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Don’t you just love VAR

F**k Norway have just scored

In fact, let’s hope Belarus f**k Wales over later on this evening ( fingers crossed )

Let’s assume Belgium beat the Welsh ( fingers crossed ) Then Wales or Czechs can only finish on 14 pts and currently both Wales + Czechs Goal Difference is inferior to Scotland’s when you deduct the Moldova results/goals

Group.G is a 6 Team group as mentioned and results / goals against Gibraltar won’t count ! Living in Fantasy but if Latvia cling on for a draw, Norway lose away to Holland and Turkey fail to take all 3 points away to Montenegro then this would help Scotland secure a seeded play-off position regardless of Monday nights result (I think)

It is accurate but when you take away results/goals against Gibraltar then as it stands Norway’s GD is +2

So a 3-4-2-1 kinda formation ??

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Apologies mccaughey85, must have read that in the daily retard ! Appears only x1 cap at U-21 level, won’t be as bad then if he chooses his Mums wishes😉 Watched highlights earlier on BBC Match of the Day - he certainly played well, really well

Haven’t seen the lad play, hearing good reviews about him though ! Scotland could potentially have a richness of full-backs RB position we have SoD N.Patterson C.Ramsay and this lad possibly ?? He has a Scottish Mother, that’s within the rules albeit he has played for 14mins as a sub for Engerland….. Could S.Clarke make a swoop and get him to turn out for Scotland If it’s good enough for England claiming D.Rice after he played for Ireland, then I say it’s fair game for Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I see they have represented Scotland at youth level but not made the step up to the U-21’s Not heard much about them or what the potential is ??

But not a current Scotland player in the starting XI Patterson on the bench again, hopefully he gets some game time between now and Moldova 🤞

He certainly seems to be making an impression !! Of all the names being touted, you’d imagine this guy is deserving of a call up.

He may well get a call up eventually/maybe but it won’t be this year! S.Clarke won’t be calling him up for November fixtures that’s for sure

With the USA lifting Travel Restrictions for those double jabbed, I’m hoping Ryan Gauld gets a call up for November’s Double Header ! The date of lifting the restriction is perfect timing to allow Steve Clarke to make that decision and get him involved with the Squad. There are suspensions and potentially players not getting much game time between now and Moldova…… Dykes + Christie both suspended for Moldova as we know Che Adams hasn’t featured for Southampton yet (unsure on his injury) Ryan Fraser got 15 minutes for Newcastle but rarely used and had an okay performance (just) against the Faroes Stuart Armstrong not featuring for Southampton at the moment Billy Gilmour needs game time between now and Moldova Kevin Nesbit getting matches but hardly prolific, thinking he has 3 or 4 goals thus far this season?? I do like Nesbit as a footballer but Scotland can’t rely solely on him with possibly Fraser for the Moldova game! Is Leigh Griffiths worth a call up for this one, I’d feel happier with him than say McBurnie being recalled.

Very good post and very interesting to see potential results elsewhere to allow us that seeded spot or possibly Not getting that seeded spot !? Group.G is the group that could give us a chance, you mention GD but as it stands Norway GD is +2 ( x8 goals against Gibraltar removed ) Turkey GD is +1 ( x3 goals against Gibraltar removed ) Scotland GD is +5 ( x1 goal against Moldova removed ) The next criteria after GD is higher number of goals scored and looking at results this has Norway on 7 Goals, Turkey on 16 Goals, Scotland on 12 Goals !! Meaning Norway would have to score 4 goals in that game against Latvia to edge out Scotland if they were tied on points. From group results, Latvia haven’t shown results to suggest they will get pummelled 4 or 5 nil….. Norways remaining two games are (1) Latvia at home, would imagine a home win there and then (2) away in Rotterdam to take on Holland who are starting to look pretty impressive !! I’d imagine and hoping for a Holland win, which would be good for Scotland. This could and hopefully leaves Norway on 14pts with a GD less than ours…. Turkeys remaining two games are (1) Gibraltar at home so 3pts there and then (2) away to Montenegro and as mentioned above Turkey haven’t been great, it took a 99th minute penalty to see off Latvia in there last game! Scotland will be hoping Montenegro take something from this game🤞the last time Turkey and Montenegro played was 2-2 over in Istanbul, so there is a glimmer of hope. So if Turkey win out they will be on 15pts and resign Scotland to being unseeded (if we take nothing from the Denmark game that is) if Turkey slip up away to Montenegro, this allows Norway to finish 2nd on 14pts (if they lose to Holland away) Bottom line, Scotland take 4pts in there final 2 games and we should be seeded but take only 3pts from Moldova then we are reliant on Group.G permutations above

