Ill tell u who scotland is mate. we beat your surrendering asses home and away in the qualifiers

and seeing as you are a lyon fan, we came to your lovely stadium and walked out with a 3-0 win.

where have u been? hiding again?

Good luck for scottish league (very famous).

Sea you to WORLD CUP 2010 if you can…

UNDER FOOTBALL TEAM
THAT’S ALL

WATCH EURO 2008 AT TV Mr FERGUSON (like 1/8 champions league … ah! ah! ah!)

I agree with Ahmend that it is respectable that a national FA would get behind the success of its national side so much.

However Shaun, you make a good point that in most other leagues, this would be a ridiculous and ridiculed request.

Congrats to the Scots, but also at the same time, it’s a little silly when others wouldn’t do the same thing.

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I don’t doubt that, but I am a Europe based fan and I do see Wembley only half full at the start of the second-half, which would say that fans don’t really care, surely you must agree with that perception Kris?

And how can you say that players such as Scholes or Shearer say its the highest honour, when they retired at their peaks, and Scholes now could still walk into the national side?

I don’t think myself as a mouthpiece at all I’m just giving my perceptions of the game today. If you think I’m wrong I’m not going to get into a twist about it.

“Playing for your country is no longer the pinnacle of a footballers career, now its not, and the fans have responded with a similar nonchalante attitude.”

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“To most players now, national football is just an inconvenience. (I emphasise MOST, not all players have a similar mindset)”

So you’re the mouthpiece for the fans and most footballers, then? Look, the only places in the world where club football is more important than national team football to the fans are those handful of European countries where club football is played at its highest level (England, Spain, Italy, etc) and a large percentage of the players in these clubs are foreign, don’t play for the national team of the nation they’re playing club football in. Almost everywhere else in the world, fans get into a lather whenever their national teams get the chance to compete…so your opinion of fans’ rooting interests is only valid if only taking Europe-based fans into consideration.

Secondly, almost to a man, players claim the highest honor is to play for their national side, ESPECIALLY in those countries with a glut of talent and where competition for places is fierce. And those that choose to retire frequently do so to save face against the possibility of being dropped due to aging or lack of form. But you seem to be getting direct information from the players that the rest of us aren’t privy to…

I am a Liverpool fan (good guess ohmygosh) but I couldn;t hide my disgust when Carra retired from international football. I understand why he has done it, but it should’t be allowed. I was also disgusted that Gerrard was available for Liverpool but not available for England for the Germany game.

Other players retire prematurely too. Paul Scholes, Alan Shearer. We know about the Bentley fiasco over the summer (ok u21 but still).

That’s how much England means to our players, and its sad for someone like myself (and probably you ohmygosh) who yearns to see a World Cup back in England.