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  1. Players we lost because of booze, bad luck and bad attitudes. And... are we the best in the world at this? 1. Bob Wilson. He was Arsenal's No. 1 for ten years but was not good enough for the 1974 World Cup squad because of those goalkeeping greats Thomson Allan, Jim Stewart and David Harvey (who was about to be dropped by Leeds). 2. Darren Anderton. Scouted by Andy Roxburgh but deemed not good enough, he was at least compensated by 30 caps for England and was part of the England team that beat Scotland in Euro 96. 3. David Robertson. Yes, if you want to be a world class full-back, it helps if your name is Robertson. He fell out with Craig Brown and never got near a Scotland squad again. 4. George Connelly. Scotland's Beckenbauer. A world-class centre-back who seemed to suffer from mental health problems and kept walking out on Celtic. His career was over, aged 25. 5. Willie Young. He played for Aberdeen, Tottenham and Arsenal and would have been the obvious replacement for Gordon McQueen in the 1978 World Cup had he not been banned for life after a riotous night in Copenhagen. 6. Alex Cropley. He got his first cap for Scotland, aged 20. A series of injuries meant he got his last cap for Scotland, aged 20. 7. Ralph Milne. Scotland's George Best. Yes, he could drink a bottle of brandy for breakfast and have another for lunch. He nearly got Alex Ferguson the sack because Fergie signed him for Manchester United not realising his legs had gone. 8. Ian Durrant. Arguably the most promising midfielder of a generation that included Paul McStay and Paul Gascoigne. Then came that robust tackle from Neil Simpson... 9. Gary O'Connor. Capped for Scotland, age 18. Now more famous for cocaine and running away from policewomen. 10. Peter Marinello. Scotland's George Best. Have I heard that before, somewhere? A record-breaking transfer to Arsenal induced him to take the high road to London and, well, disappear... 11. Eddie Gray. The best left-winger ever to play for Scotland? He had the skill of John Robertson and the physique of Oliver Burke. He would have played in the 1974 and 1978 World Cups but for a bad tackle on his knee. Instead, Tommy Hutchinson played in 1974 and Willie Johnston got one game in 1978 before being sent home in disgrace.
  2. Something a bit different. I used Football Manager's (2017) ratings for players to work out who has the strongest side at this year's World Cup. I've simply averaged all the players ratings (out of 200) for each player in each team's squad. For some context, the Scotland squad for our last qualifiers scored an average of 127.3. Spain - 156.9 Germany - 156.6 Brazil - 154.4 Argentina - 150.7 Belgium - 148.0 France - 147.3 Portugal - 147.3 Croatia - 143.4 England - 141.1 Uruguay - 139.7 Mexico - 137.5 Colombia - 136.5 Switzerland - 135.3 Denmark - 132.7 Poland - 131.1 Sweden - 130.9 Senegal - 129.1 Serbia - 129.0 Japan - 128.7 Russia - 127.6 Morocco - 124.7 Peru - 123.6 Costa Rica - 120.1 Nigeria - 119.7 South Korea - 119.6 Iceland - 119.2 Australia - 117.3 Egypt - 115.3 Iran - 113.3 Tunisia - 112.9 Panama - 107.6 Saudi Arabia - 102.7 I'm using the 2017 version of the game, rather than 2018 - so some of the individual ratings may have changed (particularly for younger players). I feel that this gives a fairly good guide as to how strong each team is going into the World Cup. For further context, Saudi Arabia are slightly worse than St Johnstone (102.9), Panama are around the level of Aberdeen (108.1) and Morocco are about as good as Celtic (125.3). Selected others (based on previous competitive squad): Italy - 150.3 Netherlands - 137.7 Ireland - 129.0 Wales - 127.4 Scotland - 127.3 United States - 126.1 Northern Ireland - 115.5
  3. Strachan must stay! We have improved hand over fist, and, ended up unlucky not to be in the play offs. I couldn't make tonight but go to most Home and Away games, Strachan is the man for me!
  4. http://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/news/england-favourites-to-host-2018-world-cup-following-sepp-blatter-resignation/ar-BBkB9KV?ocid=mailsignout Is this English Media hype or is this the reason behind the arrests. I personally would love it if it came to England...
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