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Were we not also meant to be playing QOTS during that time, but that's not postponed due tot he Challenge Cup final?

Burke has made himself unavailable for Scotland. Crainey has looked suspect everytime i've seen him this season, but he probably should be in the squad as cover for left back. With regards to Bardsley, I can't think of any other natural right backs he could have called up

McCall has a 100% success rate in October, what more could they want??

Relegation.

What an embarrassment this team are.

Indeed. I think this is turning out to be the ideal opportunity for Murray to win a Grand Slam event. He seems to be hitting form at the right time after struggling for so long, and he's actually played his best tennis in the slams so far this year so that is promising. Federer does seem, on the face of it, to be on the wane slightly so that is a bonus for him. Ideally he'll want the draw to work as it has in Cincinnatti with Fed and Nadal on the one side and him on the other with Djokovic. I quite fancy him to win it this year and would actually prefer it if he were to go out of the Cincinnatti masters early to give him more prep time.

Federer is the exception though when it came to having a coach, i'm sure i've heard that he's actually taking one on now. It certainly seems to have freed Murray up slightly, as he was playing more aggressively adainst Nalbandian and Nadal which helped him. That's fine when you're playing well and winning matches and Masters events. As soon as his performances drop it he may start to think about getting another coach.

I think the term is "Slam" rather than a major He's done really well in the Slams this year, and poorly in the Masters tournaments until his win in Toronto. I think he'll put up another good showing in the US open in a few weeks. The psychological boost that he'll get from beating both Nadal and Fed will be good for him, especially beating Fed in a final. I think he's got too good a game to not win a slam before his career is over, but he needs to get his head sorted. It's certainly not his lack of ability that's holding him back!

Why on earth would any manager sell their best players when they know they'll not have the money to replace them?

If it's only 4 by the end of this game, it will be a miracle.

what an embarrassment.

Extremely underwhelmed

He did get booked for a late studs up challenge on Iniesta i think. Some refs might even have sent him off for that.

Think Spain will win 2-1 or 1-0 and Alonso to score first. That's my bets anyway

Love top but not keen on the shorts or socks!

I think if video technology was to be brought in, it should only be used for determining whether the ball has crossed the line or not. It's the only decision that a referee makes in a game that's totally black or white. The ball is either over the line or not, there's no ambiguity whatsoever. Introducing it to other decisions wouldn't necessarily eradicate errors. So many decisions come down to a referee's interpretation of the situation anyway and how many times do we see arguments raging on for days over a decision when it's been seen from umpteen angles?

Because they actually won a game? Beating the, albeit poor, world champions to boot

Hmmmm, i'm pretty sure wayne bridge isn't scouse

You never have to look very hard for reasons to want them to get pumped. During the build up to this world cup i was beginning to get very indifferent to England's participation. Normally i'd be getting fear sweats already that they might win it, but i'd actually started to think that i wasn't really that bothered. I then listened to Talksport and they were going over the great world cup goals. All the normal england goals got the mention then someone brought up Archie Gemmill's effort. This was of course dismissed as it didn't really count as we didn;t go through. The conversation finished with Gareth Southgate saying, and i quote, "i suppose it was a good goal, but as you say it didn't really matter as thankfully they didn't score enough to go through". If the English broadcasters cannot even begin to show the slightest hint of even wanting Scotland to do well on a radio show broadcast to the whole of the UK, why should i give two flying fecks about them. Needless to say that after that, i was back to wanting them to get pumped at every given opporunity.

Used to take my company car to the anniesland one when i was based there and can have no complaints!

What's to be unsure about? The game at St Andrews will be the same as the QP games at Lesser Hampden. Low key with no formal entry.

The figure i've heard quoted is £17 billion.

Will you be purchasing a ticket for the playoff final? Surely a must see game for a bluebirds fan?

In all honesty, in an independent Scotland i'd be more inclined to vote for the conservative type party. I certainly wouldn't vote for the Scottish Conservative candidate in my constituency. He's not even based in it!

The SNP should keep making the point until they're sick from saying it that voting labour will not guarantee to keep the Tories out of power. Only a vote for the SNP will ultimately make that happen.