JS_FFC Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 (edited) I’m spooked from the injuries to Dykes, Hickey and Ferguson so I’d just be resting a lot of key players for this one and giving minutes to players coming back from injuries. Gunn Porteous-Hanley-Cooper McCrorie-Jack-Gilmour-Taylor Forrest-Shankland-Armstrong Souttar, McKenna, Ralston, McLean, Adams and Doak to feature from the bench but I’d be wrapping up Tierney, Hendry, Robertson, McTominay, McGregor, McGinn and Christie in cotton wool. Edited June 2 by JS_FFC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyTheRed Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 A lot of people may not agree because Dykes seems to be split opinion with the Scotland fans. But im really gutted about his injury when he plays he brings others into the game has brilliant hold up play, his finishing is not to bad either. Overall just seems a right handful for other teams to cope with would like to hear some other opinions on this but i think its a blow to the forward options we have. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 The biggest question for me is if we win will the winless run chat end? or will context be added as Gibraltar are a bunch of mugs? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 17 minutes ago, 2426255 said: The biggest question for me is if we win will the winless run chat end? or will context be added as Gibraltar are a bunch of mugs? It absolutely won’t end, in fact I think it’ll be hyped up after we lose against Finland - given we will basically have a side playing to avoid injury I really can’t see anything other than that outcome. Surely the crowd will manage to give the team a positive send off to Germany regardless of the Finland result though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 (edited) hopefully. I always find the 'losing run' to 'winless run' to '1 win in x games' chat to be selective. Casting thing in their worst light. Same for winning runs or competitive winning runs. its all spin. I'm just hoping to continue our 2 year unbeaten run in the month of June personally. Also if we win the next two games then what difference did the winless run make? Is that it over then? Edited June 2 by 2426255 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoRaj Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 (edited) I don't see us playing a back 5 tomorrow. I think the northern Ireland game showed how limited it can be against an extremely low block. Not that I think we would struggle in any shape really I think we will start in a 4-3-3 with Forrest, Adams, Jack, Hanley, Cooper and Doak getting minutes in the tank. Think it makes sense to practice for Plan B and maybe go back to our usual formation for the Finland game. Edited June 2 by MarkoRaj 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nessies long lost ghost Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 Gordon Porteous Hanley McKenna McCrorie Jack McLean Taylor Forrest Adams Christie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butters Scotch Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 4 hours ago, 2426255 said: hopefully. I always find the 'losing run' to 'winless run' to '1 win in x games' chat to be selective. Casting thing in their worst light. Same for winning runs or competitive winning runs. its all spin. I'm just hoping to continue our 2 year unbeaten run in the month of June personally. Also if we win the next two games then what difference did the winless run make? Is that it over then? A win against Gilbraltar won't change any perception on anything, it's a pub team like your Andorra's, San Marino etc. If the winless run was backed up by solid performances then there would be little complaining but we've had a number of underwhelming games recently in part due to playing world class international teams and having a few injuries and it's put a dampner on things. I cant see us performing much better in the game against Finland due to players trying to avoid injury but If we up the performances in the euros then I think majority of supporters will be pleased again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 Gibraltar aren't the mugs they often get made out to be. Given our recent form, any sort of win would be a good result. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuttonDressedAsLahm Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 11 minutes ago, Barry Ferguson's Hat said: Gibraltar aren't the mugs they often get made out to be. Given our recent form, any sort of win would be a good result. The same Gibraltar that lost 14-0 last year? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butters Scotch Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 12 minutes ago, Barry Ferguson's Hat said: Gibraltar aren't the mugs they often get made out to be. Given our recent form, any sort of win would be a good result. When teams like Wales and Ireland are beating them 4-0 then I''m pretty sure they are in the mugs category 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chripper Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 Armstrong, Doak and McTominay are still nursing injuries so they'll be left in Scotland. Scotland generally can't play friendlies. Last time we won was threw years ago to Luxembourg. We'll probably win 0-1 or maybe 0-2. Regardless of the result, no one should read too much into the result. It's a glorified training session. I would be surprised if there wasn't an agreement not to tackle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 35 minutes ago, SlayerX said: Armstrong, Doak and McTominay are still nursing injuries so they'll be left in Scotland. Scotland generally can't play friendlies. Last time we won was threw years ago to Luxembourg. We'll probably win 0-1 or maybe 0-2. Regardless of the result, no one should read too much into the result. It's a glorified training session. I would be surprised if there wasn't an agreement not to tackle. I’ve only seen him saying Souttar, McTominay and Armstrong… Anyway with Clarke saying it’ll be players needing minutes that will play most, I imagine we’ll see Gunn, Porteous, Hanley, Cooper, McLean, Jack and Adams all start. Obviously both Ralston and McCrorie haven’t played too much recently either so he might even chuck one of them in elsewhere to get more minutes into them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuttonDressedAsLahm Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 We’ve never been particularly impressive in friendlies but a lot of the data is distorted by who we play. Of our friendlies since we played Peru and Mexico, we’ve played France, England, Netherlands (2), Portugal, and Belgium. We lost to Turkey away and the recent NI disaster. We drew 2-2 away to Austria having thrown away a 2-0 lead, and Poland stole a point with blatant simulation. Friendlies are pretty irregular these days, but I tend not to read too much into them. Certainly, since the last Euros we’ve lost 2/20 qualifiers and only 1 UNL game, and 1 playoff. The last few games have been disappointing, but if we’re to ‘revert to type’ it would be a significant improvement, not a case of continuance. 3-0 is probably is par for tomorrow, with any scoreline below that needing a justification. Any score above would be pleasing, but obviously very much relative. Any win with a decent display against Finland would be more than acceptable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Lanley Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 I’d be resting Robertson and McGinn tomorrow too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 Why are folk focusing on this game as if it has significance? It's just a warmup gams. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 Is this being broadcast? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 2 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said: Is this being broadcast? 17:00 Gibraltar v Scotland International Friendly Premier Sports 1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 18 minutes ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: 17:00 Gibraltar v Scotland International Friendly Premier Sports 1 Thanks sweetheart knew you'd be clued up on the broadcasting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chripper Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 2 hours ago, No_Problemo said: I’ve only seen him saying Souttar, McTominay and Armstrong… Anyway with Clarke saying it’ll be players needing minutes that will play most, I imagine we’ll see Gunn, Porteous, Hanley, Cooper, McLean, Jack and Adams all start. Obviously both Ralston and McCrorie haven’t played too much recently either so he might even chuck one of them in elsewhere to get more minutes into them. Yeah. The media print said Souttar but STV news said Doak. No idea who to believe. Suppose we'll see tomorrow. Agreed. That's why I would have picked a bigger squad. Seeing the likes of Conway, Barron, King, etc, intermingled with the established players, it would've been an incentive for the kids. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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