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 !.

I don't think Campbell can play for a league club until Jan. over hear, so wonder if he can play abroad?.. assuming anyone wants him that is after walking out on County.

JS no Gerrard hasn't won the league but he has won the champions league not like TERRY, LAMPARD, COLE, etc.

Gerrard (if he wasnt a glorified footballer) would be enjoying the services of Her Majesty The Queen for his disgraceful off-field demeanours.......mind you the thug cant even speak English but i suppose he didnt go to school like most of the scum that purport to be the youth of UK

marni.........as opposed to the youth of iraq? lol...jog on....the taxi queues slow tonight?

Pure luck as every football fan knows. Had it not been for Platini perhaps JT, Frank et al could have joined the scouse one, with a CL medal in the cabinet.

Chances are had that been the case, the medals would still be there, unlike gerards where 11 scouse players have been burgled over the last year - what wonderful folk round there (as the media often remind us)

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Wigan

Liverpool not playing well....lots of people including myself thought that they would be the team to beat this year.....they might improve as the season progresses...

Alex Ferguson got Owen for nothingand that was overpriced!!his wage is 20,000 a week as a basic salary
After watching him the other night for 15 minutesI would say his medical bill for the two years Ferguson got him forcould top the sale of Ronaldo+what a wasted space

Missed the game so can't comment...I remember Michael Owen (pre 2006 world cup) as a tremendous player, unstoppable at times....very bad injury though...

tabby i think owen's winning goal against City will in Sir Alex's mind have paid back his whole investment in Owen.

but then again....you must know better than Sir Alex.....

TrigI would say you know quite a bit about footballnow tell me with hand on heartwas the motive for signing that useless pratt anything more than an ego trip by Sir Alexto prove he could turn the spasmo back into a European forcenot a chancehe wont last one season
Keep teaching young Mr. Foetze to kick with both feet

now personally i do not rate Owen....you english get all excited and over hype your won players...he has been a waste of money for years.

however sir alex needed a finisher for the squad this season ......owen when he is fit is a finisher...the probelm is he gets injured too much and is a bit of a girl....ah i cut myself shaving...need to not play for 4 weeks

however what my point above was getting at was on a free and not on a huge wedge and him hitting the winner against City...if he does not play another minute all year I am sure Sir Alex will still be smiling about his signing.

young mr treblewide is already quite capable with both feet....gonna be a mazy left winger i think :-)

My vision for M.Owen is to come on as a supersub for the England side....Defoe or Rooney or one of the others gets injured and we throw on Michael...you never know..last 15mn quarter final (world cup) and bang : he gets a priceless goal....(dream on required field).....

Anyone seen Gerard win the league ?

What the Champions league? Yes.

Arsenal are looking pretty impressive ...what I saw was like shooting pool : the shots on goal were superb, only downside is the defense is not fab and no English players though I have to admit they are going to have be very good to get into that side, the Gunners have improved tremendously as of late !.

Own goal from Rio ferdinand's brother : well they say keep it in the family....I bet there will be a lot of mentioning that when they get round a table...anyway from one rio to another ; I must congratulate Rio de Janeiro on getting the olympics : 2 years after hosting the world cup, they are going to be pretty busy in that part of the world, let's hope we get either 2018 or 2022...nothing is sure....it will be a football..political..corporate fight for that...which brings me to a sore point : the African nations including South Africa have 6 places (if I'm not mistaken) in the next world cup and a pretty poor record to go with it...apart from Cameroon's quarter final place in 1990 and Senegal's second round spot in 2002 (that's all I can remember) that's all they have achieved, now unless they put one or two countries in the quarter finals again very soon in the next world cup or in the following one there could be an outcry for a reduction in the number of entries....I know we have to encourage the third world into sport and such but six entries this time is a lot with such poor results. In Europe it is a huge battle to qualify and the same in South America so to me Africa is on a yellow card as far as number of participants is concerned, the same principle must apply to the North American zone where they seem to have far too many spots as well....anyway we shall see...it probably would not be the most popular decision to reduce these entries but after the destinations for the next world cups have been decided, I bet this comes up on the Fifa agenda a bit later.

rf, could you space the wording out a bit next time.. would make it easier to read, thanks.

Congratulations England, and the England staff...Capello and co...well done..!, now for the difficult bit...that cup we want to win it !...(let's win our group first of course..then we shall see)....The Ukraine match might be a blessing in disguise because in the last 2 games we have not played well so perhaps now the qualifying campaign has come to an end : we can play without reservation because you could sense that when the ball was played down the flanks the wingers or whoever was on that side were looking up to see where to play the ball...there should be no hesitation in an international...you have to go for it...anyway good luck to the Rebublic of Ireland in the draw on monday....no Sweden in the next world cup..surprising that...that's one country that England struggle to beat....we must not forget that the next world cup in South Africa will be played in cool conditions as it is their winter down there...come on England !.