Especially when the girl he's cheated with is fugly.

He's the kind of athlete we need in central midfield, but whether he can play there full time is another matter.

Selby played very well in the final, though he struggled to get there in the first place. It's a really wide open sport, which is novel.

Exactly, he's paid a lot of money to manage a football team and for the last two months he's done a terrible job. He's failed to motivate his players and has been proven to be tactically naive by other managers. I'm certainly not advocating his dismissal as he's been great here for three years, but he definately needs to be given a formal warning. Let him know that he has full rein on the football side of the business (i.e. he can buy, sell and hire whoever he wants), but remind him that he's not irreplaceable.

He was on fire because he had a free run at a centre half in space, with nobody willing to give said centre half any support - it was so simple too; collect the ball, draw in Zurab, lay it off to the centre midfielder and set off down the wing. Worked like a charm every time. Once we put someone on him who had the ability to keep up with him he vanished. I'm not saying he's a bad player, but he's not a world beater - decent crosser, solid shot and pacey. Clearly doesn't have the skill to take himself to the next level ala a Giggs or Duff (in his prime), very much just a head down and run at pace into space kind of winger. Certainly better than Pedersen in his current form mind. He's a a headcase - he's lost all confidence and appears to have forgotten how to play the game of football. At one point he was a very skillful, dangerous player (despite his lack of pace). It's very sad and frustrating.

Petrov disappeared when we put Emerton on him. Says it all about hit abilities as a player.

Awesome.

His selections have been pathetic for a while: everyone and their brother can see that Tugay and Mokoena can't play together, yet he persisted with it. Nelsen's lost all his pace and Pedersen couldn't score in a brothel, yet they're automatics when fit. Obviously he's still a very good manager, but he's seriously lost his way of late.

They turned over a team managed by an incompetent muppet, yes.

Well we're the best team in there by a fair way, assuming we hire a competent manager who can motivate his players.

Ridiculously easy group.

The rest of the world hates us.....and we don't care.

Chelsea's English players are getting booed at Derby, and Gerrard was too earlier on. I love it, long may it continue.

Is that code for sitting back and inviting Croatia onto us? School boy stuff.

Joe Cole, Michael Owen, Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney, Ashley Young, Steven Gerrard, James Milner, etc etc. There's plenty of talent there - any of those players would destroy Rovers if we let them.

Sven's a better manager than McClown there's no doubt about that. However, he merely did the bare minimum i.e. got England to the Quarter Finals of the tournament, and he had a fair amount of luck along the way. Not to mention we were like watching paint dry. As for him at club level, well having £50m to spend tends to help.

I'd rather they all get a rest to be honest. If the FA pull out this ridiculous, profit spinning, Home Nations rubbish I for one hope all of our UK players claim injury.

What does this achieve, exactly? If they had any pull with the FA they wouldn't have allowed McClown to have been hired in the first place.

Newcastle are going to be happy.

It's a better answer than "No, I'm perfectly happy sitting on the bench." That's not the type of player Hughes has in his squad.

'Cos, y'know it was a direct replacement after all.

Good lord, don't scare me like that! I thought his hamstring injury had returned.

He's a Championship star......and a below average Premiership player.

Yep - very much like watching an extended episode of the later series. The show has lost it's way - not even in Family Guy's league.

Smart move, he has nothing more to prove at that level. I'd rather he get a rest than play in a minor international, especially after the Dyer/Jenas tripe against Brazil.