JAMIE (Pt.31) - If you'd bothered to read this­ article, you would have seen that rumours are that­ Harry Redknapp has been keeping his eye on him.

JOEBOURKE - stop embarrassing yourself and read the­ posts before commenting! HAMZEH (pt.27) made a­ statement about whether to choose england or germany. I­ Replied (point 29) to it. WHERE EXACTLY DID I SAY­ MCGEADY WAS ENGLISH? You must be a hun to possess that­ level of stupidity!

aye John T - realised when I was typing that Larsson­ cost £600K and Lubo £300K, but I think they were­ exceptions - point being that Henrik could get £80K a­ week these days in his prime, and that would surely­ have tested his loyalty!! The last few years in­ England have went crazy, wages wise. Goes to show­ good, cheap players are out there if you look hard­ enough....

to 'ArryB' - sorry, you know how it­ is, once you get started......Seriously tho, if you­ find 3 short paragraphs too much then maybe try a­ 'book' as opposed to the soundbites of The­ Daily Star! Seriously.

An English 11 capable of winning THE premier­ league...

James, G.Neville, Cole, Terry, Ferdinand,­ Walcott, Lampard, Scholes, Cole, Gerrard, Rooney - with­ the likes of Owen, A.Young, Barry, Woodgate, Lennon,­ Carragher etc as backup.

An English 11 capable of­ winning the SPL...

Billy the Fish, Helen Chamberlain,­ Titus Bramble, Mike Bassett, Jossy, Carlton Palmer,­ Beckham (Victoria), Frank Lampard Senior, Jimmy Carter,­ Stephen Fry and Chris Sutton (mmm... I think he­ actually did).

If the SPL is so good, why did/do the­ likes of Alan Thompson, Chris Sutton, Georgios Samaras,­ Majid Bougherra, Pedro Mendez, Lee Naylor, Steve Guppy­ (to name but a few) do well there when they were­ average at best in THE premier league? As for beating­ English teams well its your cup final... you raise your­ game when you play proper teams. Its the equivalent of­ a 1st Division club playing a premier league club. As­ for saying the SPL is Championship level, I think you­ play it up a bit... Rangers and Celtic yes... the rest­ no way.

Darren J, just a quick point. Between them Lubo­ Moravcik and Henrik Larsson cost £900k. Celtic could­ easily afford that!

i find the english premiership boring - only 3 teams­ can ever win it and all the players, managers and­ chairmen are foreign. It's like Monkey Tennis­ compared to La Ligue or Serie A. All those players are­ just there for the big pay cheque. Imagine the­ devistation of the EPL if the 6+5 rule was brought in.­ McGeady would be far better off in Germany rather than­ in Walt Disney's 'Most exciting league in the­ world' (tm). At least they pass the ball in Germany­ rather than just punting the ball up to some­ over-priced foreign striker and hoping for the best.­ Mikel Arteta couldn't hack it in Scotland but­ he's a star in England, in fact they may even give­ him an international cap because they don't have­ any homegrown players left! So they bring in Fabio­ Capello to turn things around, but even he can't­ manage it because only 20% of the players are actually­ English and none of them are good anough to play­ abroad. The funny thing is that the EPL is killing the­ English game and creating a huge gulf between the top 3­ and the rest but still they lap it up. HA HA You­ ignorant muppets are killing your own game.

Darren J... I'm pretty sure, regardless of what you­ did or didn't say, people don't care enough­ about your thoughts to read the 'book' you­ thought it necessary to post here. It might be longer­ than the actual article! Are you serious?!

after my last post, which was a bit tongue in cheek, I­ have to make these fair(er) assessments:-

Scottish­ football IS dire at the moment - Championship level, it­ hurts to say. Over the last 20 years, there has been­ times when one of the Old firm have had a poor team­ whilst the other is good, but both are poor just now.­ Both Walter Smiths first team, Advocaat's team and­ O'Neill's team would have done well in England­ at their respective times. Our best players who have­ went to England- Ferguson, Hutton, Gordon, McFadden -­ have been shown to be distinctly average in the­ Premiership. Although I do think in Ferguson's­ case he went to the wrong team in style and­ aspirations. I used to agree with respected writer­ Gabriele Marcotti that Ferguson was better than Lampard­ technically, but not now, especially over the last 3-4­ years. The pace and power of the English game tends to­ leave most Scottish players who go there, and many­ technically gifted foreigners, overwhelmed. Scotland­ are playing catch-up in terms of young player­ development - the FA (or Howard Wilkinson) and the­ clubs were way ahead of Scotland in that respect. The­ various Scottish football organisations still come­ across as a small regional lawn bowling association ,­ what with their petty mandates, squabbling, and power­ trips.

Secondly, I do have a genuine fear that­ England have a good stab at the World Cup. This group­ of players should be at their peak, and Capello is the­ real deal who wont stand for any @#$%. They really­ dont have any excuses for not reaching the quarters at­ least, but the South African conditions may be suited­ more to African or South American teams.

Oh for the­ days when we could afford the likes of Laudrup,­ DiCanio, De Boer, Gazza, Larsson, Albertz, Moravcik,­ Numan, Van Bronckhorst et al to brighten up our­ fitba......thank god its only a game.

A few years ago the "experts" said that­ Heinrik Larson only looked good in the SPL and­ couldn't make it in England. And then he ended up­ at Man Utd, way past his best and still looked the­ part. Yes the SPL is useless. But look at England -­ their fifth best team lose as many goals to one of the­ Top Four.

Bastian Schweinsteiger move to liverpool fc next­ season. The new number 7.

Liverpool's new no.7

liverpools new no.7

To post 19

James
Johnson Terry­ Ferdinand Cole
Lennon Scholes Lampard Joe Cole
­ Gerrard
Rooney

come to spurs

Okay so the EPL is a good league but if Scottish­ football is so bad to you english why is it that the­ most successul managers are Scottish? Is it because­ they have a great understanding of the game?

John B­ Where is the best training for managers to gain the­ badges? Oh right that would again be in the 3rd rate­ Scotland football academy. What team do you follow?

joebourke2001 yes he plays for Ireland but he is­ Scottish born and bread.

How can u compare those 2 teams, bayern are meant 2 b­ the top club in germany, spurs r an english mid table­ team, bout the worst comparision u could of made.

comment 29: he's irish you mong!

29 - depends on who the english team is! Be honest -­ Bayern Munich, or Tottenham Hotspur? NO CONTEST!