retired_busy13

I'm deadly serious. I attended all the home matches on the qualifiers as well as watching all away matches, I also watched every minute of England's qualifying matches. I don't think it would be an over-reaction to suggest that Scotland were the superior team in all aspects, so why wouldn't I choose more Scotland players?

I don't go with the "england are under-achieving" mantra. What exactly are England supposed to achieve? According to the majority of the English media the England team has under-achieved for 40 years.

When does over/under achieving become what is expected?

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As much as i would love to say that scotlands 11 are superior to each of englands 11 i cant because i am an honest man...you can not judge two nations on one tournement...last year the same England team made it to the Quarter finals of the WORLD CUP i dont care what anyone says that is a massive achievment

The majority of the england players are better than the scottish players...look at my earlier post to see who i think would walk into the england squad

scobredar

The FIFA rankings are a poor indication of the quality of any team, being so dependant on the quality of the fixtures they play. Would you have been asking the same question about redefining Scottish CAs at the end of the Vogts era when Scotland were ranked in the 50s or 60s and England in the top 8?
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I wouldn't have, but I wouldn't have complained if Scotland players were rated to reflect real life.

And you're being kind... we were actually in the 80's.

scobredar

A team is only as good as their last tournament.

Yeah, I read your list, and I agree. I would add players like Fletcher (even if he does suffer a degree of derision from Man United fans) into the mix.

It's evident that England players are unable to gel together, so there's going to be a lot of arm-twisting before I would choose a bunch of them.

retired_2symonds

I'm afraid it's unlikely that Scottish players are going to be made better just because of one qualifying campaign.

I also watched every Scotland qualifying match and most of England's as well and I don't share your opinions.

retired_busy13

Cappello needs to get rid of useless players like lampard, like i said before i believe he is the most over rated player in the EPL, and start playing in form players like gareth barry ect...

retired_kerri2781

If I may be frank, you are being quite unrealistic with regard to your own opinion. Alan Hutton is a decent player, and perhaps he could force his way in at right back because we only have a very young and very old right back option available at England. But Barry Ferguson? Not only would I pick the malfunctioning partnership of Gerrard/Lampard over him, but i'd also gladly take either one of those and pair him with Barry, Hargreaves or even Carrick before I'd consider Ferguson.

Craig Gordon is a good goalkeeper, but Robert Green is better, and he hasn't been dropped by his manager this season. Or conceeded 7 goals in a game. Scott Brown would have to move hell and highwater to get ahead of Beckham, SWP, Bentley, Lennon and co on the right.

Ter is making a lot of sense. I was heartbroken when Scotland didn't qualify, I really thought they deserved it, much more than the England team, but England were mismanaged and each of their players play in a far superior and more demanding league.

retired_2symonds

Extra time? 5 mins in my own time when I was messing around with some personal stuff.

Rosco

Well ya know, he was probably scoring 1vs1's and needed something new to complain about