Michael

Oops, yeah both games will be on Tues 12th then. I saw on another website it had Norway v Georgia on Mon 11th for some reason.. I should have checked the official website

Norway play Georgia on Mon 11th Sept. Scotland v England is on Tues 12th. Lots of fans are assuming matches are on same night. As Sco v Eng is friendly I guess the match waz not restricted to be on 11th

I don't agree with view that we were lucky. It wasn't most free-flowung football ever, but performance roughly what I expected. A draw probably fair result on balance of play. Norway were hardly any better than us and did not create many chances despite higher possession. We defended well. Desire, belief, and poor defending from Norway won it for us in the end.

I think we are playing ok. I'm happy with performance. Could go either way, but the longer the match is goalless suits Scotland. We don't need to and shouldn't take game to Norway. Counter at right time is right approach

My 6 year old son wants the 2020 version of the Scotland top. (He doesn't want the new one). I'm struggling to find somewhere that sells it. Any ideas?

A win v Ukraine at home and two draws more than acceptable for me. It would mean we top group and are second seeds for euro 2024 qualifying.

I haven't read all the thread, so others may have made this point. For me the problem was Hickey playing on right. A natural right footer O 'Donnell or Ralston should have played there. I know he has played there for his club, but only a handful of times. He may be two- footed, but clearly much more comfortable on left, as left foot is strongest foot. It was very frustrating watching Ukraine able to press Hickey back, as he was reluctant or unable to play ball up the wing on his weaker foot. We very much missed Patterson, but O'Donnell would have been a better option there than Hickey. Hopefully Clarke won't make that mistake again.

Jack's form has been decent in my view. Of more concern is his fitness. He rarely does more than 60 or 70 minutes before being subbed. I think he is likely to be used from bench for semi final and final (if we get through).

Agree completely. It is perfectly reasonable for Ukraine to have matches to prepare. Especially as their league is shutdown. I don't understand any anger towards Ukraine FA.

Poland at home should be a good test. Will be interesting how they approach it, as I think their play-off final is 5 days later.

Having the opportunity for Clarke to try something different. Slight changes. Is definitely a positive. Of course we would all liked to have had the competitive game(s), but need to accept current situation. Personally I will go to the friendly game. If SFA structure the prices right then I can see it being a sell out.

Lots of differing views. But I think we would all agree that a decision on March 24th game is needed, one way or another. I thought we would hear today of the game being postponed until June (my preference). The fact there is still no announcement means no decision yet.

I agree. If the war had been ongoing for a few months, then it would be more reasonable to expect game to go ahead in March. It has only started. No one knows with any certainty what the situation in Ukraine will be like in June. My guess is that it will be the same as now. Ukraine FA will probably get a squad together from abroad. I have no complaints with game being postponed until June.

Exactly

Poland and Sweden have not pulled out. They have refused to play Russia which the SFA (and UEFA and FIFA of course) should fully support. Poland shares a border with Ukraine. Were Ukraine to become a puppet-state of Putin's Russia there would be a direct threat to Poland. We would be saying exactly the same in Poland's position. Of course it is not the Russian people's fault, nor their footballers. But the Russia football team represents the country and Putin, whether they like it or not. Whatever the wrongs before (and there are a lot - awarding Russia and Qatar world cup for a start) sport absolutely has to stand up now in support of Ukraine. Some sports are doing the right thing - I hope football follows suit.