookin clue about football. He offered Jewell an "unbelieveable" deal to return but somehow jewell turned it down. Cant wait until they get relegated again. The man is a turd.

Haha, Wigan will also pay Birmingham 3 million. :fish: Party time for Brum fans.

If Russia had scored and not hit the post a minute earlier then this wouldnt be mentioned. Tough one to say. Would be great to see Hutton have him in his pocket for Scoland aswell :cheers:

Aye, its like the Leicester fans thanking bolton for taking megson away. He is a pish manager and always complaining. If Brum get a big takeover with millions to spend then Eck will be in frame for the job.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/7100525.stm Bizarre decision again with the choice for a clubs manager. He hasnt done great with Birmingham, only made them a bottom 6 EPL club. I dont like Wigan, I dont like the chairman and i think they will get relegated this season and we wont have to put up with them again.

Aye, 20 million plus that ham Neville :cheers:

No surprise from the sunday papers: Eff off Awex he is ours :uzi:

So do we bring back the home internationals next summer? England are scared to say yes and they will be in Austria and Switz anyway due to some shocking russian defending. But would we welcome playing NI, Wales and Rep Ireland (although NI arent out of qualifying yet)? Personally id welcome playing a wee tournament. Id like to see Wales or Rep Ireland at Hampden and us give them a good going over.

Aye the latvia game did it. And agreed, if Sanchez stayed on they would have qualified - same if Smith had stayed on as Scotland boss we may have qualified :cheers:

Mate, i think ive maybe misunderstood the question but there is no doubt progress has been made. Im certainly not digging at Eck here but if he replaced Vogts (not W Smith) would we still be in the same position. I just think Smith deserves huge credit for scrapping us off the ground and getting us off and running. Eck has continued what Smith started and has a great 'A' team but the Georgia showed we dont have a 'B' team once our better players arent available. Eck doesnt deserve any critics but he did make a few wrong decisions. Playing an unfit Fletcher in Georgia was wrong and Miller should have been on earlier last night. But it take our certain circumstances compared to Vogts days. We are progressing and have a good young squad. It will be interesting to see if Eck stays on. We dont have a competitive game for 10 months and you have to wonder if Eck would prefer day to day management again.

Still in with a shout. They need to win in Spain and hope Sweden lose in the last game. But they have had a tremondous campaign aswell but shot themselves in the foot a few games ago. It would be nice if they could still make it, they have had a tough group also. Denmark, Spain and Sweden is a hard group. But England will still probably be the sole UK representatives after struggling through an easier group. :uzi:

Its hard to believe they would have chopped the italy goal off then. There was nothing wrong with it. I do think UEFA want certain clubs at the championships but scotland are an attraction aswell and with the fans we take we would make a lot of money for the switz and austrian economy.

Tough tough question. I think the squad has came closer together but Walter Smith did so well after Vogts' reign. Smith opened a massive platform for a successor and Eck has carried on the canter

CL betting: Im liking the odds for both Milan sides. Both 10/1 shot and could easy win it. I think il punt on both.

Gav you cant just pick faults out. Hutton was immense for me especially on the ball. He'd be my first pick for RB in any team right now.

I had a wee tenner on Mcfadden for first goal but nothing else on the coupon. I was tempted to back a draw in israel so luckily i didnt. I'll bet on croatia on wed now :cheers: