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Im the opposite Pete, Im delighted. If it was on BBC I wouldnt get it or even get it on radio. But if its on Sky then ESPN can show it - which they bloody better!!! I wont find out until Thursday if they select that game. Im actually confident about winning. I think we have came too far not to qualify. I fancied us to get a draw in Paris - we did one better. I thought the Ukraine and Georgia away games would be the trickier ones which they were. But Scotland are always a better side when we are the underdogs up against a power nation. IMO this Italy game is winnable. I put my team up on the first page but I see Alan's team which takes McCulloch out and Hartley in - to bulk up the midfield and drop McFadden off and I would equally be happy with that. Whatever the XI is - and there is only 12 or 13 guys probably in Ecks mind - we will have 11 players playing the game of there lives. In Darren Fletcher, Barry Ferguson, Scott Brown and James McFadden we have 4 players who can make a difference and if all 4 play the game of there lives then we will win. I should probably throw Alan Hutton in that list too - if he gets down that right side with Fletcher and Brown then he is capable of setting up chances. We just need Gordon and the centre halfs to not make a mistake. Im very confident and excited C'MON THE SCOTS!!!

Aye thats the one

Same strongest team for me aswell (including Smith for Papac, although Papac is filling in well enough) bar Novo for Beasley.

Jonc and his herd against Hurlock and some cows

True. I think its going to hold 20,000 - 25,000.

Thats a nice win. Im gutted i changed my mind on Dundee Utd or id have had a similar win.

I liked Advocaat at Gers but he did lose the plot in his final year. He is also responsible for binning our midfield which took years to recover from. He sold off Gattuso, Tugay and Albertz - all whom didnt want to go (or was it McLeish who sold Albertz, or maybe he didnt take him back when he had the chance). Reyna and Gio wanted to leave so he cant be responsible for them. But then he replaced them with Nerlinger who makes Darren Anderton look like he played every week. In fact you could say he is partly responsible for costing us 10IAR. He made it clear from easter in Smiths final season that Gascoigne wasnt part of his plans hence why we flogged him to Boro. And as Goram always says if we had even a half fit Gazza for the remaining games that season he thinks we would have won the league.

I did hear she was into tic tac's Welcome back Stan BTW, I hope your here all week. Wasnt it you who used to have quite a good source for inside info??

Bet fooked again after the first game. Had a draw in between Brum and Villa, and wins for Chelsea, Bolton and Spurs. Villa nicked it in the 88th min :uzi: Can someone help me stop betting on football

Certainly hope neither Cousin or Hutton move on and Hemdani stays aswell. However they are welcome to Boyd

Talksport agrees mate - Old firm derby is No.1 in the UK. For me it is arguably the biggest in the world. I think the Boca v River Plate game is as up there along with the derbies in Rio and Sao Paulo. There are big derbies in Milan, Rome and Spain which are big but the OF game tops it for me if you are talking Europe.

Yeah poor odds, but Bolton make it a bit better with there Evs price. I might drop Man U and chelsea and throw in the draws from Birmingham v Villa and Portsmouth v Man City. Also fancy Hearts v Aberdeen to be a draw.

Back to the coupon tonight though Man U to beat Blackburn Chelsea to beat Everton Bolton to beat Boro Spurs to beat Wigan

No they were just asking for British derbies

Im listening to talksport and they are asking for a league table of derbies. I.e. which is the biggest and most important. Teams can only have 1 derby - Liverpool v Man Utd wouldnt count. IMO its: 1) Rangers v Celtic 2) Arsenal v Tottenham 3) Manchester Utd v Manchester City 4) Liverpool v Everton 5) West Ham v Chelsea 6) Aston Villa v Birmingham 7) Newcastle v Sunderland 8) Sheff Wed v Sheff Utd 9) Southampton v Portsmouth 10) Hearts v Hibs 11) Norwich v Ipswich 12) Blackburn v Bolton 13) Bristol City v Bristol Rovers 14) Dundee v Dundee Utd 15) Leeds v Bradford 16) Stoke v Port Vale 17) Nottingham Forest v Notts County Anyone want to add any derbies?

