" Scotland are in the mire at the moment, manger Bertie Vogts has left the team in disarray and they are low in confidence. Former Rangers manager Walter Smith and ex-Southampton boss Gordon Strachan appear to be the favourites for the job. Unbelievably, accoiding to FIFA rankings, Scotland are now listed in 77th place below the likes of 'minnows' Congo, Ghana and Angola. They are also rocked by the news that Colin Cameron has joined strikers Steven Thompson and Paul Dickov in withdrawing from the Scotland team to face Sweden tonight. There are also doubts over key midfielders Barry Ferguson and Gary Holt. Not good times! The good news however is that Sweden coach Lars Lagerback has rested a number of key players. Henrik Larsson, who now plays for Barcelona having formerly starred for Celtic, will miss the return to Britain, while Arsenal midfielder Fredrik Ljungberg and Juventus striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic have also been left out of the squad.

For me, Scotland are a good bet for this match with a handicap start. The Swedes are a great team, beating Iceland 1-4 away in their last game, but the Scots cannot get any worse can they? I think the players will be playing with no pressure on their backs for once as this is a friendly match. Caretaker manager Tommy Burns will get his team up for this one and will try to inspire his team to fight agasint an under strength Swedish team. With striker Paul Dickov in good form for his club, he could be the key here. Get on Scotland with Corals [Free £10 Bet]. "I think hes done well in the transfer market, hes brought in Alonso, Sissoko, Agger, Kuyt, Reina who are all now definite first team players and of the mistakes hes made hes moved most of them on quickly (something GH wouldnt do) and in most cases it hasnt csot the club anything.

Hes also managed to move out almost all of GHs mistakes who were all on big money.

You have to give the new signings time, but i have to admit ive given up on Pennant but think the rest are going to be good.football isnt that simple, every Liverpool supporter that follows the team knows what Sissoko provides, he isnt in there to make killer passes but theres noone else in the squad that can cover the ground he can and break up the play like he does, hes without doubt in the top 3 most important players for the team.

I remember Vierra being very similar early in his career his passing and touch didnt look great but it improved, im sure Sissoko will improve too, hes still very young.

Last night I saw the highlights and surely it was one of the most disapponting matches that Anfield has ever seen. It looked a nailed on 0-0 from 1st to 96th min. Not a single clear chance. Very very sad way to play football. If something doesn't change, in the next decade Utd will have more domestic titles than us. At least In Europe our records are safe for the next 50 years

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