SWP as right back
He's never made a tackle in his life

good at getting down the wing better than neville plus started his career as defender

That may be so, but wasn't playing people out of position one of the big axes people had to grind with Sven?
Also when SWP is not even getting regular football in his favoured position I think it's very unlikely he'd perform in a posiion he used to play 5 years ago. Sol Campbell used to play up front but you wouldn't stick him up there with Rooney.

Seems pretty pointless to play him at rightback just because he plays for a big club when people like Rcihards, Young, Hibbert and Johnson are playing well there week in week out

do agree about not playing people out of position but just fancy him down the right side over lapping with lennon plus beckham & gerrard for center mid. the Arsenal are kicking some major ass at the moment we are going to take some stopping this season

Not at all , first of all it was only a friendly, secondly we were up against one of the top South American teams who's defence is simply superb and 4 or 5 of our top players were out of the team, no Kewel or Viduka. Qualifying for the world cup and competing in the world cup is far more important than a friendly and will create a greater killer instict and passion in the players. Anyway we backed up this draw with an easy win against Bahrain to finish atop our pool in the Asian cup qualifiers. Just wait until the Asian cup rolls around and we have a full side out there, we will be a serious contender. We are after all the highest ranked asian team!

Calling Paraguay one of south americas top teams is a bit like calling Poland one of Europe's top teams gfawhh

Actually it is not, Paraguay are currently ranked 21st in the world and drift from being the third highest ranking SA team to the Fifth. They qualified for the recent World cup and although are not in the same league as Brazil or Argentina at most times only recently defeated Argentina.

SWP better than Neville at right back, I don't think so. Garys one of the best in the Prem in that possition and he always gets down the wing.. Plus playing him there would be an awful deicision just because he used to play there.. If he were any good he would still play there now.

we're on the fekn rise . come on bonnie scotland.


we beat the froggies , celtic beat benfica.

scotland rise to 25 in the rankins

we will overtake england in 1 year in the world rankings .

Steady on..........It'll take at least 2

scotland wont even get to euro 2008 but england will

lol jasi whos top of theyre qualifying group?

not for long you wont be italy and france will get there as for england yes they have been bad world cup plus the last 2 games but we will still get there

Even if Scotland do get there, I can't see them doing well.

do either of youknow anything about th current scottish sqaud , results so far an the players breaking into our sqaud?


because if not then why would you commeny

ha ha ha... behave yourself..... The only way Scotland or England will get their hands on a trophy is if they steal one. you people need to look at real International teams, teams that actually perform and come up with the goods.. BRAZIL.

By the way do you have a spell checker?

still doesnt change the fact that the only country from the british isles this year to get to a major eurpean final and win a trophy would be scotland , not england.

wether i can spell or not is irrelevant.

you all are completley ignorant of scottish football , its current climate and the future our club sides and national sides from youth to senior have.

i know english football as well as any english person ,(i also enjoy watching it , especially the many many many foreigners that are in your game in important positions )

almost every player in scottish football is now scottish.

a restraint at first which is now bearing much success, forced by economic restrictions (our clubs including the old firm are skint ) forcing scottish teams to play young scots , gaining experience at top level.

5 of the team which game the most impressive performance of the champions leage last week when celtic anhiliated and excellent benfica team were scottish , how many of arsenal's team were english?

one example

therein lies the difference we will never be above you in the rankings i suspect but we are goin to get VERY close in the next few years , simply there are 50 million english and 5 million scots mathematics imple as , but that wont matter if no young english players play for your top teams will it?

watch the new senior scotland team go , you will soon see a large influx of quality young scots entering the premiership ,IE: scott brown , kevin thompson and steven whittaker, add that to fletcher mcfadden and the old firm scots we have a very bright outlook

if our to under 19 teams played each other who would you bet on the scotland team who reached the final beating all but one of the top 5 under 19 european teams on the way or the english team who never made it. in the last yeart scotland senior and youth have beaten france in all three major age groups , senior , under 21 and under 19

france are number 2 in the world.

im sorry i must retract part of my statement XSAS i was too quick to jump in there and criticise you , realised you were laughing at both our chances,


i agree NEITHER scotland nor english will wina major tournie in the near future.

but read the rest of ma post if yer interested , if theres one thing i know its footie.


ps we're gonna pump man u at celtic park. you heard it here first

You get very angry about this, can't you just settle down. People have a right to their own opinion, and mine and jasons is that we don't think Scotland will do well in the upcoming tournaments and XSAS just likes to see skillful, exciting football.

