BraveheartGordon

No they don't get paid, however upon qualifying for a European Championships or World Cup an Association will normally pay players ''bonuses'' for qualification, gained from the UEFA/FIFA prize money.

Or maybe he's keeping his mouth shut because he manages our football team and not our government, its not his place to speak about politics.

I know, meant to write play-off for Euro 2004, Lee Wilkie and Rab Douglas were like amateurs that night.

We all knew they had better players, but that Dutch team wasn't ''special'' they were much better than us, but having managed only a 2-1 defeat away to Germany months earlier (fancied this scoreline to qualify) and an underdog situation that seemed to suit us (glad to see the back of the faroes) everyone around me seemed to think we had a chance after the first leg clean sheet.

I can understand your logic here, but I'm a fully grown adult with a car and a job, and I was a toddler the last time we qualified (I was probably too ingrained in postman pat to watch much football) and I haven't seen us qualify yet. I understandibly share his pessimism, the idea of Scotland actually qualifying seems a far flung dream when I've been through so many failed qualifying campaigns.

The 6-0 defeat to Holland in 2004 was a watershed for me,genuinely thought we were gonna qualify after the 1-0 first leg win. Italy 2007 was gutting...but not as bad as I was immensely proud of the performance, was ashamed after Holland. Still haven't seen us at a major tournament yet.

I disagree that it wasn't a mistake, he might have been through....but by the time he is in a position to shoot there are 3 defenders behind the ball, 2 of which who were forced to go on the line because Marshall came recklessly off it.If he stayed on his line Casciaro would have had to beat 3 defenders and Marshall from outside the box. Of course this is ignoring Marshall's earlier error in the match from a cross that a good team would have punished.

0-0 v Slovenia in 2004, was 10. Was a terrible game, turgid and underwhelming, Berti waited 80 mins to bring an extra striker on.

That Argentine kid Messi looks not bad as well for a one-footed player. To answer your question though, very rarely in the modern game does that type of ''Jinky'' winger play on his strong side, stick to the touchline and just beat players and put crosses in. This is a modern tactical evolution because it is so easy for that type to ''drift out of a game'' playing an opposite footer leaves them coming inside looking to receive the ball and play in a dynamic fashion.

He was already called up to a squad against Croatia in 2013,surely another call-up will hardly break the boy?

To Paraphrase Gordon, you never know when ''the big one'' is coming, every game is huge and we have to work hard to gain 3 points, as a young twenty-something I've never actually seen Scotland at a major tournament, would be an absolute dream to see us qualify.

Voted Flower of Scotland, wouldn't be the same without it

I don't think he's a bad player but I do think that's somewhat of a false statistic. He will have played in more victories than losses because he's the the type of player you bring on whilst winning to ''shore things up''. Strachan's never gonna bring him on to change a game.

In this group, every game is the biggest until the next one, it's that type of group, every team gets awarded 3 points in the Gibralter matches and every other game is cut-throat.

The issue is that They're Scottish, not Irish.

How could he be omitting Rhodes for MaCleod? They're not even close to playing in the same position!! MaCleod is the young player being called up to have a look at.

The fact that you (somewhat hilariously) think he's a forward tells me you don't know enough about the kid to make an informed decision. He has ability in every attribute he could possibly need, terrific prospect.

Has anybody had a look at the SFA Corporate strategy from 2011? It planned to create an extra income of 1.3 million a year by 2015 (even though only 155k of funding was actually detailed). The thing was written by a bizarre guy who owns a (definately not world renound!) company, and is full of quotes from a mostly discredited book on business which is just full of buzz words. My point is: with the 2015 target so close have they panicked and tried to make up the target funding gap by conning supporters? http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_football.cfm?page=3703

aged 10 in 2004, 0-0 draw v Slovenia. Berti accepting a draw to save his job.

I find it concerning to the point of embarrasement when diehard Scots think a political vote can change their own personal feelings on nationality, and accept it like Gospel. In the past when Scotland was invaded by England, it was Scots own personal feelings that even an INVASION couldn't change the fact that they are Scottish, that has endured Scotland to exist as a nation to this day. A referendum could never kill Scotland, a national attitude that Scotland is dead because of which way a vote went.... could kill Scotland.

I was Scottish when I watched us play Germany, I'm Scottish today, I'll be Scottish when they put my body into the ground. Never let a political vote change what you feel about Scotland, Scotland is more important than that.

ITV show highlights of all the games tomorrow night. BBC lost them,.

Great attacking performance or not, gonna be hard to qualify conceding goals as cheaply as that.

Betsy, You do realise that we are Scotland supporters, and as such will display pride about our team, no national fan is exactly going to bow down to your views on how much better you think ROI are than Scotland. If there was a German supporter on here some would argue with him because we have optimistic views on our own team. If you want to tell everyone how great you think Ireland are and hope for agreement then I suggest you stay on Ireland forums.

Connor McGrandles just left Falkirk for 1 million. I don't think it would we unreasonable for Rangers to ask for that type of fee for their best young asset. Its pocket change to English clubs.