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Why haven't PSG or Man City purchased Ramos? Real Madrid don't lose players they want to keep, Ramos is far better than any of the defenders in either of those teams. Cannavaro had a fantastic world cup, and plenty of poor seasons.... But, anyway, chips on the table - which centre back is...

Yeah, and Pele and Messi miss chances. Of course great defenders and goalkeepers make mistakes but Ramos has been a crucial part of the most successful club and national side of the last few years. He's a phenomenal player and a born winner, certainly in the pantheon of the greatest centre backs...

Which media outlets are you referring to? Certainly on the BBC, I wonder if they keep the articles they write before tournaments as they are virtually all the same. "Rare sense of serenity" "not the same this time" "media loved the speed dating approach". The cycle of England talking...

But that's nonsense, the quality of something can only be relative. Is a Breitling rubbish because it's not a Rolex? Is Silver rubbish because it's not Gold? Your statements are completely illogical and if that is indeed your last post, it came far too late.

Except of course it does, what nations of 5 million people have a domestic game as strong as Scotland? If you're expecting us to compete with England, you must also be expecting Canada to have better armed forces than the United States. Complete madness.

Yourself and the other guy keep repeating yourself, it must hurt that Ross was given the role and not some NL manager. But anyway, if you're unwilling to concede on this very basic point you got wrong there really is no hope. NL teams were invited, as opposed to L2, because L2 already has an...

I was considering World Cups. What does this on paper stuff really mean? I'd be interested to see a clear definition. Saudi Arabian internationals aren't allowed to play outside their country I think (?) they might be great for all I know,

Only to state that Jack Ross moving to a team like Sunderland isn't that much of a surprise or leap, he was doing extremely well with a league two equivalent club. This FM database stuff again.....surely even you realise it's a bit of a rubbish comparison? The data points are from fans of the...

Must have missed his last game for Everton - was Joe Hart esque. Nick Pope would have been the correct choice.

Correct, Colombia are a good side and more of a threat than Poland. What does squad on paper mean anyway? Seems something England are always strong in but doesn't translate to much, maybe Colombian fans think their squad would be stronger? Since England won the World Cup in 1966 they have won...

You're not following this at all, are you? My position is that comparing the leagues is a bit of a futile and pointless excercise. If you must do it (as was originally done in this thread) there are a limited number of flawed factors you can consider and of course attendance is one. Attendance...

And the final was contested by....two teams from the Scottish Championship. When we played the Welsh Champions last year, despite having our worst season of all time, we hammered them 4-1. As for your second question, I'd find it incredibly unlikely they were approached, given there is already...

It isn't ridiculous at all, it is one of the many flawed factors of comparing the leagues from two respective nations. You are quite literally proposing the database of a computer game as an alternative. Which may be useful in some respects, but is in itself horribly flawed. As for a conspiracy...

Er, what? I've been saying this from the start..... And, no, I don't think the Football Manager database is a particularly useful comparison either. It will only take data from fans within that league and is a product to be sold, it wouldn't be surprising to see them artificially improve the...

This is exactly the point I am making. It is an incredibly flawed measure. Mooy was still a youngster making his way, to be fair, whereas we had plenty of time to see that Wylde and Carey weren't very good. Mahrez - who knows what happened there. However, of course, if we are going to accept...

Well, we released Mooy, didn't offer Mahrez a contract after a trial, and released Gregg Wylde and Graham Carey. All went onto either great or okay careers in England. Guess that puts us in a decent spot.

So, to reiterate, how would you compare the two? Personally, I think it's an incredibly difficult (and somewhat pointless) exercise. Scottish football objectively does well relative to nations of similar size. Due to our proximity a lot of our players and management make the move to the far...

Not really, there's a difference between a typo (and me not caring enough to check) than spelling an extremely well known players name incorrectly. It's not Dalgleish, Lawe and Bremmner. Clear indication someone isn't that interested. How would you feel about a supposedly big England fan...

He spoke to Barnsley, and turned down the opportunity of speaking to them further. As to whether or not he was actually offered the job, there is a long and very boring discussion about this. Who cares? He definitely turned the chance of speaking to them further. Ah yes, Wrexham are a decent...

I've never said that about any of our performances under McLeish. It also indicates how much of a fan you are if you can't spell the name of the national team managers, himself a famous player. Of course, this was very much a second string experimental squad playing two far better teams (from...