only a matter of time until england will be able to­ play in the africas cup even then they'll win nout

BUTTYHOME if your gona keep usin the word hate then yea­ we are gona have to agree to dissagree.....i dont have­ a hate the english mentality, i consider myself­ brittish but first and foremost im scottish and with­ that goes the rivalry with england, and i think for­ most its a healthy rivalry, simple! as far as the lions­ go i never said i didnt support them any less because­ not many scots are involved that certainly isnt the­ case, what i said was i felt sick that we arnt­ represented these days like we used to be, and i­ definately do look at the nationalities of the players­ on the field, doesnt everyone? isnt that what its all­ about?

muckyfingers78
Ok Scotland loves to hate EnglandI do­ not understand this and never will. In sport I will do­ as I have always done England first I am very proud to­ be English.
After England I will always support­ Scotland Ireland north and south and Wales before­ anyone else thats who I am.
The spirit of the lions in­ rugby is fantastic. I do not look at the lions and­ Ireland and think which country does each player come­ from. If there were no English players I would still­ give as much support to the lions and Ireland as I do­ now.
I just wish even if its only once every 4 years­ football could do the same.
I do not understand the­ attitude that states its England therefore we cannot­ get involved and never will. I guess we will just have­ to agree to disagree.

BUTTYHOME i did not say it was because england are­ better, granted you are better, and due to the­ population down south you always will be, naturally,­ let me put it another way....i love watching the lions­ usually but this year i felt sick to the stomach that­ scotland were not represented respectably.....i couldnt­ face that with our football team and neither could­ millions of scots, that would kill our game before­ anything else....i didnt talk about politics either,­ not to justify my own thoughts anyway, i only­ highlighted the thoughts of uefa and fifa.....and i­ agree that we are strong as a union as we proved at­ that last olympics with chris hoy in tears at our­ anthem, almost brought a tear to my own eye, but thats­ the olympics this is football, this is more than a­ hundred years of tradition and rivalry....you are the­ old enemy and we love it, its brilliant i wouldnt have­ it any other way, thats not racist thats just how­ passionate i am about scotland.....and i agree that­ maybe england could have won another world cup by now­ with the likes of best law dalglish giggs or­ keane.....but it would go against everything football­ has ever meant to scottish football fans, and that is­ IF we ever produce talent again like we did in years­ gone by......if it was used solely for young talent­ from the four nations i think that would be terrific,­ under 21s for example id be happy with that because at­ that level all four countries are on more of a level­ playing field, if that did happen and the team was more­ evenly spread in terms of the amount of players from­ each country, you would find there would be much more­ support for the idea and it would be a united support

must be stup*d ferdinand n barry.....

muckyfingers78
I have just been out in the car on the­ radio was a discussion of how Scottish football may not­ survive due to the deal done with SKY in the wake of­ the collapse of Setanta. Many Scottich managers of the­ lower Scottish leagues saying this on air.
I think the­ Olympics is a chance to give young players From­ Scotland somthing to aim at with the support of all 4­ nations.
Not taking part because England are better at­ football or just because you choose not to have­ anything to do with England is short sighted. Its not­ good for young Scottish players who would like to win a­ medal even at the olympics.
England lost the 1970 world­ cup would UK have lost if Law and Best and the likes­ were playing no.
I always think our strengh has always­ been in the union this is sport not politics I for one­ am tired of people who combine the two.
It my opinion­ that the pulling out of the olympics is letting young­ players of Ireland Scotland and Wales down.
If you want­ decent TV rights for the Scottish game you have to be­ seen as wanting to take part on the world stage
The GB­ olympic team could have help you with that.
Scrap the­ politics and concentate on the sport and its future.

England have as much chance of success on an­­ international level as wales has of producing a word­­ class domestic team, lets face it, England are the­­ classic chokers of the World Cup - they have a five­­ star rating but mushy pea and black pudding gravy­ sauce­ quality. England, unlike Scotland however (hard­ to admit as Im one), will at­ least get there.. and eat­ the gravy with their chips­ whilst the Irish... Wot­ about the IRish against the­ Ozzies? Is somebody trying­ to tell this part of the­ world something...are the­ Irish eating the pie and­ chips, or the ham and egg,­ beans on toast?

