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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Thats the noise i made when we scored.

Wasnt the greatest game of football ive seen but we played well and definatey were not outclassed.

Great Atmophere in Hampen aswell.

James Mcfadden was lucky to stay on the pitch though, two rash, and un-provoked challenges, no suprise he was subbed.

2 point from this weeks double-header would have been brilliant, and a win has set us up nicely as group leaders.

A point from the Ukraine match would cap a wonderful week.

Joyous.

It will be interesting to see how Scotland fares in the Ukraine on Wednesday.

I'm not sure if Italy are playing that day as well, but if Scotland win
and Italy drop points this could become a fascinating group, even for
us neutrals.

Can Scotland keep it up though?

England had great result, an exciting 0-0 draw which was a game that had everything!

Ow, ma head is pounding today, but what a result

Bring on the Ukraine on Wednesday

If you want to know what it's like to see us score against France, watch this clip www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fGCsItMlq4&mod ... ed&search=

Our nations have done us proud!

England got beat by Croatia. I didn't watch the game but I saw the second goal, every funny. A rub-off from Sven, using usless systems. 4-4-2 all the way(and sometimes 4-5-1).
I actually watched the Scotland game and it was harsh. Sctoland defended so well and the Ukraine got lucky with a silly tap in. Then the ref started to mess up the game by sending off someone which shouldn't have gone and giving a penalty... which it wasn't.

Got to admit that Ukraine were the better team, but they got a lucky break for the first goal, the sending off was a joke, and it was never a penalty.

However,if you had asked me if I would accept being top of the group after 4 games, i would have bitten your hand off for that.

Yea poor game, the sending off was a joke, but at least Pressley wont miss any big mathes, i think its the georgia games he misses which is much better than the Italy or France games.

What is it with Belgians and legal-action?

Bosman had a point, but this:

news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/6047656.stm

makes me really mad.

International Football >>>>> Club Football.

I hope Charleroi doesn't qualify for Europe again in my lifetime. Stuff 'em. Stuff Belgian
football as well. I can't remember anything useful that it has contributed to the world game.
It's ironic that the only Belgian footballers I can think of off the top of my head were immigrants (Scifo, M'penza).

Muppets. Boring football as well.

Wenger can GaGF too.

The short list for the Ballon d'Or.
List in full:
English Premiership(17): Ballack (Chelsea), Cahill (Everton), Shevchenko (Chelsea), J. Cole (Chelsea), C. Ronaldo (Manchester United), Drogba (Chelsea), Essien (Chelsea), Cesc (Arsenal), Gallas (Arsenal), Gerrard (Liverpool), Henry (Arsenal), Lampard (Chelsea), Lehmann (Arsenal), Makelele (Chelsea), Robben (Chelsea), Rooney (Manchester United), Terry (Chelsea)

Italian Serie A(7): Buffon (Juventus), Gattuso (Milan), Grosso (Internazionale), Kaka (Milan), Pirlo (Milan), Toni (Fiorentina), Vieira (Internazionale)

Spanish La Liga(14): Cannavaro (Real Madrid), Deco (Barcelona), Diarra (Real Madrid), Eto'o (Barcelona), Giuly (Barcelona), Messi (Barcelona), Puyol (Barcelona), Ronaldinho (Barcelona), Riquelme (Villarreal), Thuram (Barcelona), Villa (Valencia), Zambrotta (Barcelona), Zidane (Retired), Torres (Atletico Madrid)

French Ligue 1(6): Coupet (Lyon), Cris (Lyon), Juninho (Lyon), Malouda (Lyon), Ribery (Marseille), Tiago (Lyon)

German Bundesliga(5): Klose (Werder Bremen), Lahm (Bayer Munich), Podolski (Bayer Munich), Sagnol (Bayern Munich), Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)

Dutch Eredivisie(1): Mendez (PSV Eindhoven)

No players from the Scottish Premiership or Portugal's League were mentioned. I pretty much agree with that list accept I would remove Thuram and Giuly. A Cole, Beckham, Raul, Petrov, Cech, and Tuezguet(sp?) should have got some mentions... maybe Crespo.

Over the passed few weeks I have seen some of the best football. The two best teams in the world, Chelsea and Barcelona, have been playing each other.
Chelsea won the First game where they owned Barcelona. Then last night it was the return leg. It was a great game, finished 2-2. The referee was clearly on Barcelona's side(but they all are). Barcelona may not go through now.
I can see all the British sides going through: Manchester United, Liverpool(they have gone through), Chelsea, Arsenal(the I think will struggle) and Celtic. The first time(I think) where one country has had 5 teams go through(if Hearts got their act together, it might have been 6).

Yup the Barca game last night had some great moments.

An article I enjoyed about hard men in the midfield:

www.football365.com/john_nicholson/0,17 ... 86,00.html

And as an Aussie I just have to say... TIMMY!!!!!

Champions League has been happening.

Man U got beaten by Celtic 1-0 and now Celtic are through
Arsenal beat their team(they needed it).
Liverpool play tonight but they are already through.
Cheslea only need a point tonight.
Barcelona really need to win their game to stay in.

In the Premiership, it seems now to be a two horse race between Man U and Chelsea. Chelsea will win it because they have depth in squad and Man U don't.

Man U and Celtic game was once again poor, great free kick and penalty save though.

The Arsenal game was far better on the other channel. Liverpool won last night and will stay top. Chelsea lots last night(stupid Referee) but go through anyway.

Man Utd have got Larsson on loan for a few months - great bit of business for them. Even at 35 he'll score a few goals given the chance.

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams ... 198464.stm

I thought he was going back to Barcelona. Oh well, Man U's gain. They'll win the Champions League now

Standings
Team P W D L Pts GF GA Diff
1. Celtic 18 15 2 1 47 36 13 +23
2. Rangers 18 9 4 5 31 29 17 +12
3. Aberdeen 18 9 4 5 31 24 15 +9
4. Heart of Midlothian 18 7 6 5 27 27 19 +8
5. Hibernian 18 7 5 6 26 32 22 +10
6. Kilmarnock 18 7 5 6 26 25 28 -3
7. Falkirk 18 6 3 9 21 22 25 -3
8. Inverness CT 18 4 8 6 20 17 23 -6
9. Dundee Utd 18 5 5 8 20 19 31 -12
10. St Mirren 18 4 6 8 18 17 24 -7
11. Motherwell 18 5 3 10 18 22 33 -11
12. Dunfermline 18 3 3 12 12 13 33 -20

Oh how I love this.....

And the Old Firm match is this Sunday. Can't wait.

I'd think Celtic will win, and im not liking how low Inverness are in the table just now.

They won't get relegated.