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    Portugal v Scotland

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    9 hours ago, BucksburnDandy said:

    Cruel, but yet again, two dreadful defensive mistakes kill us. This week alone, mistakes by Gunn, McKenna, McLean, McGinn, Ralston, and Hanley have all contributed to goals against.

     

    Two reasonable performances undone by mediocre errors. Not sure how we get out this rut.

    Yeah, losing is the default now. Clarke too stubborn and conservative to change things.

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    Portugal v Scotland

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    2 minutes ago, craigkillie said:


    Not going to debate the part, about having "favourites" etc, even though I disagree, because it's been well discussed on here.

    However, would a club manager really be sacked for a run of eight games without a win? Derek McInnes has gone seven domestic games without a win and is nowhere near it for us.

    Is it not something like one win in fifteen, and that a labored victory against Gibraltar?

    We're serial losers now.

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    Portugal v Scotland

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    On 07/09/2024 at 10:53, Gordopolis said:

    ✅ Ralston, yes you can argue he's had a game changing f**k up in the majority of his last 4 or 5 of his 13 caps.

    ❌ Hanley f**ked up badly the other night  but - making it all the more bewildering - only after a really solid 90 (McKenna too). He has also been pivotal to SC's successes over the last 5 years. When did he last "shite the bed" for us?

    The thing is, both Ralston and Hanely, had fairly good games for the most part. Inexplicable errors cost us though.

    Hanley has always been poor, IMO. He had a fairly good spell in the run up to the Euros but he's too often posted missing, lumbering about (I can mind this in one of our defeats in the Euros) with no desire to mount a challenge or being some kind of hard man and giving away needless fouls.

    Sadly, we don't have much quality to choose from in defence.

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    Portugal v Scotland

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    11 hours ago, Chripper said:

    Bin the 4 at the back. Last time we were able to play with a duo was when we had Gough and McPherson.

    Ralston should never play for Scotland squad. He is a constant liability and bombscare.

    He was our worst player at the Euros. Last night was enough. His assist doesn't paper over the cracks.

    Hanley should never for for Scotland again. It's clear that did brain and body aren't aligned anymore. His body is 5 seconds behind his brain.

    McLean should never play for Scotland again. His hospital pass to Gilmour was suicidal.

    We need to find an alternative to Gunn. His father was miles better than he is.

    We aren't beating Portugal, so the moaners should begin crying and yelling "X games without a win" early. 😛

     

    Portugal are gonna have a field day against Poppadom Wrists Gunn. Normally would rather have Clark or Gordon in there but Clark hasn't played for a few weeks and Gordon isn't what he was. Both have committed brainfart passes in recent weeks. Gordon should probably edge it IMO.

    Ralston and Hanley have to be left out. Other teams will have sussed that they shite the bed in almost every game and target them. Sadly, auld Clarke is too negative and stubborn to radically change things. All to predictable to other sides.

    Am hoping we can raise our game like we did against the Dutch for 70 minutes with the result that Portugal get the hump with each other. Head says we'll be horsed though.

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    🔵🟡Scotland v Poland 🔴⚪

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    1 hour ago, Skyline Drifter said:

     

    ^^^ what he said.

    McGinn was excellent and I thought Christie was arguably our poorest starter on the night in terms of his general performance level. I accept didn't make any game changing mistakes in the way McGinn, Hanley, Ralston and McLean did.

    Robertson was ok last night without being especially good.

    Really? I was in the stadium, parallel with the penalty area he was attacking when he came on and I thought he was an absolute mile off it. Never where he should have been, beaten every time the ball went near him and noticeably a yard or more short of pace when chasing anything. The latter isn't a surprise of course, we know it before he goes on, but he doesn't give us anything like the ability to harass opposing defenders that Adams and Dykes do.

     

    I'm inevitably biased to an extent about Dykes but I'm surprised if people think Shankland offered anything positive last night when he came on. I'm perfectly capable of giving praise to both Adams and Shankland when they deserve it. I thought Shankland had a good game in Holland for instance and given his form 2nd half of last season there was a good argument for giving him more game time for Scotland. He's miles away from that level right now though. I think a lot of our fans are very guilty of over-rating Adams and his contributions lately. I like him but it's over two years since he had a decent game for Scotland.

     

    This is a pretty wild take for me. There's not much football about Grant Hanley, you're right. The idea that Porteous is any better at it though is fanciful. Hanley's your basic stopper who had a useful turn of pace (not sure he still has it). McKenna is the one who has a wee bit of football about him though he's slow. He's currently in form and playing regularly though so he simply has to start.

    Interesting to see if Clarke largely sends out the same again on Sunday despite the mistakes or makes changes.

    Am not sure what's eating Shankland at the moment. He's patently off the boil in a stuttering/ failing Hearts team too at the moment. I would disagree re not harassing opposing defenders. In his spell at Hearts, until recently, he's contanstly working hard to pull defenders this way or that, involve other teammates, make space and direct, as well as being a superb finisher. I'd rather have him in there than Dykes or Adams.

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    🔵🟡Scotland v Poland 🔴⚪

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    12 hours ago, Scary Bear said:

    I get that. You are Steve Clarke. Pick the replacements. Ralston is clearly not up to it. McLean can hit a penalty and will always have that Norway moment, but he shouldn’t be starter. Hanley isn’t even assured of a game at Norwich. Pick the replacements?

    The Germany manager at the Euros said we have 4 or 5 decent players. I had us at 7 decent players. The rest aren’t good enough, but you have to try and make a team.

    Agree but Clarke seems to be too slow to try replacements for players like Ralston and Hanley who are routinely bombscares in matches. To his credit, some new blood did make an appearance last night. Doak was excellent in his brief spell. Clarke is too conservative and negative for my liking and too slow to resort to a Plan B.

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    🔵🟡Scotland v Poland 🔴⚪

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    Just now, Quentin Taranbino said:

    McLean mistake - goal

    Ralston mistake - goal

    Dykes absolute sitter missed 

    Clear as day when we all saw the starting line up that this team had too many fcuking passengers.

    Dykes, Ralston, McLean, Hanley clearly have no future with scotland other than as bit part players, so why are they all

    Tes.

    starting? What happened to freshening things up. 

    I have been a Steve Clarke fan but yet another poor decision from him with his line up has fcuked us again.

    Time to go

    Yes.

    Get them to fck, along with Clark.

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