Again, neil, maybe it should be the case in football as well, but it hasn't till now, and the rules haven't changed!

Agree there. But how many times have we seen Players surrounding the ref and giving him abuse. Man Utd are probably the worst at it. Think back to Keane's timne. He was terrible, so is Rio and Gary Neville!

Indeed. Difference is they play for Man Utd, and the latter 2 are English. As is Steven Gerrard who was caught on camera telling the referee "you're taking the f**king piss" yesterday while escaping even a telling off. As is Martin Taylor. As is Ashley Cole who only got a yellow for almost exactly the same challenge as Taylor the other day against Spurs, then received no further punishment for a reaction surely not to dissimilar to Mascherano's.

Macsherano on the other hand is just another 'Johnny Foreigner.' As is Jeremie Aliadiere. As is Eduardo. Who cares about these players?
There's a trend there. It's been like this for years. There are different rules for the English players and the foreigners. Alan Shearer used to get away with murder every week when he was England captain.

Yeah he has a point. But in the changing room to his team. You don't speak to a ref like that. Not if you want some decisions to start going your way anyway!
If that had been Mascherano or Torres or Aliadiere or Fabregas or someone, it would have been a yellow, even red card. But not Gerrard or Terry or Rooney. The ref would fear for his job. That's the way it is.

Won't get any argument from me.
Although I'd probably say develop themselves rather than buy.

Strange choice. Couldn't think of a worse choice in the squad for captain actually. But fair enough to try out a few I guess.
I'd give it to Gerrard. Give him the captaincy and his favoured role in the side and we will finally see him play for England like he does for Liverpool IMO.

Scotland are 1-1 with Croatia.

France are beating England 1-0.

N. Ireland are winning 3-1 against Georgia.

Wales 2-0 up against Luxembourg.