Phil K you're wrong mate... I'm not Carlton­ Cole's biggest fan but Zola and Capello both seem­ to think he's got great potential. And he held the­ ball up admirably well yesterday despite what your­ 'stats' say. His juggle effort was top class­ and would have been a cracking goal had it have been 2­ feet to the right. Sometimes you just have to watch­ the game to judge a player and not look at their­ 'stats'. What are you a yank? How they play­ against Mexico yesterday?

i never knew that saying torres was one of the best­ players in the world would get me loads of @#$% from­ people about wayne rooney. fair enough rooney is a­ excellent player and maybe he has got the same­ abilities as torres. but they both have different­ qualities together. wayne rooney is great with the­ ball. but if you were a manager and wanted someone to­ knock in the goals every week who would you go for. i­ would certainly go for fernando torres. and also i­ agree with the other person who put this comment­ 'if wayne rooney is that good hoiw come he didnt­ manage to score last night?' also in reply to the­ person who said spain played @#$% well look at their­ score atleast they won even if it was just by a goal a­ win is a win and torres managed to score unlike our­ rooney.

England and Holland are the best European qualifiers­ now, together with Spain. You can believe Capello was­ calm at half time. He would have been less calm at 0-2­ after the 90th minute maybe. This was a friendly by the­ way. I guess he would stay less cool during the World­ Cup. Even a defeat against Holland would not mean much­ at this stage. Capello is doing a great job, despite­ playing roughly the same players as McClaren did. I­ rate England and Spain as major World Cup contenders,­ with Brasil and Argentina. Holland, Germany and Italy­ are a step below.

Capello is doing his job professionally

I am sure those who doubted the rationale behind the­ friendly even few days to the commencement of the­ Premiership can now see the importance in retrospect.­ Imagine if those silly and puerile mistakes have been­ made in a very crucial match, the rest would have been­ history. As an unrepentant Man U fan, I have refused to­ understand the casual approach to matches on the part­ of Man U players nowadays. Such casual approach cost­ them the Community Shield. Fletcher had the chance to­ put Scotland ahead in yesterdy's match in Norway,­ but he inexplicably blasted the ball over the bar. The­ match would have been put beyond the Norwagians within­ the first thirty minutes. Defenders must decide within­ split seconds. No room for entertainment or­ dilly-dallying. If you are confused put the ball to­ touch or kick to your opponents' territory. A­ defender of Rio's stature and status should have­ overgrown such a childish mistake. Hoping that relevant­ lessons have been learnt anyway.

Caleb Arogundade

BUTTYHOME im sorry mate but your out of order using­ phrases like "almost racist" "and­ contempt for england" when questioning why­ scotland didnt want to take part in a brittish­ team....ill start by saying i personally would liked to­ have seen it, but wouldnt be keen on having an anual­ lions esque scenario, as this would virtually kill off­ the great scotland-england rivalry we all love.....but­ the main reason (and i cant speak for welsh or irish­ fans tho i imagine their fears are similar) for­ refusing to take part is because, this is football and­ unlike any other sport, we are fiercely patriotic about­ our footballing heritage and there are real fears that­ once we go down the road of creating a brittish team,­ it might make uefa and fifa even more hungry than they­ already are to scrap the four seperate nations and have­ us play as great britain.....if this were to happen you­ would want to pick the best players and right now there­ is not ONE scottish, welsh or northern irishman would­ get into that team! surely your aware of that, if not­ you're being very ignorant and just basing what­ your saying on stereotypes without realising your­ wrong? ill say it again, if it was only to happen every­ four years at the olympics, and represented no danger­ to our national teams future id be all for it, but­ think about this also....in 2012, just say we agreed to­ take part, the team is more than likely to contain 90%­ english players, which would leave three small nations­ fighting for the scraps, if you're a supporter of­ those nations then it isnt very appealing isnt it?

The problem is everyone wants to be a critic these­ days. 2-2, good result.

This sounds unbelievable. Actually, Capello can only­ say so because somehow England got a draw at last.­ Think of it, would he have said that he kept his cool,­ if England had lost the match.

Phil K ur an idiot carton cole was the best player on­ the pitch when he came on,You need to go to spec savers­ i think

Can everyone stop knocking England! They drew away from­ home against the a team ranked number 3 in the world­ and have won all of there group games in the­ qualifying. How can some of you call yourself­ englishman. Get behind the England for once, no wonder­ they lack in confidence!!!