Guest Jedi Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Ultimately, although a 'B' team, they still have a squad full of players who play in their top League-4 from Sigma, 4 from Banik Ostrava, 4 from Slavia Prague, 1 from Slovan Liberec it seems. Some of their Under 21s making up the bench. Won't be easy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Jedi said: Ultimately, although a 'B' team, they still have a squad full of players who play in their top League-4 from Sigma, 4 from Banik Ostrava, 4 from Slavia Prague, 1 from Slovan Liberec it seems. Some of their Under 21s making up the bench. Won't be easy. It is like saying the Scotland squad will be made up from 4 players from St Johnstone, 4 players from Livingston, 4 Celtic players that weren't good enough for the original squad and a player from Motherwell. It is players that will never ordinarily be near an international squad. But.........it is also players that will never ordinarily be near an international squad and may want to make the most of the opportunity. They will be playing against a team of folk who haven't played like that for some time. The Slavia players, Tecl is a reasonable player, doesn't score much for a forward. Holes (pronounced Holesh) and Karafiat are 3rd/4th choice center halfs. Malinsky, signed in the summer as cover in midfield has yet to start this season. Hubnik played at a reasonable level all of his career but at 36, he is no Franco Baresi but has decent experience to see a younger player through the game, Hopefully he is more Charlie Mulgrew than Davie Weir in that respect. Edited September 5, 2020 by diegomarahenry 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Are the Czech XI likely to all be making their international debuts? Would this be the first time Scotland have played such a team apart from England in the very first international game?Hubnik has 29 caps and played at the last Euros. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 19 minutes ago, diegomarahenry said: It is like saying the Scotland squad will be made up from 4 players from St Johnstone, 4 players from Livingston, 4 Celtic players that weren't good enough for the original squad and a player from Motherwell. It is players that will never ordinarily be near an international squad. But.........it is also players that will never ordinarily be near an international squad and may want to make the most of the opportunity. They will be playing against a team of folk who haven't played like that for some time. As long as they aren't playing against Callum McGregor or James Forrest it should be fine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 9 hours ago, Jedi said: Ultimately, although a 'B' team, they still have a squad full of players who play in their top League-4 from Sigma, 4 from Banik Ostrava, 4 from Slavia Prague, 1 from Slovan Liberec it seems. Some of their Under 21s making up the bench. Won't be easy. Yes it will -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 We’re going to lose to their B team aren’t we. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 It's entirely possible. We usually do glorious failure but abject failure isn't beyond us. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menzel Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 20 hours ago, the snudge said: Has there been a historic issue between Slavia and the Czech FA? I went to a Slavia game a few years ago and the game was delayed part way through it due to fans protesting the FA. The team captain came into the crowd to calm things so the game could be played out with Slavia being 3-0 up. I think it was against Sigma funnily enough. Seems tensions are always high between Slavia and the Czech FA Not really - almost all Czech fans hate the FAČR, which is widely viewed as incompetent and corrupt. Take last season's top flight playoff, for instance, where it's pretty much universally accepted that the referee was biased in favour of the association's preferred team in order to keep them in the top flight. The reason Slavia are kicking up such a fuss is that they don't want anything to happen which may affect their squad, with Champions League qualifiers at the end of the month and what could be a real challenge from Sparta Prague for the title this season. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menzel Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 I'd be surprised if Sparta midfielder Ladislav Krejčí (the younger one) wouldn't be a shout for starting on Monday. On a personal note it would be interesting to see him as part of a Czech lineup with Antonín Růsek and Ondřej Pachlopník, Zbrojovka Brno's new hotly-tipped talents, but that might be a stretch. We'll almost certainly see a Czech XI comprised entirely from the domestic top flight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuttonDressedAsLahm Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 7 minutes ago, Menzel said: I'd be surprised if Sparta midfielder Ladislav Krejčí (the younger one) wouldn't be a shout for starting on Monday. On a personal note it would be interesting to see him as part of a Czech lineup with Antonín Růsek and Ondřej Pachlopník, Zbrojovka Brno's new hotly-tipped talents, but that might be a stretch. We'll almost certainly see a Czech XI comprised entirely from the domestic top