Dons_1988 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 22 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: We dont set the route for qualification, UEFA do. Having a nostalgia fest over a qualifying route is utterly baffling to me. Qualifying is about 1 thing. There are no fondly remember "qualifying campaigns". Moaning about the Nations League is incredible. Utterly incredible. I dont give a f**k how great Miller was. On this subject, he is so far off the mark it makes him sound like an outright idiot. 5 minutes ago, NJ2 said: Why? Why would you prefer to qualify one way and not the other? What difference does it make? Seems I've caused a stir. I didn't say it was important what route we qualified through. I think it would be an amazing achievement to see us qualify through a group proper, and I hope we go all out to do so. It would give us some confidence going into the tournament proper if we could finish at least 2nd in a qualifying group. The fantastic thing is we can now go for it with the 'safety net' of the Nations league route. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Seems I've caused a stir. I didn't say it was important what route we qualified through. I think it would be an amazing achievement to see us qualify through a group proper, and I hope we go all out to do so. It would give us some confidence going into the tournament proper if we could finish at least 2nd in a qualifying group. The fantastic thing is we can now go for it with the 'safety net' of the Nations league route.Its more Millers comment about having a preference for how we get there. That is lunacy of the highest order. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briannmataxi Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Can we get rid of this safety net pish. It's the easier route to the euros. We should be prioritising the nation's league. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 19 minutes ago, Briannmataxi said: Can we get rid of this safety net pish. It's the easier route to the euros. We should be prioritising the nation's league. Given the main qualifying happens before nations league, why and how would you suggest prioritising it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estragon Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: Given the main qualifying happens before nations league, why and how would you suggest prioritising it? Everyone on the way into Hampden queues up and volleys Willie Miller in the baws. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggy Snake Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 It’s not all ignorance, Willie Miller is just a contrary p***k. For as long as I can remember any time Scotland were on a bad run and most people were talking negatively about the team, Miller would always be overly positive. Similarly, when Scotland get a couple of decent results and people get a little hopeful, he is nothing but negative. After the game last night all the pundits wanted to be positive, whilst recognising we haven’t qualified yet, we’ve put ourselves in the best position we could. Therefore Willie Miller started his nonsense about it only counts if we qualify the “proper” way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 (edited) I think I'm missing something here. Did he say he'd 'prefer' to qualify via the traditional route or that he didn't want to do it through the nations league route? If it's the former, I don't see the issue, the traditional route is the earliest opportunity we have to qualify and would be a bigger achievement, why wouldn't you rather do it that way? If the nations league semi/final was happening say next month and he was saying 'nah f**k that I want to do it the proper way' then obviously that would be lunacy. Edited November 21, 2018 by Dons_1988 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzza81 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 While it may not be the point people are making surely everyone would *rather* we qualified via the traditional method as that will mean we will have won a decent amount of matches thus climbed the rankings. In reality no one really cares as long as we get there but if you were offered a choice - which seems should be the overall point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 33 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: Given the main qualifying happens before nations league, why and how would you suggest prioritising it? By playing Martin Boyle obvs. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briannmataxi Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Dons_1988 said: Given the main qualifying happens before nations league, why and how would you suggest prioritising it? Because we are 2 games away from the Euros through that. We are about to take part in a 8 or 10 game group to qualify. Why wouldn't you prioritise the one which we are further progressed in? Obviously if we qualify through the normal way great but it will be a lot harder compared to beating finland then Serbia or Norway. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A96 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Bairnardo said: We dont set the route for qualification, UEFA do. Having a nostalgia fest over a qualifying route is utterly baffling to me. Qualifying is about 1 thing. There are no fondly remember "qualifying campaigns". Moaning about the Nations League is incredible. Utterly incredible. I dont give a f**k how great Miller was. On this subject, he is so far off the mark it makes him sound like an outright idiot. That's debateable. I can remember plenty great matches and moments from qualifying campaigns , going back to the 2-1 win against Czechoslavakia at Hampden to qualify for the 1974 World Cup. Let's face it, we haven't got many fond memories from any of the Finals when we got there ,so we need to have something to be nostalgic about. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 7 minutes ago, Briannmataxi said: Because we are 2 games away from the Euros through that. We are about to take part in a 8 or 10 game group to qualify. Why wouldn't you prioritise the one which we are further progressed in? Obviously if we qualify through the normal way great but it will be a lot harder compared to beating finland then Serbia or Norway. yes but, normal qualifying happens and then we have the nations league, if we need it. So why, and more importantly how, would you actually prioritise something that doesn't happen until after? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Aberdeen supporters. Absolutely guaranteed if it was anyone else saying what that thick c**t was saying, they'd be all over it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Aberdeen supporters. Absolutely guaranteed if it was anyone else saying what that thick c**t was saying, they'd be all over it. You could answer the question 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Willie Miller is just Pat Bonner with an extra brain cell. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 If this Willie Miller bashing continues I will be forced to burn down P&B and take Div hostage You have 24 hours 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 I wish I cared enough about something a man did 35 years ago to blindly love him the way Aberdeen fans love Willie Miller. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Day Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Miguel Sanchez said: I wish I cared enough about something a man did 35 years ago to blindly love him the way Aberdeen fans love Willie Miller. If I am still around in 33 years, I will still blindly love David Gray 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmontheloknow Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 We'll only be in the play off if we fail to come 2nd in the group (and as we're in the 3rd pot on merit, it's doable provided the draw is kind). On grounds of stress, I would much prefer us get in that way on the back of a decent campaign, rather than having to rely on the last ditch 'typical Scotland' hopes of winning through the play off. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wastecoatwilly Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 8 minutes ago, Green Day said: If I am still around in 33 years, I will still blindly love David Gray He plays at right back saw a team recently needing a right back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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