As for the England team … well if the Israel / Russia score stays the same then I reckon you guys will pull of the draw against the Croat’s. C’mon Isreal.
You don’t need luck mate, you beat Belgium 2-0 tonight, so you’ve qualified - well done !
Hard luck on the jocks, from what I heard on the radio you had the bad rub on some decisions, but without trying to sound patronising, it was an amazing acheivement to come from where Scottish footie was a couple of years ago to push the world cup winners & runners up to the last minute ! Should mean you get a bit of a better draw on Wednesday when they pick the qualifying groups for the world cup in 2010.
Not at all mate, know exactly what you mean.
After all, in March 2005 we were ranked 88th in the world and our national football seemed to be in a forever downward spiral … it has slowly improved and then taken a major leap in the last year with us now being ranked 13th in the Fifa World Rankings.
The guys are starting to ‘play’ football and are showing a passion that I don’t think I can remember since the days of the Home Internationals (of which there is talk of them coming back - would be great).
So yes, we are not going to Euro 2008 but we’ve had a great journey trying to get there and expect better ahead of us.
As for England’s group, well thankfully it’s back in their hands now. A result next week will see them flying out next summer which will be good.