Gordopolis

I must have missed that.

TBF that has been levelled at almost every Scotland striker this century.

Willy Thrillmore

You might also have missed a tiny wee whoosh

And it's not even like that's a Scotland song. Loads of team use it ("We've got [insert favourite player name here]"). It's like a shitey template strip

Good point there. On the other hand, Shaqiri has a much more solid track record in top flight football and certainly in international football, so it's not a direct comparison (but an interesting one).

Was just thinking that - OF and the rest too. In fact, when he took the Scotland job, I'm pretty sure there was a strong feeling that "he's a back 4 manager, no way he'll go to a 3 to fix the Tierney/Robertson problem". Yet he adopted and embraced that change, so it's unfair to say he's completely inflexible. Perhaps criticism of his reluctance to change from the current system (and it's variations) is fair tho.

@Monkey Tennis is going to blow his top

Germany are a good example of that. Havertz is... A midfielder/false 9/number 10 Fullkrug is their Shankland. Not sure where I'm going with this (after a few beers) but a lethal penalty box striker isn't necessarily the solution to our problems. But pishing around with an isolated (and clearly not fully fit) Adams at tournament level *certainly* isn't the answer for us.

Nope, still not funny.

Yeah this is huge. If (big if) SC is replaced because of recent results and tournament performance, maintaining squad cohesion should be one of the top priorities for the new incumbent. I fully fear we would f**k this up and end up with key players retiring from international football - back to the desperate old days of confetti caps and really inexperienced squads.

Pretty certain the Gibraltar tie was arranged before the NIron debacle (as opposed to being arranged as a result of that shite performance)

Interesting as well to note that their star wing back, David Alaba, is absent for this tournament due to injury, but you really wouldn't know it. They're brave, sharp, organised and full of belief.

Fucking depressing that I nearly "won" this. Heart was showing me visions of McGinn volleying home wondergoals, but the head said nah. Does this make me a total da (or whatever the lingo is)?

This. Sold that goal to NIron and looked nervous as feck vs the Dutch. Higher ceiling than Ralston, but he needs to find his game again.