Gordon EF
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The managerial dream team of Russel, Ricky, and Steve Martin! Can't do much worse at this point.
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3 hours ago, Cheese said:
It'll be a year to the day on Sunday since our last competitive win. If the rest of this Nations League campaign pans out as expected, we'll be looking at that being at least 18 months, with a solitary friendly win over Gibraltar the only victory.
It's been been 15 months since we won a game of any description that wasn't against a small Meditteranean island/rock.
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We've beaten ourselves. Poland are pish and we've gifted them 3 goals. f**king laughable stuff. We're going to finish this group on 0 points and end up in pot 3 for world cup qualifying.
We've beatn absolute bollocks for over a year now.
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2 hours ago, BB_Bino said:
Hhmm,not sure I agree with this and I think, regardless of how we do, I think he will be regarded as a successful Scotland manager. Craig Brown is looked on as a success, and rightly so because he took us to Euro 96 and the World Cup in 98. However Brown ended his reign with a failed Euro 2000 and failed World Cup 2002 attempt. Clarke should be no different despite his failings.
I'm conscious of not wanting to continue the tedious Clarke bad / Clarke good stuff but I think you have to go beyond "qualified for 2 tournaments = qualified for 2 tournaments" comparison.
1996 was a 16 team Euro that we came agonisingly close to getting to the QFs in. 1998 was a 32 team world cup where there were 14 UEFA qualifying spots.
Very different to qualifying for a 24 team Euros.
Ultimately, I think Clarke will go on to be viewed in a similar vein to Brown (unless we do something special at the next WC) but 96 + 98 != 20 + 24 IMO.
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1 hour ago, King Kebab said:
Solid pun about Clyde needing a whole pack of Lyons to get back into the game in there as well.
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Watched the highlights. The Clyde penalty was a joke. They were lucky to escape with the 5-1.
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I heard they all got a McDonalds after training and John McGinn used his straw to shoot a chewed up wee bit of the the wrapper right off the back of Anderson's head.
That was the final straw for him.
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Absolutely excellent performance from us today. Controlled that game from start to finish, barely gave Clyde a sniff and could have had more than 5 quite easily.
There were too many good performances to not them all but Austin was an obvious stand out. Straight from tye start, he looked like peak Fash, quick on the turn, twisting defenders all over the place, causing panic, and providing the end product. Another commanding performance from Kieran Miller as well. He's everywhere in midfield, putting in tackles, winning back possession and generally ensuring we controlled the game in the middle.
Clyde were obviously woeful. The best I can say about them is that they did at least manage to look dangerous a few times in the first half and when they got their goal back, I was worried the game might turn in the second half. But in the end, they were shocking defensively and never looked capable of competing for control of the game. Bug improvement needed if they're to get a play-off spot, never mind win the league.
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Absolute beasting.
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No, no. I imagine if Clarke quit we would just leave the position open indefinitely and never hire another Scotland manager ever again.
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The absolute bottoming out of Clarke's standing over the past year and a bit is staggering. That interview was utter, utter pish.
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15 hours ago, Bestsinceslicebread said:
I know its the SPFL2 and most fans don't want change but honestly, for that league and leagues above, how boring playing the same teams 4 times a season in the league and then worse, getting them in a cup. I think if anyone is thinking promotion and relegation to and from the SPFL2 then 1 automatic and 1 playoff is acceptable for most but in all honesty, Stranraer if they had lost the playoff with EK then they would just not be back and could even see them drop into the SOSFL
. I'm sure if you asked East Stirlingshire, Berwick Rangers, Cowdebeath, Albion Rovers, Brechin City Id believe they would all be in the same mindset at the situation they are just now and that would be to open up promotion to and from the SPFL2
I'm fairly confident a large number of supporters of SPFL2 clubs would like to see changes to the leagues. I think most would be in favour of larger leagues. The question is really about how that's done and what other changes are rolled up into it.
Nobody's going to be in favour of some daft conference, or letting B teams in to the SPFL just for the sake of change.
I'd love to see an expansion of the SPFL leagues and allowing more movement between the SPFL and the HL/LL.
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37 minutes ago, No_Problemo said:
Why would there be a question of where Mebude’s allegiances are…
I mean that example has absolutely no merit in this discussion, given Gauld has never played in a top league.
The level someone has played at quite clearly comes into it - but when two players spend their careers at relatively similar levels and one wins numerous trophies, represents their country and plays European football then…
It's still largely meaningless.
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4 hours ago, No_Problemo said:
How many trophies have Forrest and Taylor won? Including numerous European appearances.
