Thought I'd start a football blog, we might keep this going until 2010.....England doing well....did not see the match or even the goals....I'd like Michael owen back in the squad though....and I think Peter Crouch would make a very good substitute...remember against Argentina in Geneva a few years ago....with Michael Owen and some very good movements on and off the ball...they caused havoc.....did see Scotland's missed chance....that could be very costly losing those 2 points !.

Triglets take your point of view one piece at a timeLots of foreign players stopping scottish players play at the top level is not an advantage for me...answerthey are better players..end of story.if Celtic or any other Scottish team played our best teams week in week outit would up their game considerably.teachers pass on their superior knowledge to pupils

and yes the absolute cream will always rise to the top but you actually need strength in depth not just 1 or 2 superstars.answerthe one or two superstars are the teachersit rubs off on those players that have not reached potential!

you telling me avergae players like pascal chimbonda, ricardo fuller, daniel cousin, dirk kuyt etc keeping out young english kids is a good thing for the game.answer.the average players you talk about are mainly playing for average clubsand are there to be replaced by home-growns if good enoughthe exception of the above named is Dirk Kuyt.playing 15 Champion league gamesscoring three goalsand keeping out some of the best players in Liverpoolis not an average playerCeltic your best team would take him tomorrowand would learn from his experiences.
i agree there has been foreign input...but it is foreign manager's and coaches who advocate that kind of thing...not players......and drinking before games finished in the 70's.answer.those foreign managers you talk about.were once foreign players.do you ever think before you talk?and let me remind you of Paul MersonPaul Gascoigne..Joey Barton.finished in the 70s ah?the demise of those three just for starters!
Now do me a favour Trig.have a little think before you tell people anymore rubbishand I mean that in a polite and respectful way.

so three players with mental issues? is that the best you have got to suggets the drinking culture is still here?

your first argument you are going off at a tangent...ah feck this...it is too difficult...it is like trying to teach a cow to play the piano........

all the best tabby.......aplogies but my attention span for small children is not long

And your knowledge is even smaller!

Hey. I can play the piano!

Anything's possible.

I tinkle with my organ everyday.

And thanks my little jewel of the Nile.did quite knock me backwards. Think Ive ruffled Trig?

Told you Dil..antelope horn powder

If I'm not mistaken : 12 champions league group stage matches played (for the English sides) : none have lost.....not bad overall !.

lol, for the english sides......these cockney teams arsenal and chelsea would break into a cold sweat if they got a proper englishman in the team

away the lads

GoerdieI wouldnt say that if you are ever in the Kings Road areaI rather think John Terry might challenge you on that point.

ah ok, last few years lampard and terry......but arsenal were french mainly a few years ago and chelsea were italian, portuguese etc

You forgot to include Joe Cole, Wayne Bridge, Ashley Cole and, up until this summer, Shaun Wright Phillips. With Frankie Lampshade and JT, isn't that around half of the England team?

ashley cole has a temper problem........and treats his wife terribly........he's a disgrace of a so-called man.

joe cole is starting puberty.

jt.....didnt he miss that penalty against a proper football team in moscow?

hils , how often do Wayne Bridge and Trashley Cole play together in the same team ... and how often did Phillips ever play ?

When Geordie was talking about a proper man my little treasure I rather think he was talking about an Englishman that could look after himself.that was why I made the John Terry point.By the way Rio Ferdinand is a Peckham lad that knows how to hold his hands up!

And Joe Cole has three weeks off if he trips over a blade of grass and breaks a boot lace.

Yehbut he is better looking than you Dil!

poofy southerners

We dont like the cold Geordie!

Well....there's a lot happening at Spurs at the moment....them being relegated would be unthinkable......the chattering classes in north London would never live it down !.