Euro Qualifiers

I watched both the England and Scotland matches on Friday evening. A horrible deja vu descended as I urged Scotland to get the goal they needed to return from Lithuania with three points. It just wouldn't come and, once again, we were reduced to competing with and not beating a side we are probably better than. With the World Champions in our group as well as the Czech Republic, it looks like mission impossible again if we are to join the party in Poland in 2012. The draw in Kaunus means we will now need to better the Czech republic over two games and not just match them. Scotland will surely beat Liechtenstein in Glasgow tomorrow night but Spain visit next month (a match I'm going to) when a draw would be a great result.


England, meanwhile, made short work of Bulgaria who with Switzerland look like the biggest competition for qualification. If England can follow-up with the goals they need in the Alps on Tuesday, they will already have one foot in the finals. The Welsh look woeful at the moment and with John Toshack ready to quit, they look miles away from presenting any threat to Capello's qualification which might earn him another crack at repairing his tarnished reputation.