Just been reading that the SFA are looking to redevelop Hampden to have a 70,000 capacity. Its 8 years to late as they should have done this in the first place to save on future costs. But im just wondering what they are going to do as they need to keep the space between the pitch and stands for the athletics at the common wealth games. The only thing they can do is add a tier to the North? Stand across from the cameras / dugouts, to make it the same as the opposite stand, that would bring it up to around 67,000. They should make the stands behind the goals steeper and higher and make a design similar to St James park then keep the tier going all the way round.

Seems most the players came through yesterday. All the OF players came through unscathed anyway We have McFadden and Fletcher to worry about today although hopefully neither plays. O Connor is a doubt for Birmingham and Maloney may not start for Villa due to Carew being fit again. After watching West Ham demolish Derby yesterday I forgot how many Scots Derby actually have - McEveley, Teale, Pearson and Miller. Plus Boab who isnt in th scotland squad. Miller played ok but is in a poor side. He had a good chance to equalize in the 2nd half then missed and West Ham took over. But the rest were poor and I hope Teale isnt even in the squad.

Im raging at the moment. I had down: Sunderland v Newcaslte draw (1-1) West ham to beat derby (5-0) Dundee Utd to beat Killie (2-0) But when placing my bet I cancelled Dundee Utd and went for either Plymouth (3-0) or St Johnstone to beat Dunfermline (0-0). I plucked for Dunfermline. I wish I could give myself a slap for doubting Utd. Im half blaming Pete for his prediction on the other page as thats whats sprang to mind :uzi:

Bayern are struggling a bit at the moment. They drew 0-0 last week then drew with Bolton 2-2 and now they lose. So hopefully this is down to bayern's poor form more than stuttgart being good

I should have added John Barnes to my first list

Can we get a list going of managers who shouldnt be. I.e. are pretty much crap where ever they go or who people dont rate Glenn Roeder Gary Megson (although I think he will keep bolton up - JUST - coz Wigan, Derby and someone else are shite) Chris Hutchings Sammy Lee Bryan Robson Gareth Southgate

Agree that if Parkhead gets an investment it will be a disgrace. It should be Hampden who gets any money and get the capacity up to 70,000 so the next time games like Italy come round we can get more fans in. What Scotland needs is a stadium that hold between 22,000 and 30,000 for cup semi finals that the OF arent in. Firhill should get an investment to hold such numbers and be used in the games.

But if we are bringing in yet another player who simply has "potential" it is a danger again that he wont flourish. IMO Thomson hasnt met his 2 million price tag yet. Players dont want to come to Scotland. We couldnt take Scott Brown due to wages so who are we going to get who is better than Hemdani without playing 30k a week? We are lucky we have Hemdani - a former Marseille captain who has great experience. The team needs experience more than "potential" buys at the moment. We have bought plently of youngsters like Thomson, Whittaker, Naismith, Gow who arent even getting a game bar Thomson. So for me, id rather keep this experienced player who has proven he can cut it and should be in the team. Its a shame we have to resort to making an investment. Surely we should be building a team round our better players. As i said he could easy still play for us for another 3 season. EDIT: And i think Hemdani is/was happy at Rangers. He is probably as baffled as I am coz he isnt playing after being POTY last season. So now he will be thinking he may want to move on because he isnt getting a game. But if he plays again, id think he would easy stay.

It was a game of 2 halfs from us IMO. First half was negative, cautious, defensive, - whatever. Second half (or once we went 4-4-2) - we tried to get the ball on the deck and play a bit of football but the tie was already over. There are a few ways of looking at it: Was this game was a write off when the fixtures were made? Are we happy it wasnt a cricket score? Should we have attacked with nothing to lose? Would a hammering have ruined confidence for the Stuttgart and Lyon games? Was the intention just to keep the score down? It was almost mission impossible to win in the Nou Camp. They are a terrific side with 3 strikers who are arguably the best in the world. Id have just like to have had a bit more of a go at them but its done now. Lets bring on the Stuttgart.

He was a banker to go early doors along with Sammy Lee. Everyone here posted that at the start of the season. I cant stand that Whelan bloke, the sooner they go back to Division 3 the better. I think Jewell will take the job again.