Monkey Tennis Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 40 minutes ago, King Kebab said: I think your use of the phrase "it's not difficult" may have been misconstrued!!! Yeah, with Random Guy, that's perfectly possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger29 Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 1 hour ago, John Lambies Doos said: Hopefully Slovenia will have nothing to play for by then If things go the way we hope in our & Slovakia's next two games, then I believe we need Slovenia to pick up a maximum of two points out of Lithuania (H) and England (A) for them to be mathematically out of it going into the last game. Somebody else might want to double check this though. It's still a long shot but I've not given up yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 If things go the way we hope in our & Slovakia's next two games, then I believe we need Slovenia to pick up a maximum of two points out of Lithuania (H) and England (A) for them to be mathematically out of it going into the last game. Somebody else might want to double check this though. It's still a long shot but I've not given up yet. Think so - can't see Lithuania getting anything from them though unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny131 Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 If WGS sticks with the younger pacey attack I think we will win our last 3, the Slovaks at home will be tasty and that game is the 1 I fear strachan will bottle it with his team selection and set up to try and contain them and sneak a 1 nil win which we all know is doom for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 If WGS sticks with the younger pacey attack I think we will win our last 3, the Slovaks at home will be tasty and that game is the 1 I fear strachan will bottle it with his team selection and set up to try and contain them and sneak a 1 nil win which we all know is doom for us. It's been said already but it's still very unlikely that we'll win all three. But if you look back you'd have got quite good odds on us getting 7 points out of our last 9 (Slovenia, England, Lithuania away). Let's take care of Malta, presuming England don't f**k us over, and we'll have a cracking home tie to prepare for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 Something like: Gordon Tierney Berra Mulgrew Robertson Brown Armstrong Phillips Ritchie Fraser Griffiths Although the central defence didn't look infallible against Lithuania, I would be reluctant to change it after keeping a clean sheet and with no obvious upgrades at our disposal. I thought Forrest offered the least of our attacking players on Friday, so I'd be happy for him to be replaced by Fraser. Perhaps harsh to drop McArthur after scoring, but it would allow Armstrong to be deployed slightly deeper and for Ritchie to start in the front four. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 It might not be the most ridiculous suggestion to start Martin alongside grif tomorrow. He's a big presence and can sniff out a goal in and around the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 Scotland will be unchanged, surely? I'm no fan of Forrest, but the team played pretty well, and it'd be fair enough to give them all another start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 It might not be the most ridiculous suggestion to start Martin alongside grif tomorrow. He's a big presence and can sniff out a goal in and around the box. Not for me - offers absolutely nothing in terms of movement to unsettle a rigid defence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
professor challenger Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 5 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: Scotland will be unchanged, surely? I'm no fan of Forrest, but the team played pretty well, and it'd be fair enough to give them all another start. Hate to change a winning team but don't see the point in playing a guy who's main attribute is speed against a defence that will be sitting deep from the start. Not getting into the Forrest debate but I just don't see what he possibly has to offer in this particular game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 Not for me - offers absolutely nothing in terms of movement to unsettle a rigid defence. He's a big presence when balls are played into the box. He's not mobile but in this game we don't really need mobile. We need chance creators and goal scorers. I'm happy to trust the manager though, but I'd love to see him play a part at some point and do well. The grief he gets is over the top and his not his fault the manager keeps picking him. It was brilliant that he scored the goal that made this whole run possible (as unexpected as it was). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DAVIDB69 Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 Stick with the younger players the moment was so much better , time to start getting the dads army over 30s moved on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 Stick with the younger players the moment was so much better , time to start getting the dads army over 30s moved on Balance, balance, balance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARYHILLISWONDERFUL Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 On 01/09/2017 at 23:25, Pearbuyerbell said: No, Idiots like Savage Henry tried this a while back. You probably like the line up v Lithuania at home, it didn't work and has never worked. Deal with it. Even though Forrest was s**te. Away and buy yer f**king pears, idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARYHILLISWONDERFUL Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 Just now, Melanius Mullarkey said: That's a strong vocabulary for a 13 year old. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 2 hours ago, DrewDon said: Something like: Gordon Tierney Berra Mulgrew Robertson Brown Armstrong Phillips Ritchie Fraser Griffiths Although the central defence didn't look infallible against Lithuania, I would be reluctant to change it after keeping a clean sheet and with no obvious upgrades at our disposal. I thought Forrest offered the least of our attacking players on Friday, so I'd be happy for him to be replaced by Fraser. Perhaps harsh to drop McArthur after scoring, but it would allow Armstrong to be deployed slightly deeper and for Ritchie to start in the front four. Drop McArthur for Matt Ritchie? You cannot be serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 Just now, ICTJohnboy said: Drop McArthur for Matt Ritchie? You cannot be serious. I generally prefer Armstrong in a slightly deeper role, especially against opponents that are more likely to sit in. I quite like Ritchie; he perhaps doesn't have the pace to be our best option out wide, but I'm usually impressed by his distribution and use of the ball. I wouldn't be massively bothered if Strachan didn't change the team from Friday, though; either way, they should have enough to take care of Malta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearbuyerbell Posted September 3, 2017 Author Share Posted September 3, 2017 Shoehorning Ritchie into the team was what scuppered our last campaign. Why repeat the mistake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IggyStooge Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 Uh-oh... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41136107 He almost had me.. Right up until he mentioned he has Scottish relatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Ted Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 Even if we beat them we'd still need to go and win in Slovenia. Still very much an uphill task We have never lost against Slovenia in 4 games. Got a 3-0 away win over them before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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