2426255 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 We haven't been doing this well in 2021 and considering our direct game plan you'd think we would score more and be quite secure defending these kind of attacks. Lost some rubbish goals to Austria, the Netherlands, Czech Republic and Croatia that came as a result of a high ball into our box. On the other hand for all the high balls we fire towards the opponents box, we only have a couple of goals to show for it against Austria and maybe you could count the Faroe Islands too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness78 Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 I was thinking the same. Austria and Czech goals at Hampden were near identical. I think McTominay is pretty ineffective as a centre back, and we need a more naturally aware defensive pairing ( thought Gallagher performed well previously) Also those goals were crosses right on the money, whereas Robertson and O’Donnell rarely put our forwards in scoring opportunities from their deliveries. Definitely something to be worked on 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 One thing that stuck out about a lot of "chances" we had were that the guy on the end of the ball just seemed to be throwing himself at it, rather than any kind of controlled, composed finish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 23 hours ago, forameus said: One thing that stuck out about a lot of "chances" we had were that the guy on the end of the ball just seemed to be throwing himself at it, rather than any kind of controlled, composed finish. That's cause we create half chances As we go long or wide We make no attempt to play football in midfield through the thirds like all other teams and create better goal scoring opportunities 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing.McCrosby Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 On 03/07/2021 at 16:52, Binos said: That's cause we create half chances As we go long or wide We make no attempt to play football in midfield through the thirds like all other teams and create better goal scoring opportunities Correct 100% Then the people who can't see this are convinced we created real chances and played well due to our inflated stats. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share Posted December 15, 2022 (edited) Quote To defend a set play like that is poor, we know it's poor, the players know it's poor and we'll try to make sure we improve on that. It's not something we've been culpable of recently so it’s something we can work on, address and be better at. Steve Clarke https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/international/steve-clarke-points-to-excuses-which-factored-into-scotlands-poor-opening-hour-in-defeat-to-turkey-3921427 Don't agree with Steve Clarke's comments there and hopefully we'll get better at this aspect of our game next year. Edited December 15, 2022 by 2426255 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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