flight. You certainly seem to know what you’re talking about. What standard is this team comparable to? How much European or international experience do they have? From a spectrum of “incredibly embarrassing to them”, to “incredibly embarrassing to us”, how does a 1-0 win either way sit? I now sense this is an absolute must win, as no matter the result, there will be no benefit given to Clarke on this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the snudge Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 22 minutes ago, Menzel said: Not really - almost all Czech fans hate the FAČR, which is widely viewed as incompetent and corrupt. Take last season's top flight playoff, for instance, where it's pretty much universally accepted that the referee was biased in favour of the association's preferred team in order to keep them in the top flight. The reason Slavia are kicking up such a fuss is that they don't want anything to happen which may affect their squad, with Champions League qualifiers at the end of the month and what could be a real challenge from Sparta Prague for the title this season. What were the preferred team of the FA? Is there highlights of the game you're referring to? Is Czech football as bonkers as the SPFL? Sorry for all the questions but it's intriguing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moomintroll Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 I can't remember the game but I remember some young goalkeeper being pulled out of nowhere to make his debut against us, rather than being a nervous wreck he pulled of a few worldy saves & we lost, we are about to face 11 times him clearly, it's what we do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 No good can come of this, especially from Clarke’s perspective. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Who they're calling upon apparently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menzel Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, the snudge said: What were the preferred team of the FA? Is there highlights of the game you're referring to? Is Czech football as bonkers as the SPFL? Sorry for all the questions but it's intriguing FK Přibram - their chairman, a man named Jaroslav Starka, used to be one of the bigwigs within the association. A couple of reports here which might be of interest, you can probably get through them with Google translate: https://www.lidovky.cz/sport/nazory/komentar-sudi-se-vsem-vysmali-v-primem-prenosu-v-lize-svymi-chybami-udrzeli-pribram-i-karvinou.A190603_184520_ln-sport-nazory_lar https://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/muj-isport-blogy-redaktori-lukas-tomek/364409/a-zarez-jako-brno-na-zaver-ardeleanu-v-barazi-poskodil-zbrojovku.html Czech football at the high levels, quite like Scotland, is incredibly self-serving. There are a few instances of nonsense over the years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin.Hood Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 12 hours ago, Gaz said: Absolute NAP this finishes 1-0 to the Czechs. Get your fucking mortgage on it. Ffs dinna hey a mortgage. May put a case of irn bru on it and double it back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menzel Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 14 minutes ago, HuttonDressedAsLahm said: You certainly seem to know what you’re talking about. What standard is this team comparable to? How much European or international experience do they have? From a spectrum of “incredibly embarrassing to them”, to “incredibly embarrassing to us”, how does a 1-0 win either way sit? I now sense this is an absolute must win, as no matter the result, there will be no benefit given to Clarke on this. That's a tricky question, actually: from the proposed squad I've seen, you have pretty much zero significant international experience besides Roman Hubník, who is 36 and last appeared during the disastrous Euro 2016 campaign. Quite a few players capped at U21 level, but haven't featured for the national side. The squad does seem to be highly speculative, though - I'd expect a real mix of more solid league players (I don't think it's too unfair to say that the Czech league is around or slightly above the Scottish level) and some of the regular youth set-up. Scotland really are going in as favourites here (latest betting market from the Czech bookies below) and any result from a Czech side would be treated with a fair bit of surprise. As we all know, though, when you're against Scotland you're never too far away from getting something. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menzel Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 In short, anything other than a Scottish win and I'm getting ridiculed at work on Tuesday. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 7 minutes ago, Menzel said: In short, anything other than a Scottish win and I'm getting ridiculed at work on Tuesday. I'd prepare for ridicule if I were you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Menzel said: In short, anything other than a Scottish win and I'm getting ridiculed at work on Tuesday. Take a sickie. Forever. Just leave the country in humiliation. Edited September 6, 2020 by Suspect Device 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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