Gibby82 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Just now, BukyOHare said: Like the England game at Hampden proved, we're absolutely light years off the elite teams. Even with a full strength team out I fail to see how we can come up with a plan to compete against these teams. For Scottish fans of a certain age it's quite sad that we're so far behind these teams. Certain age being about 70. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Some positives in there in terms of how we were on the ball at times - France are ridiculous on the break. Some of the negativity about the match and specific players is just weird tbh. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 3 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: We're due Germany again. We played Netherlands in our first 2 Euros, England in the most recent 2, and we've only played Germany once. Depending on who qualifies, I'd imagine it will be some combination from Germany, Croatia, Switzerland, Czechia and a former member of the CIS. I know they've upped the Finals to a ridiculous number of participants, but they're letting Insurance companies join UEFA noo? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 1 minute ago, BukyOHare said: Like the England game at Hampden proved, we're absolutely light years off the elite teams. Even with a full strength team out I fail to see how we can come up with a plan to compete against these teams. For Scottish fans of a certain age it's quite sad that we're so far behind these teams. The money the English and French FAs pump into their academies is obscene. Amounts the SFA could only dream of. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BukyOHare Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Just now, Gibby82 said: Certain age being about 70. Nearer 40-45 should do it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 2 minutes ago, BukyOHare said: Like the England game at Hampden proved, we're absolutely light years off the elite teams. Even with a full strength team out I fail to see how we can come up with a plan to compete against these teams. For Scottish fans of a certain age it's quite sad that we're so far behind these teams. The thing is we’re not the only ones. I said it before but even Spain are miles behind France and England. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClydeTon Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Three in a row against Europe's top sides will help us. Clarke now knows - if he didn't already - what we'll be up against. Part of me wishes we played a minnow at home solely so tonight would just be 'Euro 2024 Partyyyy' but from a more sensible standpoint - the big tests are what we need. A solid performance when on the ball, but a strong showing of how weak our defense is when we rotate it. Jacob Brown looked good, and - for what he was up against - I thought Ferguson was alright. Onwards and upwards. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Finnerty Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, ArabFC said: Maybe playing (arguably) the 3 best teams in Europe in a row wasn’t the best idea? We've got a European finals tournament and a Nations League group A campaign next year. We're going to be playing games against top-level teams whether we like it or not (possibly even against one or more of England, Spain and France) so we might as well try to rack up some relatively risk-free experience while we can. Edited October 17, 2023 by Kevin Finnerty 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 1 minute ago, Desp said: What would the point in that be? Playing France away, on the back of playing England & Spain, tells us what? The manager chucking out a B team side speaks volumes. So there's no point in playing world class teams and there's no point in playing diddys. Of course it was good to see us playing against the best teams in the tournament that we're going to be in next year. I thought we did reasonably well in spells tonight and tells us that we won't be steamrollered. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuttonDressedAsLahm Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Just now, eez-eh said: The thing is we’re not the only ones. I said it before but even Spain are miles behind France and England. The whole of Europe is. France and England B teams would beat almost everyone in Europe. Perhaps the Portuguese would have an argument, but the days of household names filling up Belgium, Italy, Spain, Germany, and the Netherlands seem in the rear view right now. It’s probably a case of coincidental rebuilding, but they’re all miles off the best sides they’ve had in the last 10-20 years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoRaj Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) Can never get over the negativity of some folk. We've done it where it matters, got the cigars out in qualifying and sent the b team out for a horsing against the best team on the planet Who gives a flying f**k about the result or performance Edited October 17, 2023 by MarkoRaj 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 15 minutes ago, PrestersKTID said: brown looks no bad though , he been getting much game time at Luton? Rarely gets a full game so far, don't think he's had a goal or assist yet. But expect he'll get chances. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClydeTon Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 That 1-2 between Gilmour and Camavinga was amazing. The defence were utterly lost. Seriously: Amazing finish from the wee man - that'll be a huge confidence booster. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSJ.84 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Results shite, performance was a bit meh (France are really good). Zander Clark made his debut. Not really relevant to anybody else but I’m quite proud. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoRaj Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Don't think anyone disgraced themself. Taylor shower why he's 4th choice, cooper was a bit off it and Patterson got slaughtered at times. Thought Ferguson looked good, pressed well and clever enough to avoid a booking for breaking up attacks. Looks like he can play anywhere across the midfield which is good for us. Brown looked lively and we had some nice link ups at times. Aside from that it's good experience for these boys. Gives Clark something to work on when we have similar fixtures in the NL or Euros proper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendricks Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 14 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: What damage has it done exactly? The overreaction is actually embarrassing. Neither Clarke nor the players will be impacted one bit by tonight where we played a more or less full strength French team with about 2 of our first 11. And still competed ok for spells. We are moving in the right direction but as always some just canny be content. Hilarious. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoo61 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 29 minutes ago, GiGi said: Oh aye mind that? Nut 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibby82 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 7 minutes ago, BukyOHare said: Nearer 40-45 should do it. I'm 41. All I've known is bang average, sometimes decent, with a fair skelp of utter shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoRaj Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 England will be in pot 1, Hungary pot 2. No other real changes as far as I'm aware. Denmark are on a bit of a decline and almost lost to San Marino. There really isn't going to be much between pot 2 and pot 3 teams 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 I feel dirty, but France against our B team was a tough task... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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