Monkey Tennis Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 30 minutes ago, nessies long lost ghost said: I never knew Scotland were in a world cup group with Costa Rica before but I was born in 1993 so wouldn't know Not knowing stuff like that is unacceptable, regardless of your age. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Just watched the highlights of the Costa Rica match, as I don't remember it very well. We had some gilt-edged chances, and Mo Johnston in particular must still wake up in a cold sweat with nightmares about that game. But aye, they were obviously a halfway decent side, and are nowhere near the level of Moldova. I wonder if the SFA were still of the mentality that we didn't need to research opponents, a policy that stood us in such good stead in the past. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Looking forward to seeing what team plays, what surprises Steve Clarke has up his sleeve and also excited to see Jacob Brown (If he gets any minutes). Hoping we win of course, but I don't think it's the end of the world if we don't. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 32 minutes ago, 2426255 said: Hoping we win of course, but I don't think it's the end of the world if we don't. I beg to differ. It's likely of course that the world won't literally end if we don't win, but I think I'll be hoping it somehow does. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 7 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: I beg to differ. It's likely of course that the world won't literally end if we don't win, but I think I'll be hoping it somehow does. Bit over the top. A timely asteroid impact only need to be called down in the event that we somehow contrive to lose. A draw requires only three days* of heavy drinking. *may require extension depending upon the events of the 15th. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Monkey Tennis said: Not knowing stuff like that is unacceptable, regardless of your age. Bit harsh amigo. I was born in 1983 and as far as I'm aware we've never played Iran and Peru at a major finals. Bliss. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Insert Amusing Pseudonym said: Still cursing Roxburgh for picking McInally tbh. Absolute pudding. They did get to the last 16 in Italy though, they were a good team. There's a difference between thinking a team who'd qualified would be worse than us and playing the 181st best team in the world though Your quip about McInally and puddings reminded me of an amusing aside regarding that match in Genoa. The Costa Rican coach, a savvy Slav if I recall, organised a pre-tournament friendly against (I think) Wales, in which he instructed his goalkeeper to deliberately drop every cross that came his way, knowing that Scotland backroom staff were scrutinising their performance. We took the bait and pumped in cross after cross to big puddin' heid McInally that day in Genoa, thinking their keeper was rotten, and the CR goalie mopped up just about everything that came his way. We had been outsmarted before a ball had been kicked. But yes, CR were a decent team. They passed us off the pitch. No-one is suggesting Moldova are comparable to Costa Rica, but it's merely a reminder that we, of all nations, cant be dismissive of anyone. We only beat Moldova 1-0 at Hampden, after all. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 10 minutes ago, velo army said: Bit harsh amigo. I was born in 1983 and as far as I'm aware we've never played Iran and Peru at a major finals. Bliss. Have Aberdeen ever won a European trophy? They and Rangers have for me, but Celtic haven't. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, nate said: Your quip about McInally and puddings reminded me of an amusing aside regarding that match in Genoa. The Costa Rican coach, a savvy Slav if I recall, organised a pre-tournament friendly against (I think) Wales, in which he instructed his goalkeeper to deliberately drop every cross that came his way, knowing that Scotland backroom staff were scrutinising their performance. We took the bait and pumped in cross after cross to big puddin' heid McInally that day in Genoa, thinking their keeper was rotten, and the CR goalie mopped up just about everything that came his way. We had been outsmarted before a ball had been kicked. But yes, CR were a decent team. They passed us off the pitch. No-one is suggesting Moldova are comparable to Costa Rica, but it's merely a reminder that we, of all nations, cant be dismissive of anyone. We only beat Moldova 1-0 at Hampden, after all. That's a great story. Bora Milutinovic was an outstanding world cup specialist who took Nigeria to, I think, the quarters in 1994 as well. E.t.a. the man coached at 5 world cups with 5 different teams and only failed to make the ko stage with China in 2002. Nigeria was 1998 and it was last 16. Sum boi etc. Edited November 9, 2021 by velo army Talking out my arse 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Think it'll be almost the same team as Israel with the only change being Nisbet in for Dykes. Brown might well come on if we're chasing a goal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insert Amusing Pseudonym Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Donathan said: Think it'll be almost the same team as Israel with the only change being Nisbet in for Dykes. Brown might well come on if we're chasing a goal. We'll be chasing a goal if we start Nisbet alright 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insert Amusing Pseudonym Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 21 minutes ago, nate said: Your quip about McInally and puddings reminded me of an amusing aside regarding that match in Genoa. The Costa Rican coach, a savvy Slav if I recall, organised a pre-tournament friendly against (I think) Wales, in which he instructed his goalkeeper to deliberately drop every cross that came his way, knowing that Scotland backroom staff were scrutinising their performance. We took the bait and pumped in cross after cross to big puddin' heid McInally that day in Genoa, thinking their keeper was rotten, and the CR goalie mopped up just about everything that came his way. We had been outsmarted before a ball had been kicked. But yes, CR were a decent team. They passed us off the pitch. No-one is suggesting Moldova are comparable to Costa Rica, but it's merely a reminder that we, of all nations, cant be dismissive of anyone. We only beat Moldova 1-0 at Hampden, after all. Och they did not pass us off the park. They parked the bus and a combination of awful finishing and good defending/goalkeeping won them the game. They barely crossed halfway the entire match. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, nessies long lost ghost said: Apology accepted I never knew Scotland were in a world cup group with Costa Rica before but I was born in 1993 so wouldn't know Have you never looked at past results? Edited November 9, 2021 by Sergeant Wilson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 The TA sub-forum was always full of dross, but general disarray and the number nonce have made it pretty much unreadable these days. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moomintroll Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 19 minutes ago, G51 said: The TA sub-forum was always full of dross, but general disarray and the number nonce have made it pretty much unreadable these days. Trust me, Dryhorce is just getting started. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moomintroll Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 1 hour ago, nate said: Your quip about McInally and puddings reminded me of an amusing aside regarding that match in Genoa. The Costa Rican coach, a savvy Slav if I recall, organised a pre-tournament friendly against (I think) Wales, in which he instructed his goalkeeper to deliberately drop every cross that came his way, knowing that Scotland backroom staff were scrutinising their performance. We took the bait and pumped in cross after cross to big puddin' heid McInally that day in Genoa, thinking their keeper was rotten, and the CR goalie mopped up just about everything that came his way. We had been outsmarted before a ball had been kicked. But yes, CR were a decent team. They passed us off the pitch. No-one is suggesting Moldova are comparable to Costa Rica, but it's merely a reminder that we, of all nations, cant be dismissive of anyone. We only beat Moldova 1-0 at Hampden, after all. We were quite spectacularly naive back then, did Roxburgh not completely change a game plan based on a Taxi driver telling him that, I think, Paulo Futre was injured before we played Portugal? He was fine and Portugal proceeded to Roger us 5 nil. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General dissaray Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 32 minutes ago, G51 said: The TA sub-forum was always full of dross, but general disarray and the number nonce have made it pretty much unreadable these days. Block us then now there is a good chap 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 1 minute ago, General dissaray said: Block us then now there is a good chap just shut the f**k up for once in your posting career 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 44 minutes ago, G51 said: The TA sub-forum was always full of dross, but general disarray and the number nonce have made it pretty much unreadable these days. The ignore function makes things infinitely more peaceful. Before the return of Dryhorce the number clown was just wittering to himself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Faroes are the worst team in the group, IMO. Let's see what songs the Moldovans bounce to before judging please. Anyone who gets the Backstreet Boys going at a game is fucking world class IMHO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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