Daz1982
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Ive got one available for sale.
East stand.
£38 covers all postage etc.
Thanks Graham but I require 2.
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Arguably our weakest area. We lack real creativity and spark at this level and Strachan really has a couple of big decisions to make for the Germany game.
First one being should he drop brown and Morrison?
Think Morrison should definitely be dropped buy he seems to be one of the first names on the team sheet, I have no idea why.
Could be a game for the coolness Darren Fletcher to play behind Brown. Think Fletcher can mentor players through a game whereas Brown can only really focus on his own game.
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It was the complete lack of urgency for the full 90 minutes that was most galling. Lost count of the number of times Brown and Morrison would take 3,4,5 touches to pass the ball sideways.
We took ages over free kicks, throw ins, always letting them back into position.
The goal we lost was ridiculous. For a wee guy like that to pull the ball down (not even well, it bounced twice before he sclaffed it) with three Scotland players watching him do it in a game that meant so much is criminal.
Fact is we've lost to the team ranked 147 in the world without having a shot on target in the process. For Brown to come out and say we were unlucky is deluded.
Seen some stinkers but that has to rank up there with some of the worst, if not the worst, given the magnitude of the game and the fact we'd put ourselves in a strong position coming into it.
Absolutely guff
Agree with all the above, why is Morrison always picked? He's average at best and I cannot think of a single outstanding game he's played for us!
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I read a comment on here yesterday that said Scotland are not good enough, and when they are good enough they let us down. I doubt many, if anyone could disagree with that. But it begs the question; who are 'they'? It's not the same players every time, or the same manager. With each new generation the squad refreshes. Even the fans change. So who are we really frustrated at? The only explanation I can find for Scotland throwing it away time and time again, campaign after campaign, year after year being the glorious failures, is that this is a problem which transcends football. It's in us all. It's who we are as a nation. It's our collective mentality. But why? Maybe it comes from our unusual status as a country. We're governed by another. Some of you might look at my profile picture and say 'just another nationalist crying over spilt milk' or 'what's politics got to do with football?'. But I've pondered over this for years. We're the snotty nosed wee brother of England and I think we have a collective subconscious low self esteem with this at the root. I truely believed if Scotland had won independence last year we would have went on to qualify because we would have shaken that monkey off our back. Well we'll never know now. But this is not a political rant, just my observations and perspective as a Scotland fan over the years. It's not the big teams that knock us out. It's always a pish poor performance against a lower ranked team that are there for the taking which makes us look laughable in the end. It's frustrating. Really, really frustrating.
Had this exact conversation in the bar last night and have had it many times previously. As a 'nation' who Is happy to be governed and dictated to by another, it is not really surprising that we tend to accept second best.
It's deep rooted in our psyche and will not change until we are independent.
A country like Uruguay with a smaller population than us strives to achieve the absolute best in its national sport (football) whereas we are happy to 'just take part' or 'just compete.' I was over in Uruguay during the 2011 Copa America, not once did I hear them put down their chances or big up their rivals, they knocked Argentina (hosts) out their own tournament and fully expected to!
We on the other hand always seem to be content with making up the numbers, trying our best or simply just having a good day out. We have no real ambition to actually achieve real success.
For me, if your population is anything above 2-3 million and you focus on your national sport then you should strive to achieve the ultimate goal in that particular sport, that would be winning the FIFA World Cup in our case.
The New Zealand rugby union team is another good example of how huge success can be achieved.
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Still gutted after watching last nights game, it was the performance rather than the result which is most concerning.
We put ourselves in a great position with the previous results and yet seemed flat and lacklustre in a must win game.
The majority of games are won and lost in midfield and for me we are just not good enough in that position. I think Darren Fletcher should have started last night, he may have been more able to control the game, this is something that Scott Brown simply can't do on his own, his passing and general technique is poor at times. I have know idea why Morrison starts every game, he offers almost nothing and I can't think of any outstanding performance he has had for us.
