Scotland vs Slovakia (UEFA Nations League)

[welldaft]

Miserable feckers the lot of you. 

You want Scotland to win and play entertaining football. What planet are you on ?

PS - Hungary are gash but are beating Serbia 1-0 in Serbia. Bring it on !!!

[Alert Mongoose]

In the trade off stakes I’m not sure where I stand. In the last few years watching Scotland you felt like the opposition could score every time they came forward.  It doesn’t seem that way at the moment but we don’t look like scoring many goals.

[Tartan Dave]

Pretty uninspiring stuff. At least we look relatively solid but jesus it’s slow and turgid. Hopefully grab a goal second half

[Lex]

That comes next.  He's right at the start of building a team. First you stop conceding goals, the rest of the team will start to function better the more we play it, right now we need to get the defence sorted. It looks like he has and that gives us a chance in any game we play straight away.  
Israel had one good chance in 120 minutes, Slovakia have had none in 45.  This is good, what we are watching is excellent progress.

There’s a time and place to be shitfesting, no doubt. Away to Serbia will be one of them.
Shitfesting at home to 93rd in the world Israel and at home to a second string Slovakia though....

[Guest Flash]

4 minutes ago, Szamo's_Ammo said:

Enjoyable first half imo.

FFS 28 times in the first half. He also keeps saying Grey Goose is playing for Slovakia.

Higher or lower second half?

They maybe say the score a lot on the radio because you can’t see it. People might be joining it all the time, like getting into your car, and not listening to the whole game, so it is good to hear the score not long after you switch on.

I’ll go for higher, Brucie.

[Zapp Brannigan]

Ryan Fraser is so frustrating to watch. At least 3 times he received the ball, drove at the full back and got into a good position to either take him on or get a cross in, before turning back on himself and see the ball end up back at the defence. 

[Dunning1874]

Our last shot on target was Christie's goal against Czech Republic, which was in the 52nd minute. We are now over 200 minutes without a shot on target.

Clarke's clearly determined to persist with it, and as we managed looked competent for all of five minutes here before reverting to being terrible it's been our least bad performance with a back three so far, but we look a poorer team in every respect than we did when battling past Cyprus and Kazakhstan in a 4-5-1. Those weren't good performances either aside from 45 minutes v Kazakhstan, but there was a sense then of slow progress, players adapting to the system and gradually building something which is totally absent from this shitshow.

[RossBFaeDundee]

I wouldn't say we've been bad, our defending has been strong and we look ok. Just don't see where the goals are coming from... hopefully that changes this half.

[stanton]

Do the people on Sky get a payment every time the mention the Old Firm game ? It been plugged all day 

[Lyle Lanley]

Just now, stanton said:

Do the people on Sky get a payment every time the mention the Old Firm game ? It been plugged all day 

More surprised there’s been no erectile disfunction ads. 

[Gordopolis]

There’s a time and place to be shitfesting, no doubt. Away to Serbia will be one of them.
Shitfesting at home to 93rd in the world Israel and at home to a second string Slovakia though....

But we do need to learn how to do it effectively. Waiting till we're in Serbia is not the place...

[kingjoey]

4 minutes ago, paranoid android said:

Is it a must win?

Why has there been so little interest in it?

Why is it being used to give players game time? 

It’s definitely not a must win, but it is most certainly is a “it would be fantastic to win it and stride forward in the group before the two away games next month” kind of game. We’ve played better than Thursday, had one decent chance when Dykes delayed a second too long to get his shot away, and if Ryan Fraser could be persuaded not to keep turning back when in great forward positions that would help.

[Bully Wee Villa]

Do some goals, please Scotland.

[ropy]

11 minutes ago, Szamo's_Ammo said:

Enjoyable first half imo.

FFS 28 times in the first half. He also keeps saying Grey Goose is playing for Slovakia.

Higher or lower second half?

Don’t care 

[craigkillie]

11 minutes ago, Carnoustie Young Guvnor said:

That comes next.  He's right at the start of building a team. First you stop conceding goals, the rest of the team will start to function better the more we play it, right now we need to get the defence sorted. It looks like he has and that gives us a chance in any game we play straight away.  

Israel had one good chance in 120 minutes, Slovakia have had none in 45.  This is good, what we are watching is excellent progress.

I agree with this, which is no surprise because I think we actually generally see football the same way. The players know their roles and even if we aren't creating loads of chances, the "no shots on target" chat is being over-egged a bit given some of the clear chances missed across those three games since Christie's goal.

[GordonS]

Decent discussion on the radio, Levein talking about how few shots Clarke's Kilmarnock had, but their conversion rate was brilliant. 

[Distant Doonhamer]

Late to the party , Liam Cooper injured ?

Yes injured. Misses the next game too.

[Mark Connolly]

8 minutes ago, paranoid android said:

Is it a must win?

Why has there been so little interest in it?

Why is it being used to give players game time? 

Every game is a must win when you play for Celtic or Rangers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry, got stuck in Sportsound mode for a minute

[Arch Stanton]

Crocker the cock just couldn't wait to remind us of the shots on target minutes.

[oranjyboom]

The justification of playing McTominay at the back pisses me off...Imagine if he played in midfield....where he naturally has excelled in his career. Create, chances, goals. Nope, let’s play shitey shitebag football.