Donathan Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 IMO part of Ukraine’s below par performance is related to the fact that the domestic league has now resumed and therefore the national team had the same amount of prep time as we did, whereas in June our players were knackered from the long season whilst there’s had been in training together for weeks. I would think in a series of neutral venue games with everyone fit and equal prep time, Scotland and Ukraine are roughly evenly matched teams. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewan8472 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 10 minutes ago, Donathan said: Looked like a back four from the start to me. McTominay might have dropped deep on occasion but he mainly played in the midfield throughout. Thank goodness 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzlemanizzle Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, Donathan said: IMO part of Ukraine’s below par performance is related to the fact that the domestic league has now resumed and therefore the national team had the same amount of prep time as we did, whereas in June our players were knackered from the long season whilst there’s had been in training together for weeks. I would think in a series of neutral venue games with everyone fit and equal prep time, Scotland and Ukraine are roughly evenly matched teams. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 19 minutes ago, ancientnoise said: Currently? How long have you been watching Scotland again? lol Well over forty years. I think the extreme swings in performance level are particularly pronounced just now though, which is why I posted about it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, Ewan8472 said: Thank goodness I’m no fan of Tom English, but he’s quite correct: McTominay at centre back has always been a nonsense. Let’s pretend it never happened. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 21 minutes ago, BingMcCrosby said: But there's no point looking backwards its done now. It was a big step forward for us tonight. It felt like a big step forward when we played Denmark last November. It proved not to be something we could sustain though. The challenge this time is to build on it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: Well over forty years. I think the extreme swings in performance level are particularly pronounced just now though, which is why I posted about it. Yep. I expect us to play nowhere near as good as tonight on Saturday. It’s what Scotland teams do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 What a performance and what about that vintage arsemanship from McGinn 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 20 minutes ago, Cardle is Magic said: ...didn't we start with a back 4? We definitely started with a back four. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Thoroughly enjoying the self appointed Twitter tactical experts, absolutely desperate to continue their agenda against McTominay and his ability on the ball - desperate stuff. He was excellent along side numerous others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bing Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Just now, TheScarf said: Yep. I expect us to play nowhere near as good as tonight on Saturday. It’s what Scotland teams do. Nah man, we will pummel them now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSJ.84 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: It felt like a big step forward when we played Denmark last November. It proved not to be something we could sustain though. The challenge this time is to build on it. You could also argue this time we’ve got two games to follow it up, last time we waited four months for the next international break - which consisted of two friendlies… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, TheScarf said: Yep. I expect us to play nowhere near as good as tonight on Saturday. It’s what Scotland teams do. I'm glad it's a 7.45 kick off again. Daylight doesn't seem to suit us these days at Hampden. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Just now, PSJ.84 said: You could also argue this time we’ve got two games to follow it up, last time we waited four months for the next international break - which consisted of two friendlies… Yeah, that's true. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzlemanizzle Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, invergowrie arab said: What a performance and what about that vintage arsemanship from McGinn It’s only a matter of time before his arse is immortalised in bronze outside the entrance to Hampden. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSJ.84 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 1 minute ago, Monkey Tennis said: Yeah, that's true. We know exactly what’ll happen though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 (edited) 15 minutes ago, ancientnoise said: Remember it well. Followed it up with a yet worse one, before recovering too late, and not quite enough, for it to matter. Edited September 21, 2022 by Monkey Tennis 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted September 21, 2022 Author Share Posted September 21, 2022 Just back. Good game - I have a feeling when I watch it back it will look like we dominated them for long periods on the video but it wasn't the feeling I had at the game. Until we got the goal I felt it could have gone either way. Glad for everyone involved that we won and won well. It was needed after the games in June. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Just now, 2426255 said: Just back. Good game - I have a feeling when I watch it back it will look like we dominated them for long periods on the video but it wasn't the feeling I had at the game. Until we got the goal I felt it could have gone either way. Glad for everyone involved that we won and won well. It was needed after the games in June. I’m not sure I agree. I was at the game as well and thought after the first 10-15mins, we did take control and dominate. That said you are always a bit wary of a counter-attack but thought we were decent but a bit toothless up to the second half and then stepped it. Great second half but a shame about Patterson’s injury in the first half, he looked like he thought it was a bad one but let’s hope it’s not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtual Insanity Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 First half was pretty even and they beat the press (which they were inviting) a few times to the extent that we started sitting off them a bit. Ukraine are a very interesting team to watch tactically but they clearly take risks and second half they started to tire and misplace passes. We were very sharp and should have had a few before we did. Would really like to see us stick with the 4-5-1/4-3-3 as our principal formation, but certainly at least having the option and being comfortable switching to it is a huge asset. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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