I hear people say this is the best Scotland midfield in a generation, absolutely no chance. We have no one at the moment who is close to the likes of McStay, Mcallistair, Collins, Lambert or Barry Ferguson.
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Does anyone know anyone gone the other way - Yes to No?
Think this is what will give the next YES vote a great advantage next time around.
Surely a very high percentage of people who voted YES will vote that way again, I'm thinking 90%+
On the other hand, I think a lower percentage of no voters will vote that way again, maybe 60-70%
Not sure how those numbers would add up, but that togethher with the changing demographics should be enough to clinch a YES vote.
Only question is when we have another referendum? I'm terrified of going again too early and losing but part of me thinks we have to strike whilst the iron is hot, maybe within the next 3 years.
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Not to mention John Spencer, Tony Adams must've been trembling at the thought of facing him.
Big Dunc would be my pick too, thought we had ourselves a top class international centre forward when he emerged.
Agree with this, big Dunc would have caused Adams and the English defence so many problems. Only thing the 96 team was missing was a better presence up front.
Think we would have beaten England in the 99 play-off too had big Dunc played.
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Ya beauty!!!........both Alexander's OUT......what a night!
Bedtime for me!
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A few too many over the years, these are the ones which spring to mind first:
England, Euro 96 (never went from such a 'potential' high to such a low so quickly)
England 99, Hampden (did not deserve to lose that match)
England 99, Wembley (should have won by at least 2 clear goals and qualified)
Belgium, Hampden (up 2 nil against an average 10 man Belgium side, drew 2-2. ultimately cost us qualification)
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Just finished watching the Madrid derby, there was a stoppage just before the 90 minute mark which must of ran for at least two minutes. The board then goes up for 5 additional minutes in the 92nd minute which I assumed would take the game up to 97 mins. Real then make a couple of substitutes in between some blatant time wasting, and yet the ref blows for full time bang on the 95 minute mark!
Referees rarely add on the additional injury time within injury time and it really winds me up, commentators never mention this either!
Of course the fact I was wanting Atletico to qualify for my coupon to come in has nothing to do with how frustrated I am with this!!
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Qualifying was not easier back then, only 24 countries went to Italia 90. We qualified as runners up to Yugoslavia, France managed by Platini stayed at home, they reached the semi final in Mexico four years earlier. That Yugoslav team would have achieved great things had it not been for the war. An upcoming Norwegian side was also in that group, they went on to qualify for USA 94 and France 98.
Euro 92 qualification was also not easy, only the top team from each group progressed to the finals in Sweden which were to involve 8 nations. We were drawn in a sticky group with Romania, Switzerland and Bulgaria. These were arguably the best generation of teams each of those nations have ever produced. Euro 92 was the only tournament the Romanians did not qualify for that decade, they reached the quarter finals of USA 94 and should have gone further. Bulgaria and Switzerland both went on to qualify for USA 94 and Euro 96, Bulgaria reaching the semi finals in 94.
I would certainly agree that Craig Brown overachieved with the players we had available during the 90s. We were very unlucky in all our meetings with England too (96 & 99 play-off), success in these games would have elevated Brown even higher.
I think previous managers perhaps underachieved with the players we had available in previous generations.
Fook off with Brown and Roxburgh - they were pish managers - fookin clueless - qualifying was far easier in their day - the standard of the Scotland teams under them was poor.
Ormond and Ally McLeod - McLeod ws brilliant - only problem was he couldn't control the players in Argentina.
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Ferguson's performance at Wembley in '99 is the best I have ever seen by a Scotland Midfielder - As others have said a pity his career went the way it did. What I do find refreshing however is the way he takes full responsibility for his actions and, unlike a lot of other footballers, blames no-one but himself for the things he done wrong
We absolutely bossed the game that night from start to finish, could and should have won 3 or 4 nil! The performance from Ferguson, Collins and the rest of the midfield was outstanding! England midfield was strong (on paper) that night too.....scholes, ince, beckham and redknapp i think.
