Albertlegend Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Giving Tony Kroos 5 yards of space in the middle of the pitch any time he has the ball is an interesting tactic! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyX Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 I don't know if there's any way of fixing any of this but step 1 is get out of our own half. That needs Gilmour. It also needs someone instead of Ralston who just can't cope with the German press. Maybe we don't have a RWB who could. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Clarke presumably thought Kroos retired immediately after the Champions League final. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crùbag Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 MacGregor, Ralston, Christie, Gunn and Porteous all woeful. The others absent or not involved. Adams might as well not be on the pitch. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 I don't think Germany being a level above can be used as the main excuse as to why they've utterly shat it here. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 1 minute ago, eez-eh said: Maybe folk are expecting something even vaguely resembling what Ukraine and Greece managed against them in the last 2 weeks? We’ve four midfielders grouped closely together and they can barely string a pass together. It’s dreadful. Are Germany not notably shite in friendlies and even qualifying then step up to their true form in the finals? The phrase, 'can't ever write off the Germans' that is so cliche stems from that. Man for man, they've got a top, top side still and it's nowhere near the 'weak' Germany we've been led to believe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazz1903 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Why is anyone surprised? I said 3-0 Germany , but i think it will be 5-0 at best , 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrie Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Welp. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stylish Kid Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 I also question how sharp Hendry is after a year dicking about with the head-choppers. Will be interesting to see how Milinkovic-Savic, CR9, and Brozovic look when they play 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S7C Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 4 minutes ago, Central Belt Caley said: Spot on, Germany have players on the bench who’d walk into our team. We’ve not been great but they’re levels above us Porteous being Porteous aside and Gunn not being great for the goal, I’m not sure what else folk were expecting A bit of fight would be a start? Is a shot on goal too much to ask for? Is asking for us to string a few passes together greed at this point? Defeatist nonsense that all too often excuses poor performance. "Oh aye, but we were never going to win anyway". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjc-1988 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 1 minute ago, RandomGuy. said: Seems like not starting Gilmour was a mistake, but at least it was a mistake made against Germany. God you’ve just reminded me that we have another 2 games to watch 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 40 years since a team scored 3 goals in the first half of a Euros group match. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Just now, Crùbag said: MacGregor, Ralston, Christie, Gunn and Porteous all woeful. The others absent or not involved. Adams might as well not be on the pitch. Putting Adams up front on his own against Tah and Rudiger is a fucking shite laugh. I don't know what else we could have done but he's never, ever winning that sort of battle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy1 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 It’s like watching primary ones v the coaches. Ffs, at least in 98 when opening against Brazil we made a game of it. This is pish and with 10 men now I don’t think I’ve ever been less enthusiastic for a second half. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Scotland have been doing this to me for 50 years, just don't feel anything any more 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Sanchez Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 First ten minutes was a throwback to France 98. A day spent coming up with plausible theories of how we could get something, and then watching them through your fingers, chasing shadows while 1-0 down early doors. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Hear me out here. Steve Clarke's teams are always better in the second half. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 1 minute ago, Ludo*1 said: Are Germany not notably shite in friendlies and even qualifying then step up to their true form in the finals? The phrase, 'can't ever write off the Germans' that is so cliche stems from that. Man for man, they've got a top, top side still and it's nowhere near the 'weak' Germany we've been led to believe. If they go on to destroy Hungary and Switzerland the way they have us then it would be a valid point. But I highly doubt either game will be as easy for them as this has been. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroundskeeperWillie Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Just now, Jacksgranda said: 40 years since a team scored 3 goals in the first half of a Euros group match. When you saw how easily Netherlands managed to pick us off in that friendly, it's maybe not too surprising. Currently we are so, so soft defensively and with so little protection from midfield so far it's maybe not surprising we've been the ones to obligingly allow Germany to fill their boots 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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