Gonzo79

I had no idea Spurs played Wolves in a UEFA Cup Final. Just checked and it was in '72, not '73.

Veering towards homophobic 'hate crime' here, buster. You might end up banning yourself from the forum if this carries on.

France 2-1 Belgium Croatia 2-1 England

It's G&B to you.

Croatia, Belgium and France all have better players than England. It'll be interesting to see how it pans out. I'm not that bothered but would prefer France or Belgium to win it. The English press and the Ustase are the main reasons for that...and I love the way De Bruyne plays football.

Looks that way.

He strikes me as a bit spineless. We need tougher blokes than him fighting our corner.

Have you been to Ibrox much recently? You said no sing song would electrify you, not intimidate you. To be intimidated and electrified are not the same.

I feel sorry for you. But we're talking about players being intimidated here. Foreign players haven't been intimidated at British stadiums for 20 odd years.

What will they be wearing?

It isn't. Teams from that part of the world aren't remotely intimidated by British crowds due to the sterile atmosphere at all-seater stadiums. Usually, they really enjoy it. There's very rarely an intimidating atmosphere at Ibrox nowadays. Last match I can remember with an electric atmosphere was the Hibs, evening play-off match. Most of us hadn't heard of Shkupi a few weeks ago, so there'll be a sing song at the start and that'll be that.

Hibs introduced sectarianism into Scottish sport. Then the scum copied them. Their new away top has a big cross on it and they have memorials to the Irish famine (no mention of the Scots who died during the same potato blight) on their shirts annually. Their sheer hypocrisy is staggering.

That's a fake that people have been buying in Turkey.

Hopefully the various things going on create a siege mentality at Ibrox. The SFA, SPFL and Sports Direct are all dodgy.

The programme cover was a thing of Great British magnificence.

You're 'projecting', coop. I have always been a taker and like to have men behind me in all my endeavours. If you view that as homoerotic, that's your thing. What you up to tonight? ? Back to matters at hand, I have England and Croatia to win, so fully expect Sweden and Russia to be victorious.

Stats are only half the story. What people do off the ball is just as important. Players using their intelligence is also very important. Neither of these things is picked up by statisticians. McCrorie's positioning could stop opposition players making 15 cutting passes in a match. Murphy's positioning could take an opposing defender out of position 10 times in a match. It's a simple game with many, many complexities and statistics only cover a few of those.

I'm chuffed we signed Flanagan. He looked a cracking full back whenever I saw him for Liverpool.

I wondered why Middleton didn't get game time last season, after hearing very positive reviews about him.

This is all terribly Freudian.

From what I've heard, Wes wants to go back to England. I think Alnwick is mediocre and hope McCrorie is No.2.

We definitely need to get a black shirt with an Orange Sash next season.

I heard Windass was crap. Even SG can't spur this chancer on - get rid.

41k there tonight - incredible. Programme cover was rather glorious too!