True that most players in the scottish leagues are scottish, and that because all the best players from abroad see the Premiership and English football a bigger and better stage, or they would go to Scotland. They will further their career playing in England and every footballer out their will want to play at a big level.

You have had 1 good (lucky) win.. milk it while you can, after all John Barnes lived off his Brazil goal for a long time before they realised he was crap... You don't need to retract your statement wun... you make me laugh.. like Billy Connoly.. (did i spell that rite)

I have to agree, Footballs full of surprises, and that surpised everyone. Also you said on the other page, Scotland will be higher than England in the World Rankins in 1 year, theres no way thats going to happen, Scotland haven't done anything in the big stages for a long time, I admit neither have England, but they get further than Scotland every time and that means we will stay above you, England would have to loose half of their first 11 and give them to Scotland for them to match England.

i was kidding on about us being higher than england eventually , the reason i get annoyed is cos english ppl feel the need to talk down the SPL time and time again, how many spl games have you seen?


lucky ? maybe XSAS but that isnt the only win weve had recently is it?

are we top of our group?

do we have a much tougher qualifying group than england?

have we gained more points than england so far?

all am saying is that before you write scotland off learn abou the playerd that we're putting out.


By the way wrighty .

scottish clubs cant afford big players if they could pay the same as the english clubs which english teams apart from man u are bigger than celtic that they would prefer to go to?

its down to TV money

I havn't seen any this season, that league doesn't interest me what so ever.

I never said it wasn't down to the money and how big the clubs are, Im saying thats why we have more players from abroad in our league, and it was you that brought that up.

Ignore people that don't have a clue about the SPL, hit them with facts instead of getting all worked up about it.

Don't generalize... about English people talking down the Scots and you should not tar all English with the same brush... also just for the record I don't support England, I am a Brazil supporter always have been, I like to see a good gamne of Football not be bored stupid.. lol

ok point taken , howvere if you are a brazil supporter than from an impartial side can you not see why scots , welsh and irish do generalise about the english (in terms of football of course) and the english media about how arrogant and dissmisive they are with regards to our leagues and national sides.


ill give you an example.


international week all the home sides played english were pumped by croatioa , wales won against cyprus , scotland beaten by ukraine and n.ireland draw with denmark.


35 minutes spent on englands defeat 5 on scotlands defeat to which gary linekars very first comment was "so have the wheels come off" bearing in mind we had previously just won three out of three before hand , this was the fourth game away to a team ranked 13th in the world and we only lost the game due to a dubious penalty and laughable sending off.


this considering england struggled against macedonia home and away and were absolultey slaughtered by croatia.

and the other home nations were given 5 minutes each as well.

And byu the way this was the BBC who i 6 million scots , 3 million welsh and 2 million n.irish all pay taxes for .

by the way wrighty.

your a man u fan right?

heres a wee bet for you .

Celtic to top our qualifying group , unbeaten in the next three matches.

beating man u 2-0 at home and qualifying with youz.

celtic to reach the semi finals ;-)


you heard it here first lol

spl is crap end of im just annoyed by scotland fans all the time they are allways wanting englands opponentes to do well so why should i give a $h*t about scotland plus hope we meet in the champions league because Arsenal will destroy Celtic and you know it

I see where you are coming from and like you hate the fact that they focus on where the money is.. (The England team) and sadly that is where the interest is, very few of that International squad have any pride when they put that shirt on.

Also another fact for you.. I have more Scottish blood in me than English and the last thing I was doing is have a go at th Scots... in fact I have a friend an Ex Marine he owns a pub on the Isle of Mull (we travel there all the time), he will not have an England game on during the World cup, he admits he fought for Queen and country but despices the England team and English football.

I explained that if Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales were all in the World cup and England were knocked out first.. many England fans would cheer on another UK team... "not me he said or any hardened Scots"..

