Richey Edwards Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Just now, 2426255 said: It is a meaningless fixture, that's not up for debate - but it won't be meaningless for the players playing especially trying to get into the Euro's squad. I think it will be something similar to the Denmark game during World Cup qualifying just in terms of an occasion. Are there any meaningless fixtures in international football though? Even friendlies are still a chance to represent your country. The caps and goals still count towards the records. I'd give my left bollock to play one minute for Scotland in such a "meaningless" match. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Litt Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Few tickets have just gone back on sale on the official website if anyone still needs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Richey Edwards said: Are there any meaningless fixtures in international football though? Even friendlies are still a chance to represent your country. The caps and goals still count towards the records. I'd give my left bollock to play one minute for Scotland in such a "meaningless" match. I get what you're saying, but I think when you're in the bubble and that's your environment it changes and normalizes. I don't think realistically a guy who has 40 caps is going to be incentivized by getting to 41. I think the context is what provides the motivation. What will make the players want to perform tonight? What do they gain selfishly from performing well. Playing their way into the plans for Euro-2024 which I think must be a significant motivation. I think there will be push from management to end the campaign on a high and give the supporters a good night/send off. I think that will be a strong force pushing our team on tonight, giving a meaning to the game for the players. Edited November 19, 2023 by 2426255 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stylish Kid Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 I know that back in Bertie's day "caps were handed out like sweeties", but I do really hope we give some non-starters a start tonight 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 (edited) Even as a non-starter, Zander Clark is a non-starter. Edited November 19, 2023 by Barry Ferguson's Hat 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stu92 Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 3 hours ago, 2426255 said: It is a meaningless fixture, that's not up for debate - but it won't be meaningless for the players playing especially trying to get into the Euro's squad. I think it will be something similar to the Denmark game during World Cup qualifying just in terms of an occasion. It’s not up for debate how meaningless it is, but it won’t be meaningless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRocketman II Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, stu92 said: It’s not up for debate how meaningless it is, but it won’t be meaningless. meaningful words. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 1 minute ago, stu92 said: It’s not up for debate how meaningless it is, but it won’t be meaningless. It's meaningless in terms of the group, but not meaningless for the players involved obviously. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu92 Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 1 minute ago, KingRocketman II said: meaningful words. Thank you, I meant every single one of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky1990 Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Not a meaningless game. Weve not won in 4. Going into a League A group where we are unlikely to win (m)any games. Important game. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Stale Solbakken reflecting on June's game between Norway and Scotland ahead of tonights rematch. Quote It was probably the sorest defeat you will ever feel. I still wake up at night thinking about those last five minutes but that is life. If you look back now, those five minutes were very, very damaging. Otherwise the game tomorrow would have been a final. That speaks volumes - but we must congratulate Scotland on a great campaign. They have done really, really well. Not only in this campaign but also in the years before that. They’ve played at a very high level and have also been good at bringing the margins on their side in tight games, which is very important in national football when there are so few games. Stale Solbakken, Norway Manager https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/erling-haaland-scots-scotland-manchester-city-germany-b2449802.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Fair fucks he's not wrong. It's the fine margins that can mean qualifying or not sometimes. It's still crap looking back at the game against Italy a few years ago and Belgium before that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuttonDressedAsLahm Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuttonDressedAsLahm Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Doesn’t look like a side setup to play dynamically… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagsCG Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Assume Clarke had already picked Jacob Brown to start this before the Georgia game, but that’s harsh on Shankland. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Not a fan of that at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoP Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 4 minutes ago, JagsCG said: Assume Clarke had already picked Jacob Brown to start this before the Georgia game, but that’s harsh on Shankland. He’ll play tonight Hopefully for longer and maybe with Brown for a while? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Clarke trying to throw this game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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