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Lewis Macleod will bring us regular goals from midfield in the next campaign.

On Off the Ball

Rotten.

Serious foul play.

2 or 3 from that group would be a success. Gauld the only one that looks close from today's team.

It was cynical. Straight red the correct decision.

Patterson and McGinn have been very disappointing.

Gauld and Christie have been good.

Yup, no sign of Souttar either.

Ryan Fraser not in u21 match day squad...

One problem with last nights game was playing the ball around the defence way too deep and often because our midfielders didn't want the ball. Yir man Ferguson could take a ball anywhere, anytime, and not lose it. So there you are.

They did indeed manage it, in the true sense of the word, so no fluke. It was money and effort, and if they keep up the investment it will continue indefinitely.

it was a stupid foul by Ritchie.

tomorrow will be a good barometer. I expect Gauld, Macleod and Fraser to be in the World Cup squads. I wouldn't go crazy but we need 4 or 5 to come in. Armstrong would be another and Watt, depending on if he can grow up.

Live on BBC Alba. I'm getting pished.

But who are we going to rely on to do it? It has to come from government. The Clubs and SFA aren't interested.

I'm so sick of putting up with this rubbish for decades. It's time the Scottish government were held to account. We need real, major investment in sports for kids, like they have in every European country bar ours. Forget jumpers for goal posts, those days are gone. We need a quantum leap in investment in facilities and staff and political moves to stop councils building houses on school playgrounds, parks etc. The TA should turn up in their thousands outside Holyrood, not Hampden.

I'd like to see this game given plenty of media attention. We need to put pressure on these players to see how they can perform against what will be top players. Can Fraser, Gauld, Souttar, Christie etc stand out or at least not look woefully inferior? Are they anywhere near the full side? Throw us a frickin' bone here!

It's part of the problem but our players are not as good as they should be. Like the original poster says, look at Iceland.

If we don't have much ability then we should go for pace. It was embarrassing that Ritchie was miles ahead of the full back in the first half but had to check back because he couldn't advance 10 yards with a 20 yard start.

I refer you to the Iceland thread. It's like the scene from One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest.

Forrest has been our best player when in possession. Time for some idiots on here to give him a break.

Stick him on for the last 20 minutes.

I have renewed optimism about Forrest. He's gradually getting back to form and teams are doubling up on him - not something that could be said of Ritchie. Of course Forrest runs it out of play a lot, but he's also capable of creating something out of nothing from a standing start. For a team of fairly average players that's important weapon that's worth gambling on.

Forrest