Staying well out of this one
I remember the huge ruckus I kicked up a few years ago claiming Midddlesbrough could win the SPL at a stroll.

west ham could win that league with the run there on at the moment

Wun... Im up for that, cause theres no way they will beat us 2-0 to top the group, but I won't argue about it.. lets just wait and see...

I don't like the SPL, but Jason there are many teams in there that could beat West Ham, a few teams in there could survive in the Prem...

New Orleans Saints!!!!!!

I hope your dremas come ture

Super Bowl Champs Baby!!!!!!

LOL OK...Whatever you say....see ya at the DOME

Go Saints....WHO DAT SAY GONNA BEAT DEM SAINTS? WHO DAT!!!!!!

LOL....see ya there

Celtic = catholic

Rangers = protestant

bah I hate all that

"Real" football is regarded differently across the ocean I have noticed
Hence the comments about American Football

For me, being Dutch (ok I live in Chicago now, but I'll always stay Dutch ) my team is PSV Eindhoven; the city I went to university to.
No real reason behind it, I did not go there every week and as of that I am not "hooked" but I do like to keep track of them. Even now I am here in the States.

Scotland...as little interest as I have in football, I'll still cheer on the national team I've not really got much interest outside the world cup...and even then, my world cup interest is a fleeting one.

not a cat in hells chance will an spl team stay in prem in one of games they are ok but week in week out not a chance in hell they would be down say xmas time

Come on, that;s an absurd statement and I'm pretty and I;m pretty sure you know it and are just fishing for a reaction.
I'll openly admit my knowledge of Scottish football is limited to the odd article in the paper and segment on sky sports news but even I can tell that based on current teams and form Celtic would easily stay up and be pushing for at least a UEFA cup spot, Rangers would be upper midtable and the likes of Hearts and Killie would be hanging around the bottom 5 or 6.

Yep, the SPL has 3 good teams in Rangers, Celtic and Hearts, and would all be able to survive in the Prem. The rest, Im not too sure, maybe a season or two, but not for long.

jasi lol your fishing so much ill give you a response tho

celtic are a MUCH bigger team than arsenal and you know it.


how many times have arsenal won the european cup ?


oh aye thats right never.


both man u and celtic have done it. how much does that bother ye eh?

arsenal have no history but dont worry. our old pal henrik put your "english" team to the sword in the final last year ha ha.
(i say "english" cos you aint got an englishman in the team)

obv you have no clue whatsoever about football.

celtic would win the premiership within 3 years when they have the same financial tv money.

celtic are a bigger team than all but one team in the premiership.

man u are the only team who command a bigger worldwide support in britain.

true we have never won the european cup or champions league as it is now but you celtic lot make me P*ss myself your euro cup win was about 40 years ago get with the program i bet the cup has rust all over it plus celtic to win the prem after 3 years in it not a chance in hell the top four in the prem would destroy you just like man utd will do very soon

why they never destroyed us at old trafford did they? which was with a sqaud which had a fraction of the money spent on it.

yeah we won the european cup and do well to remember we were the first?

get with what programme . what have arsenal won recently, not a lot.

celtic are a bigger club than arsenal. if we had the 20 million tv money combined witht he fact that celtic are the second biggest club on britiain we would win the premiership within 3 years.


we dont accept mediocrity like you london clubs do , we're not happy with finnishing second thrid , thats how you breed winners the type of winners that win year in year out. just you wait and see what happens in the champions league on wednesday night.

then see what happens when man u come calling to celtic park.

ps i dont care if you dont support scotland at all why should it bother me , your english why the hell would you support scotland?

i was commenting on the fact 35 mins was spent on englands "performance" against croatia and wales , scotland and n.ireland got a massive 5 mins each.

we all pay our taxes same as you.


if you read my post you would realise i wasnt having a go at english people at all.

whats the point in trying to talk football with someone who clearly has no clue about football, historically , current and no idea about whats going on in leagues around the world.

like i said to you all , just keep crowing over the prem , great league it is this is true but just how many english player play in crucial roles at the major clubs, whats the age of the ones that do and whats going on all over the country.

second biggest team in britain stop taking the p*ss liverpool are bigger than your lot by far 18 league titles 5 euro cups and i would say arsenal are bigger as well and one or 2 more prem sides as well so stop living of something you never saw when you lifted the euro cup