That won’t be too far off the mark ! The only group that gives us a glimmer of hope in possibly getting that seeded 2nd place is Group.G For Scotland to get that seeding, a number of results have to happen !! Scotland beat Moldova and take at least a point of Denmark (this might not be required depending on results from Group.G but typically this game is after we play Denmark) see below Group.G Tuesday 16th Nov - hope Holland beat Norway and also Tuesday 16th Nov - Montenegro v Turkey play each other, which will be decisive! Turkey win they are on 15pts, if Turkey draw then Norway are 2nd placed on 14pts Scotland have the better GD so would edge out Turkey….. Ultimately it’s still in Scotland’s hands and like many have I written off our chances against Denmark at home, possibly 🙁 But I’ll fill my glass back up and say that we will get a result in that final game and the Play-Offs will consist of Seeds : Sweden, Serbia, Switzerland, Russia, Poland + Scotland Unseeded : Romania, Bosnia, Czech Republic, Turkey/Norway (Wales + Austria )

I can see that now, cheers 👍 Would fill me with fear if we had to take 3 pts from that final game…… Take care of Moldova and we’re one step closer !

By only taking 3 more points would take us to 20 points ( less 6 points ) meaning Scotland would be on 14 points, this guarantee’s 2nd place but doesn’t guarantee Scotland being a seeded 2nd placed Team !

Win our last 2 games and we’ll be seeded Take 4 points from last 2 games and we’ll be seeded !! Sounds easy but that’s about the gist of it…..

There are a few games where 1st and 2nd placed Teams still have to play each other in remaining fixtures, looking at games left to play this is how I think the groups and 2nd placed Teams will be……. Group.A Serbia 17/18 pts Group.B Sweden 18 pts Group.C Switzerland 17 pts Group.D Bosnia 11 pts Group.E Czech Republic 14 pts Group.F Scotland 14 / 15 / 17 pts ??? Group.G Turkey 15 pts Group.H Russia 16 pts Group.I Poland 17 pts Group.J Romania 13 pts

Not TA Specific Can this be moved from this thread elsewhere please…….

100% Scotland to focus on that 2nd spot and to secure this before the Danes come to Hampden next month! Win our next 2 games a must but if we lost our final group game to Denmark it would IMO leave us unseeded ( most likely 7th as mentioned ) Someone mentioned earlier, if Austria can scrap an away draw in Denmark tonight then they won’t be gunning for that perfect 10 wins when visiting us next Month. However, if Scotland scrap a draw against the Danes (provided we take those 6pts prior) then this would most certainly ensure a Semi-Final at Hampden……

Norway and Russia winning didn’t help Scotland reference seeding for Play-Offs However, Romania winning last night was exactly the result Scotland wanted over Armenia!! Group J will now have one of the lowest 2nd seeds, with Romania being that team I’d say. Romania currently on 13pts can only reach 19pts but 6pts against the 6th placed team will be deducted

So 2 yellows carry forward into the next competive game !?! But this can’t be fair on Teams that have campaigned in a group of 6 Teams 10 games played as opposed to 8 for groups of 5 Teams ?? The chances are greater picking up that 2nd yellow and as a result can’t be fair……