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That thought crossed my mind about 30 minutes in. It's the flip side of club mentality, loyalty and togetherness. It might yet cost us.

This is why stats are so misleading. Most of them were no more than 5 metres under minimal pressure.

Also we need central defenders to be able to carry the ball out from the back. KT obviously does this exceptionally well but the others are more limited and there's too many square passes. Souttar at least offers the possibility of a ball forward. If Patterson's confidence is shot, if Hickey's still not match fit that leaves us with Ralston at RB and I'd be ok with that. Beyond that Max Johnston, though I'm gutted that Archie Gray appears firmly in the England camp.

Depends on performances at the Euros. If we did really badly then he might just resign. He will be remembered fondly for restoring some pride in the national team and getting us to a couple of tournaments after such a long absence but if we got absolutely humiliated then I doubt he'd want to stay on.

Looking for some small crumbs of comfort after tonight...At least the teams we're playing in the Euros will be less defensive than N.Ireland and hopefully more open matches will suit us.

Let's hope so. Atmosphere was really flat from the start, particularly in contrast to the British Irish fans. Hardly anyone around me singing, shouting, clapping, not a saltire or Lion Rampant in sight. Why didn't they just stay at home and watch it on Tele?

Everton and Dyche. His confidence is absolutely shot at the minute. Scared to bomb on and not make mistakes but nonetheless ends up making them. I feel sorry for the lad.

Well simple one for Doak. He's injured.

I'm presuming the thinking is that the SNP will do badly in the GE because of low voter turnout out/apathy. I really cannot see any logic in Indy supporters voting for a Unionist Party as it will be taken as wanting to remain part of the UK. It's not like any SNP manifesto is going to become law. So, if you want a protest vote, surely the time to do that is at a Holyrood election?

I think that's been said about England a few times at non-senior level. No substitute for tournament experience.

Quite liked the yellow stripes that the women had recently, bit of a Sweden vibe but otherwise I agree.

Hope so. He seems a very unpleasant human being.

Given the amount of time he's been given at Everton it's no surprise that Patterson hasn't improved but, if Hickey's injured, we haven't got anyone better than him, unless we call up Livramento. Iirc he hasnt let us down before. He's young, he's a defender and almost inevitably he'll make mistakes.

Getting quite drawn out for an imminent appointment. Any update?

I'd rather get the harsh lesson in a friendly now rather when the tournament begins. Hopefully we can learn. Reminds me of the rugby, potentially very good but not taking chances and all the good work being undone by stupid errors.

Tbh last night was the best I've seen him play. It will be interesting to get views from those who see him more often.

Realistically most young players from Scotland's too flight aren't going to go straight into the EPL. Moving to a decent Championship side is probably the way to go as hopefully they'll be more game time

I'd agree with Johnston. If we're not going to get Livramento I think he's next in line at right back. I also quite like the look of Mellon, I don't know how he's done at Dundee but I thought he looked quite lively when he came on and nearly set up McKinnon late on.

I thought King played well tonight. I wonder whether he could do with a loan spell next season. Barron and Conway also impressed

Very comfortable performance so far. 3-0 at half time. Great goal from Doig for the opener. Everyone playing well.

That last sentence...are you really sure?

I was knocking on doors last Friday and delivering leaflets, got chatting to a more senior citizen. Had voted SNP and wanted independence but not keen on Humza. When I asked why she said he was trying to change our culture. Asked her why and it boiled down to alarmist headlines about SNP trying to ban porridge!

I see that Ugo Monya features in that article, is he ever off the tele? He's done very well in the media for a player far removed from legendary status. Have they ever considered that Scots like beating England so much because the England, boosted by the media come across as arrogant and full of themselves. I'm absolutely certain that's not the case for many of them but it's the image they project Having said that there's some truth in what they say. We can't just beat England and congratulate ourselves when we then blow it against Italy and France (and very nearly blew it against Wales as well).

Might even be a multitude of parties under PR with coalition governments being the norm a la Scandinavia. People with different views having to work together for the common good, may not be the worst thing.

The only thing I can think of is the argument that even if Labour get in, they don't last long and you'll get the Tories back again. The only way to get rid off the Tories permanently is to vote SNP and become independent of England who keep foisting them upon us