Reply to: Goooaall!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wendigo100]

Sorry, I thought as the topic included the Italians that you were referring to Italian lira.
Mind you, once Turkey enter the EU (HAH) then the Turkish lira is destined for the same fate.

Don't worry Kathy, Alexei is mad.

You first brought up the 10 lira, so it can be from any country you wish.

[KathyWoolfe]

Turkish liras, old ones

Sorry, I thought as the topic included the Italians that you were referring to Italian lira.
Mind you, once Turkey enter the EU (HAH) then the Turkish lira is destined for the same fate.

[Francko]

Go on - pay him the 10 lira - it's no longer legal tender anyway

When I was a kid there also used to be a 5 lira coin.

[AtW]

Go on - pay him the 10 lira - it's no longer legal tender anyway

Turkish liras, old ones

[KathyWoolfe]

I am more fair-play than you might think. If Scotland won they would have deserved to go through and the only ones to be blamed would be the italians (and the referee who doesn't understand offsides, of course )

Go on - pay him the 10 lira - it's no longer legal tender anyway

[realityhack]

Grown men taking football seriously... I'd rather talk about immigration and house prices to be honest.

[wendigo100]

Ah yes..........you mean the "clown", Tomaszewski?

Yes, at the time he was The Red Baron, Moriarty and Guy Fawkes rolled into one!

[shaunbhoy]

Please - don't mention Polish goalies!

Ah yes..........you mean the "clown", Tomaszewski?

[wendigo100]

Only if you don't include the Polish ones!!

Please - don't mention Polish goalies!

[shaunbhoy]

It comes to something when the best keeper in Britain is Scottish.

Only if you don't include the Polish ones!!

[sasguru]

The Scots have been fashioned into a real team. We're still waiting for that to happen down south. Although there have been signs in the last few games (Moscow apart).

[wendigo100]

The Jocks surprised me in the second half by how well they played. Down here in England we don't see Jocks at the sharp end of the league any more, so we assume that they are all second rate. Of course, there weren't any Bremners, Baxters or Dalglishes out there, but neither was there a Frank Haffey, Ian Ure, or Ali McLeod!

It comes to something when the best keeper in Britain is Scottish.

[shaunbhoy]

My 2p worth. I was, and indeed still am, fuming about the shocking decision that led to the Italian winner. If anybody was fouled then it was clearly the Scottish defender Hutton. That said, I don't think the italian "goal" that was disallowed was any more offside than the one we scored. There was also a handball offence by Zambrotta which I have seen given in the past which the ref failed to spot. Overall I feel a draw would have been a fair result, which would have meant that the Frogs would have needed to take something from their away match in Ukraine this wednesday. I feel they probably would have managed that mind you, but at least it would have taken it down to the wire.
Still, we amassed 4 more points in this campaign than I envisaged us getting and ran the 2 world cup finalists very close, so we have made good progress with a fairly young team, (if we exclude 1 or 2 players). We will now be in Pot 2 of the World Cup qualifiers as opposed to Pot 4 this time round, so the future looks bright.

[wendigo100]

I've got to admit that the eye-ties had a good goal disallowed as well.

Losing was the jocks' own fault really, they spurned two glorious chances in the last ten minutes while it was 1-1.

BTW does anyone else like the word "spurn"?

[Francko]

I bet 10 liras that you would not have been saying that if Scotland had won

I am more fair-play than you might think. If Scotland won they would have deserved to go through and the only ones to be blamed would be the italians (and the referee who doesn't understand offsides, of course )