Scotland good, England not so good

Scott had a go at me the other night - he said that I hadn't said anything about Scotland's victory. Or anything at all about our night in the pub with the Scotland/England double header on Sky, the week before last (a real case of first half good, second half not so good)

Truth be told, it's been a busy two weeks both in and out of work (trip home - Bury lost that weekend) and last week I was too damn tired to think about anything. But yes, Scotland’s victory was impressive, plus two wins out of two means they are in good position to qualify even if admittedly there are tougher games ahead. But at least they took the game to Norwich, erm, I mean, Lithuania...

...which is more than can be said for a return to "form" by you know who. Another performance worthy of England's world cup campaign now that the fizz of the first two games against Greece and the mighty Andorra seems to have fizzled out. Perhaps Lampard and company have had bigger things on their minds of late - maybe all those books are not selling so well, which I suppose could mean the difference between making £55000 or £60000 this week? Got to feel sorry for the lads, still, Beckham's spoken out on his burning desire to fight his way back into the squad - (he has a perfume out too! Convenient) - still, on the pitch it was a job done, with six points in the bag and top of the group, so why so sad...

Another job done, exceptionally well in this case, was Northern Ireland. Fantastic result! But while the red tops cannot fail to fawn over England, the Northern Irish press has been anything but fawning over Lawrie Sanchez of late. But rather than cynically write a blog to moan about it (or maybe he has a book on the way?) he chose the more dramatic step of walking! Only to walk back again! Classic! Until next time, unless things change... still, three points and three goals in the bag for the boys at Windsor Park.

I was also supposed to get together with Scott for the other battle of Britain last week in the Champion's league - interesting as I thought neither of us would contemplate supporting either of our national club sides, and that's for sure! But I guess that's a conversation for another time...