There isn’t a world in which you can suggest Ryan Gauld has so far had a better career than James Forrest.
Greg Taylor has won more trophies than Harry Kane. That doesn't make him a better player or that he's had a "better career".
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Rangers so painfully want a B team in the SPFL, it fills my heart with joy every time they're told to get f**ked.
The old firm are a cancer who're only interested in sucking every bit of blood out of Scottish football they can.
f**k them.
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Tell you what, these two stands give you a lovely view of all the home supporters streaming out before the final whistle.
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11 hours ago, Old Bing said:
Ah the guy who complains about being bullied
Tbf, it's more like a toddler having a meltdown.
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1 hour ago, Chripper said:
This isn't a geography thread, Taserface.
Still no PM, Taserface? Can't look hard without the validation and the pile-ons from an audience, Taserface?
Oh. I'm calling you Taserface when I talk to you (which isn't going to be often. I can't be too close to toxic fumes. Gives me acid reflux) as he was a moronic shitbag.
Bet you even think "Taserface" Is a cool name.
Bye, Taserface.
Tragic
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9 hours ago, Beepee67 said:
It's East Fife our opponents, they will find it a bit strange with 2 stands & terraces behind each goal, but currently not in use, & it's also on grass,
Don't worry. The complete absence of any kind of atmosphere will make us feel right at home.
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5 hours ago, adamntg said:
Is it though?
If you’re in Samoa or Tuvalu it’s never tomorrow anywhere, but sometimes yesterday everywhere.
But they could just go a bit west into yesterday and then it would be tomorrow where they originally were.
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38 minutes ago, bleedingums said:
Romano reporting that Gilmour is signing for Napoli tomorrow even though yesterday it was reported that he was signing tomorrow which would have been today but it’s not going to be today, it’s going to be tomorrow. Although, depending on where you are, tomorrow could already be today, in which case it was reported by Romano yesterday that…
It's always tomorrow somewhere.
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10 minutes ago, Chripper said:
Did you miss out on the "barring 4 or 5 players"?
Newsflash, Sherlock, I deem McTominay and Gilmour to be one of the aforementioned "4/5".
Fooling? Oh. You're the screwball who thinks that I'm someone else?
Yeah. The world has 8 billion people. No two people can possibly have the same opinion about one single thing.
Impossible, I tells ya!
I don't give a shit what you think, mate.
This is the first and last time I'm replying to you. All you do is spread venom and display signs of paranoid schizophrenia.
You deserve 0% of my attention and/or time.
Consider this an early Christmas present.
Merry Christmas.
PS: If you have beef with me, take it up over PM. Or you can keep being a cowardly shitbag.
This is absolutely unhinged.
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Classifying the likes of Gilmour and McTominay as "SPL/Championship" standard and then deciding not to count players who're injured or didn't play last week (when they've largely been available over Clarke's tenure) in some effort to make it look like Clarke's midas-touched a bunch of donkeys to major tournaments is brain-meltingly moronic and fooling absolutely nobody.
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11 hours ago, 2426255 said:
Okay, no problem. I'm happy to agree to disagree with your interpretation and move on.
I'm glad you mentioned that. It takes time to analyse, compare to different games and evidence. I apologise for the delay, but I'll describe the ideas as they relate to the game against Hungary without the evidence or detail:
Andy Robertson
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Scotland's primary method of attack is via the wide areas. Robertson is crucial to Scotland's wide attacks. Clarke hasn't historically used Robertson in a left-back role because he is more valuable to us in attacking zones.
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Robertson rotates into the front-3.
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Robertson made zero crosses from open play against Hungary.
Kieran Tierney
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The number of times Tierney dovetails or rotates with Robertson varies with the strength of the opposition. Against Germany and Switzerland there was minimal rotation between the two players.
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Playing McKenna allowed us to continue to play Robertson higher while replacing the defensive aspect of Tierney's game.
Scott McTominay
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Scott McTominay played in the Christie/Armstrong role. A role he hasn't played for Scotland before Euro-2024.
I have evidenced these Scotland sided points from the game and compared with the games across 2024: Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar, Finland, Germany and Switzerland.
I haven't looked at the Hungary side of things, how Clarke addressed the issues with the LHS in the second half and I haven't established the why, but those are the concepts.
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Scotland's primary method of attack is via the wide areas. Robertson is crucial to Scotland's wide attacks. Clarke hasn't historically used Robertson in a left-back role because he is more valuable to us in attacking zones.
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Only murder in the buildings.
(Where the "buildings" refers to any football ground)