His record looks good, but England havent actually come that close to winning anything. Brazil with ten men, an average Portugal team, playing the lad Powell from Charlton. Probably would of been Chelsea manager if there wasnt a photo of him walking into his house. Secret talks with Chelsea, but mind you the cash he gets paid for the England job I would probably stay for a bit as well.

Can't trust the man. She is not his wife anyway, he will cheat again. Anyway I would of stuck with Ulrika, her skin colour is not orange.

Dont know why so many of you have time for Sven. He is slimey pr**k who gets paid far too much. His calm manner must be inspiring for players especially when they are getting tired. I dont trust the man and it doesnt surprise me that he has cheated on his wife to be Nancy. England should play more attractive football with the players they have got then at least they could go out for tournaments in style.

Think Stead and Jansen up front would be good for England. With Rooney playing behind.

How can you have your captain if is not going to be first choice? Flitcroft is not guaranteed his place in the team, on the other hand Ferguson is. Bit stupid having your captain sitting on the bench or the stands dont you think.

good move as Flitcroft is not definite starter. Remember Ferguson having a go at Emerton last season when he wimped out of a challenge- leads by example

Apart from last season I would say BRFC in GS reign have played more attractive football than a negative England team. Not only are England over-rated but it surprises me how difficult they find it to keep the ball. A lack of balance has never been fully addressed by Sven and he seems to take the option of 4 central midfielders who get in each others way. No penetration down either flank isn't the way to go and eventually England would come unstuck. I feel for English fans as it seems the whole nation gets caught up in all the hype that the media gives to the national team. Rooney has done well, but good defences wont back off him like Croatia. Show me videos of his woeful Everton performances of last season again... Anyway, this is from a Scot who is looking forward to seeing Ferguson and Fletcher leading us to the World Cup Finals.

England didnt pose any attacking threat after they scored. All the football was being played by Portugal, it was a matter of time before they scored. Referee must of thought Terry impeded the goalie, bad decision maybe but he was in the way. England looked tired tonight and looked short of options and seemed inept at keeping the ball, again simply not good enough.

A team that lacks balance was never going to win the competition. Having 4 central midfielders just doesnt work. As Rovers fans we should realise this by now after last season...

Once again, England simply not good enough. True maybe dubious ref decision but any team has to offer more of an attacking threat than England did. Beckham is currently in the team on reputation, Owen doesnt really offer much either. As for the penalty spot- same for both sides. Problem is people get too hyped up when England win a game, so when a loss comes a long disbelief and amazement is common. JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH

we are not buying him anymore as we went for the older, cheaper option. Interesting article nethertheless- http://msn.skysports.com/skysports/article...1140505,00.html

Souness has bought players who he has worked with before for Blackburn. But you can only say they have all mostly been a relative success. Players who he knows well or about have been bought as well. Tugay and Friedal are good examples of players who he knew could do a job in the Premiership. Barry Ferguson will soon join them as one of our best players. Also he showed their was no old pals act with Harkness in Division one- he didnt think he was up to it so he was sold.

I know where your coming from rover6- just think if we dont have much cash then De Pedro is probably a good option. Quality left footers are rare, but at least we know we have got someone of proven pedigree. As for the panic buy, maybe not a panic buy but I think GS did not want to get caught out again and miss out on buying left footer this summer. As MGP didnt materialise, next on the list was De Pedro. As with the age of him, well unless you have much cash then it is unlikely to get quality in around the ages of mid 20s. Building a team with a small budget is about getting short term solutions and backing it up with players coming through the youth system. I am sure Souness does not enjoy doing a Redknapp and wheeling and dealing around free transfers, the club finances dont allow him to do anything else. Expect Matteo to join if he lowers demands then no more in-comings until Todd and maybe others go.

for all you Souness doubters/haters, you cant deny when it comes to persuading players, attracting them to the club- that he pretty much gets his man. Of course anyone who takes a look around our facilities will realise they are class but the manager is a major pulling factor for us.

Everton interested in him.... “He’s one of a number of players we are interested in,” Moyes told the club’s official website, www.evertonfc.com. “We are keeping an eye on his situation.”

Article could be bullsh*t but makes sense Celtic being after a centre-back. Article also suggests he will go there as his family are 'celtic mad fans'. They will offer more cash for him as we are only trying to take over his contract.

Celtic in for Matteo according to News of the World...

I can understand that people are getting negative vibes from the signings we are making. You have to understand that with a budget of £4 million that the majority of it will go on a left sided midfielder. The signings of Dickov and Matteo who do improve on what we have as well and both have shown they can hack it in the Prem league. After the signing of Matteo, I suspect the next arrival will be a left midfielder. Then after that, we can assess the money we have then maybe an 'exciting' free or loan maybe. Fact is, next season it looks like we will be a much harder team to beat and we will have a more workman like look to our team. As teams like Charlton have shown, that combination can work in the Premiership.

Heard Martin O'Neil last week talking about his transfer plans. Basically he seems to have a similar strategy to ours. He will bring in players who have been there and done it on short-term deals. This will supplement the youngsters he has coming through. Talk is that Celtic's budget is not the biggest. Most of his budget will go on Larsson's replacement. Its about bringing in players who could do a job- Dickov and Matteo will provide that. Nethertheless, all that we will be doing is replacing Yorke and Todd with those signings.

I would think he will go through an extensive medical- sure we will know of any major problems there guys.

I like a few on this board keep thinking we should buy a young defender, one for the future. But is there really a point unless you have a few million? For our own situation, we can get someone like Matteo who has experience of this league, played Champions league football, has another 3-5 years in him. It looks like he wont cost much more than 1 million. Our defenders were woeful last season but you are better off buying them a bit older as they are less likely to make mistakes. All our dream is a quick, reliable, young centre-half- problem is they cost too much.

Not sure if GS did bring him through- He made his Liverpool debut at in October 1993. Looks like we will have a mean team of strong characters this time around. Not only is Matteo a leader on the pitch he holds no punches when it comes to verbal dressing downs.

Think we will get him for sure. His wages may be high but he will take a cut- Souness has tried to sign him before but was quoted too high a price, this time that wont be a problem. The fact he is left-footed means we have a range of options buying him, even though he will be played primarily at centre-back.

Some links to profiles on Matteo- seems his only real negative is that he is injury prone. Good buy though if fit! http://www.leedsfans.org.uk/leeds/players/728.html http://www.soccernet.com/england/players/MatteoDominic.html http://ds.dial.pipex.com/town/pipexdsl/o/a...iles/matteo.htm http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/foot/ukie/1806.html

Thing is that Souness has watched this guy around 5 times live- he must be sure in his mind if he can do it. Also watched him play international football- the fact he is trying to tie him up so early on in the summer must be down to the fact that he thinks he can hack Prem football- also its our priority position.