It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

You didn't Treb, just the impression you gave out. Personally I'm just grateful Sky exists up here so I get a chance to watch some decent football, sure you will agree hell will freeze over before Scottish press will ever be in a position to over hype the SPL. :O)

cc....you dont like it? i will pay yer petrol money to get yerself back donw the M6

Love Scotland Treb, that's why I live here! Can't have everything though, finding a decent football team to watch small price to pay, I can live with that!

Going for Russia to win against Belgium and Holland to win against Turkey.

Re: p289,

Dil, Yes Casper spent 9 years at Burnley but was never capped, http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Casper_(footballer) that was in the days when the England team was said to have been picked by fleet street as it was then. Good player and coach but never excelled as a manager unfortunately.

barry bannan of villa and danny wilson of liverpool both looked good last night as scotland B won against a very poor Faroe Islands team.

however there is a lot of young good scottish football talent out there at the moment...in a few years who knows we might actually qualify for something!

We've never qualified for any major tournament in my lifetime Treb , did get to European quarter finals in 76 but in those days it was played on a home and away basis.

I live in hope.

Dil,

Early days I know, but how's BFC old boy Flynny shaping up so far with the national side?

He played for Leeds and Cardiff too ... he wouldn't have been my choice as manager but he's probably all we can afford.

Dil I feel yer pain. Next world cup is in brazil. What I would give to go and watch Scotland at it however it is harder and harder for small countries to get there. Corrupt FIFA only want the big nations there for the tv money. I fear I will never see us at a major championship

Dil,

Oh crumbs! completely forgot about the Cardiff and Leeds connection.

He did so relatively well at Wrexham for those 12 years but never made the move up until now.

Treb - Instead of whingieng about how corrupt FIFI are and the over-hyped English Premier League. Why don't you look closer to home and the Scottish FA. Exactly what plans, incentives or otherwise have they come up with to promote football in Scotland? Encourage Scottish players and managers to remain in Scotland instead of the English Premier League? I would suggest not to put to fine a point on it 'Jack Shxt' So in view of that, maybe you should be grateful that the more talented Scottish players have at least the opportunity to improve down the road eh!

One footed or what?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyNdt9yVugk

Chris......so tell me what plan should they come up with that will stop a guy who has a ten year career moving down south for 30k per week from the 1k he gets up here...,,..am all ears.

The decline in Scottish and English national teams coincides with sky pouring stupid money into the premiership. Go look at the time line.

The sfa are clowns. But I don't think they can be blamed for the commercial ruining of British football.

Ps the sfa have little to do with the scottish leagues. That is the spl and afl but don't let. Facts get in the way of yer rant

Treb - Whatever! I don't have the answer. Premiership is very popular whether you approve or otherwise, not sure if it didn't exist the standard of football would improve over night dramatically in Scotland anyway. Hasn't it always been the case, even going back to the 60's, Denis Law, Dave Mackay era English clubs atracted your better players?

Also to continue the rant, where were STV or BBC Scotland last night? nowhere near Pittodrie! The only TV station to screen the match Sky Sports 1. In England tonight the only TV station to screen the match ITV 1 London, if you don't live in London you need a Sky box to access ITV 1 London. What does that tell me? trade the stock :O)

Premier League recruiting overseas players on stupid money a lot of who are average at best is what has lead to lack of opportunuties for players from 4 home nations. Says it all when England have to call up a Cardiff City striker ... and as I write France have just scored and deserve their lead.

Agreed Dil. The money paid to the Premiership by Sky does not come with a proviso that they must buy foreign players nor stipulate how much they have to pay them in wages.

chris...re the tv channels...sky have bought the exclusive rights to scotland home games so no other channel allowed to show it but i dont really know what your point is on that one i dont really care what channel it is on

also....you are taking a swipe at the SFA but dont even know what their role is...so all i am saying is try and get some context before you make sweeping accusations

and re scottish players always going donw south...not the case for a decade scotland took the best of the english players when rangers were throwing money about

come on the french!

Andy Carroll best brit on the pitch first half. French outplayed England. Rio, Theo & Gareth off 2nd half. Shame for Walcott, imo, but the rest needn't have bothered turning up...... so far!