TheScarf Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 15 minutes ago, East Calder Lion said: Having watched the match last night I know I can safely go back to ignoring this Scotland team as long as Clarke is manager. He has a personality that would turn milk sour and that is reflected in the passive performance of the players. This is the best group of players we have had in a long time, however they are destined to be also rans due to Clarke's extreme negativity. Last night with a full house of passionate supporters we should have been getting stuck in and making the most of the Hampden crowd, instead we just stood off and let England play. It was an embarrassment start to finish. Aye, so negative that we've won 5 out of 5 in our qualification group. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 9 hours ago, Richey Edwards said: The Maguire finish was absolutely top drawer. Shades of '74 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 (edited) 15 minutes ago, HeartsOfficialMoaner said: The team that Southgate put out was far stronger than ours. A big team that dominated the pitch. We could not match them, physically. They were good in possession of the ball as well. If you can't out muscle the other team then you have to be quicker than them. We were slow and our passing was not good enough. This bit goes unnoticed, I remembered it from the 2017 game at Hampden as well. Apart from Trippier and maybe Foden their starting 11 all massive, their centre halves are stupidly sized, Dykes looked wee compared to Dunk. So without sounding too much like Gordon Strachan we're on the back foot physically as well. We probably did quite well not to concede from a set piece. Whereas vs Spain we were able to ruffle them a bit with physicality, last night they were just bouncing off challenges, so many occasions where Rice or Bellingham got away or held off 2 or 3 players. Edited September 13, 2023 by Fuctifano 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 (edited) Maybe the Cypriot sun sapped us a bit. Edited September 13, 2023 by Paranoid Just posting total shit again 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 They're big and physical and also quite a dirty team, I thought. But very quick. Hence they can even make hoofball work (like we couldn't - those late punts up to Dykes were desperate stuff that never looked like succeeding). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinabear Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 31 minutes ago, ford prefect said: Absolutely, he's good when he's not playing up to the Rangers bigots. In a situation like last night he tries not to upset his standing with the poor delicate little flowers. Why should we respect a national anthem about glorifying someone, who, due to accident of birth, should somehow be seen as our superior? Nah, that kind of boot licking serf behaviour should be left in the past. Very moderate opinion you have there 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 That's now twice in three days the Scottish media has raised the expectations of Scottish international supporters, only for harsh truths to intervene. Or at least those impressionable enough to buy into the hype. South Africa and England administered comprehensive beatings, but there is no need for bouts of national gloom and introspection as they are in the global elite. We just try to do better and continue the gains of recent years, but nothing is served by juvenile sniping at McCoist, Bellingham, national anthems and all manner of irrelevant shite. Public Enemy had it right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinabear Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 29 minutes ago, Paranoid said: All sucking on the English teat. Hahaha. Ok William Wallace 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beesher Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 All in all a night to forget. Hate to sound like a wet wipe but the crowd were an absolute riot last night. had 2 hammered guys try and claim I was in their seat (after 60 and 70 mins respectively), some guy screaming at my section calling us all c***s because we weren't singing, and another hammered guy sat next to me talking utter shite in my ear for the entire first half. Definitely the most pished crowd I've seen for a midweek game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy groundhopper Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Thought the Scots did ok until the final 3rd, the movement started to take its toll - and the usual hard working & tackling was just off the mark. Scotland have done great in the group so far, qualification almost guaranteed. Dont mind the booing of the English anthem- id be upset if they didnt. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennie makevin Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 8 hours ago, Lyle Lanley said: Hope the booing made you very upset. Did it make you feel like a really big boy. ??? Or a small minded little racist p***k who's so insecure in his own identity that he has to indulge in pound shop Green Brigade politically illiterate bullshit ??? -19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elgin Macca Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Well that was a tough watch. But some of the comments post game are laughable. Did people think we had turned into a world class team over night? We are a decent team now with a good honest bunch of boys but England had players from Arsenal x2,man city x2,Real Madrid and we had guys from Norwich, Watford and Southampton. A wee reality check for sure but hopefully we learn from it and go again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Southgate got his tactics right and they seemed to bypass our midfield. Both line ups were similar to Wembley game apart from Bellingham who was awesome. We had a better spell after changes were made in Christie.. I think we need more options up front so we can stretch teams. I don't think we were as bad as some are making out, if mcginn scored it would have been 2-2. Good learning experience. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 I knew we would get stuffed to spared myself 90 minutes of frustration and annoyance by not listening to it. Well done me! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggy McJagface Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 We seem to drop an absolute stinker of a Hampden performance every year or so. Hopefully that’s it out our system and we can learn from this and come back stronger for the important games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClydeTon Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 55 minutes ago, East Calder Lion said: Having watched the match last night I know I can safely go back to ignoring this Scotland team as long as Clarke is manager. He has a personality that would turn milk sour and that is reflected in the passive performance of the players. This is the best group of players we have had in a long time, however they are destined to be also rans due to Clarke's extreme negativity. Last night with a full house of passionate supporters we should have been getting stuck in and making the most of the Hampden crowd, instead we just stood off and let England play. It was an embarrassment start to finish. Scotland 3-0 Cyprus Scotland 2-0 Spain Norway 1-2 Scotland Scotland 2-0 Georgia Cyprus 0-3 Scotland All didn't happen? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stressball Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 8 minutes ago, kennie makevin said: Did it make you feel like a really big boy. ??? Or a small minded little racist p***k who's so insecure in his own identity that he has to indulge in pound shop Green Brigade politically illiterate bullshit ??? How did you manage to turn this into an dig at Celtic fans I’m impressed! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinabear Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Unfortunately our big players, gilmour, mctominay, Robertson didn't turn up at all. Adams and dykes left very isolated. Thought Callum McGregor slowed everything down to a snails pace. England are a good side but we should he competed more. Anyway this is our best team in 30 odd years, so roll on Germany 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthLanarkshireWhite Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Well that was a wake up call for the uber optimists amongst us. Aa number of our players shown up for what they are which is good, competent international footballers - nothing more. Out played, out thought, out fought by a fitter more athletic and skilful team. But at least we won the booing so that'll teach them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 It’s absolutely no surprise to me that England are producing a significant number of high quality footballers. There have been huge investments in the last 20 years in grass roots football and their club academies. Our facilities in contrast are a million miles away from the same standards. Even the facilities at Celtic and Rangers would likely not be near the levels of most premier league clubs down south. The gap in quality will only get wider. The TV money and advertising revenue that filters through the English game is off the scale. Add to the fact that they have a population 10 times our nation it’s really no surprise we struggle to compete on a regular basis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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