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 !.

is he not scottish though?

celtic are rubbish by sounds of it.......ah yes, almost all of them are not scottish

marni...can you name me some good iraqi football players...to make it fair i will give you the last 50 years...name me 3..if not piss off back to your taxi rank wee man

Did not see any of the Celtic-Arsenal game but I understand that both goals went in off players into the net...the Bhoys were a little unlucky.

Good morning all>

As we start a new season with the usual high expectationsI thought it would be interesting to breeze through some of last seasons postsI did not realise I was so severely blasted for predicting Harry would sign Defoe.or Defoe would be proved our best goalscorer.or Spurs would finish well above Pompeyand go onto far better things under Harry even though they sat at the bottom with just a couple of pointsmaybe when I said Harry is the best English Manager aboutor possibly my belief in Roy Hodgsonwho has achieved the miracle of all miraclesnever mind I am used to getting stick on these bbs and I do give it out sometimesBTW I am a West Ham nut!One for you Trig. How many of the English team had West Ham connections the other nightI dont know the answer but broadly speaking in round figuresand with a certain amount of guessworkI would say quite a few.

Marni>

Luay Salah Mahdi Kareem Mohammed Ali Karim Muayad Khalid Nashat Akram Noor Sabri Oday Talib Salam Shaker Salih Sadir Samal Saeed Younis Mahmoud
Ali Hussein Rehema Dara Mohammed Emad Mohammed Ridha Fareed Majeed Hakard Mulla Mohammed Hawar Mulla Mohammed Hohammed Kassid Karrar Jassim
Abbas Abbas Isam Abdul Wahhab Alaa Abdul Zahra

Mohammed is a great player, lol

You sound fluent sir....... (in the words of Rowan Atkinson)....

Marni>

His divine intervention in midfield is legendry

RF.Im fluent in most thingsincluding bulls*it

Caught up on the posts (and results) since returning from holiday - pleased with my team, and equally the feats of spurs ( v murderers) and Burnley (v mancs). Be interesting to see how long spurs keep this good start going.

Note Arsenal popped one or two in at Everton, and suspect the Portsmouth keeper may end up with back ache in a few hours time.

Astounded that Celtic made it through to meet the Arse, but clearly there CL time is fortunately coming to an end (and whats all this debate over scottish football about - surely his heart is in Ireland ?)

So the club with history is slowly being consigned to the exact same place.

What a wonderful day.

Forgot to say "bravo" to the England cricket team....anyway I see that the football hooligans are at it again ! how do you describe such a tribe of morons.....

Saw some of the first half of Arsenal-Celtic....pretty dull and uninspiring...the Gunners are incredibly lucky at the moment.....how they fill a stadium with not much at stake ...(to come back from 2 down is a mountain to climb) is astonishing....football very popular in England at the moment....

to be fair arsenal humped them over 2 legs.....

what a surprise! why didnt scottish team play alex salmond and kenny mackaskill or whatever his silly name is

Gooners cheating again - manager coming out with yet another defense of this position whilst attempting to take the moral high ground

Typical gooner hypocrosy

RF must disagreeI watched the game and was impressed with the quality and movement of Arsenalthey have one of the best managers in the World.if not the best.If I was to coach young lads starting out I would get them to watch that video over and overany Arsenal player with the ball had multiple optionstheir movement was too much for Celticwho had their momentson the other hand Celtic going forward lost any shape and looked diluted leaving themselves usually with only one optionmaking that option very easy for the opposition to cover.Movementpaceand work ratecan make a team look like they have twice as many players on the pitchArsene Wenger has always coached the same wayDid not like the diveand my only criticism of Wenger is that he hides behind blindness

Only saw part of the first half ...was not impressed...

By the way : watching the riots at West ham was like watching the orgs in the second film of "The Lord of the Rings" when at the end of the film the cavalry arrives to save the day.....just the same....same attitude, mentality, and some of them wouldn't need any make up....just come as you are .....you'll fit the bill.....

RFriots at West Ham or Millwall do not in any way represent the vast majority of those fans.if you were to amass a hundred random youths from anywhere in the country and pen them in a confined area after they had drunk 10 pints of white lighteningyou would not get the Bunny Picnic!these two teams have previousthe area councils new this the police new this the residents new this.and the fans certainly new thiswere the strategy?why the shock?
And you know full well I am a football puristI do not condone that behaviour from my teams few rebels!!!I will take the dig as a complement.