Ironic to think that he probably would not have started had Lambert been fit. Had McCallister not have retired from international football by then he may have been even further down the pecking order.
We had some truelly great midfield players at that time. In my opinion the likes of Scott Brown and others in the squad at the moment are nowhere near the same class of footballer.
Like others have said before me, Ferguson would have been more suited to Italy or Spain rather than the hussle and bussle of the premiership down south.
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Gerry Creaney was a great prospect when he first broke into the Celtic team in the early 90s. I seem to remember a rumour that he was being watched by a few Italian clubs.
Seemed to score goals wherever he played during his career.
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Bizarre. You sound like you are not properly paralysed though as you can walk about etc.
I am walking about in the dream not in reality.
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I think that one might come from watching too much Scoobydoo?[/quote
I have had that shallow grave one quite ac few times too, scary stuff! Never know who I have killed but know that I am about to be caught!
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You are interesting! I have a sleep paralysis story but WTF did the goblin look like, best recollection please? And what happened with the 'thought you were dead' experience? (Death is not be shied away from.)
Not sure if goblin describes it best. I could only see the head and shoulders of the figure, remember the head was really large and his (think it was a he) face was disfigured. I cant really remember any more details, wouldn't say he looked evil but he made me feel very uneasy.
During my second episode I was lying face down on my bed. Again I got up and walked around my bedroom, nothing too freaky happened this time. Then I realised (thought) I was dreaming and could not wake up. I panicked and I remember thinking.....have I just died in my sleep! Just as I thought that I could feel my heart beating against the mattress, I was very relieved but could still not wake up. As someone else mentioned, during an episode you can 'wake' up many times before you actually do.
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I had a paralysis dream where I work up and in a panic I reach to the door handle and my hand goes through the handle. I then woke up with a start. I get up to get a drink and the same thing happens, hand goes through the door handle.
Again I wake up with a start. I'm now bricking it that I'm still in the dream, eventually sneak over to the door and to my relief I'm actually awake.
Apparently people who see ghosts and aliens are having these type of vivid near real dreams.
J
Yes, I have experienced that too. So desperate to awake, finally think you have but then realise you are still dreaming!! Absolute nightmare!....pardon the pun!
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speaking of vivid dreams, has anybody here ever had an experience with sleep paralysis?......now that IS scary sh1t!! it has only happened to me on four occasions but I remember each one vividly,
really hard to explain, each time has been slightly different. during an episode it is always hard to tell if you are dreaming or not.
for example the first time it happened to me I got out of bed and began to walk around my bedroom, looked out the window, it was sunny outside and there was a horrible looking goblin type creature looking back at me. part of me knew I was only dreaming as it was night and should be dark outside but it was extremely difficult to get a sense of reality. it went on for what felt like forever before I finally woke up, it was absolutely terrifying!
On another occasion, I actually thought I might be dead but I was lying face down and could feel my heart thumping against the mattress, so this reassured me.
Like I say, it's difficult to explain. All I know is that I will be happy if I never have to experience it again.
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for me, the heart has been ripped out of our nation with this no vote. don't know how anybody who voted no could possibly contemplate singing flower of Scotland!......would the irony be lost on these people!?
we had our chance to be a nation again but didn't take it. there are no good reasons for voting no, you either don't want Scotland to be independent or are selfish to the core.
this halfway house, best of both worlds p1sh that some no voters promote is pathetic. wanting to have your own identity as being Scottish but not believing that your fellow countrymen could run our nation is a sad viewpoint indeed!
i would have been more comfortable if a no vote had meant we became a region of England. for me Scotland is dead until we become a fully independent nation!
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Agree with this but what have we been dong about it for all these years? You just get the feeling that we will forever be happy to just compete and make up the numbers.
Even if we do somehow still qualify (which would be great) what's the actual point? We will go there wth a, 'it's just great to be here' attitude and get turned over.
When will we as a nation actually aspire to be world beaters at our national sport!?